College Of Charleston: 2017-18 Colonial Men's Basketball Champions
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- College of Charleston coach Earl Grant never doubted his team would cut down the nets at the Colonial Athletic Association championship and return to the NCAA Tournament for...
View ArticleLIU Brooklyn: 2017-18 Northeast Men's Basketball Champions
NEW YORK -- LIU Brooklyn's two best players raised their game. Wagner couldn't buy a basket. And the Blackbirds are NCAA Tournament-bound after shocking their New York City rival.Joel Hernandez had 32...
View ArticleGonzaga: 2017-18 West Coast Men's Basketball Champions
LAS VEGAS -- Bubble teams around the country will sleep a little bit easier Tuesday night after Gonzaga's 74-54 win against BYU in the West Coast Conference championship game.The Bulldogs' sixth...
View ArticleBucknell: 2017-18 Patriot Men's Basketball Champions
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- There was no dramatic comeback this time. Just a steady, overpowering performance that propelled Bucknell to its second straight Patriot League Tournament championship.Stephen Brown...
View ArticleWright State: 2017-18 Horizon Men's Basketball Champions
DETROIT -- Grant Benzinger grew up watching the NCAA Tournament, looking up old highlights and locking in for "One Shining Moment," with his dad, hoping to play in it someday.His dream is about to come...
View ArticleSouth Dakota State: 2017-18 Summit Men's Basketball Champions
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The Jackrabbits are tourney bound again.David Jenkins Jr. scored 29 points, Mike Daum had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and South Dakota State beat South Dakota 97-87 on Tuesday night...
View ArticleVirginia: 2017-18 Atlantic Coast Men's Basketball Champions
NEW YORK -- Kyle Guy, Devon Hall and No. 1 Virginia completed one of the most successful seasons in the storied history of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball, beating No. 12 North Carolina 71-63 in...
View ArticleUMBC: 2017-18 America East Men's Basketball Champions
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Jairus Lyles was determined to come up with a different ending for UMBC.Lyles improvised in the final moments and hit a long 3-pointer with less than a second left, lifting Maryland...
View ArticleKansas: 2017-18 Big 12 Men's Basketball Champions
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Devonte Graham ripped off the shooting sleeve he was wearing and tossed it into the crowd, then took the two-time Big 12 defensive player of the year baseline for a pullup...
View ArticleVillanova: 2017-18 Big East Men's Basketball Champions
NEW YORK -- As confetti fluttered down on a court still simmering from an epic title game, Jay Wright wrapped his arms around several Wildcats. While his current crop of stars got ready to climb a...
View ArticleMontana: 2017-18 Big Sky Men's Basketball Champions
RENO, Nevada -- Three straight nights, three consecutive comebacks and the Montana Grizzlies are Big Sky Conference champions and heading to the NCAA Tournament.Michael Oguine scored 21 points and...
View ArticleMarshall: 2017-18 Conference USA Men's Basketball Champions
FRISCO, Texas -- The long wait is over for Marshall after all those long shots by Jon Elmore.Elmore scored 20 of his 27 points after halftime, with a Conference USA championship-game-record seven...
View ArticleBuffalo: 2017-18 Mid-American Men's Basketball Champions
CLEVELAND -- Handed a pair scissors, Buffalo coach Nate Oats began climbing a ladder to cut down another championship net.As he rose above the floor, the fans below him chanted: "Five more years! Five...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Central: 2017-18 Mid-Eastern Men's Basketball Champions
NORFOLK, Va. -- North Carolina Central coach LeVelle Moton looked at his phone and couldn't help but laugh.Early this season, when the Eagles were struggling on defense and incorporating freshmen into...
View ArticleSan Diego State: 2017-18 Mountain West Men's Basketball Champions
LAS VEGAS -- San Diego State's Trey Kell has been battling injuries throughout the season, missing parts of eight games through mid-February.So, when a New Mexico player kneed him in his lower leg...
View ArticleArizona: 2017-18 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Champions
LAS VEGAS -- Deandre Ayton dribbled through the sea of red-and-white confetti, bobbing and weaving past cheerleaders and fans. The Arizona big man came upon a security guard, dropped a spin move that...
View ArticleStephen F. Austin: 2017-18 Southland Men's Basketball Champions
KATY, Texas -- Stephen F. Austin has become accustomed to earning the Southland Conference's NCAA Tournament berth."They are the Kentucky of the Southland Conference," Southeastern Louisiana coach Jay...
View ArticleTexas Southern: 2017-18 Southwestern Athletic Men's Basketball Champions
HOUSTON -- Texas Southern started out 0-13 this season. Didn't win a game until Jan. 1. Never beat a nonconference opponent.Who cares? The Tigers are going to the NCAA Tournament.Trayvon Reed had 17...
View ArticleNew Mexico State: 2017-18 Western Athletic Men's Basketball Champions
LAS VEGAS -- Even with three different coaches in three years, New Mexico State keeps making NCAA Tournament appearances.In the offseason, Chris Jans took over an already successful Aggies program...
View ArticleCal State Fullerton: 2017-18 Big West Men's Basketball Champions
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Kyle Allman scored 26 points, and Khalil Ahmad added 23 to lead Cal State Fullerton to a 71-55 win over UC Irvine Saturday in the Big West Tournament championship.Allman was in a...
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