Familiar faces ready to star (again) in Big 12 this season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In college basketball these days, top players rarely stick around for long, the best of them using school merely as a year-long springboard to the NBA. Things are a little...
View ArticleSimmons is 4th frosh selected for preseason All-America team
LSU freshman Ben Simmons joined some impressive company Monday on The Associated Press preseason All-America team and could be with those same players at the end of the season. The 6-foot-10 point...
View ArticleBevy of familiar college coaches calling new places home
Rick Barnes is still wearing orange these days, but the color of his wardrobe is just about the only thing that didn't change for the longtime Texas coach this season. The new coach of Tennessee traded...
View ArticleMorris, No. 4 Cyclones rally from 20 down, stun Iowa 83-82
AMES, Iowa (AP) — There isn't a team in the country that's better at big comebacks than Iowa State. The fourth-ranked Cyclones pulled off another stunner on Thursday, beating back the rival Hawkeyes...
View ArticleNorthern Iowa upsets No. 5 Iowa State 81-79
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Northern Iowa has a knack for playing its best against the best. The unranked Panthers pulled off another big upset Saturday night, handing fifth-ranked Iowa State its first...
View ArticleNo. 19 Iowa State knocks off No. 1 Oklahoma 82-77
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Another No. 1 team came to the state of Iowa. Another No. 1 team left with a loss. Georges Niang scored 22 points, Monte Morris added 20 and No. 19 Iowa State beat top-ranked Oklahoma...
View ArticleNo. 14 Iowa State beats No. 4 Kansas 85-72
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kansas had Iowa State's number for what felt like a century. The Cyclones might finally be turning this rivalry in their favor. Monte Morris scored 21 points, Georges Niang had 15 of...
View ArticleTexas Tech upsets No. 14 Iowa State 85-82 in OT
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith knew how a big 3-pointer he got from sophomore guard Keenan Evans. It helped lift the Red Raiders to an 85-82 overtime win over No. 14 Iowa State on...
View ArticleNo. 14 Iowa State beats No. 24 Texas 85-75
AMES, Iowa (AP) — A big night from stars Georges Niang and Monte Morris — and a big lift from Jameel McKay off the bench — helped Iowa State get back on track. Niang and Morris each scored 24 points as...
View ArticleHield first 2-time AP Big 12 Player of Year; Self top coach
Buddy Hield put together quite a repeat performance to post a remarkable first in 20 seasons of Big 12 basketball. Oklahoma's spectacular senior guard and the league's top scorer is The Associated...
View ArticleNo. 6 Sooners beat No. 21 Iowa State 79-76 in Big 12 tourney
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Oklahoma's Buddy Hield and Iowa State's Georges Niang had just enough energy left for a hug. They had spent the rest of it over the previous 40 minutes. Hield scored 39 points,...
View ArticleNo. 1 Kansas beats No. 9 West Virginia for Big 12 title
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bill Self still remembers the day Devonte Graham stepped foot on the Kansas campus, back when the point guard was trying to decide where he was going to play college basketball....
View ArticleMorris and Iowa State race past Iona 94-81
DENVER (AP) — His right shoulder no longer throbbing, Monte Morris felt good about Iowa State's ability to make amends Thursday. "The shoulder felt great. We've got a great training staff. They did...
View ArticleThe Latest: Tar Heels in Sweet 16 after putting away Friars
The Latest on the third full day of the men's NCAA Tournament, including games being played in Raleigh, North Carolina; Providence, Rhode Island; Des Moines, Iowa; and Denver (All times EDT): 11:55...
View ArticleNiang leads Iowa State past Little Rock 78-61
DENVER (AP) — Georges Niang is going back to the Sweet 16, and this time he won't be in a walking boot. The senior forward's dominant performance helped Iowa State roll over Little Rock 78-61 on...
View ArticleA guide to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16
The NCAA Tournament started about as expected, the upsets, buzzer beaters and extraordinary performances coming at nearly every turn. Now that the first week is over and the pixie dust has settled, the...
View ArticleThe Latest: Time to start filling out the Final Four
The Latest on the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, with games Friday night in Philadelphia and Chicago (all times Eastern): 12:42 a.m. Time to start filling out that Final Four. On Saturday, No. 1 seed...
View ArticleGill, Tobey lead Virginia past Iowa State 84-71 in Sweet 16
CHICAGO (AP) — Tony Bennett was spending time in the hotel room with his father, Dick, when the old coach had a question. "He said, 'You know what your grandfather would tell you?' He'd tell you,...
View ArticleValentine, Hield lead AP's All-America team
Whenever talk of the best college basketball player this season came up so did two names: Denzel Valentine of Michigan State and Buddy Hield of Oklahoma. They were unanimous selections Tuesday to The...
View ArticleVillanova, Oregon boosted by players turning down NBA Draft
The NBA's decision to extend the deadline for withdrawing from its draft until Wednesday gave college basketball's top players more time to make up their minds. Many of those stars have decided to...
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