May 24, 2013

College Basketball: Top 25 Tuesday’s Men’s and Women’s Results / Minnesota dumps No. 1 Indiana; Wisconsin crushes Nebraska

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(Trevor Mbakwe had 21 points to help Minnesota take down No. 1 Indiana 77-73 on Tuesday, the seventh time the top-ranked team in The Associated Press’ poll has lost a game this season.) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Mbakwe had 21 points and 12 rebounds to help Minnesota take down No. 1 Indiana 77-73 on Tuesday [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Thursday’s Men’s and Women’s Results – Illinois beat No. 1 Indiana 74-72 on Thursday night

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(Top-ranked Indiana fell to Illinois 74-72 with 0.09 seconds left in regulation. Tyler Griffey made the game-winning shot for the Fighting Illini after the Hoosiers turned over the ball.) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Tyler Griffey made an uncontested layup at the buzzer off a baseline inbounds pass and Illinois beat No. 1 Indiana 74-72 on [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Men’s Results / AP Poll Top 25

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(Joe Harris scored a game-high 22 points for Virginia, leading the Cavs to a 58-55 win against No. 19 Virginia on Tuesday. The Wolf Pack led the entire game until Virginia tied the game with six minutes left.) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Thomas scored 25 points, 10 during a game-breaking 15-0 second-half run, to [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Men’s Results / Michigan moves up to No. 1 in AP Poll

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(Guard Trey Burke and Michigan climbed to No. 1 in the AP Poll after beating Illinois 74-60 on Sunday.AP) ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) John Beilein acknowledged Monday afternoon that he had quite a few text messages on his phone. The Michigan coach just hadn’t checked them yet. “I’ve been absorbed in Northwestern tape,” Beilein said. [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Friday’s Women’s Results

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(South Carolina using their pressure defense to hold Kentucky to 30 points under their average and beat the Wildcats on Thursday. It was South Carolina’s first win against a top-five team since 1998.) STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Chiney Ogwumike had 23 points and 13 rebounds to lead No. 6 Stanford to a 65-44 victory over [...]

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

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(Trailing at halftime, No. 2 Michigan’s trio of Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Glenn Robinson III supplied a second-half surge as the Wolverines held on for a 68-53 win versus Purdue on Thursday.) ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Trey Burke had 15 points and eight assists and gave No. 2 Michigan a boost on [...]

College Basketball: Wednsday’s Men’s and Women’s Results / Duke gets routed by Miami

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(Powered by an explosive 36-5 run, No. 25 Miami (Fla.) stunned No. 1 Duke 90-63 to extend its lead in the ACC. The Hurricanes earned their first win versus a top-ranked team in program history.) CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — With a steady din coming from the sea of orange behind the visitors’ basket, No. [...]

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 Thursday’s Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Iowa fell to its third ranked team in as many games, losing to Big Ten opponent No. 22 Michigan State 62-59 in the final seconds at home on Thursday. Branden Dawson led all scorers with 17 points.) EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — E.J. Singler scored 14 points and Oregon overcame a slow start to beat No. [...]

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

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(In the 17th father-son meeting in college basketball history, Louisville’s Rick Pitino prevailed against his son Richard Pitino of FIU 79-55 on Wednesday. It marked the first meeting between the two.) DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Seth Curry scored 20 points, Mason Plumlee added 18 and No. 1 Duke reeled off 23 straight points in an [...]