Dayton Flyers

Shaka Smart and VCU have agreed in principle to a deal to keep the coach at the school. Athletic director Ed McLaughlin says the details are still being finalized, but the majority of changes involve "program enhancements for the student-athletes and...

The message was clear and it came with accent, attitude and a side of sauce: Don't even start with the insulting line of questioning that would somehow suggest La Salle — La Salle! — is an underdog being overshadowed in the NCAA tournament...

The Final Four is more than a week away, but college basketball’s annual offseason intrigue already is at full boil, especially here in our little corner of paradise. We’ve got it all, from conference realignment to the coaching carousel and...

For What it’s Worth—March 26 -- There’s just a moment to breathe and do some laundry before the craziness of the Sweet 16. I know the bracket’s busted but… Wichita State, Florida Gulf Coast and LaSalle have grabbed...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL| |NCAA DII TOURNEY| |At San Antonio| |Quarterfinals| Augustana (27-6) vs. Clayton St. (32-0), noon Dowling (28-3) vs. Colorado Mesa (31-1), 2:30 p.m. Nova Southeastern (23-8) vs. Western Washington...

My dream of a West Regional foursome of Wichita State, La Salle, Harvard and Iowa State came only half true. Los Angeles fell two underdogs short from hitting for the Cinderella cycle. The disappointment abated when, in Philadelphia, the hallucination...

The red-colored and red-hot Louisville Cardinals earned the No. 1 overall seeding for this year’s NCAA tournament. Rick Pitino’s Big East Conference tournament championship team got the top spot in the Midwest Region and will open play...

VCU enters the NCAA tournament with a 26-8 record, not quite as glossy as last season, when the Rams were 28-6. Yet VCU is a No. 5 seed, light years better than last year’s No. 12. Coach Shaka Smart knows why. “A lot of people don’...

VCU versus Michigan in suburban Detroit. North Carolina against Kansas in Kansas City. A Duke-Louisville rematch in Indianapolis. North Carolina State encountering preseason No. 1 Indiana. Much of the regional contingent in the NCAA basketball...

TODAY'S MEN'S TV HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || ACC: BC vs. Georgia Tech || 54, 20, ESPNUNoon || || Big Ten: Illinois vs. Minnesota || BIGTENNoon || || Big East: Georgetown vs. TBA || ESPNNoon || || Atlantic 10: Charlotte vs. Richmond ||...

|TV SPORTS|  College Men’s Basketball -- Big East Conference tournament, games at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. (ESPN); 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. (ESPN2)  Soccer -- UEFA Champions League, Porto at Malaga, 2:30 p.m. (FSN); UEFA Champions League, Arsenal at Bayern...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL| North Dakota| |Region 3 Tournament at Hazelton|  Napoleon vs. Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier, 3 p.m.  LaMoure-Litchville-Marion vs. Kidder County, 20 minutes after  Ellendale vs. Central Prairie, 20...