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Jaret Patterson tied an FBS single-game record with eight rushing touchdowns and had the second-biggest rushing total with 409 yards to help host Buffalo beat Kent State 70-41 on Saturday. Patterson reached the TD mark set by Illinois running back...

Rick Pitino was appreciative to finally be back on a collegiate sideline Monday night, even if the new Iona coach’s first NCAA game since his 2017 firing by Louisville was spoiled by a 22-point loss to Seton Hall at Prudential Center. The 68-year...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review a court decision that the NCAA has said blurred “the line between student-athletes and professionals” by removing caps on education-related money certain football and basketball...

A star NCAA wrestler died Thursday following a tragic boating accident during a family vacation in Mexico, according to a report. Bradlee LaMontagne, 21, was on his uncle’s yacht near Cozumel when he jumped into the water to go for a swim — and...

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA is giving Indiana an exclusive ticket to showcase March Madness and the basketball-crazed state can’t wait to take center stage this spring. The NCAA announced Monday that its showcase event — the Division I men’s...

For a program drenched in football triumphs and accolades, Ohio State knows what it’s like to be an underdog in a big spot. It hasn’t happened often. These days, since Urban Meyer transformed the Buckeyes and passed the baton to Ryan Day, it’s...

Last season, Dayton was the toast of college basketball and was likely going to be a No. 1 seed if there was a 2020 NCAA Tournament. This is now, though, as the Flyers look vastly different and are shorthanded going into Friday’s contest at...

College football’s big problem isn’t going away. The “P” word — parity — is about as foreign to the sport as a free-market system is to the NCAA. Unless something unforeseen changes drastically — and, yes, we’re talking about the...

Though Buffalo has been the class of the MAC recently, Bowling Green has risen steadily. The program is in search of its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 1968 and will look to make a statement on Friday. Bowling Green is led by three seniors...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame’s football program is on NCAA probation until next January after admitting to recruiting violations in 2019 in which a now-former assistant had an impermissible in-person meeting with one prospect and sent...

One college basketball team is canceling their season — and it has nothing to do with COVID-19. The players on the NCAA Division I Detroit Mercy women’s basketball team canceled the remainder of their season after accusing head coach AnnMarie...

Conference tournament week is a highlight to every season. It gives every team a chance to dream. Big East Tournament quarterfinal Thursday is my third favorite day of the season, right behind the first day of the NCAA Tournament and Selection Sunday...

Iona men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino was one of the most prominent NCAA coaches who voiced his preference for the college basketball season being pushed back due to surging COVID-19 cases. Fast forward two months, and his team has had to suspend...

A few years before he retired for good from the North Carolina Tar Heels in October 1997, Dean Smith was asked about professional legacies — namely, his own. He had recently added a second NCAA championship to a résumé that would include 11 Final...

PHILADELPHIA — John Chaney, one of the nation’s leading Black coaches and a commanding figure during a Hall of Fame basketball career at Temple, has died. He was 89. His death was announced by the university Friday. Chaney led Temple to 17 NCAA...

St. John’s stunning upset of third-ranked Villanova on Wednesday night was about more than the moment. It wasn’t just the significance of a 9.5-point underdog thoroughly outplaying the premier program in the Big East. It wasn’t about proving...

It’s a Duke-North Carolina game unlike any other. Neither team is ranked, the first time that can be said in this rivalry since Feb. 27, 1960. Neither team is an NCAA Tournament lock. The loser won’t just lose bragging rights in this bitter...

It has become almost an annual February tradition. Seton Hall sees its name on the NCAA Tournament bubble after a January stumble. Questions arise. Doubts surface. And the Pirates respond under pressure. It continued this week. Following three...

The coaching hires weren’t big splashes. The commitments of the three programs’ best players didn’t draw national headlines. They didn’t lead to big predictions of huge promise. For St. John’s, Rutgers and Seton Hall, that is the common...

An NCAA Tournament bid feels inevitable for Rutgers. Beating teams that are firmly in the dance is another story — at least recently. The Scarlet Knights’ four-game winning streak against the middle of the Big Ten didn’t change that. They fell...