Xavier hired Richard Pitino, the son of St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, as its basketball coach on Tuesday night. The school ...

Continuing our mining of results by seed in the NCAA tournament, we have good news and bad news for 2-seed Michigan State ...

Rick Pitino is hoping his son can accomplish something he couldn’t this year — get his team to the second weekend of the NCAA ...

The coaches and players from Alabama, St. Mary's, New Mexico and Michigan State talk about their upcoming second-round games.

The New Mexico Lobos won their first game in the NCAA men's basketball tournament since 2012, 75-66, against Marquette at Rocket Arena in Cleveland. The Lobos entered Friday's tourney opener as ...

New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino celebrates a win against Marquette in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard ...

No. 7 seed Marquette and No. 10 seed New Mexico went back and forth almost all day in Cleveland, with the Lobos eventually pulling away in the final minutes to get the 75-66 win. Despite trailing ...

Free Press sports writers have some thoughts on the matchup between Michigan State basketball and New Mexico in the NCAA tournament second round.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino’s preparation for Sunday night’s matchup with Tom Izzo’s Michigan State team started shortly after Pitino’s team beat Marquette on ...