Aaron Craft

LaQuinton Ross hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2 seconds to play, and Ohio State advanced to the brink of its second straight Final Four appearance with a 73-70 victory over Arizona on Thursday night in the West Regional semifinals at Staples Center....

STARTERS OHIO STATE; HT.; WT.; Stats; P; ARIZONA; HT.; WT.; Stats Deshaun Thomas, 6-7; 225; 19.7 ppg; F; Solomon Hill; 6-7; 220; 13.3 ppg Sam Thompson; 6-7; 190; 7.8 ppg; F; Kevin Parrom; 6-6; 220; 8.3 ppg Amir Williams; 6-11; 250; 3.9 rpg; C; Kaleb...

Florida Gulf Coast is a hot story and, gee, that old La Salle played great, but all of that may not matter. Forget Louisville, Indiana, Duke and Syracuse and save your talk about difference-maker guards Peyton Siva of Louisville, Miami's Shane Larkin,...

Miami, Ohio State Brian Hamilton Chicago Tribune Form held in the East, and each of the top seeds had its crawl-over-broken-glass win. So there's no one primed for a fall. That should make Indiana the most dangerous team, but Syracuse's length could...

My dream of a West Regional foursome of Wichita State, La Salle, Harvard and Iowa State came only half true. Los Angeles fell two underdogs short from hitting for the Cinderella cycle. The disappointment abated when, in Philadelphia, the hallucination...

Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shop for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we see what happens when Ohio State hits a buzzer beater, ride shotgun with NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler and see why the cool kids are referring to Fort Myers,...

DAYTON, Ohio -- Indiana’s season, the one that’s supposed to finish with confetti falling and nets coming down, was minutes from ending in shock and disappointment. The Hoosiers were on the brink. As the clock ticked down, coach Tom...

The losers this week: 99 percent of all brackets, Gonzaga alumni, Big East brainiacs (Georgetown and Notre Dame). The winners this week: paper shredders, the Big Ten, Florida Gulf Coast's marketing department and Marshall Henderson's future agent....

DAYTON, Ohio -- With Aaron Craft's last-second shot, No. 2 Ohio State remained the lone high seed left in the NCAA tournament's most-busted bracket. Craft made a 3-pointer with a half-second left, and Ohio State escaped Dayton — a place of Buckeye...

AUSTIN, Texas — Down in south Texas where gunslingers and lawmen used to rule, Florida Gators point guard Scottie Wilbekin will look to add another notch to his belt. For No. 3 seed Florida (27-7) to beat No. 11 Minnesota (21-12) Sunday and...

Unless you are a fan of the eight teams that played "first-round'' games Tuesday and Wednesday night, March Madness really will begin Thursday. It's bracket time, baby. While we don't want folks spending hours at work wondering which No. 15 seed can...

While Big Ten fans try to crunch numbers and decipher an array of scenarios for conference tournament seedings, Illinois forward Tyler Griffey is concentrating on the regular season. With one game remaining, at No. 14 Ohio State on Sunday, the Illini...