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Samford’s Bucky McMillan ‘not faulting’ refs in loss to Kansas

What the fourth-year coach did say after 13th-seeded Samford fell short of upsetting fourth-seeded Kansas 93-89 on Thursday was that if the block was clean, the Bulldogs would’ve been going the other way, down a point, five on four, with a chance to go to the second round of the NCAA tournament. “That’s how close […]

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Samford wins program’s first SoCon tournament championship

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Achor Achor had 25 points and nine rebounds, Jermaine Marshall scored 23 and top-seeded Samford held off seventh-seeded East Tennessee State 76-69 to win the Southern Conference tournament championship on Monday night and earn an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. Samford coach Bucky McMillan, who had never coached above the high […]

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32 men’s basketball players who could become breakout stars of the postseason

And then the NCAA tournament began. By the time Kansas State got to its Elite Eight matchup against Florida Atlantic, Nowell — who would score 30 points in a Wildcats loss — had become a must-see player. That’s how quickly everything can change in the college basketball postseason. While this regular season failed to produce […]

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32 men’s college basketball storylines midway through 2023-24

More Teams. More Games. Check out the highlights of a wild week in college basketball, as several teams in the top 10 fall to unranked opponents. (2:13) Each year, college basketball regains national prominence just as the college football season ends and the NFL playoffs wind down. While the die-hards have been following the sport […]

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