In a game that featured last year’s player of the year in senior forward Tyler Hansbrough and the player expected to be this year’s player of the year in sophomore forward Blake Griffin
Villanova stunned East Region top seed Pittsburgh 78-76 on Saturday to join Connecticut in the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.
March Madness fans have heard this many times, and for the second straight game, the No. 1 seeded Pittsburgh Panthers did just that as they edged No. 8 seeded Oklahoma State 84–76 in the second round of the East Region in Dayton, Ohio.
The Los Angeles Lakers overcame a 14-point halftime deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls 117-109 behind Kobe Bryant's 28 points on Saturday.
Top seeds North Carolina and Connecticut rolled to convincing victories in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday.
A flood of upsets swept away seeded favorites at the close of the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday with Wake Forest, Florida State, Utah and West Virginia all bounced out in shock defeats.
On the brink of an upset that would shake up the entire West Region, the Memphis Tigers got help from an unlikely hero in sophomore guard Roburt Sallie, who exploded for 35 points after just averaging 4.5 a game this season.
Western Kentucky scored the biggest upset of the opening day of the NCAA Tournament to decide the U.S. college basketball champions by ousting Illinois 76-72 on Thursday.
After winning the regular season Big East title, the Louisville Cardinals were still not looked at as the best team in the best conference in the country. That label stayed with the likes of Pitt and UConn.
Detroit Pistons owner Bill Davidson has died at the age of 86, the team said on Saturday.