ATLANTA - The last time North Carolina came down to the wire against Florida State, Ty Lawson bailed out the Tar Heels. ...more

March 14, 2009

Maryland figured it needed two more wins to lock up a spot in the NCAA Tournament. ...more

March 14, 2009

The Seminoles (23-8, 10-6) are ranked 22nd and earned their first bye ever in the conference tournament. The No. 4-seed Seminoles have the ACC coach of the year in Leonard Hamilton. Senior guard Toney Douglas is all-conference and the ACC's defensive player of the year. But No. 12 seed Georgia Tech believes it has two things going for it: a little recent history and a hometown advantage. Is that enough for another postseason surprise? ...more

March 13, 2009

Virginia Tech broke open a close game with a 14-0 run in the second half and beat Miami 65-47 in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Thursday to keep the Hokies' NCAA Tournament hopes alive. ...more

March 13, 2009

It didn't take long for the first wave of "Why does the Southeastern Conference stink so bad?" questions to hit once the teams arrived here for interviews. And just as quickly, the coaches and players on the aforementioned men's basketball teams proved they know how to spin those talking points. ...more

March 12, 2009

It's a well-deserved day off. Today, when the first round of the ACC Tournament tips off at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, the Florida State men's basketball team won't be on the court at all. ...more

March 12, 2009

Ole Miss junior guard David Huertas, the SEC's fifth-leading scorer (18.2 points per game), has been laboring with a bone bruise in his foot that caused him to miss a game against Arkansas and the second half against Mississippi State. ...more

March 12, 2009

How's life treating you? In that case, cheer up. Any circumstance that does not include at least two of the seven deadly sins, popcorn stuck between your back teeth or a nasty rash puts you a leg up on the average Southeastern Conference basketball coach. ...more

March 11, 2009

At last year's SEC men's basketball tournament, there was never a dull moment. It blew into Atlanta, and Atlanta blew right back. A tornado took off part of the Georgia Dome roof at one point, and the whole thing was moved to Georgia Tech's arena, where Georgia, of all teams, sprang upset after upset to win the tourney and crash the NCAA get-together that followed. Now the Southeastern Conference Tournament comes to Tampa's St. Pete Times Forum. Dull moments might outnumber fans at the Forum this week. It'll be like a four-day Lightning game. ...more

March 10, 2009

It already had been a grand trip by the time Emmitt Smith and his best friend reached the Rose Bowl on that January afternoon 22 years ago, just a couple of high school buddies loose in the big city. ...more

January 30, 2009