Bryant University NCAA News

Notre Dame is ranked #23 in the AP Top 25 poll this week, and is one of three newcomers.

Bulldogs basketball heats up on Saturday as Bryant meets Sacred Heart in an NEC game.

The ride back home was probably even longer than the trip to Buckhorn for Harlan County Tuesday after a 72-53 loss that gave the Black Bears their first two-game losing streak of the year.

Louisville enters the AP Top 25 at #24 this week and is one of two new teams in the poll.

Gonzaga, who enters the AP Top 25 at #24 this week, leads two new teams in the poll.

How low-impact was the 2012 Pro Bowl ? Chicago Bears tailback Matt Forte made the unusual decision to play despite a knee injury that sidelined him for the Bears' final four regular-season games, and you heard almost no concerns voiced about possible re-injury. No, Sunday night's Pro Bowl was an unfortunate mix of half-speed football and silly ... (more)

The Sullivan Central, Tenn. Cougars didn't live by the 3, but they certainly died by the outside shot in an 86-50 loss to Harlan County on Saturday.

LES DIXON/Harlan Daily Enterprise Harlan County junior Tyler Brewer raced down the floor during a 63-58 overtime victory at Knox Central on Tuesday.

His time at Penn State started long before coaches were pulling down multimillion dollar salaries, before fire so-and-so.com websites and win-now-or-else attitudes at programs that rarely contend for championships.

Kentucky makes a return appearance as the number one team in men's basketball, according to the AP Poll, replacing Syracuse who drops to #3. Kentucky gets back the number one ranking following a week in which they first got a victory at home against Arkansas, 86-63. After that came another win at home against Alabama, 77-71. Syracuse falls from the ... (more)

A woman pays her respects at a statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on the Penn State University campus after learning of his death Sunday, Jan.

Matt Forte runs against the San Diego Chargers at Soldier Field on Nov. 20, 2011, in Chicago.

Former Alabama cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick, who is leaving school early to enter the NFL draft, was arrested early Tuesday on a marijuana possession charge.

Illinois makes an appearance at #22 in the AP Top 25 poll this week, one of two new teams.

Ike Azotam from Quinnipiac has earned StatSheet's NEC Player of the Week award for January 16th.