College Basketball

March Madness is coming to the Chase Center in San Francisco starting Thursday. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

Saint Mary’s guard Jordan Ross keyed a second-half rally while star Augustas Marciulionis dealt with foul trouble, and the seventh-seeded Gaels fended off 10th-seeded Vanderbilt 59-56 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Commodores led by 12 points when Marciulionis exited with his fourth foul early in the second half. Ross scored 10 points with Marciulionis on the...

March Madness has arrived, and the Bay Area is represented. The Saint Mary’s College men’s team and Cal’s women are in the NCAA tournament. But the big suprise: San Jose State’s men team is in the NIT.

Jaylen Blakes and Maxime Raynaud scored 20 points apiece and Stanford beat California 89-81 in the first Atlantic Coast Conference opener for the former Pac-12 rivals. Blakes sank 7 of 13 shots with two 3-pointers and made all four of his free throws for the Cardinal (8-2). He added six assists and blocked a pair of shots. Raynaud made 8...

Kate Paye is entering her first season at Stanford, replacing Hall of Famer Tara VanDerveer.

Longtime San Jose City College basketball coach Percy Carr has died. Carr coached at the college for more than 45 years. During that time, he collected 900 career wins, the most in California community college history.

Teams competing in “The Players Era Festival” reportedly will receive $1 million in NIL payouts to divide among its players.

Tara VanDerveer, college basketball’s all-time wins leader, announced her retirement from Stanford’s women’s team on Tuesday. Anthony Flores has more.