DETROIT — Purdue and Gonzaga don’t play in the same conference, and their campuses are nearly 2,000 miles apart. When the teams tip off against each other in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night, they’ll still

Duke’s Jared McCain is hotter than lava, and Houston boasts the nation’s top defensive unit. Something has to give when McCain and the fourth-seeded Blue Devils (26-8) face top-seeded Houston (32-4) in the Sweet 16 on Friday night in the

North Carolina State appeared ready to call it a season when it dropped its last four regular-season games. A swift reversal ensued, and now the Wolfpack are surprisingly stationed in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Next up, No.

Robbie Avila broke a tie with a deep 3-pointer with 59.7 seconds remaining and finished with 22 points to rally top-seeded Indiana State to an 85-81 win over second-seeded Cincinnati in the NIT quarterfinals on Tuesday in Terre Haute, Ind.

John Calipari will return as the head coach of Kentucky in 2024-25, athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced Tuesday night. Calipari met with Barnhart five days after the third-seeded Wildcats lost to 14th-seeded Oakland in the first round of the NCAA

Robbie Avila broke a tie with a deep 3-pointer with 59.7 seconds remaining and finished with 22 points to rally the top-seeded and host Indiana State Sycamores to an 85-81 win over the No. 2 Cincinnati Bearcats in the NIT

Noah Thomasson scored 21 points, including the go-ahead basket, and No. 4 seed Georgia downed No. 2 Ohio State 79-77 in the quarterfinals of the NIT on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. Jamison Battle’s 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the

John Calipari will return as the head coach of Kentucky in 2024-25, Kentucky Sports Radio reported Tuesday night. The news came after Calipari reportedly met with Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart, five days after the third-seeded Wildcats lost to 14th-seeded

BOSTON — If Iowa State wants to reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 2000, it will have to find a way to get through Terrence Shannon Jr. Shannon is a perfect 6-0 against the Cyclones, and he