COLLEGE BASKETBALL

NCAA News, Scores, Rankings, Standings, Polls & More

Big Red gets first win for an Ivy League team in the NCAA Tournament since 1998. West Virginia and Xavier also get early-game wins.  Full story »

Ohio State's Evan Turner knows time is short in the NCAA Tournament. Full story »

The Buckeyes need the junior to get his strength up tonight for their NCAA Tournament opener against No. 15 UC-Santa Barbara, because the man with the second-most 3-pointers in the tournament can be the difference over the next several weekends between a very good team and a great one. Full story »

Saturday's games 1:05 p.m.: (10) St. Mary’s vs. (2) Villanova 3:35 p.m.: (14) Ohio vs. (6) Tennessee 5:40 p.m.: (9) N. Iowa vs. (1) Kansas 8:15 p.m.: (9) Wake Forest vs. (1) Kentucky And here are today's games 12:25 p.m.: West Regional, (11) Minnesota vs. (6) Xavier 2:45 p.m.: West Regional, (14) Oakland vs. (3) Pittsburgh 7:20 p.m.: Midwest... Full story »

They picked winners in Ohio University, Murray State, Old Dominion and Saint Mary's, besides being right on all 12 of Thursday's other first-round games.  Full story »

Murray State stuns Commodores, while Washington sends the Golden Eagles home. Get a complete recap of Thursday's NCAA Tournament games Full story »

Georgia Tech players are putting away their cell phones during the NCAA Tournament, a move that has Ohio State star Evan Turner scratching his head. Full story »

Lauderdale is rooming with Turner in Milwaukee, and he's encouraging his teammate to not stay up too late. Full story »

The MAC Tournament champion Bobcats, who had a losing record in conference play, have found their way in the only month that matters and now boast an NCAA Tournament win for the first time in 27 years. Full story »

Players like Ohio State's Evan Turner and Kentucky's John Wall are keys to their teams' tournament hopes, and also hope to maintain or improve their own draft prospects. Full story »

Poll: It would take six straight wins for Ohio State's men's basketball team to win the national championship. What will the Buckeyes do? Full story »

Carleton Scott's 3-pointer rattled out in the closing seconds, and 11th-seeded Old Dominion delivered the first upset of the NCAA tournament when it stunned sixth-seeded Notre Dame 51-50 on Thursday in the South Regional. Full story »

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is not happy about a recent study on the graduation rates of college athletes. That study, done by Richard Lapchick, the director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, presented something that concerns Duncan: One out of five men’s teams in the NCAA tournament has graduated less than 40 percent of their... Full story »

See Indians pitcher Jake Westbrook's handwritten and signed bracket for The Plain Dealer's Celebrity Bracketology Challenge. Full story »

See former Ohio State basketball player Kosta Koufos' handwritten and signed bracket for The Plain Dealer's Celebrity Bracketology Challenge. Full story »