Dayton won't play waiting game this year
One moment can make a team a champion. It takes years to make a program a winner. Dayton held on for dear life to claim its first Atlantic 10 champio…
Mathies making good on coach's prediction
A chance to be one of the best players in the nation. That's how Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell described what the future might hold for A'dia Ma…
Zags top preseason mid-major poll
The mid-major top 10 returns with the same ground rules. All conferences beyond the BCS six (ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC) qualify for …
Top mid-major players to watch
Delaware star Elena Delle Donne might be the biggest name in the mid-major ranks, but she's not the only player who bears watching. From established s…
Penn State nets first tourney win since '04
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State hadn't lost an NCAA tournament game at Bryce Jordan Center in eight previous attempts. It also hadn't lost an NCAA to…
Ebony Gainey starts, shoots ... and scores
There are times, Ebony Gainey admits, when she wonders about what could have been or thinks back to what she envisioned the present would look like …
Houston jumps two spots; Phoenix No. 2
1. Xavier (21-2, 10-0 Atlantic 10) There's still a home game against Duquesne, but it looks increasingly like a second consecutive season of A-10 pe…
Louisiana Tech breaks into poll
1. Xavier (17-2, 6-0 Atlantic 10) The Musketeers appear to be in cruise mode, in the best sense of the term, in the Atlantic 10. They face a challen…
Opening weekend observations
How much of a difference is there between reloading and rebuilding? Judging by the events at the Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday afternoo…
O Canada
They won't play the Canadian anthem at Freedom Hall in Louisville before Monday's second-round game between No. 4 seed Kentucky and fifth-seeded Michi…