march madness

Matthew Dellavedova scored 22 points, and Saint Mary's beat Middle Tennessee State, 67-54, in a First Four game of the 2013 NCAA tournament in Dayton, Ohio on Tuesday night. After leading by nine points at the half, St. Mary's increased its lead behind the shooting of Dellavedova, who was 7-for-14 from the field for the game, including hitting 5 of 7 three-point attempts...

Reserve guard Jeremy Underwood scored 19 points, and North Carolina A&T beat Liberty, 73-72, in a First Four game of the 2013 NCAA tournament in Dayton, Ohio on Tuesday night. Despite entering the game with 20 losses, Liberty had an opportunity to win, but John Caleb Sanders' layup was off the mark in the final seconds. ...

The 2013 NCAA Tournament is upon us, and sure, the games are fun but we're more interested in the battle raging on in the bleachers. Student body against student body. Alumni against alumni. Fans against fans. Bands against bands in battles of brass...

Sports fans always assume they've seen it all... until something crazy happens that we've never seen before. College basketball is usually where the oddest stuff happens with players, coaches, and fans responsible for all kinds of mayhem and mischief ...

Tiki Barber is the all-time leading rusher in New York Giants history and a 3 time Pro Bowler. Each week, he'll provide his take on some of the biggest stories in sports. This is Tiki Barber's Take.

Patriot League Championship: Bucknell 64 — Lafayette 56 Center Mike Muscala scored 20 points, including six points during a big second-half run, and Bucknell beat Lafayette, 64-56, in the Patriot League tournament championship at Lewisburg, PA...

Creighton, Liberty and Harvard were among the first five teams to qualify for the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament via automatic bids they received for winning their conference championships this weekend. Here's a recap of the conference championships:  Sunday, March 10 Missouri Valley Conference Championship: Creighton 68 — Wichita State 65 Jahenns Manigat scored 16 points, including a layup

Doron Lamb scored 22 points, and Kentucky held off a spirited Kansas rally to beat the Jayhawks 67-59 in the NCAA title game in New Orleans on Monday night. The win gave the Wildcats (38-2) their eighth national championship in school history and first since 1998.

Overall top-seed Kentucky and Midwest Region champ Kansas each won national semifinal games in the Final Four in New Orleans on Saturday to advance to the NCAA title game on Monday night. Here’s a recap of Saturday’s games:

Athletes and their fans are a superstitious bunch. They wear “good luck” jerseys, sit on the same side of the couch at game time, put their left cleat on first at all times and the list goes on and on. While in the midst of the Final Four of March Madness, Kansas fans have found away to wrest the spotlight away from Kentucky fans, who are so crazy about college hoops that they are engaging in fist