Saint Mary's announced Friday it has agreed to a
new 10-year contract with head men's basketball coach Randy Bennett.

The fourth-seeded Wichita State Shockers and
the second-seeded Washington State Cougars meet at Madison Square Garden
tonight in an NIT semifinal matchup.

UNLV head men's basketball coach Lon Kruger is
leaving the school for the position at the University of Oklahoma.

Sydney Johnson was named the new head coach
at Fairfield on Monday. A press conference will be held on Wednesday at 11:00
a.m. to introduce him.

Duke freshman point guard Kyrie Irving said
Wednesday that he will enter the NBA Draft and plans to hire an agent.

If the greatest event in collegiate
athletics is the men's NCAA basketball tournament, and it's hard to find a
dissenter, a legitimate runner up could very well be the men's Big East
Conference basketball tourney.

Austin Freeman dropped in 30 points and
carried the Hoyas in the final five minutes, as No. 21 Georgetown dumped
eighth-ranked Villanova, 69-66, at Wells Fargo Center.

Jared Sullinger finished with 27 points and
16 rebounds, helping top-ranked Ohio State erase a second-half deficit and
pull out a 73-68 victory over No. 23 Illinois at Assembly Hall. Sullinger made
13-of-15 free throws in a...

The top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes continue
their assault on the 2010-11 season, as they welcome the Michigan Wolverines
to Columbus for Big Ten action at Value City Arena.

Chris Warren connected on a three-pointer in the
final seconds, lifting Ole Miss over No. 10 Kentucky, 71-69, at Tad Smith
Coliseum. Warren paced the Rebels (14-8, 2-5 SEC) with 22 points. Zach Graham
added 16, and both Reginald...

After concluding one of its finest regular
seasons in program history, the ninth-ranked and second-seeded Purdue
Boilermakers begin Big Ten Conference Tournament play with a quarterfinal
matchup against the seventh-seeded Michigan...

The surging North Carolina Tar Heels kick
off Friday afternoon basketball as they take on the Miami-Florida Hurricanes
in the quarterfinals of the 58th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament
at Greensboro Coliseum.

Boston University has named Joe Jones its new
men's basketball coach.

Elon has named Charlotte Smith, a former North
Carolina standout, its next head women's basketball coach.

Two teams at opposite ends of the Atlantic
10 Conference standings meet in the Steel City on Saturday night, as the 22nd-
ranked Virginia Commonwealth Rams tangle with the Duquesne Dukes.