(BCSNN) — From the opening minutes, Arizona looked unstoppable. By the end of the night, the Wildcats had delivered one of the most dominant offensive performances in modern NCAA Tournament history — and finally broke through the Sweet 16 barrier for the first time in more than a decade.

A dominant defensive effort has sent the Illinois men's basketball team to the Elite Eight. The Fighting Illini are one win away from the Final Four after a Sweet-16 victory over No. 2-seeded and No. 5-ranked Houston, 65-55, at the Toyota Center in Houston on Thursday night.

(BCSNN) — Arizona State has turned to one of college basketball’s most respected architects to lead its next era. Sun Devil Athletics Director Graham Rossini announced that Randy Bennett, the longtime Saint Mary’s head coach who transformed the Gaels into a national mainstay, will take over the Sun Devil Men’s Basketball program.

TCU baseball right-handed pitcher Lance Davis has been named the Big 12 Pither of the Week and the Co-Newcomer of the Week for his performance in Saturday's 6-0 win over league-leading UCF. The honors are the first of his career.

Killyan Toure scored a career-high 25 points and Nate Heise added 22 points, his most as a Cyclone, as second-seeded Iowa State rolled to a 108-74 win over Tennessee State Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at the Enterprise Center.

BCSNN | UPI — Xavier Edmonds delivered the biggest shot of TCU’s season, sinking the game‑winning basket with seconds remaining to lift the ninth‑seeded Horned Frogs to a 66–64 victory over No. 8 seed Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament first round Thursday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. The Buckeyes’ Bruce Thornton, one of the nation’s top scorers, missed a contested three at the buzzer.

BCSNN — Kanye Clary scored 20 points, including 17 in the second half, to lead Oklahoma State past Davidson 84–80 in the NIT first round Tuesday night. The Cowboys (20–14) rallied from a 10‑point halftime deficit to secure their 20th win of the season and advance to the tournament’s second round.

BCSNN — Casey Alexander, a veteran program‑builder with more than 300 career victories and a decade of sustained 20‑win success, was formally introduced as the 27th head men’s basketball coach at Kansas State.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — No. 9 seed TCU returns to the NCAA Tournament with one of the program’s most complete teams in recent memory, set to face No. 8 seed Ohio State on Thursday at 11:15 a.m. CT at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.

No. 1 seed Arizona highlighted a Conference record-tying eight teams selected to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. No. 2 Houston, No. 2 Iowa State, No. 4 Kansas, No. 5 Texas Tech, No. 6 BYU, No. 9 TCU and No. 10 UCF join the Wildcats in the field of 68.

Arizona completed the season sweep of Big 12 championships with a 79-74 win over No. 2 seed Houston in the title game Saturday night at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

(BCSNN) — Cincinnati dismissed fifth‑year head coach Wes Miller after the Bearcats again fell short of an NCAA Tournament berth, a move reported Friday and coming two days after a 66–65 overtime loss to UCF in the Big 12 quarterfinals.

Top-seeded Arizona refused to break under the pressure of a barrage of Iowa State 3-pointers, setting up Big 12 Player of the Year Jaden Bradley to nail a 20-foot fadeaway jumper as the clock expired to give the Wildcats an 82–80 win in Friday's Big 12 Tournament semifinal at T-Mobile Center.

Demario Prince and Tiriah Kelley are going where they've never gone before.

In opening-day action at the NCAA Indoor Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center, the Baylor duo both advanced to their first indoor national final and are in line for All-America honors on Saturday.

(BCSNN) — No. 5 Houston used a late surge and balanced scoring to defeat 10th‑seeded BYU 73–66 on Thursday evening at T‑Mobile Center, advancing to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament semifinals.

(BCSNN) — BYU used a dominant defensive performance and a season‑high night from Kennard Davis Jr. to defeat West Virginia 68–48 on Wednesday in the second round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament at the T‑Mobile Center.

No. 7 Iowa State (26-6, 12-6 Big 12) cruised to a second-round victory in the Big 12 Tournament Wednesday Afternoon, downing Arizona State (17-16, 7-11 Big 12) for the second-consecutive game by a score of 91-42. Iowa State's 49-point victory was the largest in Big 12 Tournament history.

Sun Devil Baseball took down rival Arizona, 10-4, in front of the biggest crowd of the season in the first of five games against the Wildcats this season.

Baylor men's basketball's rally came up just short Tuesday morning, as Arizona State held off the Bears for an 83-79 win in the opening round of the 2026 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship at T-Mobile Center.

Arizona’s Jaden Bradley was named Player of the Year to highlight the 2026 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 men’s basketball awards. After winning its first Big 12 regular season title, Arizona’s Tobe Awaka (Sixth Man) and head coach Tommy Lloyd (coach of the year) completed a trio of Wildcats to earn Big 12 superlatives.