May 20, 2013

College Basketball: Top 5 best upcoming college hoops games

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Duke Blue Devils fans taunt Maryland Terrapins guard Dez Wells as he takes the ball out during the second half at Cameron Indoor Stadium earlier this season.(Photo: Mark Dolejs, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights College basketball season has heated up early on February before March Madness arrives Maryland tries to boost its Big Dance resume [...]

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 [...]

College Football AP Top 25: South Carolina, West Virginia and Florida moves up in the polls

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NEW YORK (AP) — South Carolina, Florida and West Virginia move into the top five of The Associated Press college football poll after a Saturday during which nine Top 25 teams lost. No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Oregon hold their spots at the top of the rankings. Alabama is a unanimous No. 1 again. [...]

Analysis: BCS options include exemption for Rose Bowl

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The Rose Bowl is special. It has its own nickname, its own televised parade, a breathtaking backdrop (ever see the San Gabriel Mountains at sunset?) and, of course, 110 years of history. Now the Rose Bowl even has its own Bowl Championship Series decree: “The Big Ten and Pac-12 champions [...]

Saturday College Basketball Roundup: Men and Women

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Top 25 College Men’s Basketball Capsules SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Kris Joseph scored 17 points, Brandon Triche added 16, and top-ranked Syracuse remained unbeaten with a gritty 73-66 victory over No. 20 Marquette on Saturday. Syracuse (17-0, 4-0 Big East) is two wins away from matching the school’s best start, established a decade ago. Marquette [...]

Top 25 College Basketball Roundup: No. 1 Syracuse routs DePaul

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ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) – Kris Joseph scored 22 points and No. 1 Syracuse used its defense and depth to rout DePaul 87-68 on Sunday, the unbeaten Orange’s 15th consecutive victory. C.J. Fair added 16 points, Dion Waiters had 13 and Fab Melo scored 12 points to go with six blocks for the Orange (15-0, 2-0 [...]

Top 25 College Basketball Roundup: No. 12 Georgetown holds on

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Henry Sims scored five of his 11 points in the final seven minutes for No. 12 Georgetown, which blew a 14-point lead and shot a season-low 30% in a 49-40 win over Providence on Saturday. The Hoyas won their 10th straight game despite making only eight field goals in the second half. [...]

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 [...]

LSU narrowly leads Alabama, Oklahoma in season’s first BCS release

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LSU topped the 2011 college football season’s first BCS ranking, but by the slimmest of margins. The Tigers hold a .0003 lead over No. 2 Alabama in the BCS average, a compiled score that uses the Harris poll, the USA TODAY coaches poll and six sets of computer calculations. LSU [...]

Oklahoma solidifies spot at No. 1 in front of LSU in coaches poll

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — There are weekends on the college football schedule when flurries of upsets cause wild fluctuations in poll voting. This was not one of those weekends. There were, however, a few slight shifts in the new USA TODAY coaches poll after most of the top-ranked teams won in convincing fashion. No.1 [...]