UAlbany has work to do after blowing a five-goal lead with 11 minutes remaining in Saturday's 13-12 overtime loss to UMBC.

Marcus Banks led the way for the eighth-seeded Retrievers (13-19) with 24 points and nine rebounds. UMBC also got 14 points and two steals from Anthony Valentine. Josh Odunowo finished with 13 points.

The Cavaliers have reportedly hired VCU head coach Ryan Odom, who seven years ago was on the UMBC sidelines when they became the first 16-seed to ever beat a No. 1 team in March Madness.

UMBC Retrievers (13-18, 5-11 America East) at Bryant Bulldogs (20-11, 14-2 America East) Smithfield, Rhode Island; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Bryant and UMBC play in the America East ...

State basketball continued at Mizzou on Thursday with the Class 6 boys and girls state championships as well as the Class 5 ...

Go Hoos!" - Tony Bennett Of course, the "two hours in March of 2018" that Bennett is referencing is the historic upset that Odom's UMBC Retrievers pulled over Bennett's Virginia Cavaliers in the ...

UMBC Retrievers (14-14, 7-9 America East) at Vermont Catamounts (18-12, 13-3 America East) Burlington, Vermont; Thursday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Vermont and UMBC play in the America East Tournament.

Odom was the head coach of the UMBC Retrievers in 2018 when they became the first No. 16 seed in NCAA Tournament history to defeat a No. 1 seed. The victim of that upset was none other than the ...

Embedded with the program in his youth and the choreographer of its most devastating setback, Ryan Odom is poised to become the University of Virginia’s next basketball coach. Barring an 11th ...