Marquette Golden Eagles

Oregon proposes probation over violations in football program

2013-04-16 19:06:00

The University of Oregon has acknowledged major NCAA violations in connection with football recruiting and proposed a self-imposed two-year probation with the loss of one scholarship in each of the next three years, according to documents released by...

NCAA Tournament: Syracuse topples top-seeded Indiana, 61-50

2013-03-28 21:20:00

WASHINGTON -- It took winning a national title for Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim to get over a late-shot loss to Indiana the last time the schools faced off in the NCAA tournament. This meeting, 26 years later, was never close enough to come down to the...

NCAA Tournament: Marquette shuts down Miami, 71-61

2013-03-28 18:30:00

WASHINGTON -- Vander Blue's buzzer-beater came at the end of the first half. For a change, Marquette didn't need one at the end of the game. After sweating through a pair of edge-of-your-seat comebacks in the NCAA tournament, Blue and the Golden...

Things could be stifling at the Final Four

2013-04-05 22:05:00

ATLANTA -- This Final Four will be "lights out" on the scoreboard only if there's a second-half power outage at the Georgia Dome. (Hey, it already happened at one football stadium this year.) Saturday's two games in a vacuous, 75,000-seat venue have...

NCAA Final Four: Syracuse vs. Michigan

2013-04-05 22:00:00

SYRACUSE Starters P; Ht.; Wt.; Statistics F; C.J. Fair; 6-6; 215; 14.3 ppg F; James Southerland; 6-8; 215; 13.5 ppg C; Rakeem Christmas; 6-9; 242; 4.6 rpg G; Brandon Triche; 6-4; 210; 13.7 ppg G; Michael Carter-Williams; 6-6; 185; 12.1 ppg...

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...

Robert Griffin III goes off on Twitter after Baylor women's loss

2013-04-01 08:11:00

Robert Griffin III takes his women's basketball seriously. Just how seriously? Just take a look at the Washington Redskins quarterback's Twitter account during the last 24 hours. Early on Sunday, he posted a photo of himself with President Obama at...

Amaker, Hopkins the names that don't go away for USC basketball job

2013-03-29 12:07:00

There has been some unending traction to the name "Tommy Amaker" and the USC basketball head coaching job that is still open and being taken care of by interim head coach Bob Cantu (who must be tired of that word. "Interim."). Also, according to a...

NCAA Tournament: Ohio State edges Arizona on last-second shot

2013-03-28 19:10:00

LaQuinton Ross hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2 seconds to play, and Ohio State advanced to the brink of its second straight Final Four appearance with a 73-70 victory over Arizona on Thursday night in the West Regional semifinals at Staples Center....

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: Indiana scores final 10 points to beat Temple, 58-52

2013-03-24 14:20:00

DAYTON, Ohio -- Indiana’s season, the one that’s supposed to finish with confetti falling and nets coming down, was minutes from ending in shock and disappointment. The Hoosiers were on the brink. As the clock ticked down, coach Tom...

NCAA Tournament: Miami holds off Illinois, 63-59

2013-03-24 20:25:00

AUSTIN, Texas -- Shane Larkin hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with a minute left and Miami gained possession on a ball knocked out of bounds that probably should have gone to Illinois, helping the Hurricanes hold on for a 63-59 victory Sunday night to advance to...

Marquette's Vander Blue during the NCAA tournament.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Syracuse players hold up the East regional trophy.

2013-03-30 00:00:00

Marquette's Jamil Wilson is embraced by teammate Trent Lockett after scoring against Miami in an NCAA tournament regional semifinal on Thursday evening at the Verizon Center in Washington.

2013-03-28 00:00:00