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Top-ranked UConn bounces back from loss, routs Houston 91-51

HARTFORD, Conn. — Megan Walker scored 22 points and Christyn Willimas had 21 as top-ranked UConn responded to its first loss of the season with a 91-5...
20:25 11 January 2022

No. 4 Baylor tops No. 3 KU 67-55 for first win in the Phog

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Jared Butler scored 22 points, MaCio Teague added 16 and fourth-ranked Baylor beat No. 3 Kansas 67-55 on Saturday for the Bears' firs...
20:14 11 January 2022

No. 14 Kentucky tops Alabama 76-67 for 1,000th SEC victory

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Immanuel Quickley scored the game's final five points and finished with 19, Ashton Hagans had 15 with big 3 late and No. 14 Kentucky ...
19:25 11 January 2022

Bey scores 33, leads No. 16 Villanova past Georgetown 80-66

PHILADELPHIA — Saddiq Bey hit eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points to lead No. 16 Villanova to an 80-66 win over Georgetown on Saturday...
19:15 11 January 2022

Wieskamp leads Iowa to 67-49 win over No. 12 Maryland

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa Hawkeyes were down to eight scholarship players and still outplayed No. 12 Maryland.
3:34 11 January 2022

Arizona State storms back for 72-66 win over No. 2 Oregon

TEMPE, Ariz. — Robbi Ryan scored 13 of her 17 points in the second half, Jamie Ruden hit two big baskets late and Arizona State stormed back to upset ...
3:13 11 January 2022

Former UConn coach Jim Calhoun earns 900th career win

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Jim Calhoun’s 900th win looked like so many others during a Hall of Fame coaching career.
2:51 11 January 2022

Richardson helps No. 9 Oregon outlast No. 24 Arizona in OT

EUGENE, Ore. — Will Richardson decided it was his time to take over, and it couldn’t have worked out better for Oregon.
7:01 10 January 2022

Baylor ends No. 1 UConn’s 98-game home win streak

HARTFORD, Conn. — Teá Cooper scored 27 points and No. 6 Baylor used a dominant fourth quarter to beat top-ranked UConn 74-58 on Thursday night, ending...
1:55 10 January 2022

Jones leads No. 2 Duke to 73-64 victory over scrappy Ga Tech

ATLANTA — Tre Jones hit two key baskets down the stretch and No. 2 Duke extended its decade-long domination of Georgia Tech, holding off the Yellow Ja...
4:40 9 January 2022

Boston College upsets No. 18 Virginia, 60-53

BOSTON — Jared Hamilton hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 37 seconds left and added a pair of free throws to clinch it as Boston College beat No. 18 Vi...
2:31 8 January 2022

No. 12 Maryland grinds past No. 11 Ohio State 67-55

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Anthony Cowan Jr. scored 20 points, and No. 12 Maryland used an unyielding defensive performance to defeat 11th-ranked Ohio State ...
2:24 8 January 2022

Texas trio providing big contributions for No. 1 Gonzaga

SPOKANE, Wash. — Growing up in the Dallas area, Ryan Woolridge and Admon Gilder once played together on an AAU team as kids.
22:16 7 January 2022

UConn women still No. 1; S Dakota, Michigan, Princeton in

NEW YORK — UConn cruised to two more conference wins and remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll to start off 2020.
18:22 6 January 2022

Undefeated Auburn, San Diego St rise in Top 25; Butler No. 6

San Diego State survived a big test by beating a talented Utah State team on the road. Auburn kicked off the SEC season by winning at Mississippi Stat...
17:47 6 January 2022

Top-ranked UConn eases past SMU 80-42

DALLAS — Credit top-ranked UConn with staying on task Sunday and not being distracted by a showcase game later this week.
0:46 6 January 2022

Winston-led No. 14 Michigan State tops No. 12 Michigan 87-69

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Cassius Winston scored a career-high 32 points and Xavier Tillman fell one point short of his career high with 20, leading No. 1...
21:24 5 January 2022

Parity party has college basketball’s best on constant edge

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The season was barely a week old when Michigan State lost to Kentucky in the Champions Classic, a defeat of the nation's No. 1 team t...
15:53 5 January 2022

Carey scores 24 to lead No. 2 Duke past Miami 95-62

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Vernon Carey Jr. scored 24 points in 25 minutes playing against his hometown team for the first time, and No. 2 Duke shot a seaso...
3:20 5 January 2022

Azubuike leads No. 3 KU to 60-53 win over No. 16 W Virginia

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Udoka Azubuike had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Devon Dotson and Marcus Garrett made crucial plays down the stretch, and third-ranked K...
23:26 4 January 2022

Howard leads Marquette to 71-60 win over No. 10 Villanova

MILWAUKEE — Villanova coach Jay Wright said Marquette guard Markus Howard played on a different level from anyone his team could throw at him Saturday...
23:00 4 January 2022

Hammonds, Edwards lead Georgia past No. 9 Memphis 65-62

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tom Crean and Georgia finally grabbed a win over an AP Top 25 team despite the Bulldogs' two leading scorers struggling with their sh...
22:23 4 January 2022

Syracuse upsets No. 8 Florida State 90-89 in overtime

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse forward Emily Engstler spent much of Thursday night's game against No. 8 Florida State in foul trouble and on the Orange ben...
5:21 3 January 2022

Underclassmen thriving at the point in college basketball

Iowa State’s Tyrese Haliburton knows well the challenges that face young point guards in college basketball.
7:11 1 January 2022

Rutgers’ Stringer offers condolences to Imus family

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer has offered her condolences to the family of late radio personality Don Imus, who used a racial sl...
0:12 1 January 2022

As others rise, No. 9 Memphis thrives without Wiseman

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis is showing there’s much more to its heralded freshman class than departed center James Wiseman.
19:36 31 December 2022

No. 6 Baylor wins 9th in row 83-57 win over Jackson State

WACO, Texas — Jared Butler scored 18 points, Freddie Gillespie had another double-double and No. 6 Baylor won its ninth game in a row, beating Jackson...
22:36 30 December 2022

Gonzaga stays No. 1 in men’s AP Top 25; Oregon into top 5

A light holiday schedule led to a rare quiet week atop The Associated Press men's college basketball poll.
19:05 30 December 2022

Sports quirks in 2019: Golf balls, oddballs, watches, pants

Sometimes the general managers and player personnel directors on Mount Olympus look down on some lucky soul and declare: This is your moment.
17:17 30 December 2022

No. 22 West Virginia rallies, upsets No. 2 Ohio State 67-59

CLEVELAND — Miles McBride scored six of his season-high 21 points in the final 2:22 and No. 22 West Virginia rallied to beat No. 2 Ohio State 67-59 Su...
20:05 29 December 2022