LOUIS -- Two of their best players are former walk-ons and their last NCAA Tournament appearance was 1971 ... "We've never come close to the NCAA tournament, or the NIT for that matter," Emmenecker ...

The Volunteers, once on top of the college basketball world, went out with a thud on Thursday, falling to Louisville 79-60 in an East Regional semifinal. The outcome sets up a final between the Cardinals and North Carolina at 8:05 ...

3 seed Xavier in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's West Regional ... "We were up (11) in the second half, and if you can't hold an (11-point) lead in the second half in the NCAA Tournament, you don't deserve to win," freshman guard Zac ...

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 ...

Memphis freshman point guard Derrick Rose, meanwhile, seemed to be leading a tribute to Phi Slamma Jamma in an NCAA Tournament regional co-hosted by the University of Houston. The top-seeded Tigers (37-1), whom national pundits have loved ...

Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Levance Fields scored 23 points and Sam Young added 14, leading Pittsburgh to an easy 82-63 victory over Oral Roberts in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... " Robert Jarvis scored 16 points ...

Curry scored 23 points to lead the Wildcats back into the NCAA tournament with their third straight league crown and fourth since 2002, beating Elon 65-49 on Monday night. Besides extending the country's longest winning streak to 22 games, ...

" An NCAA report cited Sampson for making improper phone calls to high school players, then providing false and misleading information to investigators from both the university and the NCAA ... Hired in March 2006, while still awaiting an NCAA ...

By DON WALKER A University of Central Florida study released Monday on the graduation rates for NCAA tournament-bound men's basketball teams shows some improvement from the year before, but finds "deeply troubling" the ongoing and significant ...

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 ... ...

Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Alex Ruoff and Darris Nichols combined to make nine three-pointers, as West Virginia moved into the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 75-65 victory over Arizona in the West Region ... " ...

Syracuse University's NCAA Tournament chances took a major hit this afternoon when the Orange were eliminated from the Big East Tournament in the first round by hot shooting Villanova, 82-63, at Madison Square Garden ... 8 seeded Wildcats hit 11 of 21 ...

By JAMES HANNAH By James Hannah The Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio Fifty-eight teams in the NCAA tournament field of 65 have won at least 20 games ... The Eagles open the NCAA tournament at 7:30 ...

Brandon Johnson chipped in with 18 points, prior to fouling out, while Rob Jones contributed 14 points and six boards for SDU, which was making only its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance, including its first since suffering a 77-69 ...

The Tar Heels, trying to win the title for the second time in four years, moved to 22-1 in NCAA Tournament games played in the state of North Carolina, with the lone loss coming to Penn in Raleigh in 1979 ... Thompson's layup moved ...