The fact he's back playing in the NCAA tournament after missing last year with a thumb injury should only serve as fuel to his fire ... He's 3-2 in his previous two NCAA tournament ...

By Eddie Pells, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA earned the top seeds in the NCAA tournament Sunday, and the top-ranked Tar Heels got the best deal of all: Their road to the Final Four won't veer more than two hours ...

1 for the first time in the program's history, lost their next game, at Vanderbilt, and lost in the SEC tournament to Arkansas ... And Louisville, which finished second in the Big East, is playing its best ball of the ...

In one sense, though, the parade of former walk-ons and otherwise mildly recruited players were a perfect fit at Drake, where basketball largely had been barren since the school's last NCAA Tournament appearance in 1971 ... "A lot of people here ...

Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Jerel McNeal's 20 points and five rebounds paced the Marquette Golden Eagles to an exciting 74-66 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats in first round action of the NCAA Tournament's South Region ... ...

Raleigh, NC (Sports Network) - Stephen Curry poured in 40 points, knocking down 8-of-10 from three-point range, as the Davidson Wildcats rallied past the Gonzaga Bulldogs, 82-76, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's Midwest ...

Raleigh, NC (Sports Network) - Stephen Curry poured in 40 points, knocking down 8-of-10 from three-point range, as the Davidson Wildcats rallied past the Gonzaga Bulldogs, 82-76, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's Midwest ...

Raleigh, NC (Sports Network) - Stephen Curry poured in 40 points, knocking down 8-of-10 from three-point range, as the Davidson Wildcats rallied past the Gonzaga Bulldogs, 82-76, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's Midwest ...

1 seed when the NCAA Tournament bracket is announced Sunday. ...

Tyler Hansbrough scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half and the top-seeded Tar Heels held Washington State to 32-percent shooting in a 68-47 victory Thursday night, sending North Carolina back to the NCAA Tournament's round of eight for the ...

Georgia, a team that was not expected to have much success this season, beat Arkansas 66-57 on Sunday to win four games in four days, including two Saturday, to take home the Southeastern Conference championship and, more importantly, earn an ...

Without him, who knows where these Wildcats would be? With their sensational sophomore, though, they have earned their way into the NCAA tournament again ... Davidson has other weapons, but the first time Curry goes 3-for-15 in the NCAA ...

1 seeds for the upcoming NCAA Tournament ... Pittsburgh was unranked last week, but wound up 17th after claiming the Big East Tournament ...

The point guard leads the nation in assists, and two of his biggest sparked the closing 14-3 run that gave Davidson its third straight NCAA tournament berth ... Davidson (26-6) never trailed in the tournament, but the Wildcats had to grind out ...

O'Connor reaffirmed that because the league decides its automatic NCAA Tournament qualifier by its conference tournament champion, the competition must be completed before the announcement of the NCAA tourney field on Sunday ...