Since the NCAA tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 — its modern format — only five of 39 national champions were unranked to start the season.

Cameron Hildreth scored 22 points, Hunter Sallis added 19 and Wake Forest defeated Stanford 79-73 on Wednesday night to sweep the season series.

No. 19 UConn hosts the No. 12 St. John's Red Storm after Solomon Ball scored 25 points in UConn's 77-69 win over the Marquette Golden Eagles.

The UMass Lowell River Hawks will play host to conference foe Binghamton. Thursday's matchup is the first of the season for the teams.

Vasean Allette scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and TCU beat West Virginia 65-60 on Wednesday night to give coach Jamie Dixon his 500th career win.

Johnell Davis scored a season-high 24 points and Arkansas made 11 of 13 free throws in the last 62 seconds to hold off Texas 78-70. Adou Thiero added 14 points ...

Matt Cross scored 21 points, Chuck Harris had 20, and SMU held off a late rally by Virginia Tech for an 81-75 victory ...

Texas rose to as high as No. 3 before it lost 80-70 to Notre Dame on Dec. 5. AP women's basketball poll has the Longhorns at No. 5. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Nell Fortner has been given a three-year contract extension after leading Georgia Tech to an 18-4 start this season and the ...

SEC basketball is having a dominant season. Here’s where every men’s team stands in the latest version of the NET rankings.

The freshman guard set the NCAA freshman single-game scoring record with 53 points against Florida. Blakes is the only NCAA ...

Duke men’s basketball had another strong week to stay at No. 2 in the newest AP Poll despite some shakeups further down. The ...