Saint Louis Billikens

Virginia faithful resigned to Selection Sunday disappointment may find some comfort in tournament committee chairman Mike Bobinski’s most recent public remarks. “Key criteria for the committee is what is has been for some time,”...

SUNDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || NASCAR || Sprint Cup: Food City 500 || 45, 512:30 || || MLB exh. || Minnesota@Orioles || MASN1 || || St. Louis@Miami || MLB1 || || Cleveland@Cincinnati || MLB4 || || WBC || First Semi: Japan vs....

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| College Softball--East Carolina at Alabama-Birmingham, 11 a.m. (FXSP) NHL Hockey--Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Auto Racing--NASCAR Sprint Cup,...

NEW YORK (AP) — Butler lost twice to Saint Louis this season with a few days' rest. Playing their third game in three days at the Atlantic 10 tournament, the Bulldogs couldn't hang in against the physical Billikens in Saturday's 67-56 semifinal...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL| North Dakota| |Region 3 Tournament at Hazelton|  Napoleon vs. Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier, 3 p.m.  LaMoure-Litchville-Marion vs. Kidder County, 20 minutes after  Ellendale vs. Central Prairie, 20...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| College Softball--Alabama-Birmingham at Central Florida, 10:30 a.m. (FXSP) Men’s College Basketball--Virginia Commonwealth at Temple, 11 a.m. (CBS); Big South Conference Tournament Championship, 11 a.m. (ESPN2);...

In January, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick called John Swofford and informed the Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner that, despite all good intentions, logistics dictated the Irish could not join that conference for next season. As of...

Marah Strickland didn't have any idea she was sick. She played two years at St. John's Catholic Prep in Frederick, two years at Towson Catholic, two seasons at Maryland and one season at South Carolina, and it's possible she was symptomatic the entire...

Atlantic 10 commissioner Bernadette McGlade smiled wryly when asked Saturday if someone might declare a cease-fire from college sports’ relentless conference realignment raids. “If there is a call,” she said, “I haven't gotten...

As Virginia prepares for a home game Thursday against Duke that convention suggests is crucial to its NCAA tournament prospects, one of college basketball’s most-visible analysts disagrees. “They’re in,” ESPN’s Jay Bilas...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Duquesne coach Jim Ferry got a glimpse into his future plans Tuesday night. He watched No. 15 Butler play lockdown defense, rely on balanced scoring and win going away. If the Dukes can follow that recipe, they might start...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Butler's shooters finally warmed up Tuesday night, Duquesne looked lost.   Rotnei Clarke scored 16 points, Khyle Marshall added 14 and the reeling Dukes had no answers as the 15th-ranked Bulldogs pulled away for a 68-...