Men's basketball

INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 -- A year ago, a new three-point line dominated discussions at the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Rules Committee meetings. This year, the committee’s meetings produced relatively few changes, which committee leaders view as a positive step for the game overall.

“Our game and our rules are in really great shape,” said Ronda Seagraves, chair of the women’s rules committee and associate athletic director at Southwestern University (Texas). “We entertained approximately 50 rules proposals, and in the end only approved minor changes to the rules book.”    » read more »

San Antonio, April 8, 2008 (By David Byrd) -- The University of Kansas has defeated Memphis, 75-68, to take the American men's big-college basketball title. As VOA's David Byrd reports from San Antonio, the game came down to some crucial shots in the waning minutes.

The game was evenly-matched and fast paced for most of Monday night. The lead changed hands nine times and the contest was tied eight times. The biggest lead was Memphis by nine in the second half, but Kansas was able to cut the lead to just two points with less than a minute to play.

Memphis freshman Derrick Rose made one of two free throws, to give the Tigers a 63-60 lead. But Kansas guard Mario Chalmers was able to hit a three-point shot with less than two seconds left, to send the game into overtime.    » read more »

April 4 Telecast to Commemorate 25th Anniversary of NC State’s Improbable NCAA Victory

March 31, 2008 -- ESPN Classic Remembers: NC State Upsets Houston will honor the legacy of Jim Valvano and his 1983 North Carolina State Wolfpack team that won an improbable NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship 25 years ago. The program airs Friday, April 4 at 8 p.m., ET on ESPN Classic.    » read more »

Program Features Sports Fans Wearing Favorite Teams’ Attire for $5 Donation to Cancer Research March 20 & 21

- Tournament Challenge Games, Mobile Bracket Management, Alerts
- Integration with Selection Sunday, Selection Monday Telecasts
- Complete Editorial Coverage

Monday, February 18, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS -- Mike Bobinski, director of athletics at Xavier University, has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. The appointment is effective September 1, 2008 and is a five-year term.    » read more »

14 Total Games February 22-24: ESPN2 to Televise Six, ESPNU Five, ESPN360.com Two and ESPN Classic One Game; #15 Drake at #10 Butler on ESPN2

Monday, February 11, 2008, FT. LAUDERDALE --- CBSSports.com, in partnership with CBS Sports, CSTV and the NCAA, today announced that in 2008, for the first time, its NCAA® March Madness® on Demand (MMOD) service would give users the ability to view all 63 games* of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, from the first round of the tournament through the Men's Final Four® and Championship in San Antonio.    » read more »

Thursday, February 2, 2008, FORT LAUDERDALE -- CBSSports.com today announced it has developed and will host an official NCAA® March Madness® Brackets application that will be offered and promoted to the Facebook® users for the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Located at facebook.com/brackets, CBSSports.com Tournament Brackets will be available to the site's more than 63 million active users both online and via CBS Sports Mobile, creating a cross platform experience for all NCAA Basketball fans.    » read more »

Includes Five Top-25 Teams

January 31, 2008 -- ESPN Regional Television, in conjunction with the BIG EAST Conference and the Southeastern Conference, announced today the eight men’s college basketball teams that will represent the two conferences in the second annual SEC/BIG EAST Invitational.    » read more »

Wednesday, November 28, 2007, DETROIT -- Hundreds of people gathered at the General Motors Wintergarden at the 2009 Final Four Logo Marriott Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit this morning to get a first glimpse at the symbol identifying the city as the destination every NCAA Division I men’s basketball team hopes to reach throughout the 2008-09 season.    » read more »

Wednesday, November 28, 2007, INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA student-athlete reinstatement staff has reinstated the eligibility of Iowa State University basketball student-athlete Lucca Staiger.

Staiger, a freshman at Iowa State, will be required to sit out the 2007-08 season of competition while being charged a season of eligibility, as a condition of his reinstatement for playing 82 games on a professional team in Germany prior to enrollment at the university. Staiger will have three seasons of remaining eligibility.    » read more »

“Black Magic” - From Award-Winning Filmmaker Dan Klores - to air on ESPN March 16-17, 2008, Immediately Following NCAA Selection Coverage

November 29, 2007 -- ESPN, in collaboration with award-winning filmmaker Dan Klores (The Boys of Second Street Park, Viva Baseball, Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story and Crazy Love), has announced that Academy Award Nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson, jazz great Wynton Marsalis, and New Orleans Hornets star point guard Chris Paul will narrate the upcoming film event, “Black Magic.”    » read more »

Week-Long Initiative to Include Simultaneous Launch Featuring Jim Valvano ESPYS Speech on Numerous ESPN Platforms, Men's and Women's Jimmy V Basketball Classics and Marathon Chat by ESPN.com's Bill Simmons

More than 1,050 Games Across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ABC, ESPN Classic, ESPN360.com, ESPN Regional Television and ESPN FULL COURT

November 5, 2007 -- With the tip-off of the 2007-08 men’s college basketball season -- more than 1,050 games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Classic, ESPN360.com, ESPN Regional Television and ESPN FULL COURT – ESPN will host a media conference call.

New elements to this year’s coverage include:
• The addition of Pac-10 games on ESPN for the first time since 1995.    » read more »