College basketball picks: Can anyone slow down Michigan?
ESPN.com's college basketball experts make predictions for Michigan-Minnesota, Baylor-Texas Tech and other top games of the weekend.
ESPN.com's college basketball experts make predictions for Michigan-Minnesota, Baylor-Texas Tech and other top games of the weekend.
Less than a month from the start of the 2020-21 college basketball season, many schools do not have firm plans in place to accommodate spectators in arenas.
Notre Dame, which won the Maui Invitational in 2017, will return to the event in 2021 along with Oregon, Butler, Houston, Saint Mary's, Wisconsin, Texas A&M and Chaminade.
Drew Timme scored 17 points, Filip Petrusev had a double-double and No. 2 Gonzaga beat rival Saint Mary's 84-66 to reclaim the West Coast Conference tournament title Tuesday night.
Jordan Ford hit a pull-up jumper with 1.4 seconds to go, giving Saint Mary’s a 51-50 win over No. 14 BYU in the West Coast Conference Tournament semifinals Monday night.
Jordan Ford, who played every minute, scored a career-high 42 points, including the last seven of the game, and third-seeded Saint Mary's outlasted sixth-seeded Pepperdine 89-82 in double overtime Saturday night to reach the semifinals of the West...
Filip Petrusev scored 27 points and No. 3 Gonzaga beat Saint Mary's 86-76 on Saturday night to sweep the season series.
Dayton, San Diego State and Gonzaga will all give bracket fillers pause in March. Our panel weighs in on that trio and the weekend's top games.
Jordan Ford had 33 points as Saint Mary's topped Santa Clara 78-72 on Thursday night.
Should the WCC be considered a basketball power conference? Gonzaga, BYU and Saint Mary's have helped its case.
Malik Fitts scored 27 points and Jordan Ford scored 22 and Saint Mary's used the second half to blow the game open for a 92-63 win over San Diego Saturday night.
Malik Fitts scored 20 points and Saint Mary's was perfect from the foul line to overcome a cold-shooting second half to pull out a 57-51 win over Loyola Marymount on Thursday night.
Dan Fotu scored 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting while collecting 10 rebounds and Saint Mary's beat Paciic 71-63 on Saturday night.
Drew Timme scored 20 points and No. 2 Gonzaga made 14 of its first 15 shots to send Saint Mary's to its worst home loss in 19 years with a 90-60 victory on Saturday night.
Gonzaga has not lost a regular season conference game since Jan 18, 2018 (vs Saint Mary's) - 751 days before this trip to Saint Mary's. BPI only gives Gonzaga a 29 percent chance to finish conference play unblemished.
Malik Fitts scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Saint Mary's held off San Diego 66-60 on Thursday night.
With a month to go (or less) in the regular season, here are the leaders in the clubhouse for Player of the Year honors.
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Gonzaga | 5-0 | - | 14-0 |
Pacific | 2-0 | 1.5 | 5-1 |
BYU | 2-1 | 2 | 11-3 |
Santa Clara | 2-1 | 2 | 8-3 |
San Francisco | 3-3 | 2.5 | 9-7 |
Loyola Marymount | 1-1 | 2.5 | 6-4 |
Pepperdine | 1-1 | 2.5 | 5-6 |
San Diego | 0-2 | 3.5 | 1-5 |
Saint Mary's | 0-3 | 4 | 9-5 |
Portland | 0-4 | 4.5 | 6-7 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
Chris Howell | SF | Signed | 77 |
Final Fours | 0 |
Tournament Record | 5-10 |
Championship Seasons | None |
Tournament Appearances | 10 |