Basketball

March Madness has begun! Here is what to know, including the favorites and underdogs as well as key games and how to watch the NCAA Tournament. Oh, an...

NEW YORK (AP) — The number was supposed to be 96. The last time the NCAA seriously considered expanding the men’s Division I basketball tournament a p...

DUBOIS — Otto-Eldred basketball fans have gotten used to doubleheaders. They’ve also gotten used to winning. Wednesday evening again featured both for...

CLARION — Elk County Catholic fans experienced a bad case of deja vu Wednesday evening at PennWest Clarion’s Tippin Gymnasium, as for the second night...

It hasn’t been a secret, I’ve never really been a Jim Boeheim fan. There have been just enough prickly interviews with the former Syracuse men’s baske...

In its rich history, the Archbishop Walsh boys basketball program has produced over a dozen 1,000-point scorers, three Big 30 scoring champions, two B...

BROOKVILLE — The Cameron County boys basketball team’s underdog success story came to an end as the Red Raiders lost to Union (New Castle), 51-37, end...

Nate Oats is steering Alabama through the best and most scrutinized season in Crimson Tide history. The former high school coach and math teacher seem...

CLARION — The Elk County Catholic boys basketball team appeared to be in complete control of its PIAA Class A second round playoff game against Carlyn...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The projection on the screen said it all: “Jim Crowley” in script, and, in all caps “WELCOME HOME.” Not exactly what you norma...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — At his (re)introductory press conference, Jim Crowley was funny, self-deprecating and serious. He was likable, honest and frie...

For Mark Schmidt, it had to make for a sense of both fulfillment and frustration. The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach had, of course, paced the...

PORTAGE — There is almost nothing as exciting in sports than an underdog story, and the Cameron County boys basketball team seems to be filling that r...

NEW YORK (AP) — As VCU prepared to cut down the nets at Barclays Center, its band — The Peppas — broke into a rocking rendition of Jay-Z’s “Empire Sta...

DUKE CENTER — Something clicked for Otto-Eldred in the fourth quarter. It didn’t look quite as easy as the girls’ victory before them, but in Saturday...

DUKE CENTER — Monessen brought the intrigue of a District 7 opponent, but for the Otto-Eldred girls basketball team, extra-special circumstances did n...

The top overall seed, Alabama, has been on a roll despite being entangled in a murder case. Another No. 1 seed, defending national champion Kansas, is...

ST. MARYS — The Elk County Catholic Crusaders boys basketball team started out its PIAA Class A playoffs on the right foot on Friday night as the Dist...

ST. BONAVENTURE – St. Bonaventure’s new women’s basketball head coach is a familiar face: Jim Crowley, the winningest coach in program history, is ret...

In another year, Mark Schmidt would have ended this night in his hotel room, scouting the following day’s opponent. And if not that, he’d have been sw...