Branden Carlson had 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead Utah to an 84-75 victory over UC Irvine Tuesday night in an NIT first-round game in Salt Lake City. The second-seeded Utes (20-14) next host No. 3 Iowa (19-14) in the second round Saturday or Sunday. The victory was the first for Utah in the postseason since 2018, when the Utes reached the NIT championship game. Deivon Smith had 13 points, 10 assists and six

DAYTON, Ohio – Joel Scott finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds, and Nique Clifford added 17 points as the sharp-shooting Colorado State Rams routed the misfiring Virginia Cavaliers 67-42 on Tuesday night in a First Four matchup of the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament. Colorado State (25-10), which improved to 5-12 in NCAA Tournament games, earned the No. 10 seed and advances to play No. 7 seed Texas on Thursday in Charlotte, N.C.

Selton Miguel made four 3-pointers and finished with 19 points as visiting South Florida beat rival UCF 83-77 in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night in Orlando, Fla. The Bulls (25-7), the American Athletic Conference regular-season champions, shot 50 percent from the floor and 54.2 percent from beyond the 3-point arc (13 of 24) while fending off the fourth-seeded Knights’ late comeback efforts. In the second round, South Florida will face the

Payton Sandfort scored a career-high 30 points as Iowa defeated Kansas State 91-82 on Tuesday night in the first round in the NIT in Iowa City, Iowa. Sandfort also led the Hawkeyes with 12 rebounds. The Hawkeyes advanced to the second round of tournament and will face Utah, which beat UC Irvine 84-75 Tuesday night. The Hawkeyes (19-14) also got 24 points and 11 rebounds from Ben Krikke, and Owen Freeman chipped in 10 points.

Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 34 points in another high-octane effort and No. 13 Illinois recorded a 93-87 victory over Wisconsin to win the Big Ten tournament title on Sunday in Minneapolis. Marcus Domask added 26 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for the second-seeded Fighting Illini (26-8). Illinois claimed the Big Ten’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament by winning the conference tourney for the second time in four seasons and the fourth time overall.

Auburn claimed its third SEC tournament title with an 86-67 win over Florida to cap a dominant three-day run through the bracket on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn. The Tigers (27-7) were led by center Johni Broome with 19 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and three blocks, while also spearheading a suffocating defensive effort that put Auburn in line for a prestigious spot in the NCAA Tournament hours before brackets were revealed on Selection Sunday. “Winning

N’Faly Dante shot 12 of 12 from the floor en route to a game-high 25 points, and the fourth-seeded Oregon Ducks outlasted the third-seeded Colorado Buffaloes to win the final Pac-12 tournament championship, 75-68, on Saturday in Las Vegas. Oregon (23-11) came to Las Vegas with seemingly slim odds of landing an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Ducks removed all doubt, earning the Pac-12’s automatic berth with their second win in as many

Terrence Shannon Jr. set a Big Ten tournament record with 40 points and second-seeded Illinois recovered from a 15-point, second-half deficit to post a 98-87 victory over third-seeded Nebraska on Saturday in Minneapolis to reach the conference title game. Shannon’s career-high output included 22 points in the second half of the semifinal contest. The Fighting Illini (25-8), ranked 13th, outscored the Cornhuskers 58-36 in the second half after trailing by 11 at the break. Marcus

Denzel Aberdeen came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points and Florida erased an 18-point first-half deficit to defeat Texas A&M 95-90 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn. The sixth-seeded Gators (24-10) will play fourth-seeded Auburn on Sunday for the tournament championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. In Saturday’s first semifinal, the Tigers outlasted No. 9 seed Mississippi State 73-66. The seventh-seeded Aggies