Mason Plumlee

He doesn’t really think Kentucky can win at Louisville Saturday, but Sporting News college basketball columnist Mike DeCourcy knows pregame assumptions often can be wrong. The logic is that Louisville is just too experienced and deep for Kentucky...

ATLANTA - Seth Curry scored 23 points and No. 9 Duke held off a furious comeback by No. 3 Kentucky, beating the defending national champions 75-68 Tuesday night in the first matchup between the storied programs since 2001. Duke (2-0) appeared to be in...

If John Calipari’s memory is correct,  players should learn in the sixth or seventh grade to follow the flight of the ball on shot attempts and then find someone to block out to gain proper rebounding position. That’s something UK didn’t...

LEXINGTON — Freshman Willie Cauley-Stein says he didn’t know a lot about Kentucky’s rivalries with teams such as Louisville, Tennessee or Florida when he got here, but he quickly found out one thing. “I just know we’re...

What has been anticipated around the Maryland basketball program for months has become reality: sophomore Alex Len will forgo the last two years of his college career, a source with knowledge of the situation said Sunday night. Yahoo Sports first...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — There were times when Seth Curry felt as if he could make every shot. Even his record-setting coach was amazed. Curry scored 29 points and Duke beat Michigan State 71-61 on Friday night to advance to the Midwest Regional final,...

Duke has won 29 games this basketball season. None like this. Foul trouble: check. Frigid shooting: check. Stars MIA: check. Rookies tested like never before: check. The Blue Devils experienced all of the above Sunday night against Creighton in the NCAA...

PHILADELPHIA — For the first time in 23 years, Duke has three established senior starters and leaders. Moreover, Mason Plumlee, Seth Curry and Ryan Kelly offer compelling stories, collectively and individually. They've celebrated a national...

PHILADELPHIA — Albany coach Will Brown said Thursday that Duke was the best team in this NCAA tournament. The Blue Devils didn't approach that rare air Friday against Brown's Great Danes. No, this isn't some Carolina-blue time warp in which Duke...

For the second consecutive season, Creighton has drawn an ACC icon in the NCAA tournament, and once again, Steve Merfeld is the Blue Jays’ lead scout for the matchup. A former Hampton University head coach, Merfeld is in his second year as a...

PHILADELPHIA — Seth Curry scored 26 points, Mason Plumlee had 23 and second-seeded Duke beat Albany 73-61 on Friday in the second round of the Midwest Regional. The Blue Devils (28-5) will meet the winner of the game between seventh-seeded...

Images of Lehigh's brown and white remain ingrained in the minds of NCAA men's basketball tournament fans nationwide. From midcourt, John Adams took a few dribbles and threw it down to a huge roar of the crowd. An outlet pass to Gabe Knutson, who took...