June 20, 2013

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

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(Otto Porter scored 19 points to lead Georgetown to a 63-47 victory against No. 24 Notre Dame on Monday. In their third loss in four games, the Irish recorded season lows in points scored, field goal percentage and assists.) Duke is No. 1 in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll after dropping from the top [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Monday’s Men’s Results / Duke starts 4th week as No. 1 in AP poll

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(No. 17 Notre Dame had five players score in double figures and shot better than 56 percent from behind the 3-point line (9 of 16) to beat No. 21 Cincinnati 66-60 on Monday in a battle of Top 25 teams.) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Unbeaten Duke and Michigan hold the top two spots in The [...]

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

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — Cody Zeller had 15 of his 19 points in the second half and fifth-ranked Indiana opened Big Ten play by holding off Iowa, 69-65. Victor Oladipo scored 14 points for the Hoosiers (13-1, 1-0 Big Ten), who snapped a four-game losing streak in Iowa City and have now won four straight [...]

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

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — C.J. Fair had 16 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, Michael Carter-Williams added 15 points and 10 assists, and No. 4 Syracuse beat Long Beach State 84-53 on Thursday night. Syracuse (7-0) upped its home winning streak to 27 games, tops in the nation, and has won 49 consecutive regular-season nonconference [...]

March Madness 2012: No.1 Michigan St. gone; Syracuse barely wins

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(Syracuse shot 55 percent from the floor, but only came away with a one-point win as fourth-seeded Wisconsin forced the tempo. Still, the No. 1 seed Orange advanced to the Elite Eight. Picture courtesy of NCAA) BOSTON (AP) — Top-seeded Syracuse used a breakout game by the slumping C.J. Fair to advance to the East [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Kentucky survives LSU 60-51; Cincy beats Syracuse 71-68

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 19 points and No. 1 Kentucky survived a feisty effort by LSU to take a 60-51 victory Friday in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. Terrence Jones added 15 points and 11 rebounds, including a 9-0 run by himself that gave the Wildcats (31-1) the lead [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Georgetown loses 2nd in a row

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sean Kilpatrick scored a career-high 27 points, and Cincinnati went 6 for 6 from the free throw line in the final 70 seconds Monday night to upset No. 11 Georgetown 68-64. Kilpatrick and Dion Dixon each had four of Cincinnati’s 13 steals as the Bearcats (13-4, 3-1 Big East) forced Georgetown into [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Rutgers upsets Florida in 2OT thriller

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(Rutgers’ Austin Johnson (21) tries to control the ball: Picture courtesy of USA Today) CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – Tyler Zeller had 19 points and 13 rebounds to help sixth-ranked North Carolina beat Elon 100-62 on Thursday night. Harrison Barnes added 18 points for the Tar Heels (12-2), who blew the game open with a [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Baylor remains unbeaten with victory vs. WVU

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(Picture courtesy of NBC Sports) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Pierre Jackson scored eight consecutive points in regulation and overtime to lift No. 6 Baylor to an 83-81 victory against West Virginia on Friday night in the Las Vegas Classic championship game at Orleans Arena. Jackson finished with 23 points while Brady Heslip added 19 and [...]

College Basketball: Cincinnati suspends forward Gates six games after Xavier brawl

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CINCINNATI (AP) — Eight suspensions, more apologies. Players from Cincinnati and No. 8 Xavier received the consequences of their on-court brawl that left both programs with a black eye. A lot of them will be sitting and watching for a while. Cincinnati forward Yancy Gates got a six-game suspension on Sunday for throwing punches, and [...]