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Tramon Mark's career-high 26 points leads 1-seed Houston to 81-64 win over 9-seed Auburn in Second Round of NCAA Tourney

Jarace Walker scores 16 points in 1-seed Houston's 63-52 win over 16-seed Northern Kentucky in First Round of NCAA Tourney

Marcus Sasser Named to Associated Press All-America First Team

Houston Men's Basketball Receives NABC All-District Awards

Rice's Quincy Olivari Named to USBWA All-District Team


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Men's Hoops

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1-seed Houston defeats 9-seed Auburn, 81-64, in Second Round of NCAA Tournament.

Record: 33-3, 17-1 in AAC. Next: 3/24, vs 5-seed Miami, at 6:15 pm on CBS, in Sweet 16, in Kansas City.

3/18: Tramon Mark's career-high 26 points leads 1-seed Houston to 81-64 win over 9-seed Auburn in Second Round of NCAA Tourney

3/16: Jarace Walker scores 16 points in 1-seed Houston's 63-52 win over 16-seed Northern Kentucky in First Round of NCAA Tourney

3/14: Marcus Sasser Named to Associated Press All-America First Team

3/14: Houston Men's Basketball Receives NABC All-District Awards

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12-seed Rice defeats 5-seed Duquesne, 84-78, in First Round of CBI

Record: 19-15, 8-12 in C-USA. Next: 3/20, against 4-seed Southern Utah, 1 p.m., in qtr final of College Basketball Invitational, on FloHoops

3/19: Rice 84-78 over Duquesne in First Round of CBI

3/18: Rice Basketball Faces Duquesne in First Round of CBI

3/14: Quincy Olivari Named to USBWA All-District Team

3/14: Max Fiedler and Quincy Olivari Named NABC Second Team All-District

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HCU's Season Ends at SLC Tournament vs. New Orleans.

Record: 10-22. Season is over.

3/5: Final - HCU 69, New Orleans 90 in SLC Tournament

3/4: HCU and New Orleans Meet in SLC Tournament First Round

3/1: Brycen Long Breaks Single-Season Threes Record in 80-64 Loss to SLU

2/25: Final - HCU 64, at Nicholls 68

6-seed Prairie View loses 62-60 in OT to 3-seed Jackson State in SWAC qtr final.

Record: 13-19, 9-9 in the SWAC. Season is over.

3/9: Final in OT - Panthers 60, Jackson State 62 in SWAC quarterfinal

3/7: Will Douglas Selected to All-Conference First Team

3/5: Men's Basketball SWAC Tournament Seedings and Quarterfinals Matchups Has Been Announced

3/4: Final - Prairie View 78, vs Texas Southern 74

Texas Southern University

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16-seed Texas Southern loses 84-61 to 16-seed FDU in First Four.

Record: 14-21, 7-11 in the SWAC. Season is over.

3/15: Final in First Four - TSU 61, FDU 84

3/11: Final - Texas Southern 61, 2-seed Grambling State 58 in SWAC final.

3/10: Final - Texas Southern 74, Alabama A&M 61 in SWAC semifinal

3/8: Final - 8-seed Texas Southern 66, 1-seed Alcorn State 62 in SWAC quarterfinal


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3/12: Memphis Wins American Men's Basketball Championship; Tigers, Houston Headed to NCAA Tournament

3/8: The American Announces Men's Basketball Honors

3/6: Houston's Jamal Shead, UCF's Taylor Hendricks Earn Weekly Honors for week ending March 5

2/27: Memphis' DeAndre Williams, UCF's Taylor Hendricks Earn Weekly Honors for week ending February 26


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3/14: 2023 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship Becomes Highest-Grossing Basketball Championship in Conference History

3/11: Texas Beats Kansas in Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship Final

3/12: Big 12 Sends a Nation-High 70% of Teams to NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

3/6: West Virginia's Erik Stevenson Sweeps Final Men’s Basketball Awards


Conference USA men's hoops

3/7:C-USA Postseason Awards Announced

3/6: UAB's Jordan “Jelly” Walker and LA Tech's Jordan Crawford earned the final Conference USA Men's Basketball weekly honors of the season

3/4: Bracket Announced for 2023 C-USA Men's Basketball Championships


SWAC men's hoops

3/7: SWAC Announces Men's Basketball Postseason Honors

3/4: SWAC Announces Men's Tournament Seedings and Quarterfinals Matchups

2/28: Alcorn State's Jeremiah Kendall SWAC Player of the Week; Texas Southern's PJ Henry SWAC Impact Player of the Week

2/21: Prairie View A&M's Will Douglas SWAC Player of the Week; Texas Southern's John Walker III SWAC Impact Player of the Week


NCAA

3/10: Tracking all 32 NCAA men's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2023

3/10: Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Five Finalists for the 2023 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award

3/9: Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Five Finalists for the 2023 Karl Malone Award

3/8: Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Five Finalists for the 2023 Julius Erving Award

3/6: Houston, UCLA, Purdue lead final Power 36 college basketball rankings


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Women's Hoops

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4th-seed Houston loses to 3-seed East Carolina 46-44 in AAC final.

Record: 15-16, 10-5 in AAC. Season is over.

3/9: Final - Houston 44, East Carolina 46 in AAC championship game

3/8: 4-seed Houston 72-64 over 8-seed Wichita State in AAC semifinal

3/7: Final - 4th-seed Houston 52, 5th-seed SMU 33 in AAC qtr final

3/5: Laila Blair and Tiara Young Receive Conference Honors

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Rice wins 71-67 at BYU in First Round of 2023 Postseason WNIT.

Record: 23-8, 13-7 in C-USA. Next: 3/20, at Oregon, 8 pm, in Second Round of 2023 Postseason WNIT.

3/19: PREVIEW: Rice, Oregon Set for Second Round WNIT Battle

3/17: Final - Rice 71, at BYU 67 in 1st round of Postseason WNIT

3/13: Rice Set to Face BYU in WNIT First Round

3/12: Rice Women's Basketball Earns Bid to WNIT

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HCU's season ends with 66-45 loss to Southeastern.

Record: 11-18, 6-12 in SLC. Season is over.

3/3: N'Denasija Collins Named to All-Conference Second-Team

3/1: Huskies Drop Final Game of Season To Lady Lions

2/25: Final - HCU 46, at Nicholls 64

2/23: Huskies Downed Following Second Half Comeback by McNeese

5-seed Prairie View loses to 4-seed Southern, 64-37 in SWAC quarterfinal.

Record: 15-15, 12-6 in the SWAC. Season is over.

3/9: Final - PV 37, Southern 64

3/7: Diana Rosenthal Named to All-SWAC First Team

3/5: PV Women's Basketball Team 5-seed in the 2023 SWAC Tournament

3/4: Final - PV 65, vs Texas Southern 57

Texas Southern University

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TSU loses at Prairie View, 65-57, to end season.

Record: 2-27, 2-16 in the SWAC. Season is over.

3/8: Micah Gray Named SWAC Freshman Of The Year, Earns 2nd Team Honors

3/4: Final - TSU 57, at Prairie View A&M 65

2/27: Final - TSU 66, at Alcorn State

2/25: Final - Texas Southern 43, at Jackson State 66


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3/13: Four American Teams Bound for 2023 Postseason WNIT

3/12: East Carolina, South Florida To Represent The American In The 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship

3/5: 2022-23 Women's Basketball Postseason Honors

3/2: South Florida's Elena Tsineke, Memphis' Destiny Thomas Take Final Weekly Conference Honors


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3/12: Nation-High 60% Of Big 12 Women's Basketball Teams Selected To NCAA Tournament

3/12: Ashley Joens, Iowa State Beat Texas to win Big 12 WBB Championship

3/6: West Virginia's Madisen Smith, Baylor's Littlepage-Buggs Nab Final Big 12 WBB Weekly Awards

3/4: Oklahoma, Texas Share 2023 Big 12 WBB Regular Season, Seeds Set For Championship


Conference USA women's hoops

3/7: C-USA Postseason Awards Announced

3/6: La Tech's Keiunna Walker and WKU's Karris Allen earned Conference USA Women's Basketball weekly honors

3/4: Bracket Announced for 2023 C-USA Women's Basketball Championships


SWAC women's hoops

3/7: SWAC Announces Women's Basketball Postseason Awards

3/4: SWAC Announces Women's Tournament Seedings and Quarterfinals Matchups

2/28: Alcorn State's Destiny Brown SWAC Player of the Week; and Texas Southern's Micah Gray SWAC Impact Player of the Week

2/21: Alabama State's Ayana Emmanuel SWAC Player of the Week; Jackson State's Jariyah Covington SWAC Impact Player of the Week


NCAA

3/12: South Carolina, Indiana, Virginia Tech and Stanford named top seeds as 68-team tournament field announced for 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship

3/10: We're tracking all 32 NCAA women's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2023

3/7: Longtime game official Dee Kantner receives 2023 Jostens-Berenson Lifetime Achievement Award

3/6: South Carolina leads a red-hot Virginia Tech in the final women's college basketball Power 10 rankings

3/6: Hoopfeed.com founder Coward, sportswriter Davis receive 2023 WBCA Mel Greenberg Media Awards


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