Sweet 16 will be set in NCAA tournament tonight

Third Round Games Sunday, March 22 (Noon-Midnight)   Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter 12:10 p.m. CBS Charlotte I Virginia vs. Michigan State Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill//Tracy Wolfson After Conc. I CBS Charlotte II Duke vs. San Diego State Nantz/Raftery/Hill//Wolfson 5:15 p.m. CBS Omaha I Kansas vs. Wichita State Marv Albert/Chris Webber/Len Elmore//Lewis Johnson 6:10 […]

Final FoxSports.com power rankings before Selection Sunday

2014-15 College Basketball Power Rankings: Week 18 The clock is ticking as we continue the countdown to Selection Sunday. This is, without a doubt, the most intense week of the season. Some things are already in place, but so much is unknown. As the NCAA men’s basketball committee gathered in Indianapolis Wednesday to go through its […]

NCAA committee has clear view of top teams – including Kentucky

If educated college basketball fans are assuming Kentucky will be a clear cut No. 1 seed overall when the NCAA tournament bracket is announced on Sunday, Scott Barnes would like them to know “that’s certainly a good read on the situation.” Barnes, chair of the Division I men’s basketball committee and director of athletics at […]

Kansas basketball fans: March Madness book special

We think it is pretty incredible that Kansas coach Bill Self has led the Jayhawks to 11 consecutive Big 12 regular season championships. And we know Jayhawk Nation feels strongly about this as well. To honor the accomplishment we are offering a special March Madness rate on copies of the  book 100 Things Kansas Fans […]

UConn running out of NCAA tournament options

STORRS, Conn. – During his four seasons at UConn, guard Ryan Boatright never has given up on any task. He is part dreamer and part competitor. But he also is a realist. Boatright faced the media after Thursday’s 54-53 loss to Memphis. Every answer to every question started with him shaking his head. In disbelief. […]

The Phog turns 60: Celebrating a hoops cathedral

  Broken down into 700,000 bricks, 1,625 tons of stone, 52,000 haydite blocks, 4,500 gallons of paint and 245,000 board feet of lumber for the roof, it is hard for a basketball arena to sound romantic. Those are the materials that were used to build Allen Fieldhouse, on the campus of the University of Kansas […]

Your guide to today’s best college hoops games

It’s Feb. 28 but it feels a bit like March. Check out today’s prime time games in college basketball. It’s a big-time appetizer for the main course that is just ahead. Here’s a guide to today’s agenda. Call is must-see TV. Bring all your flatscreen sets into the same room or least use picture-in-picture. Pour […]

FoxSports.com hoops Power Rankings reflect February Madness

2014-15 College Basketball Power Rankings: Week 16 February is already a short month, but college basketball seems more than eager to turn the page to March. And you know what that means. Madness. Crazy things are happening. Utah lost at Oregon. Kansas lost at Kansas State (Google: Storm the court). North Carolina State won at North […]

Opinion: K-State fans disappointed everyone in college hoops

“YOU LET THE WHOLE TEAM DOWN!” That has become one of my favorite chants from student sections at college basketball games. Not sure of the origin. But under the category of home court advantage, it is fresh and to the point. It has some bite without being obscene. It is versatile and appropriate after a missed […]

A birthday call from Coach Dean Smith (A Personal Tribute)

The telephone rang in my home office. It was late morning on June 9, 1988. I remember the date because it was my birthday. For the record, my 30th birthday. One of those milestones you dread but now wish you could get back. Again, it’s 1988. No cell phone. This was the ring of the […]