Huskies carry 18-game streak in Sweet 16 and later
NCAA, Sports
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
By By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer 
April 3, 2026
When UConn makes it past the opening weekend of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, the Huskies are almost impossible to stop. UConn won its 18th straight game played in the Sweet 16 or later when i...
Mullins’ hometown eager for Final Four reunion with star
NCAA, Sports
April 3, 2026
GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) — UConn guard Braylon Mullins might be the talk of college basketball this week. He is still just a small-town Indiana guy at heart. Here in his hometown of Greenfield, the stree...
Kansas coach Bill Self will return for 24th season
NCAA, Sports
April 2, 2026
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self is returning for a 24th season with the Jayhawks. The program released a statement from Self on Wednesday confirming his return for another year...
Reed, Demary hoping for their UConn title
NCAA, Sports
April 2, 2026
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — In the days and weeks after Silas Demary Jr. arrived on the next stage of his basketball career, he sought out the one UConn men’s player who was navigating a similar path coming ...
Sarah Graves goes from walk-on to cult hero for Texas
NCAA, Sports
By By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer 
April 1, 2026
Sarah Graves owes her Texas teammates dinner. It might be the best money the senior guard ever spends. Given a couple of minutes of run late in a lopsided 77-41 victory over third-seeded Michigan in t...
Bulls waive Jaden Ivey after Instagram comments
NCAA, Sports
April 1, 2026
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls waived guard Jaden Ivey on Monday in the wake of anti-LGBTQ comments and remarks about religion he made in videos on his Instagram account. “They proclaim Pride Mo...
Women’s Final 4 a repeat of last season
NCAA, Sports
By By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer 
April 1, 2026
The women’s Final Four is on repeat. No. 1 seeds UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina are in the Final Four for the second straight season, just the second time the same teams have reached the sport’...
McNamara officially introduced as new Orange coach
NCAA, Sports
April 1, 2026
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — He became a legend as a player at Syracuse, helping the Orange to the program’s only national championship as a freshman in 2003. Now, his alma mater is banking on him becoming a...
Staley: Money driving transfer portal recruiting
NCAA, Sports
March 31, 2026
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Dawn Staley says her conversations with recruits have changed over the past few years, with finances becoming a top point of discussion, especially with players in the transf...
ND’s Hannah Hidalgo wants more after NCAA Tournament
NCAA, Sports
March 30, 2026
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Hannah Hidalgo made a little March Madness history and went deeper in the NCAA Tournament than she had in her first two years at Notre Dame before running into a tough draw ag...
Betts, UCLA rally past Duke to clinch Final Four
NCAA, Sports
March 30, 2026
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lauren Betts and her fellow UCLA seniors wouldn’t allow their season to end short of the Final Four. Betts had 23 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks to help UCLA rally from ...
Tennessee suffers another Elite Eight loss to Michigan
NCAA, Sports
March 30, 2026
CHICAGO (AP) — Ja’Kobi Gillespie threw down a thunderous right-handed dunk over Yaxel Lendeborg on a fast break and stared at the All-American. It was the sort of play that might have energized Tennes...
Men’s Final Four is set after wild UConn win
NCAA, Sports
By By EDDIE PELLS AP Sports Writer 
March 30, 2026
All that talent at Arizona and Michigan. All that momentum and good vibes at UConn. And somebody has to play the part of the unheralded “little guy.” At the Final Four next weekend, that role belongs,...
No. 1 Duke overcomes 10-point deficit to beat St. John’s
NCAA, Sports
March 28, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Caleb Foster returned from a broken foot and rescued Duke’s national title hopes, helping the top-seeded Blue Devils rally from a 10-point second-half deficit to beat St. John’s 80-7...
NCAA, Sports
March 28, 2026
Lendeborg shines in Michigan win CHICAGO (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg had 23 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in a dazzling all-around performance, and Michigan beat Alabama 90-77 on Friday night to ad...
Strong’s double-double leads UConn past UNC
NCAA, Sports
March 28, 2026
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Sarah Strong chose UConn over North Carolina instead of staying home, and the All-America sophomore forward is a step closer to a second national title after helping knock the...
IUP women reach DII national championship game
NCAA, Sports
By By DAVE MACKALL TribLive 
March 28, 2026
Nyshae’ Weaver’s blank stare elicited a quirky question for the IUP senior and two-time PSAC West women’s basketball Athlete of the Year. Had the 6-foot forward from Baltimore Coppin Academy High Scho...
NCAA, Sports
March 27, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Duke coach Jon Scheyer said point guard Caleb Foster will try to play in Friday night’s Sweet 16 matchup against St. John’s. Foster broke his right foot in Duke’s regular-season fina...
Kaufman-Renn gets game-winner for Purdue; Iowa’s run continues
NCAA, Sports
March 27, 2026
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Trey Kaufman-Renn tipped in a miss by Braden Smith with 0.7 seconds left, and No. 2 Purdue edged hobbling Texas star Tramon Mark and the 11th-seeded Longhorns 79-77 on Thursday...
Plum 8th-grader has only perfect women’s bracket
NCAA, Sports
March 27, 2026
By The Associated Press The only perfect bracket left after the opening weekend of the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments — from more than 40 million entries across all the major contests — was produc...