college basketball

A major bribery scandal has erupted on college campuses across the country over contracts with the Adidas athletic clothing company that has had devastating results for several schools.

Update:Sunday, March 17 4:30 p.m. At a packed house in the Press Box Restaurant, players, coaches and maroon-clad fans eagerly awaited Greg Gumbel on the CBS-TV NCAA Selection Sunday show just who the Grizzlies would play in the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament. The word came as Gumbel announced the second round in the East Regional to be held in San Jose, California. Number four see

Ninth-ranked Murray State’s 72-68 loss to Tennessee State on Thursday left the NCAA Division I men’s field with no undefeated teams. Meanwhile, four other top 10 teams — No. 3 Ohio State, No. 5 North Carolina, No. 6 Baylor and No. 8 Florida – also lost last week. Here’s the latest from the world of college basketball:

Notre Dame beat top-ranked Syracuse, 67-58, on Saturday to give the Orange their first loss of the season. Third-ranked Baylor also suffered its first two defeats in the past week, dropping games to number five Missouri and No. 7 Kansas. After second-ranked Kentucky’s 77-71 win over Alabama on Saturday, the Wildcats are a sure bet to take over the top ranking in the new AP Top 25 poll. Here’s what

The University Of Montana basketball teams were back in action last night, but had mixed outcomes in their contests with Northern Colorado. The Grizzly men’s squad started out sluggish, but then turned up the heat right before halftime to cruise to a 76-58 win over the Bears...

The University of MT. Basketball squads will try to extend winning streaks to 5 games on Saturday in Big Sky Conference match-ups with the Idaho State Bengals. The Grizzly men travel to Pocatello for a 7pm game. The Griz are 9-5 / 2-0 in conference heading into the contest...

Montana's Will Cherry has been selected as the Big Sky Conference men's basketball player of the week. Cherry averaged 18.5 points, five rebounds and 4½ assists in victories over Portland State and Eastern Washington last week. Cherry, a 6-foot-1 guard, scored 22 points as the Grizzlies defeated Eastern Washington on Friday...

Carroll College's Ben Cutler has been named the Frontier Conference men's basketball player of the week. Cutler averaged 23.5 points and 2.5 rebounds last week as the Saints lost to Bellevue University 89-72 and defeated Dickinson State University 89-76...

Tony Snell hit his first five 3-pointers, three in the opening 2:07 of the game, sparking New Mexico to a 91-46 victory over Montana State on Tuesday. Snell finished with a career-high 24 points and six 3-pointers, while the Lobos (9-2) hit a season-best 11 shots from beyond the arc en route to their seventh straight victory...

Deonte Burton scored 21 points, Olek Czyz had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Nevada held off former Big Sky Conference rival Montana for a 70-64 win Saturday.