ESTERO, Fla. – The #22/21 Gonzaga women’s basketball team claimed the title of the Gulf Coast Showcase with a 63-50 victory over Purdue on Sunday evening inside Hertz Arena in Estero, Fla. The title was the fourth nonconference tournament title in program history, and the first under Head Coash Lisa Fortier. “It’s really exciting; I’m…

VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) – Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer’s willingness to give youth a chance paid off Saturday night. Again relying on a predominantly young lineup, No. 3 Stanford won the Greater Victoria Invitational tournament championship with a 67-62 victory over No. 10 Mississippi State. “We have a very young team,” VanDerveer said. “People really…

ESTERO, Fla. – Led by an MVP performance from sophomore Ed Croswell, the La Salle University men’s basketball team took home the Gulf Coast Showcase championship with an 81-76, overtime victory over South Alabama at Hertz Arena on Wednesday evening. Croswell scored 18 points and added 12 rebounds while senior Isiah Deas scored a team-high…

LAS VEGAS — McKinley Wright had a steal and two free throws in the final 10 seconds Tuesday night to lead Colorado to a 71-67 win over Clemson in the MGM Main Event championship game at T-Mobile Arena. Tad Boyle’s No. 21 Buffaloes improved to 5-0 with the win while Clemson dropped to 5-2. The…

Liberty was crowned the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase Champion after pulling out the 62-49 victory over Kansas City. The win over the Roos was the Flames’ eighth win this season, becoming the first team in Division I to reach the eight-win mark. Freshman Kyle Rode was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player while Scottie…

VICTORIA, B.C. – Three of the top teams in NCAA Division I basketball are preparing to make the trek to the inaugural Greater Victoria Invitational presented by the City of Langford to be played at CARSA Gymnasium next week, Nov. 28-30, on the campus of the University of Victoria.  All three are unbeaten as Stanford,…

LAS VEGAS – Colorado, which has started the season 3-0 and earned a Top-25 ranking for the first time in six seasons, leads a highly competitive field in the sixth-edition of the MGM Resorts Main Event, to be played Nov. 24/26, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The tournament is being played on a…

NASSAU, The Bahamas – Evansville, which toppled No. 1-ranked Kentucky last week, and Liberty, a Cinderella-team from the this past year’s NCAA Tournament, headline a highly competitive field when the third-annual Islands of the Bahamas Showcase tips off at Baha Mar on Friday. The eight-team men’s NCAA Division I tournament features some of the top…