Stanford's Tara VanDerveer now winningest coach in major college basketball, passing Mike Krzyzewski
Tara VanDerveer became the all-time winningest coach in major college basketball history, passing former Duke and Army coach Mike Krzyzewski with her 1,203rd career victory when No. 8 Stanford beat Oregon State 65-56.
Stanford's Tara VanDerveer earns 1,202nd victory to tie Mike Krzyzewski's record
Stanfordโs Tara VanDerveer tied Mike Krzyzewski as winningest coach in college basketball history with her 1,202nd victory, guiding the No. 8 Cardinal past Oregon 88-63 while losing leading scorer Cameron Brink for the final three quarters with a leg injury.
No. 5 Colorado uses big run in 3rd to beat No. 8 Stanford 71-59, VanDerveer stays at 1,201 wins
No. 5 Colorado rode a strong third quarter to a 71-59 victory over eighth-ranked Stanford, keeping Tara VanDerveer a win away from tying Mike Krzyzewski as the winningest coach in college basketball history.
Nick Saban is latest championship-winning coach to exit amid drastic changes to college sports
When Nick Saban retired after 17 seasons and six national title with the Crimson Tide, he joined Dukeโs Mike Krzyzewski, North Carolinaโs Roy Williams, Notre Dameโs Muffet McGraw and Villanovaโs Jay Wright has championship-winning college coaches in high-profile sports to call it a career over the last four years.
Krzyzewski K-O'd: North Carolina takes out coach, Duke 81-77
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewskiโs remarkable career came to a sudden end Saturday night after Caleb Love made a key 3-pointer and three late free throws to lift archrival North Carolina to a thrill-a-minute 81-77 victory over the Blue Devils in the national semifinals showdown.
Kansas earns No. 1 seed in Midwest Region; Auburn gets No. 2
Kansas earned a No. 1 seed for the 15th time on Sunday, second only to North Carolina for most in college hoops history, and will open the NCAA Tournament in the Midwest Region against the play-in winner between Texas Southern and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Fort Worth, Texas.
Buddy Boeheim gets dad back to Sweet 16 as Syracuse tops WVU
Syracuse defeated Syracuse 75-72. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)INDIANAPOLIS โ Buddy Boeheim kept shooting, carrying his Hall of Fame father and 11th-seeded Syracuse back into the Sweet 16. The Orange, a top program for four decades under Jim Boeheim, once again showed they're just as dangerous as an NCAA Tournament afterthought. Now they're heading to Jim Boeheim's 20th Sweet 16, thanks to his 6-foot-6, sweet-shooting son. They have advanced to the Sweet 16 each time theyโve been given a double-digit seeding, reaching the Final Four as a 10 in 2016 and the Sweet 16 as an 11 in 2018.
Duke pulls out of ACC Tournament, NCAA tourney streak ends
The ACC announced that the Blue Devils quarterfinal game with Florida State scheduled for Thursday night has been canceled. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)GREENSBORO, N.C. โ Duke arrived at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament hoping to make an unprecedented run to extend its long NCAA Tournament streak. The ACC announced that the Blue Devils' quarterfinal game against No. And athletics director Kevin White said Duke's season is over, ending the Blue Devils' streak of 24 consecutive NCAA appearances that began in 1996. Duke hadn't missed the NCAA Tournament since the 1994-95 season when Krzyzewski stepped away from coaching following complications from back surgery.