Smart will use the world championships to improve his game
The final play of Saturday morning's scrimmage showed why the NBA wants Oklahoma State sophomore guard Marcus Smart so badly.
New AAC puts 1st men's tournament in Memphis
The new American Athletic Conference will hold its first men's basketball tournament at the FedExForum in Memphis next March.
UConn qualifies academically for postseason
Connecticut's men's basketball team, which was barred from the 2013 postseason because of past problems with its Academic Progress Rate, has qualified academically for next year's NCAA tournament.
Former Akron guard pleads guilty in drug case
Former University of Akron point guard Alex Abreu has pleaded guilty in a drug case.
Longtime Miami (Ohio) basketball coach Coles dies
Longtime Miami (Ohio) basketball coach Charlie Coles, the school's all-time leader in victories, died Friday in Oxford, Ohio, the school said. He was 71.
Indiana not yet at full strength after departures
Indiana's basketball practices are getting lonely these days.
Report: Gun found after UNC's Hairston arrested
P.J. Hairston, the leading scorer for the North Carolina men's basketball team last season, was arrested Wednesday by Durham police during a traffic stop in which a handgun and more than 1 1/2 ounces of marijuana were seized.
Montana dismisses Coleman
The University of Montana has dismissed forward Spencer Coleman from the men's basketball team.
Former Runnin' Rebel Savoy arrested in drug sting
Former UNLV basketball standout Patrick Savoy has been arrested on suspicion of trafficking cocaine after an undercover operation in Las Vegas.
North Carolina's Hairston arrested on marijuana charge
Durham, N.C., police arrested North Carolina basketball player P.J. Hairston on Wednesday night and charged him with possession of marijuana and driving without a license.
Gun found by police when UNC player arrested
A police report says officers seized a 9mm handgun and ammunition when North Carolina's leading scorer last season, P.J. Hairston, was arrested on a marijuana possession charge.
Ex-Auburn player pleads not guilty to fixing basketball game
Former Auburn basketball player Varez Ward pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he conspired to fix a 2012 game that his team lost to Arkansas.
Because of previous turmoil, Julie Hermann says she's 'uniquely qualified'
Julie Hermann, Rutgers University's incoming and already embattled athletic director, made a public visit to the school Wednesday. She shed little new light on the controversy that has clouded her arrival but told reporters that she is "uniquely qualified" because of her turbulent time as a volleyball coach at the University of Tennessee.
Ex-Auburn player indicted in point-shaving scheme
Former Auburn point guard Varez Ward has been arrested for allegedly trying to fix games.
Bentley basketball player collapses, dies
A Bentley University basketball player died after collapsing at a recreational summer league game at a Watertown playground, police said Tuesday.
Dorm Report: Controversy continues at Rutgers
This one has to fall under the heading of, "what were they thinking ... if they were thinking at all?"
Smith transfers to Minnesota
Malik Smith is following his head coach to Minnesota.
New Mexico gets some payback
Congratulations Steve Alford, you and your New Mexico Lobos just lost to underdog Harvard in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, please accept your parting gift of a seven-year, $18.2 million contract with UCLA.
