By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Bennett Stirtz understood time was winding down on him Thursday night. Ben McCollum was frantically waving his arms at him on the sideline, and the Drake fans sitting behind the Bulldogs' coach were doing the same thing. They ...

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rick Pitino and John Calipari will be renewing their Bluegrass rivalry in the Ocean State. Pitino returned to the city where he first hung a Final Four banner and picked up a March Madness victory with yet another school on ...

By GARY B. GRAVES Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Skyy Clark and Eric Dailey Jr. each scored 14 points and No. 7 seed UCLA routed 10th-seeded Utah State 72-47 on Thursday night to reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in five seasons. Aday Mara, a ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Penn State is well-positioned to claim its fourth straight national championship after having a perfect opening day Thursday at the Division I Men's Wrestling Championships. It was the first time the Nittany Lions went a perfect 20-0 on the first day of action and sent ...

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — No need to overthink this one. Texas A&M was never in danger of letting the Ivy Leaguers from Yale pull another March Madness upset. The Aggies sent Yale back to class Thursday with an 80-71 victory behind a career-high 25 points along ...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — John Calipari got past a familiar foe to put himself — and the coach's new school — back on the winning side in March. Jonas Aidoo scored 22 points to help 10th-seeded Arkansas to a 79-72 opening-round NCAA Tournament ...