The North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Syracuse Orange 85-68 on Monday, and SportsCenter noted that head coach Roy Williams joined an impressive club in the process: As SB Nation's Tar Heel Blog shared, North Carolina had a postgame celebration that included messages of congratulations from former players. Tar Heel Blog shared some of the festivities, which featured a commemorative jersey and some amusing quotes from the 66-year-old coach: According to the all-time wins list on Sports-Reference.com, which includes head coaches' ...

The No. 7 Creighton Bluejays earned a 72-67 road win over the No. 22 Xavier Musketeers on Monday afternoon at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati. The Omaha World-Herald's Jon Nyatawa thought Creighton, which improved to 18-1 overall and 5-1 in the Big East, was fortunate to leave with a victory: Justin Patton finished one rebound shy of a double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing nine boards. Marcus Foster led the Bluejays with 15 points on 7-of-20 shooting, ...

Baylor's reign atop the college basketball landscape is over after one week.    A road loss to West Virginia sent the Bears descending to No. 6, while Villanova surprisingly returned to the No. 1 spot in the latest Associated Press poll. The Wildcats, who were No. 3 last week, jumped over a Kansas team that has won 16 straight games. They are followed by Kansas, UCLA, Gonzaga and Kentucky to round out the Top Five. Here is how ...

The No. 1 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 has been more of a curse than an honor as of late, but the Villanova Wildcats will get a second chance to defend that ranking this week, jumping over No. 2 Kansas to reclaim the top spot. It was a big moving week elsewhere in the AP Top 25, with 10 ranked teams suffering at least one loss—most of them against other ranked teams, as there ...

Matt Coleman, a 4-star point guard from Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, committed to Texas on Monday, according to Evan Daniels of Scout.  Coleman is ranked No. 34 overall in the class of 2017 and No. 9 among point guards, according to Scout. Coleman spoke on his decision to join the Longhorns, per Jonathan M. Alexander of the News and Observer. "[Head coach Shaka Smart], he’s a players’ coach, watching them play, and you’re just constantly hearing like, ...

The 24 players who will appear in the 2017 McDonald's All-American Game were announced Sunday night, spearheaded by consensus top player Deandre Ayton. The 7-foot center, who is committed to Arizona, will be part of a West team that also includes Washington commit Michael Porter Jr., undecided center Brandon McCoy and Duke commit Gary Trent. Center Mohamed Bamba will lead an East team that includes six of Scout.com's nine best players in the 2017 class. Bamba told reporters ...

If you're a fan of ranked teams waging war against one another, you were treated to a fun week of college basketball. In total, there were nine games in which both teams had little numbers to the left of their names, including seven where both teams were ranked in the AP Top 15. From Dec. 4 through Jan. 9, there were just four games between teams in the AP Top 15, so getting seven in the ...

In college basketball, the NCAA tournament is when everything comes to fruition, but right now is the hard stuff. Conference play is the crucible—the test—and fans even now are coming to understand which teams might be ready to take the bull by the horns when the snow starts to melt.  As it stands here in Week 10 of the regular season, who are the contenders and pretenders in the Associated Press Top 10? This slideshow will determine ...

The lone unbeaten team left in college basketball remained that way. Fifth-ranked Gonzaga rolled to a 79-56 home win over No. 21 Saint Mary's on Saturday night in a battle of top West Coast Conference teams. The Bulldogs (17-0, 5-0) led 43-34 at halftime and extended that margin throughout the second half, holding efficient Saint Mary's (15-2, 5-1) to just 39.7 percent shooting. Gonzaga shot 64.7 percent and was 7-of-13 from three-point range. Nigel Williams-Goss had 19 points, ...

No. 1 Baylor got back to winning ways Saturday afternoon with a 77-68 victory over No. 25 Kansas State at Bramlage Coliseum. Baylor, which improved to 16-1, was coming off its first loss of the season, which came against No. 10 West Virginia on Tuesday—just days after the Bears were voted into the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in program history. Saturday was the first time Baylor has ever won ...