By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Buddy Boeheim kept shooting, carrying his Hall of Fame father and 11th-seeded Syracuse back into the Sweet 16. The Orange, a top program for four decades under Jim Boeheim, once again showed they’re just as dangerous as an NCAA ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Miles McBride scored 18 of his 30 points after halftime to help West Virginia pull away and beat Morehead State 84-67 on Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, giving coach Bob Huggins his 900th career victory. McBride was terrific from the start and ...
The only certainty heading into this year’s NCAA tournament is that it is unlike any other. Over this past week, college teams from across the country settled into the Indianapolis bubble — their home for the next few weeks, if they’re lucky. They’ve undergone COVID-19 testing and ...
In college basketball, participating in March Madness isn’t everything — it’s the only thing. So when West Virginia was named the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region of this season’s NCAA tournament, it was easy to point to the Mountaineer’s primary reason for success: sophomore guard ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Miles McBride and Derek Culver stepped up time after time this year for West Virginia. They were honored on Tuesday with All-American honorable mention accolades. McBride led the Mountaineers with 15.5 points per game and Culver followed with 14.6. Ohio State’s E.J. Liddell was also selected as an honorable mention. FIRST TEAM Gonzaga and Baylor spent almost the entire season holding down the top two spots in the Top 25. Makes sense they’d hold down a bunch of spots on The Associated Press All-America teams. The Bulldogs’ ...
The West Virginia women’s basketall team earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Mountaineers will take on 13-seeded Lehigh University on Sunday at 8 p.m. In the Hemisfair Region, West Virginia sits with a record of 21-6. The Mountaineers’ most recent outing was a 76-50 setback to Baylor in the Big 12 Championship game. North Carolina State is a No. 1 seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. The Wolfpack won the ACC tournament and will play North Carolina A&T in the first round. South Carolina also earned a top seed when the field ...
