Maryland has hired Buzz Williams as its men’s basketball coach.

As the NCAA Tournament heats up, the styles of Notre Dame's Niele Ivey, LSU’s Kim Mulkey, Alabama’s Nate Oats, South Carolina’s Dawn Staley and a handful of other coaches stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers.

Michigan is going back to the Sweet 16 a year after a 24-loss season, using Roddy Gayle’s surge to beat Texas A&M 91-79 in the NCAA Tournament.

The SEC was the best conference in basketball all season, landing a record 14 teams in the 68-team NCAA Tournament.

To Auburn coach Bruce Pearl the reason his top-ranked team fell to No. 22 Texas A&M Tuesday night was clear.

Jack Nunge made the go-ahead basket with 3.1 seconds left and Xavier won its first NIT championship in 64 years, rallying for a 73-72 victory over Texas A&M at Madison Square Garden.

Florida Gulf Coast is a No. 12 seed in the women's NCAA Tournament, something some outside of the committee that put the bracket together seems to understand.

Quenton Jackson scored 20 points and eighth-seeded Texas A&M took down a ranked opponent for the second straight day, stunning No. 15 Arkansas 82-64 to reach the championship game of the SEC Tournament.

Miami - which twice this season beat Virginia Tech by at least 21 points - never led by double figures until the final minute. Yet this one was very much in peril for them when Smith pulled the Hokies to 44-43 with his layup with 5½ minutes left. Virginia Tech took its only lead of the second half when Jalen Hudson's across-the-lane drive made it 38-37 with just under 9 minutes left. Miami: The Hurricanes have won at least one ACC tournament game every year since 2009 and have not been upset by a lower-seeded team since then. Virginia Tech.

Head coach Buzz Williams called the 6'5" guard "the most talented guy on our roster." "They really did a tremendous job of driving the basketball," said Blue Hose head coach Gregg Nibert. ___Tip Ins: This is only the third season as a full-fledged Division I member for the Blue Hose. Two ends of the spectrum:Presbyterianhead coach Gregg Nibert is in his 26th year at the helm; Tech's Buzz Williams is a first-year head coach in Blacksburg. "If you don't respond they literally can maul you," said Williams of the Mountaineers under head coach Bob Huggins.

Van Zegeren connected on 7-of-9 from the floor, leading the way on an evening in which the Hokies shot 61 percent (25-of-41). Liberty shot the ball respectably for the game (24-of-56) and out-rebounded the smaller Hokies (31-26), but the Flames really hurt themselves with 21 turnovers. Virginia Tech scored 27 points off Liberty turnovers. "I was hoping we could tighten things a little more to see what would happen," Liberty coach Dale Layer said. TIP-INSVirginiaTech: Hokies coach Buzz Williams served as an assistant on the staff of Liberty coach Dale Layer at Colorado State for four years (2000-04).