We know you're upset.

Slow-starting Gonzaga finally started playing like a title contender, then wore out Grand Canyon 82-70 behind 28 points and 10 rebounds from Julian Strawther in the NCAA Tournament on Friday.

Alabama made a leap into the NCAA Tournament's top seeds two years ago only to fall short of the Final Four.

Desmond Cambridge Jr. hit six of Arizona State's 14 3-pointers and scored 27 points as the sixth-seeded Sun Devils upset USC, the No. 3 seed, 77-72 in a Pac-12 Conference tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night.

Kevin Durant's home debut with the Phoenix Suns will have to wait a little longer.

On the court, it will be the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans.

Azoulas Tubelis scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and No. 8 Arizona ended USC's 14-game home win streak with an 87-81 victory Thursday night.

The Lee Williams High School girls basketball team’s season ended a few games early, as the Lady Vols suffered a 59-26 road loss in the opening game of the Arizona Class 4A Girls Basketball Tournament.

Kevin Durant watched the Phoenix Suns from afar over the past few years, admiring the budding nucleus of Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton.

Kingman Academy fell one spot to No. 17 in the final Class 2A Arizona girls high school basketball rankings released Wednesday, Feb. 8.

Azuolas Tubelis took his family and friends from Lithuania to breakfast in the morning, then to see the desert surrounding Tucson.

Deandre Ayton had to do a double-take in the final minutes as his Phoenix Suns pulled away for another win.

The 14th-ranked Lee Williams High School girls basketball team rebounded from their recent loss to Bradshaw Mountain by traveling to Prescott and defeating the Lady Badgers 53-37 in an important region game on Friday, Jan. 27.

Keion Brooks scored 22 points and Noah Williams scored 18 points and Washington led most of the way following a sluggish start to beat Arizona State 69-66 in overtime Thursday night.

Tyger Campbell matched a season high with 22 points, David Singleton had a season-high 21 and No. 5 UCLA extended its winning streak to 14 games, beating Arizona State 74-62 on Thursday night.

Alissa Pili scored 27 points, including the winning free throws with 0.3 seconds left, to lead No. 10 Utah to an 80-79 victory over No. 14 Arizona on Sunday.

Pac-12 scoring leader Azuolas Tubelis had 25 points to help No. 9 Arizona beat Oregon State 86-74 on Thursday night.

Donovan Mitchell doesn't have to score 71 points in a game for the Cleveland Cavaliers to be at their best.

Duane Washington Jr. scored a career-high 26 points, and the Phoenix Suns beat the Memphis Grizzlies 125-108 on Tuesday night.

Montana State rotated a defender down to take away Arizona’s high-low game and packed the post with double-teams, all but daring the Wildcats to shoot from the 3-point arc.

Arizona got pushed around, unable to score at its usual pace.

Jalen Green had 26 points and Kevin Porter Jr. added 18 as the Houston Rockets never trailed in a 111-97 win over the slumping Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night.

Lee Williams High School’s girls basketball team is on a roll.

Vols go 2-2 in opening tournament

The Lee Williams High School girls basketball team opened the season by hammering the Cortez Lady Colts 67-28 at home on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Desmond Cambridge Jr. scored 20 points and Arizona State never trailed in blowing out No. 20 Michigan 87-62 on Thursday night to win the Legends Classic at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Bam Adebayo scored 30 points, including a pair of go-ahead free throws with 35 seconds left, and Butler's block was part of a frantic finish as the Miami Heat rallied from a 13-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Phoenix Suns 113-112 on Monday night.

DJ Horne tossed in 25 points and Arizona State rolled to an 84-68 victory over Northern Arizona on Thursday night.

Shane Burcar sits in the front row of the large auditorium as a thunderstorm rolls over Flagstaff's San Francisco Peaks onto the Northern Arizona campus.

Kelsey Plum had 22 points, Chelsea Gray scored nine of her 17 points in the fourth quarter and the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces beat the short-handed Phoenix Mercury 79-63 on Wednesday night in the opening round of the WNBA playoffs.

The Jerry Ambrose Veterans Council is seeking corporate sponsors for its inaugural three-on-three basketball tournament.

Jayson Tatum found his scoring touch after a rare poor shooting night in Game 1 of the NBA Finals but it was the rest of his Boston Celtics teammates who went missing.

Andrew Wiggins hoisted his daughter Amyah into his arms and beamed as the Warriors were crowned Western Conference champions.

Nneka Ogwumike scored 23 points, Liz Cambage had 21 and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Phoenix Mercury 99-95 on Wednesday night to snap a five-game losing streak.

Embattled Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver is retiring from his role as executive chairman of the Western Alliance Bancorporation.

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson gritted his teeth and raised his arms before emphatically pounding his right fist into his left hand 11 times while celebrating with ecstatic Cougars fans who were not too far from home.

The NBA-leading Phoenix Suns, still playing short-handed, passed another stiff test. Even before Chris Paul comes back, they appear more than ready for another deep postseason run.

“Old” is a relative term in college basketball, but if the players in this year's NCAA Tournament looked somehow older than usual, relax. It's not your eyesight. It's the new normal.

Any hoops fan hungering for a return to normal this March might have looked at the bracket when it finally came out and wondered what ever changed.

A return to regular-season Pac-12 Conference glory for No. 2 Arizona was not an occasion for wild celebrations, loud roars or proud proclamations.

CJ McCollum's still working on his on-court chemistry with Brandon Ingram and the rest of the New Orleans Pelicans.

Jordan dominated the 1990s like few players dominated any decade in any sport.

Johanna Teder scored 21 points, including seven in the final two minutes, and Washington State beat No. 8 Arizona 72-67 on Sunday.

The Bulldogs of Kingman High School lost (7-15) to Odyssey Institute (4-16) 60-33 in Buckeye on Friday, Feb. 11. According to Class 3A rankings, Kingman is ranked 40th, which is not high enough to advance to the playoffs.

The Lee Williams High School Volunteers (4-15) fell to Bradshaw Mountain (11-10) 52-43 on Friday, Feb. 4. The Vols will host Mingus (8-17) at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7.

Southern California's first 36 minutes on the basketball court were mostly forgettable Thursday night.

The Lee Williams High School Lady Volunteers (15-8) defeated Mingus (9-10) 61-46 on Wednesday, Feb. 2, landing the squad the 12th rank in Division 4A with three games left in the season.

The Lady Volunteers of Lee Williams High School (14-8) outlasted Saguaro (9-10) 51-48 at home on Monday, Jan. 31 in a matchup that had to be decided in overtime.

The big time came calling and seventh-ranked UCLA answered.

The boys basketball squad of Lee Williams High School (3-9) lost a home matchup against Prescott (14-8) 67-51 on Wednesday, Jan. 19.

Both the Lee Williams boys and girls high school basketball teams notched wins, as local squads won three-of-four games played Monday, Jan. 17.

Jabari Walker had 18 points and 13 rebounds — his eighth consecutive double-double — Keeshawn Barthelemy added 16 points and nine boards and Colorado beat Arizona State 75-57 on Saturday night.

A late-game run wasn’t enough to topple the Lady Volunteers of Lee Williams High School (10-7), who came away with the win against Prescott (1-13) 56-48 on Friday, Jan. 14.

Arizona had a letdown to close the first half, blowing most of a 15-point lead.

The 2-5 boys basketball team of Lee Williams High School tallied a win Tuesday night against the 4-6 Lake Havasu Knights by a score of 51-40.

Facing Washington's zone defense is tough anytime.

The Lady Volunteers of Lee Williams High School finished their performance in the Prescott Lady Badger Winter Classic this week with two games against regional opponents, topping Prescott by more than 10 points but falling to Coconino High School by a single point.

The Lee Williams High School girls basketball team secured a win against Thunderbird High School, but lost to Campo Verde High School, during the first day of the Prescott Winter Classic on Monday, Dec. 20.

The Lee Williams High School girls basketball squad lost a defensive battle to Greenway 29-24 on Friday, Dec. 17.

The Lady Volunteers of Lee Williams High School topped the Mohave Thunderbirds 51-42 in a sectional matchup on Wednesday, Dec. 8.

Christian Koloko’s mother flew from Cameroon to see her son play for Arizona for the first time.

The Americans applauded the Iranian national anthem. The Iranians applauded the U.S. anthem.

There was another team out there that was marching through the season undefeated, that looked unstoppable at times, that had all arrows pointing toward a national title.

The 68 teams whose names popped up in the March Madness bracket only thought it was time to celebrate: The next four or five days figure to be the most nerve-wracking part of their seasons.