Louisiana-Lafayette is looking for a new coach. The university says it will not renew the expiring contract of Ragin' Cajuns coach Robert Lee. The Cajuns had an overall record of 13-16 this season, losing to Louisiana-Monroe in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament. Lee has been with Louisiana-Lafayette for 14 years, including the last six years as head coach.

The Big 12 tournament gets started this week in Kansas City. For more than half the teams, it will be a warm-up for the real madness of March. That's because, barring a major meltdown, the conference will likely get seven teams into next week's NCAA tournament. Kansas, vying for the No. 1 overall seed, is a lock.

Big East teams that faced Notre Dame before mid-February might not recognize the Fighting Irish squad that arrives in New York for the Big East tournament. The Irish (21-10) no longer are looking to outgun opponents the way they usually have in 10 seasons under coach Mike Brey. They want to outlast them.

Mike Young remembers being an assistant coach at Wofford in the school's first Division I season in 1994-95 and falling behind 26-0 to Clemson en route to a 49-point loss. It was those early experiences that made reaching the NCAA tournament for the first time so sweet. Cameron Rundles scored 20 points and Wofford used stifling defense to overcome a long second-half scoring drought and beat...

Omar Samhan practically floated down the Orleans Arena hallway with a net around his neck when Mickey McConnell rushed up from behind, jumped and joyously shoved his Saint Mary's teammate, nearly knocking him down. Easy there, MVP. After making mighty Gonzaga look ordinary, these remarkable Gaels need to stay healthy through their first peaceful Selection Sunday in years before a trip to the...

Not even a daunting halftime deficit could derail Siena. Edwin Ubiles scored 27 points and Alex Franklin added 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Saints rallied from as many as 15 down and beat Fairfield 72-65 in overtime Monday night to win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament for the third straight season.

Old Dominion felt as if it was playing with a burden, too, in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament -- the one of the team expected to win. The league's regular-season champion did just that Monday night, taking control early and beating third-seeded William & Mary 60-53 in the tournament championship, likely ending the Tribe's feel-good push for the first NCAA tournament appearance...

Darington Hobson always believed he could make an immediate impact for a rising New Mexico team. New Mexico's standout swingman was named Mountain West player of the year Monday, along with the Lobos' Steve Alford earning coach of the year honors. Hobson, a junior college transfer, became the first to be named player of the year and newcomer of the year.

Purdue forward Robbie Hummel had reconstructive surgery on the ACL in his right knee on Monday. Purdue coach Matt Painter said Monday morning that the surgery would take place in Indianapolis and that the standard recovery time is four to six months. A school spokesman confirmed that the surgery was completed.

Shortly before Cincinnati headed off to New York on Monday, coach Mick Cronin gathered his frustrated players for a pep talk. He told them to stop dwelling on their disheartening season and move on. Up next? A place where the Bearcats have known nothing but heartbreak. The Bearcats have never won a game in the Big East tournament, going 0-3.

Ranked teams Pittsburgh and Maryland, as well as former No. 1 Texas highlight the field of the 2010 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. Illinois and Rhode Island are also among the field along with College of Charleston, Illinois-Chicago, Louisiana Tech, Navy, Seattle, Toledo and UC-Irvine. The brackets for the 16th annual tournament will be announced later.

Charles Garcia is hoping his size and skills, combined with a strong start to his only season of major college basketball, are good enough for the NBA. Seattle University's 6-foot-10 junior forward wasted no time and declared for the NBA draft on Monday, effective the end of the Redhawks season. Combining the size of a big man with the ball-handling skills of a perimeter player, Garcia became a...

Bob Nash was fired as coach of the University of Hawaii's men's basketball team on Monday after posting a 34-56 record over three seasons. "This was a very tough decision," athletic director Jim Donovan said in a statement. "No person has shown more dedication to UH basketball than Bob Nash." Nash was a member of the "Fabulous Five," a group of UH basketball...

The 10th-ranked Villanova Wildcats could play the Big East tournament without forward Taylor King because of an undisclosed personal issue. King was benched by coach Jay Wright for Saturday's loss against West Virginia. Wright said at Monday's practice there's a "teaching point" he's trying to make with King.

California guard Jerome Randle has been picked as the Pac-10 player of the year. Randle averaged 18.7 points and 4.5 assists per game. He helped the Golden Bears win their first conference title in 50 years. In other awards handed out by the league on Monday, Arizona forward Derrick Williams was picked as the league's top freshman, Arizona State's Herb Sendek was selected as the coach of the...

Despite a disappointing season, Iowa State basketball coach Greg McDermott is receiving a vote of confidence from athletic director Jamie Pollard. Pollard and McDermott held a news conference Monday where they discussed the Cyclones' frustrating season and the program's future. The athletic director says McDermott is part of that future.

Kansas is No. 1 -- again. The Jayhawks (29-2), coming off their sixth straight Big 12 regular season title, moved back into the top spot in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday. It is their 14th week at No. 1 this season, more than triple the total of the other three schools who have been there in 2009-10.

Steven Gray banged his shooting elbow on the Orleans Arena court hard enough to make the Gonzaga guard's coach think it was broken. A little later, two of his fingernails were bent back grotesquely. "That's why he was constantly bleeding tonight," coach Mark Few said with admiration.

Tom Izzo had just become the sixth coach in Big Ten history with at least six conference championships, and he didn't even realize it. "Really? That's the one thing I don't keep track of," Izzo said after No. 11 Michigan State beat Michigan 64-48 Sunday to finish the regular season in a three-way tie.

Chattanooga basketball player Ty Patterson was released from Carolinas Medical Center on Sunday after what a school official termed a "sudden cardiac event" during a game on Saturday night. Patterson, a 6-foot-6 senior from Anderson, S.C., collapsed with 11:14 remaining in Chattanooga's 96-69 loss to College of Charleston in the Southern Conference Tournament quarterfinals.