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After 'Special' Game, Steve Lavin Relishes Moment With Mentor, Gene Keady

NEW YORK -- Inside the twisting hallway bowels of Madison Square Garden -- with the crowd still buzzing over St. John's guard Dwight Hardy's winning, last-seconds, underhanded, scoop-and-flip-under-the-basket shot -- two men embraced on a red carpet. The coach and the coach's coach. Steve Lavin was brought to St. John's...

Steve Lavin Returns to UCLA to Sound of Silence

LOS ANGELES -- It's not like Steve Lavin hasn't been back to Pauley Pavilion in the last eight years. He just hasn't done it as the opposing coach. The man who could never quite do it right when he was the UCLA coach from 1996-2003 returned to the scene of his alleged crimes against Bruin basketball Saturday...

Georgetown Passes St. John's on Brutal Big East Escalator

WASHINGTON -- There's never a time when the Big East's mantra (this league will eat you alive) does not apply. It fit the bill again Wednesday night, particularly in Providence, where the lowly Friars (1-6 in conference play as the day began) took down eighth-ranked Villanova (previously 17-2 overall and one of just two...

Which Undefeated College Basketball Team Will Be Last to Lose?

Then there were seven. By early January, undefeated teams in college basketball are about as rare as passable grammar in tweets and, if history is any guide, each is about to drop their zero like a New Year's resolution. In the past seven seasons, only four teams (Memphis in 2008, Illinois in 2005, and Stanford and St....

Two UConn Battles Headline Week's Top College Basketball Games

Ah, conference play. Where familiarity breeds upsets and teams are no longer allowed to skirt playing actual teams. I'm talking about you, Cincinnati. I hope you enjoy your week in the top 25. 10. No. 3 Kansas (13-0) at Michigan (11-3), Sunday, 4:30 p.m., CBS Michigan doesn't pack much punch, but the Jayhawks at home...