Kam Jones is in his fourth season at Marquette. He is a player of the year candidate, but was sticking around best for his basketball future?

Smart mainly is focused on getting the second unit going, as no reserve scored for the Golden Eagles (15-2, 6-0) on Tuesday. David Joplin came to Marquette's rescue, knocking down 7 of 13 3-point attempts en route to a career-high 30 points as the Golden Eagles won their sixth straight game.

"I fondly remember my days at Marquette," O'Neill said ... O'Neill had built a reputation as a relentless recruiter as an assistant coach at Arizona under Lute Olson. "It was a major rebuild, obviously," O'Neill said. "It just wasn’t in good shape.

March, but the Arizona Wildcats have quickly become national championship contenders. Tommy Lloyd's team was won seven game

Zach Freemantle had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Xavier hung on in the final seconds to beat No. 7 Marquette 59-57 to earn its third straight victory while snapping the Golden Eagles’ six-game ...

The Big 12 now has five teams in the top 15: No. 3 Houston, No. 6 Iowa State, No. 9 Kansas, No. 14 Arizona and No. 15 Texas Tech. Marquette's 59-57 loss to Xavier and Gonzaga's 103-99 loss to ...

Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

Enrique Lopez votes sporadically but bought into Donald Trump’s vows to fight for everyday workers, helping the Republican flip Arizona last year. Then the home construction contractor watched how the billionaire president opened his second administration.

The Phoenix Suns are sending rookie big Oso Ighodaro to their G League team, the Valley Suns, the team posted on X Tuesday afternoon. Ighodaro is averaging 3.8 points on 55.8% shooting and 3.5 rebounds in 22 games this season.

Today the new tip off for the college basketball national championship was announced. Fans are still upset with how late tip off is, despite the change.

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

There was change at the top of this week's USA TODAY Sports Bracketology with Alabama rising to a No. 1 seed at the expense of SEC rival Tennessee.