The Associated Press men's national college basketball coach of the year plaque is the strangest award in the game.

From alums taking over their alma maters to home runs in the last hiring cycle to the heated Hurley brothers, coaches have ...

There’s no reason a program that lacks nothing cannot be at least a periodic contender for national titles and Final Fours.

Mark Byington has earned the right to take a victory lap and dunk on everyone who doubted him and picked Vanderbilt to finish ...

Louisville has 12 transfers and one freshman ... That was the situation former James Madison coach Mark Byington found when he replaced Jerry Stackhouse at Vanderbilt last March. Nine Commodores hit ...

Newbies such as May (Michigan) Darian DeVries (West Virginia), Mark Byington (Vanderbilt), Pat Kelsey (Louisville) and Mark Pope (Kentucky) are each enjoying success that could lead to COTY ...

Louisville has 12 transfers and one freshman ... That was the situation former James Madison coach Mark Byington found when he replaced Jerry Stackhouse at Vanderbilt last March.

First-year coach Pat Kelsey has turned things around for the Cardinals. Plus, Miami is a mess, mid-major spotlight and this weekend’s games to watch.

It has been a long road back to respectability for Louisville, which fell into dumpster fire territory during the disastrous Kenny Payne era, but new head coach Mark Byington has brought some ...