Zakai Zeigler scored 20 points, Jordan Gainey had 15 and No. 8 Tennessee held off No. 3 Auburn 70-65 in the first semifinal game of the SEC tournament Saturday afternoon in Nashville.Chaz Lanier adde… MORE
Category Archives: Dell Sports – College Basketball News
No. 6 St. John’s, Creighton collide in search of elusive Big East title
NEW YORK — Among the things St. John’s focused on in its renaissance during coach Rick Pitino’s second season was winning a Big East tournament championship.Creighton made it a goal to win an elusiv… MORE
Arizona faces ‘hard to beat’ No. 2 Houston for Big 12 title
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Top-seeded Houston will return to the Big 12 Championship final for the second straight year, looking for its first title, while squaring off against conference newcomer and third-… MORE
No. 4 Florida aims to continue sharp shooting vs. No. 5 Alabama
Neither Florida nor Alabama trailed in their respective Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinal contests.Something will have to give one day later when the second-seeded Gators (28-4) and thi… MORE
SEC tournament roundup: Kentucky sinks Oklahoma at buzzer
Otega Oweh drove the length of the court and avoided three defenders to convert the winning layup with half a second left as sixth-seeded Kentucky escaped with a wild 85-84 victory over 14th-seeded Ok… MORE
With Cooper Flagg ailing, UNC seeks upset of No. 1 Duke
CHARLOTTE — North Carolina will play in a game that might largely define its season Friday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals.Yet the Tar Heels (22-12) aren’t likely to be… MORE
No. 3 Auburn aims to get back on track vs. Ole Miss
Auburn accomplished quite a bit during the regular season — Southeastern Conference champion, top-ranked for seven straight weeks, a virtual lock as a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.But… MORE
No. 16 Memphis to begin next stage with clash vs. Wichita State
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway views this season as a play in two parts.The first act — in which the Tigers captured the American Athletic Conference regular-season title — was a resounding success.… MORE
Hot sides clash as No. 7 Michigan St. opposes No. 23 Oregon
Projected as the Big Ten’s fifth-best team in the preseason, Michigan State made a mockery of the official media poll by winning the regular-season title by three games.The seventh-ranked Spartans pl… MORE
No. 4 Florida has high hopes ahead of game vs. No. 21 Missouri
Second-seeded Florida can rest easy this week knowing an early departure from the Southeastern Conference tournament wouldn’t hurt the school’s NCAA Tournament seeding.But Gators coach Todd Golden se… MORE
