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What was shaping up as the shortest day of the basketball season for Florida Atlantic instead—shockingly—has become the longest. Temple, the 11th seeded team in the American Athletic Conference tournament, will play for championship on

Who knows how many times during those fingernails-across-the-blackboard last seconds of FAU’s 77-71 win over North Texas that coaches on the NCAA Tournament bubble everywhere had to pause before hitting “send” on thank-you texts to

Talk about saving your best for last. Bryan Greenlee’s Senior Day performance Saturday as FAU beat Memphis 92-84 is what every other Save The Best For Last wants to be when it grows up. Reinserted

In the closing seconds of the first half Tuesday, North Texas guard Aaron Scott was fouled in midair by Alijah Martin as he launched a desperation shot from the other side of half court, actually

In less than 3 minutes of play following the first TV timeout of the second half Saturday at The Elly, FAU doubled a 10-point lead over Tulane. The Owls had found their happy place. But

Lawrence Elliott sometimes needed the full toolkit to win the war of wills when teaching his stubborn son the finer points of basketball. One time, when young Elijah argued with him about the proper hand

Whether his motive was revenge or desperation, Nae’Qwan Tomlin would not be denied against Florida Atlantic on Sunday, and his Memphis teammates eventually followed his lead. Tomlin, a 6-foot-10 forward whose season at Kansas State

Alijah Martin’s one-handed, flying dunk was the silhouette-grade signature moment Thursday at The Elly. But it also symbolized the play of his entire team as Florida Atlantic swept away SMU 80-70 on Sandstorm Night and

It doesn’t matter that Florida Atlantic almost pulled off the biggest comeback since Jonah escaped the whale. USF’s 90-86 victory Sunday afternoon at Tampa—the Bulls’ 11th in a row—all but knocked the Owls out of

Before this week, almost 40 percent of all American Athletic Conference games this season were decided by three points or less, went into overtime, or both. FAU and Temple didn’t officially play one of those