College Basketball

Ryan Wittman and Louis Dale combined for 41 points and paced a menacing Cornell three-point attack as the Big Red earned the Ivy League's first NCAA Tournament victory in 12 years with a 78-65 first-round win over the Temple Owls.

Jordan Crawford finished with 28 points, as Xavier overcame a poor-shooting first half to beat Minnesota, 65-54, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Kevin Jones scored 17 points and Devin Ebanks added 16 with 13 rebounds, as West Virginia shrugged off a horrendous start and eventually rolled to a 77-50 victory over Morgan State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

St. John's has fired men's basketball coach Norm Roberts after six seasons at the helm.

East Region action of the 2010 NCAA Tournament features a first-round matchup between the fourth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers and the 13th-seeded Wofford Terriers.

The fifth-seeded Michigan State Spartans gear up for what they hope will be another long run in the NCAA Tournament, as they take on the 12th-seeded New Mexico State Aggies in the first round at Spokane Memorial Arena. The victor of this Midwest Regional bout will advance to the second round against either Maryland or Houston on Sunday.

The second-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes square off against the 15th-seeded UC Santa Barbara Gauchos tonight in a Midwest Regional matchup of the NCAA Tournament at the Bradley Center. The winner will advance to the second round and face either Georgia Tech or Oklahoma State on Sunday.

Aggies will collide in first-round action in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament, when Utah State and Texas A&M meet at the Spokane Memorial Arena.

The Siena Saints will try to shake things up in the NCAA Tournament when they battle the Purdue Boilermakers this afternoon in first-round action of the South Region at Spokane Veterans Arena.

The Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions will take part in their first-ever NCAA Tournament and their reward is a meeting against the Duke Blue Devils in first round action of the South Region at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.