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The 2017 NCAA tournament hasn’t yet given us a memorable buzzer-beater. Part of that is just randomness. High-arching 3-pointers have rimmed off. Late defensive lapses haven’t occurred. In many cases, games haven’t come down to final possessions — as of early Sunday evening, only five of 42 first- and second-round games have. Continue to Article

March 19, 2017 6:12:pm EST

Princeton had plenty of chances to pull off an upset to kick off the NCAA Tournament. In the first game of the Big Dance, the No. 12 seed Tigers had four shots to tie or take the lead late over No. 5 seed Notre Dame Thursday in the first round of the West Region, but the Ivy League champions just couldn’t get over the hump. Notre Dame led most of the way but after its lead grew to 12 in the second half, its offense went completely cold the rest of the way. Continue to Article

March 16, 2017 2:53:pm EST

Mother Nature is causing college basketball teams to alter their travel plans. Teams chasing a college basketball title are contending with an unexpected wrinkle that's making last-minute travel plans difficult - a fierce storm bearing down on the Northeast that's expected to dump up to two feet of snow in some places and create blizzard-like conditions. ''We are closely tracking the weather and working with our travel partners and teams in the tournament to ensure the safety of our student-athletes, coaches, administrators, officials and fans,'' the NCAA said in a statement. Continue to Article

March 14, 2017 2:14:am EST

This is the time of year when a coach from outside the major conferences can make a name for himself and perhaps parlay an NCAA Tournament upset into a bigger job. Continue to Article

March 13, 2017 3:09:pm EST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- �� Myles Stephens had a career-high 23 points and eight rebounds and Princeton won the inaugural Ivy League Tournament, beating Yale 71-59 Sunday to clinch its first berth in the NCAA Tournament since 2011. Princeton (23-6) won its 19th straight game overall and didn't lose in Ivy play this season. A day earlier, the Tigers overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half and topped Penn in overtime at the Palestra, the Quakers' home court. Continue to Article

March 12, 2017 2:56:pm EST