Matt Norlander

Matt Norlander's weekly college basketball notebook also takes a look at how absurdly good the SEC has become this season

Pitino went to a tailor and had a replica sweater made in honor of Carnesecca, who died Nov. 30 at 99 years old

Isaacs is coming off a season-high 27 points in Creighton's win over Kansas earlier this week

The shorthanded Huskies stepped up in what Hurley said was a win his team absolutely had to have

The season debut of Matt Norlander's notebook takes you around the sport, starting with millions of dollars made in Las Vegas

In a time of big economic changes in college athletics, the Maui tournament may be forced to change later this decade if it wants to keep getting the biggest schools

A huge personality in the Big East, Carnesecca was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992

Also in Norlander's notebook: The secret to Auburn's success, Iowa State's offensive overhaul and behind-the-scenes goodies from Lahaina

After a magnificent march through Maui, the Tigers are the nation's top team and Johni Broom is the nation's top player

Johni Broome and Tyrese Hunter had huge games Tuesday to put their teams into Wednesday's Maui Invitational championship

Go behind the scenes with UConn as it chases a third straight NCAA title, but took a rare loss as it tries to find its identity

Memphis-UConn, Auburn-Iowa State and North Carolina-Dayton provided an unforgettable day in the best November event of them all

Hurley put the officials on blast after several late controversial calls in Tigers' upset of No. 2 UConn in a Maui classic

The Blue Devils put on one of the best defensive showings we'll see all season, but for Zona, the answers are hard to find

After his firing at Ohio State, Holtmann took the worst power-conference job in basketball. Why? Because the payoff could be career-defining