NCAA Basketball News · LatestSunday, Mar 8, 2026

Yaxel Lendeborg scored 19 of his 27 points in the first half and Morez Johnson Jr. finished with 18 points, leading No. 3 Michigan in a 90-80 win over No. 8 Michigan State on Sunday to give the Big Ten champions a 15th straight conference win. Lendeborg, a preseason All-America selection, was the best player on the court for the second time in the series. After Jeremy Fears Jr. made a jumper to pull Michigan State within three points with 3:47 left, Lendeborg made a 3-pointer on the ensuing p...

David Mirkovic had 22 points and 11 rebounds as No. 11 Illinois held off Maryland 78-72 on Sunday. The Terrapins (11-20, 4-16 Big Ten) have had a desultory season under first-year coach Buzz Williams, losing 20 games for the first time since 1988-89, but they gave the Illini (24-7, 15-5) a battle. Illinois led 63-62 before Ben Humrichous made a 3-pointer that started a 7-0 run for the Illini.

Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan fired their basketball coaches on the same day, parting ways with former assistants under Michigan State coach Tom Izzo.

Chris Ashby made 10 3-pointers and scored 34 points to lead Queens University to an NCAA berth in its first year of eligibility with a 98-93 win over Central Arkansas in the Atlantic Sun Tournament despite 49 points by Camren Hunter. The third-seeded Royals (21-13) of Charlotte, North Carolina, survived a late fourth-quarter collapse and Hunter's heroics to reach the NCAA Tournament in its fourth season of Division I play. Queens had an 11-point lead with 3:25 remaining in regulation but coul...

Michigan State point guard Jeremy Fears Jr. has received another technical foul for a kick toward a player's groin area.

Freshman guard Chance Gladden hit a game-winning 3-pointer to help Boston University upset top-seeded Navy in the Patriot League Tournament on Sunday.

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Conference tournaments are set to begin. Check out the odds for the major conferences.

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Rob Martin scored 24 points, Cam’Ron Fletcher added 17 with 19 rebounds, and top-seeded High Point beat No. 2 seed Winthrop 91-76 on Sunday for the Panthers' second straight Big South Conference Championship title. High Point (30-4) set a program and Big South record with its 30th victory of the season. It is also coach Flynn Clayman's first year at the helm with the Panthers. Martin shot 6 of 19 from the floor and 11 of 13 from the free-throw line to go with seven ...

Trey Campbell hit six 3-pointers in scoring 23 points and Northern Iowa defeated UIC 84-69 to win the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and an automatic NCAA bid on Sunday. The Panthers (23-12) won the tournament for the sixth time and earned their ninth NCAA appearance and first since 2016. Campbell was 8-of-13 shooting, including 6 of 9 from the arc, for the Panthers, who shot 63% and were 12 of 23 on 3-pointers.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Tariq Francis and Lino Mark combined for 34 points to lead Rutgers to a 74-62 victory over Penn State on Sunday in a Big Ten Conference regular-season finale. Rutgers (13-18, 6-14) swept the season series against the Nittany Lions, and has won two of its last three games. Penn State (12-19, 3-17) has lost five of its last six. Francis made three 3-pointers and scored 18 points. Mark finished with 16 points on 7-of-14 shooting overall. Darren Buchanan Jr. grabbed 12 reb...

The Eagles, who last made the NCAAs in 2009, continue to seek direction as the northernmost member of the ACC

The Badgers continue their climb in the Top 25 And 1, where they are ranked No. 23, and could be trouble in the Big Ten tourney

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CBS Sports' college basketball writers kicked around a hypothetical: If the bracket were set today, which bubble team would deserve the final NCAA Tournament at-large bid?

Georgia Tech is dismissing coach Damon Stoudamire, sources told ESPN.

ACC Semifinal Wrap-ups

The regular season is over for nearly all of men's college basketball. Here's a look at the latest March Madness bracket tracker, including the bubble:

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With Selection Sunday a week away, teams on the bubble are running out of time to impress the NCAA tournament selection committee.

Kwame Evans Jr. scored 20 points, which included the last nine of the game, and Oregon blew a 21-point lead before the Ducks rallied to beat Washington 85-79 on Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. Evans was fouled on a 3-point shot and made the and-1 free throw to give Oregon a one-point lead with 11.5 seconds left. Evans stole the ball from Hannes Steinbach, who quickly fouled, and Washington coach Danny Sprinkle, who thought Steinbach had been fouled, erupted.

Brayden Burries scored 22 of his season-high 31 points in the second half, fellow freshman Koa Peat had 25 points and No. 2 Arizona rallied from 11 down to beat Colorado 89-79 on Saturday night. Arizona (29-2, 16-2), which clinched its first Big 12 Conference title with a victory over No. 6 Iowa State on Monday night, finished with the most regular-season wins in program history. Isaiah Johnson had a season-best 28 points for the Buffaloes to break the school's freshman scoring record.

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Michigan faces Michigan State on the final day of the regular season

Robert Wright III scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half, rallying BYU to an 82-76 victory over No. 10 Texas Tech on Saturday night. Wright made his first seven shots after halftime to help the Cougars (21-10, 9-9 Big 12) snap a three-game losing streak and beat a top-10 opponent at home for the second time this season. AJ Dybantsa added 21 points, six rebounds and four assists for BYU.

A UTEP fan got into a heated exchange with members of the Jacksonville State basketball team following Saturday's game.

Donovan Dent scored 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting and UCLA routed reeling Southern California 89-68 for the second time in 11 days Saturday to end the regular season with its highest-ever point total at Galen Center. Dent and Eric Dailey Jr. combined to score UCLA's first 15 points of the second half. Dent then ran off five in a row, extending the Bruins' lead to 72-47.

Langston Reynolds scored 21 points and scored the game-winning basket to lead Minnesota 67-66 past Northwestern in the final regular season game of the season for both Big Ten teams on Saturday. Reynolds was 9 of 13 from the floor and scored the final four points over the last 26 seconds. Cade Tyson had 15 points, while Isaac Asuma added 14 points and eight rebounds.