This time of the year is all about friends and family, turkey and pie, and plenty of football to take up the days. Better make some room for some basketball, too. The rise of exempt…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self was so disgusted by the last round of conference realignment — when Missouri and Texas A&M bolted the Big 12 for the SEC — that he…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — There was another team out there that was marching through the season undefeated, that looked unstoppable at times, that had all arrows pointing toward a national title. COVID-19 put a halt to…

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Cade Cunningham used to see superstars when he watched NBA players. Now, he sees opponents. They soon will see him, too. Cunningham announced Thursday that he will enter the NBA draft…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gonzaga’s countdown to perfection has ticked to two. The Bulldogs are back in the Final Four, two wins from becoming the first undefeated team since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers. And, after all…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Baylor had been on the cusp of the Final Four twice before under coach Scott Drew, falling to the eventual champion both times. These Bears have a different kind of swagger to…

The Elite Eight marks the halfway point of the NCAA Tournament, but don’t blink. It has the shelf life of chicken nuggets. By the time your head hits the pillow tomorrow night, we’ll be down…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelvin Sampson never set out to take a once-proud Houston program back to national prominence by leaning on transfers. “Sometimes that’s just the way it works out,” Sampson said. And there’s no…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Your bracket is shot. We know it. Ours is, too. A year after the NCAA Tournament was canceled, the madness returned with an opening weekend full of upsets. No. 1 seed Illinois,…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern California coach Andy Enfield is taking another program to the Sweet 16. The only surprise about this one? How handily his Trojans took apart No. 3 seed Kansas. Isaiah Mobley hit…