Georgetown Hoyas

Otto Porter Jr., Nerlens Noel declare for NBA draft

2013-04-15 18:35:00

All-American Otto Porter Jr. announced Monday he is leaving Georgetown after his sophomore season and declaring himself eligible for the NBA draft. Porter, a 6-foot-8 forward, was the Big East player of the year and finished second in the voting...

NCAA Tournament: Florida Gulf Coast takes down No. 2 Georgetown

2013-03-22 18:25:00

� PHILADELPHIA -- Florida Gulf Coast sure made an entrance at the NCAA tournament. A school that hasn't even celebrated its first 20-year reunion yet, and is in just its second season of being eligible for Division I postseason, busted a load of...

Louisville's Kevin Ware expected to be at Final Four

2013-04-01 23:12:00

Kevin Ware is already up and walking, and he has a nice souvenir to keep him company until he's cleared to return to Louisville. Cardinals Coach Rick Pitino brought the Midwest Regional championship trophy when he visited Ware, who remains...

For Louisville, injury leads to inspiration in NCAA win over Duke

2013-03-31 20:55:00

Tears are part of the NCAA tournament. They flow when teams win and flow when they lose. The tears shed for Louisville guard Kevin Ware on Sunday, though, were different. They almost spontaneously gushed in response to Ware's gruesome leg break during...

True underdogs mix with pedigreed types in wide-open NCAA tournament

2013-03-25 00:00:00

My dream of a West Regional foursome of Wichita State, La Salle, Harvard and Iowa State came only half true. Los Angeles fell two underdogs short from hitting for the Cinderella cycle. The disappointment abated when, in Philadelphia, the hallucination...

NCAA Tournament: Florida Gulf Coast upends San Diego State, 81-71

2013-03-24 18:30:00

PHILADELPHIA -- Florida Gulf Coast went from shocking the college basketball world to downright impressing it. And the Eagles were smiling the whole time. Playing loose and easy, little-known FGCU beat San Diego State 81-71 on Sunday to become the first...

NCAA Tournament: Iowa State dominates Notre Dame, 76-58

2013-03-22 21:30:00

DAYTON, Ohio -- The scouting report on Iowa State was that the Cyclones could shoot. Turns out, they can do a whole lot more. Freshman forward Georges Niang matched a season high with 19 points and Iowa State, showing there's not just 3-pointers in...

NCAA favorites, that's you Arizona and Gonzaga, better be on alert

2013-03-22 21:30:00

SALT LAKE CITY� -- Arizona is thrilled to be playing Harvard on Saturday on its way to next week's West regional in Los Angeles. No one can say that, but it's only human Tucson nature. Wanting to play No. 14 instead of No. 3 to reach the Sweet 16 is a...

NCAA Tournament: Creighton edges Cincinnati, 67-63

2013-03-22 14:44:00

PHILADELPHIA -- Doug McDermott can put his decision on hold about whether to stay at Creighton or leave. McDermott had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Gregory Echenique scored 13 points to help Creighton hold on to beat Cincinnati, 67-63, on Friday in...

NCAA Tournament: Syracuse shuts down Montana, 81-34

2013-03-21 21:55:00

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Syracuse carried all that momentum built in the Big East tournament across the country for their NCAA opener. Brandon Triche scored 20 points, C.J. Fair added 13 and the fourth-seeded Orange shut down No. 13 seed Montana with their...

Conference tournaments take their chances in Las Vegas

2013-03-12 18:09:00

The last Big East basketball tournament as we know it hits New York's stage this week at Madison Square Garden. What sportswriter Dan Wetzel recently described as "the most honest event in college sports" is breaking up after a messy divorce that will...

Big East football keeps $100 million in split

2013-03-05 11:43:00

Big East football schools will get almost all of a $110 million pot in a deal that will allow seven departing basketball schools to keep the name Big East and start playing in their own conference next season, a person familiar with the negotiations says....

After missing seven games with a broken hand, the South River graduate came back just in time to help the then-No. 20 Cavaliers (11-9) beat Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, finish the regular season at .500 and earn an NCAA tournament berth.

2013-03-18 00:00:00

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2013-03-15 07:15:25

Record: 22-11. How they got here: At-large bid. Strengths: Guards Sean Kilpatrick (16.9 ppg) and Cashmere Wright (12.6) helped lead the Bearcats to upsets of Oregon, Marquette and Pittsburgh.

2013-03-14 00:00:00