Miami stars Sheldon McClellan and Angel Rodriguez are preparing to take on Buffalo in the NCAA Tournament, but in their pregame press conference they were both asked how much they enjoy the opportunity to connect on alley-oop dunks. Both players said that the other makes it easy, and the result is a culmination of the time that they have spent together on the court, and the high basketball IQ that each of them possess. Coach Jim Larranaga agrees, and has great things to say about each player.
No. 9 Connecticut beat No. 8 Colorado 74-67 in the First Round of the South Regional on Thursday. Daniel Hamilton finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Huskies in the tournament win.
No. 4 Iowa State beat No. 13 Iona 94-81 in the First Round of the Midwest Regional on Thursday. Georges Niang lead the Cyclones with 28 points in the tournament victory.
Villanova didn't really need it in the moment, but Ryan Arcidiacono calmly brought the ball up the court and drilled a three-pointer to beat the first-half buzzer.
Go behind the scenes with the Big 12 Digital Network as we check out Oklahoma's locker room at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Now this would be the ultimate Cinderella story.
The No. 1 team in the nation will be looking to move on to the Sweet 16 as the Kansas Jayhawks match up with the Connecticut Huskies on Saturday.
Kentucky vs. Indiana? Yeah, what a time to be alive.
The Miami Hurricanes and Wichita State Shockers will meet on Saturday in the first game of the Round of 32.
We set the stage for today's NCAA Tournament action, plus look ahead to conference play on the baseball diamond in Friday's Big 12 Minute.