Mount St. Mary's Dola Adebayo, right, dunks the ball as Iona's Dejour Reaves, center, looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Metro Atlantic ...

The exact moment the SEC became a basketball conference is still up for debate. What Rick Barnes can tell you is when his league was barely known for basketball. It was 1987, the beginning of what will someday be a hall of fame career for Tennessee's current coach.

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The Hoosiers hired DeVries as their new head coach, school officials announced. DeVries spent this past season as West Virginia 's head coach. He spent the previous six at Drake. DeVries replaces former Indiana star Mike Woodson, who announced last month he would be stepping down at the end of his fourth season in charge of the Hoosiers.

Sears also finishes his college basketball career with 2,839 total points, the 19th most in NCAA history. He fell just 12 points shy of passing Indiana State legend Larry Bird (2,850) for 18th.

North Carolina State's Mallory Collier (42) and North Carolina's Maria Gakdeng (5) reach for a ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the Atlantic ...

Auburn's star is National Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome. The 6-foot-10 post threat is Duke star Cooper Flagg's primary challenger for the coveted award. Broome enters averaging 18.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.1 blocks. The fifth-year star will be a handful for the Spartans' strong frontcourt.

If you’ve watched the NCAA Division 1 college basketball tournaments, you’ve probably seen commercials by the NCAA calling out certain fans. In fact, the NCAA isn’t pulling any punches as it goes as far as to call out a fan who harasses college athletes a “loser”.