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.
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 102-95 on the road Thursday to clinch the first playoff spot in the Western Conference.
With NCAA basketball’s Selection Sunday this week, the North Carolina Tar Heels did themselves a great service by defeating conference rival and then No. 7 ranked Duke by a score of 79–71 last Sunday, capturing the Heels’ 17th solo regular season Atlantic Coast Conference title.
Paul Pierce scored 29 points and added nine assists as the Boston Celtics pulled into a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with a 105-94 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.