College Basketball

Stan Albeck, Bradley's second-year coach, has heard it a thousand times: The Valley is a coach's league. Albeck, who was formerly a mentor in the NBA (Cavs, Spurs, Nets and Bulls) doesn't deny it. He just wonders if...

Carlton (silk) Owens has a couple of physical peculiarities. Of the two, the big gap in his front teeth is more noticeable than the dime-sized spot on the back of his upper arm, left by a bullet now lodged in his...

Since its founding in 1982 under the shadow of the Big East, the Atlantic 10 has plotted an upward course that goes something like this: Step 1—Play high-caliber ball. Over the past two seasons, the conference has...

The undermanned Providence Friars used pressure defense in last season's NCAA tournament to burn some better teams and reach the Final Four. Don't think that other coaches didn't notice

Twenty-five years have passed since Loyola of Chicago beat Mississippi State in the second round of the NCAA basketball tournament, in East Lansing, Mich., and Joe Dan Gold remains incredulous—not of the score, which...