National Invitation Tournament

Wake him when the Steve Alford era is over

2013-04-02 20:37:00

I saw the guy working on TV, his team surprising folks in the NCAA tournament, but honestly I don't even know his first name now that he has become USC's basketball coach. But he has to be more interesting and exciting than the dolt introduced as UCLA...

NCAA Tournament: Wichita State dispatches La Salle, 72-58

2013-03-28 21:50:00

�Wichita State went from sweet to elite, beating La Salle 72-58 on Thursday night to reach the final eight of the NCAA tournament for the first time in 32 years. Malcolm Armstead scored 18 points, Carl Hall added 16 points and freshman Ron Baker 13...

Spokane police request charges against USC basketball players for fight

2013-04-04 22:15:00

Police in Spokane, Wash., completed their investigation of a fight that occurred last month and have requested that two USC basketball players be charged with two counts each of second-degree assault, a police spokeswoman said. Neither police nor USC...

Ohio State, Wichita State vie to be best in the . . . West?

2013-03-29 20:25:00

Some West Regional final this turned out to be. The closest school left, Wichita State, is located 1,380 miles from epicenter court at Staples Center. Ohio State in the NCAA West makes as much sense as Dallas in the NFC East. That is not to say...

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...

La Salle in the Sweet 16: Philadelphia story is no underdog's tale

2013-03-27 21:09:00

The message was clear and it came with accent, attitude and a side of sauce: Don't even start with the insulting line of questioning that would somehow suggest La Salle — La Salle! — is an underdog being overshadowed in the NCAA tournament...

Big West Conference lacks a big finish in postseason play

2013-03-22 14:36:00

I love the Big West Conference, going back to its days as the Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. when Lew Cryer was commissioner and Nevada Las Vegas was a national power. I still drink coffee out of a PCAA mug that was a media gift from the 1985 tournament...

NCAA Tournament: Louisville pressure too much for N.C. A&T

2013-03-21 18:28:00

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Pay attention, No. 1s. This is how it's done. Russ Smith scored 23 points and set a Louisville record in the NCAA tournament with a career-high eight steals, and Peyton Siva had eight assists as the Cardinals demolished North...

NIT presents disappointment, opportunity to teams snubbed by NCAA

2013-03-18 08:05:00

Coming off of two consecutive NCAA Final Four appearances -- including a national championship last year -- Kentucky finds itself in a different position this postseason. Actually, it finds itself in a different tournament -- the NIT. But if it's any...

Pacific defeats UC Irvine, 64-55, in Big West men's tournament

2013-03-17 00:00:00

UC Irvine men's basketball team will not be making its first NCAA tournament appearance. This is not the year to finally fear the Anteater. Top-seeded Pacific jumped to an early lead Saturday night and never lost it on its way to a 64-55 win in the...

UC Irvine advances to Big West men's final

2013-03-15 23:32:00

The school with the funny nickname is 40 minutes from becoming no joke. UC Irvine had a great coach once in Bill Mulligan. The school has produced a roster of star players that includes Kevin Magee, Ben McDonald and Scott Brooks. The mighty Anteaters,...

Rick Majerus dies at 64; college basketball coach

2012-12-01 20:20:00

Rick Majerus, the college basketball coach who led Utah to the 1998 NCAA final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools, died Saturday. He was 64. Utah industrialist Jon Huntsman Sr., the coach's longtime friend, confirmed in a...

Wichita State University basketball began in 1906 but it was under coach Ralph Miller in 1951 that the school began to build a successful basketball program. Miller had played for Kansas University as a student and brought Phog Allen's philosophy to Wichita.

2013-03-25 00:00:00

Robert Morris guard David Appolon (4) tips the ball away from Kentucky guard Jarrod Polson (5) during the first half of an NIT college basketball game on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Coraopolis, Pa. (AP Photo/Don Wright)

2013-03-19 00:00:00

Kentucky guard Jarrod Polson said this season was "not what we were expecting"after winning the NCAA title last season and bringing in another top-ranked recruiting class. UK missed the NCAA tournament this year and plays at Robert Morris in the NIT on Tuesday.

2013-03-15 00:00:00