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The USA Basketball U18 National Team Trials got underway Tuesday evening at the washington wizards practice facility in the ...

The numerous players who left Indiana University's men's basketball team since last season will prompt the school to take a reduction ...

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has canceled its BP Top of the World college basketball tournament. University officials said Wednesday they weren't able to attract teams in the competitive landscape that followed an NCAA rule change. "The decision to cancel this year's tournament was not of our making or of our choice," tournament director Brian Hove said. "The escalation in appearance fees precipitated by the 2006 NCAA rule change has effectively priced the Classic out of the market.

Indiana University will give up two basketball scholarships for the upcoming season in anticipation of penalties related to the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate, assistant athletic director Frank Cuervo confirmed Wednesday. The APR is a percentage score over a rolling four-year period that measures retention and eligibility of players. Teams can lose scholarships if their score is subpar and they have a player who left school early and would not have been academically eligible had he remained.

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At the USA Basketball U-18 trials, a handful of stars turned heads but one in particular caught coach Bob McKillop's eye, writes SI.com's Seth Davis.

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Mississippi State basketball coach Rick Stansbury has signed a new contract through the 2011-12 season, the school announced ...

When Tyler Hansbrough turns pro next year, will he be a lottery pick? Jeff Goodman offers an early version of a 2009 mock draft.

Tennessee signed football coach Phillip Fulmer and basketball coach Bruce Pearl to new deals Wednesday that will keep them with the Volunteers through 2014. Fulmer's deal is worth an average of nearly $3 million over the next seven seasons, and the nearly $1 million raise makes him the fourth-highest paid coach in the Southeastern Conference. He will get $2.4 million for the upcoming season and his salary escalates to $3.3 million in 2014 with automatic raises of $150,000 annually.