May 23, 2013

College Basketball: Top 25 Sunday’s Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Coming off a home loss against Wisconsin, No. 2 Indiana bounced back at Northwestern on Sunday with a 67-59 win. Cody Zeller finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Hoosiers.) EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Cody Zeller had 21 points and 13 rebounds to help No. 2 Indiana beat Northwestern 67-59 Sunday. Jordan Hulls [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Wednesday’s Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Alex Len’s tip-in with 0.9 seconds left in the game gave Maryland a 51-50 upset victory against 14th-ranked NC State. The Terps surrended a 10-point second-half lead before escaping with the win.) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Smith scored 15 points, Kellen Dunham added 11 and No. 13 Butler used a stifling defense to pull away [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Saturday’s Men’s and Women’s Results / No. 20 NC State upsets No. 1 Duke 84-76

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(No. 20 NC State kept No. 1 Duke at bay in the second half en route to a 84-76 victory on Saturday. It was the first loss of the season for the Blue Devils after winning their first 15 games.) (PhatzRadio / AP) —- RALEIGH, N.C. — Top-ranked Duke kept attacking the glass, pulling down [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Oklahoma State blitzed No. 6 North Carolina State on Sunday, en route to a 76-56 victory to claim the Puerto Rico Tipoff. Le’Bryan Nash led the Cowboys with 23 points.) BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) — Le’Bryan Nash has 23 points and Marcus Smart added 20 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and Oklahoma State earned a [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Colorado’s run in the NCAA tournament came to an end thanks to Baylor a year ago. The Buffs got revenge on Friday with a 60-58 win against the No. 16 Bears at the Charleston Classic.) LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kyle Wiltjer hit seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, Alex Poythress added a career-high 22 and [...]

March Madness 2012: North Carolina escapes upset ; Kansas barely hangs on

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harrison Barnes scored five of his 12 points in overtime and top-seeded North Carolina escaped a huge upset with a 73-65 victory over 13th-seeded Ohio on Friday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals. Ohio, trying to become the first team seeded 13th or worse to make the regional finals since the [...]

March Madness: Sweet 16; Previewing Friday’s games

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(Michigan State hit just 28 percent from the field as Louisville clamped down on defense to reach another Elite Eight under Rick Pitino. The Cardinals’ Gorgui Dieng blocked seven shots in the 57-44 slugfest. Picture courtesy of NCAA) No. 1 North Carolina (31-5) vs. No. 13 Ohio (29-7) Tip-off: 7:47 p.m. ET, TBS Coaches: Roy [...]

March Madness: Is Norfolk State’s upset the best of the best?

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Even for an event that specializes in the unexpected, in underdogs rising, heavy favorites falling, Friday was a day like no other in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Never before had two No. 15 seeds (Norfolk State and Lehigh) defeated No. 2 seeds (Missouri, Duke) in the same tournament, much [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Men’s and Women’s Tournaments

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ATLANTA (AP) — Kendall Marshall banked in a shot with 10.2 seconds remaining and No. 4 North Carolina edged North Carolina State 69-67 Saturday in a rugged game to advance to the championship of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. C.J. Leslie, who led the Wolfpack with 22 points, fouled out with more than eight minutes [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Baylor gets huge win vs Texas

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Whether rebounding or scoring — or both — Quincy Acy put the No. 13 Baylor Bears on his strong shoulders and carried them to a big victory. Acy had 22 points and 16 rebounds and provided the key scoring punch down the stretch to push the Bears to a tough 77-72 [...]