Bueckers helps UConn rip Creighton for 23rd Big East tourney crown - ESPN
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Paige Bueckers scored 24 points and Azzi Fudd added 13 to help No. 3 UConn beat 22nd-ranked Creighton 70-50 to win the Big East championship Monday night.
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North Dakota's Treysen Eaglestaff scores Summit League-record 51 - ESPN
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Treysen Eaglestaff scored a Summit League-record 51 points — also the most in Division I this season — to power North Dakota to an 85-69 victory over South Dakota State on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Where have all the NFL's small-school prospects gone? - ESPN
INDIANAPOLIS — Grey Zabel hesitated. The North Dakota State tackle didn't know if he should answer the question posed by a reporter. The two-time FCS national champion played five seasons for the Bison, and was one of seven FCS players invited to the NFL combine this year, the smallest number of small school prospects, defined as players who most recently played below the Division I FBS level, in a decade. Zabel said he had a few offers from bigger programs to enter the transfer portal.
AP women's college basketball poll reaction - What's next for Top 25 teams - ESPN
With the regular season ending over the weekend, all eyes turn to the conference tournaments as the final prelude to the NCAA tourney.
USC No. 2 in AP Top 25 for 1st time since 1986; Texas still No. 1 - ESPN
USC has its best ranking in 39 years after moving up to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll on Monday.
Women's Champ Week: tournament brackets, auto bids, more - ESPN
March is here, and with it weeks of excellent women's college basketball. Teams across the country will battle during Championship Week for one of 31 automatic bids to the 2025 women's NCAA tournament.
Men's Champ Week 2025: tournament schedules, autobids, more - ESPN
Men's college basketball's Champ Week is nearly here, which means March Madness is nearly here. Beginning with the ASUN tournament Sunday, and ending with the Ivy, A-10, SEC, American and Big Ten tournaments right before the bracket is revealed on Selection Sunday (March 16), teams across all 31 Division I conferences will be competing to cut down the nets in their respective league tournaments.
Texas senator aims to help NCAA regulate athlete payments - ESPN
College sports officials spent the past four years seeking federal legislation to block student-athletes from gaining employee status and letting the NCAA impose limits on how much money schools and boosters may give to their athletes. With Republicans taking control of Capitol Hill this month, the odds of the NCAA getting its wish are better than ever.