The season for the University of Florida basketball team somehow wound up in the hands of 5-foot-8 freshman with the Gators trailing by three and the clock winding down. This was not how you'd script things. ...more

March 14, 2009

Tyler Smith scored 22 points and Wayne Chism added 15 Friday night to lead Tennessee to an 86-62 rout of cold-shooting Alabama in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament. ...more

March 13, 2009

Marcus Thornton scored 21 points and No. 20 LSU beat Kentucky 67-58 Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament and most likely end the Wildcats' streak of NCAA appearances at 17. ...more

March 13, 2009

It's never going to be easy for the Florida Gators, and whatever they are able to accomplish from here on out probably won't look real good while it's happening. So if we accept that essential truth about Gator basketball, then Thursday's 73-58 victory over Arkansas was a thing of beauty. ...more

March 13, 2009

Walter Hodge scored 16 points, Dan Werner added 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Florida beat Arkansas 73-58 on Thursday night in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. ...more

March 13, 2009

Jodie Meeks scored 25 points and Patrick Patterson had 15 points and 14 rebounds Thursday to help Kentucky stop a four-game losing streak with a 71-58 victory over Mississippi on Thursday in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. ...more

March 12, 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

Jasmine Thomas scored 14 points to help No. 8 Duke beat No. 12 Florida State 75-57 in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Saturday. ...more

March 8, 2009

Standing on second base, LSU's Michael Hollander had the perfect vantage point for another memorable moment in the Tigers' illustrious baseball history. ...more

June 3, 2008

A day after University of South Florida coach Lelo Prado questioned his team's intensity, the Bulls left no doubt whether they were ready for Thursday's Big East Tournament elimination game with West Virginia. ...more

May 23, 2008