NCAA Tournament update: OU silences Dayton’s bracket racket
The NCAA nearly grounded one of the surprise teams from last year’s tournament. The University of Dayton, which reached the Elite Eight in 2014, received the final spot in the 2015 NCAA Tournament,...
View ArticleWatch Trey Freeman’s shot that sent ODU to NIT semifinals
(Courtesy Old Dominion University Athletics) Trey Freeman’s buzzer-beater was all the buzz at Old Dominion. Freeman’s shot heard ’round the world on March 24 sent the Monarchs into the NIT semifinals...
View ArticleVCU hires former Chattanooga coach Will Wade to replace Shaka Smart
Less than a week after Shaka Smart finally met an offer he couldn’t refuse, VCU named his replacement. On Wednesday, the Rams hired Will Wade, 32, a former Smart assistant, as head coach. Wade was the...
View ArticleAnalysis: La. Tech’s Michael White is right hire for Florida basketball
It’s never easy replacing a legend, and that’s one of the biggest tasks former Louisiana Tech men’s basketball head coach Michael White faces as he replaces Billy Donovan at the University of Florida....
View ArticleLouisiana Tech names Eric Konkol men’s basketball coach
Louisiana Tech introduced long-time Jim Larranaga assistant Eric Konkol as its new men’s basketball coach on Monday. The Wisconsin-Eau Claire graduate replaces Michael White, who left for the...
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Ivy League spotlight: Bulldogs aim to surpass Crimson as top dogs
A total of six points in three games separated Harvard and Yale last season in an epic battle for the Ivy League championship, with the Bulldogs again denied the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA...
View ArticleAtlantic 10 spotlight: Five things we learned
Five things we learned at the A-10 men’s basketball media day.
View ArticleA10 on ASN: Weekly Atlantic 10 show debuts Saturday
A-10 Spotlight, a weekly program covering the people, stories, and news in the Atlantic 10 Conference, premieres Saturday on ASN. The weekly, 30-minute news magazine hosted by ASN’s Monica McNutt will...
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Britain’s twin towers bring ‘Swatland Yard’ to WKU
WEDNESDAY ON ASN: Western Kentucky at Belmont, 7 p.m. ET (click logo for local listings) Swatland Yard became a two-man police force thanks to serendipity as much as by design. That’s Ben Lawson’s side...
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NMSU’s Siakam, GW’s Washington named ASN players of the week
The basketball season is getting into the tasty and fun part of the schedule, helping prep everyone for that most American of holidays, Thanksgiving this week. So to give thanks for great performances,...
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Cuba trip inspires Richmond’s renewed passion for baseball
America’s national pastime is Cuba’s national obsession. That’s the first thing Richmond coach Tracy Woodson noticed during his team’s visit to Cuba in December. Woodson and the Spiders saw for...
View ArticleICYMI: CAA’s No. 2 UNCW heads to NCAA Tournament after 80-72 win over Hofstra
Photo courtesy of @UNCWilmington via Twitter [View the story “CAA tournament at a glance” on Storify]
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GREATEST MOMENTS | Belmont bounced rival Lipscomb for first NCAA Tournament...
The Belmont men’s basketball team has reached the NCAA Tournament seven times in the two decades since moving up from NAIA in 1996. The first, clinched on March 4, 2006, marked the Bruins’ arrival in...
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GREATEST MOMENTS | Central Arkansas gave Scottie Pippen his shot at greatness
There was no telling the full measure of Scottie Pippen’s future greatness when he and Central Arkansas men’s basketball coach Don Dyer first met in the spring of 1983. Pippen was a quiet 17-year-old,...
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