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Texas Tech racing to get hurt big man ready for championship
Tariq Owens’ dream season hit a speed bump when he landed on teammate Norense Odiase’s foot, and turned his right ankle in the second half of the Red Raiders’ win...
How Tariq Owens' father was 'everything' for his hoop career
MINNEAPOLIS — When Tariq Owens stepped foot on the U.S. Bank Stadium floor Saturday night, he expected to be awash with emotions. About how far he has come as a...
Culture of sacrifice driving Texas Tech's unexpected success
MINNEAPOLIS — This was before Texas Tech was picked to finish seventh in the Big 12. Before it wasn’t ranked in the preseason. Before official practices even began. Chris Beard...
Pete Gillen on Final Four: Who'll cut down the nets, and why
Pete Gillen, who coached Providence to the Elite 8 and took Xavier and Virginia to the NCAA Tournament, is a college basketball analyst on CBS Sports Network. Throughout the tournament,...
Texas Tech clamps down on Gonzaga to reach first Final Four
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Defense wins championships. That’s the axiom that generally applies to football. Texas Tech proved it still works in college basketball, even in this era of 3-point fireworks....
Tariq Owens needs one more win to make Final Four a family affair
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Renard Owens isn’t in Southern California this weekend to watch his son, Tariq, play for a chance to reach the Final Four on Saturday. The elder Owens...
St. John's transfer has found a home at Texas Tech
ANAHEIM, Calif. — When Tariq Owens decided to transfer from St. John’s to Texas Tech, he was looking to improve as a player and have a more meaningful impact than...
Why St. John's wasn't enough for transferring big man
Tariq Owens had a starting job waiting for him and was headed back to his natural position, as a stretch power forward. He had grown in his three years at...
Reality is setting in for St. John's, 'the best 0-11 team' ever
It doesn’t make sense. When St. John’s coach Chris Mullin sees the stat sheet in front of him, his team’s Big East record (0-11) looks like a misprint. Somehow, a...
It keeps getting uglier for St. John's
INDIANAPOLIS — Kelan Martin scored 19 points and Butler handed St. John's its 10th straight loss, 70-45, on Saturday. Martin scored 13 points and Kamar Baldwin 10 in the first...
Enes Kanter's brother destroys St. John's upset bid
CINCINNATI — Kerem Kanter, brother of Knicks center Enes Kanter, had 22 points and led a late run that swept No. 11 Xavier to an 88-82 victory over St. John’s...
St. John's flips a switch and flexes how deep it goes
Amidst the preseason hype, the promise of a breakout season, there was always a but. It mostly centered on rebounding for this undersized St. John’s team, but it also revolved...
St. John's bid for an upset falls short vs. No. 16 Arizona State
LOS ANGELES — Arizona State repelled every threat St. John's posed. Romello White scored 22 points and the 16th-ranked Sun Devils won 82-70 on Friday night in the opener of...
St. John's guard challenged tallest player in NCAA and won
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The crowd was anticipating a dunk, watching with baited breath as Tacko Fall gathered in the errant pass that caromed off the rim deep in...
St. John's faces exceptionally tall challenge against Central Florida
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As Tariq Owens sat down to eat breakfast Saturday morning, a projection screen was showing highlights of Tacko Fall, college basketball’s tallest player at 7-foot-6....
The surprising bench piece propelling streaking St. John's
St. John’s should leave town with plenty of confidence. Before heading to Orlando for the AdvoCare Invitational — the Red Storm open the three-game tournament on Thanksgiving against Oregon State...
St. John's passes first big test with flying colors
Carnesecca Arena was quiet. Cars already were turning onto Union Turnpike. The final buzzer of Thursday’s game against Nebraska sounded several minutes earlier, and the outcome had been decided many...
The blueprint for St. John's to be an NCAA tourney team next year
This was the easy, manageable step. There was nowhere to go but up after Chris Mullin’s first season, and St. John’s did show progress. The Red Storm went from eights...
Amazing how long it's been since St. John's won at the Big East
The last time St. John’s won a Big East Tournament game, star freshman Shamorie Ponds had yet to start high school, Steve Lavin was in the midst of leading the...
Road games bring out less dangerous version of St. John's
At home, St. John’s has proven capable of beating almost anybody. It pushed second-ranked Villanova for 35 minutes, and manhandled NCAA Tournament bubble teams Seton Hall and Marquette. On the...