College

Juwan Howard got the win in his first NCAA Tournament game since taking over at Michigan, guiding Mike Smith and the top-seeded Wolverines to an 82-66 victory over Texas Southern.

To be, or not to be? For an underdog named Javion Hamlet and his group of scrapping North Texas teammates, that was an easy question.

UCLA forced overtime with Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s three-point play with 3.3 seconds to go against Michigan State, then pulled away in the extra session for an 86-80 victory at Mackey Arena in their First Four game at the NCAA Tournament.

Gondrezick leads the Mountaineers scoring 19.9 points per game.

Anderson will look to bring the energy Friday as Loyola takes on Georgia Tech at 4 PM on TBS with South Bend cheering him on.

While Notre Dame will not play in the NCAA Tournament, there are some regional teams who will be dancing.

Miller’s $10.3 million buyout was one of college basketball’s priciest.

Michigan earned a No. 1 seed in the East Regional a day after announcing its second-leading scorer has an injury that could keep him out of the NCAA Tournament.

The bracket includes ninth-ranked Ohio State as the 2-seed, followed by No. 8 Arkansas, No. 20 Purdue and No. 14 Villanova.

Duane Washington Jr. scored 24 points and E.J. Liddell finished with 18 and No. 9 Ohio State held on for a 68-67 victory over No. 4 Michigan to reach the Big Ten Tournament championship game.

Seth Towns scored six of his season-high 12 points in overtime, helping No. 9 Ohio State beat No. 21 Purdue 87-78 Friday in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.

Michigan coach Juwan Howard was ejected midway through the second half after getting a shouting match with the Maryland bench, and the No. 4 Wolverines won 79-66 to reach the Big Ten semifinals.

Ron Harper Jr. and Jacob Young scored 13 points each as Rutgers knocked tenth-seeded Indiana out of the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, 61-50.

Bryce Nze had 21 points to lead Butler, which trailed by 33 in the second half.

Malik Hall scored a career-high 19 points for Michigan State.

Chuck Harris was clutch for Butler, sinking the game-winning free throws with three seconds left in overtime as the tenth-seeded Bulldogs ousted Xavier 70-69 in the Big East tournament.

Gondrezick was named Miss Basketball in Michigan in 2016.

The Marian and La Lumiere alum is averaging an even 10.0 points per game while shooting 39.2 percent from the field.

Michigan’s Hunter Dickson is newcomer of the year.

Athletic director Sherard Clinkscales says “it is simply time” for new leadership.

The new deal will play Allen an average of $4.9 million over the next seven seasons.

Rocket Watts scored 21 points and Aaron Henry had 18 to lead Michigan State to a 70-64 victory over No. 2 Michigan on Sunday that seems to seal coach Tom Izzo’s 23rd consecutive NCAA Tournament bid.

Marcus Zegarowski matched his career high with 32 points and No. 14 Creighton closed a difficult week off the court with a 93-73 victory over Butler.

Zach Edey scored 20 points and Jaden Ivey added 17 to help No. 23 Purdue beat Indiana 67-58.

Franz Wagner scored 19 points, Hunter Dickinson added 14 and No. 2 Michigan wrapped up the Big Ten title with a 69-50 victory over rival Michigan State.

After scoring nine straight points for Purdue in the second half, the Boilermakers neve trailed again.

Eli Brooks scored 11 points and was the only player in double figures for Michigan.

Trayce Jackson-Davis was held to a season-low nine points for the Hoosiers, who have lost four in a row and five of six.

Chuck Harris scored 20 points and Jair Bolden added 15 to lead Butler to a 73-61 upset of No. 8 Villanova.

Eric Ayala scored 22 points and Maryland led throughout in picking up an important 73-55 win over Michigan State.