The inaugural College Basketball Crown tournament began Monday from Las Vegas with a bang. Butler pulled off a thrilling 86-84 upset win over Utah after star guard Pierre Brooks ll hit a game-winning layup with less than :03 remaining to get the sport's newest postseason event started.

Brice Williams had 30 points in Nebraska's opening-round win in the College Basketball Crown, showing why he could be the event's breakout star.

Ohio State did not make the NCAA Tournament, but three former players did at their new schools. Roddy Gayle, Bowen Hardman and Felix Okpara will all make their March Madness debuts after spending two years at Ohio State.

The College Basketball Crown unveiled a unique trophy that will ... or it provides that next step for a program." Arizona State, Boise State, Butler, Cincinnati, Colorado, DePaul, Georgetown ...

Both the Arizona State and Nebraska men's basketball teams had trouble this season closing out games. Something had to give when they squared off in first-round play at the inaugural College Basketball Crown tournament.

Utah is one of 16 teams playing in the inaugural tournament that has a $500,000 NIL package, with $300,000 awarded to the winner.

The other games include Oklahoma State vs. UCF, Colorado vs. Villanova and Tulane vs. USC. The Vivid Seats discount is only valid for orders to the College Basketball Crown placed via Vivid Seats ...

A walk on who played just 75 season minutes before Monday - plus a scoring surge from Juwan Gary and Connor Essegian - helped Nebraska basketball to a comeback win