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UNLV scores final 7 points to beat No. 22 Utah State 65-62
Dedan Thomas Jr. made a layup and a 12-foot fadeaway jumper to cap a closing seven-point run by UNLV, which defeated No. 22 Utah State 65-62.
1m readPope scores 27 to help pace Texas and stave off Oklahoma comeback in 77-73 win over Sooners1m read

Betts, No. 1 UCLA hold off Penn State 83-67 in game relocated because of Los Angeles fires1m read

Kaufman-Renn scores 19 and No. 17 Purdue comes back to beat Washington 69-581m read
Lukosius' late 3s help Cincinnati seal Colorado's fate with 68-62 win
Watkins has 26, Ewin had a double-double to lead Florida State to 82-70 win over Pitt1m read
Boopie Miller hits game-winner as SMU rallies to stun Virginia 54-521m read

March Madness will pay women's teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA5m read

Madsen and Dawes combine for 33 points to lead Utah over TCU 73-65
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No. 6 Tennessee overcomes slow start and beats No. 23 Georgia 74-56 in SEC matchup1m read

Roberts scores 22 points to lead No. 10 Houston to 70-54 win over West Virginia1m read

UConn guard Paige Bueckers returns from left knee sprain and scores 12 points in 23 minutes1m read

No. 12 Michigan St beats Penn St 90-85 for 1st 10-game winning streak since 2019 Final Four season1m read
Backup Schutt sinks two free throws to cap Virginia Tech rally over N.C. State, 79-76

Curtis Jones scores 25 points in rare start to lead No. 2 Iowa St to 74-57 win over No. 9 Kansas1m read
Ayraut, Shumate help No. 22 Michigan State women ease past Rutgers 70-601m read

Jackson, Cadeau lead way as North Carolina defeats Cal 79-531m read
Shaw, Quinerly score 19 apiece, No. 20 West Virginia women roll past Colorado 73-461m read

Three takeaways from St. John's vs. Georgetown1m read
Hunter Sallis scores 30 points, Wake Forest pulls away in the final minutes to beat Stanford 80-671m read

Bueckers scores 12 points in return from knee sprain as No. 6 UConn routs St. John's 71-451m read
Devin McGlockton completes three-point play with 0.6 seconds left as Vanderbilt beat South Carolina1m read

TCU women forfeited games and had open tryouts a year ago. They are now a top-10 team atop Big 123m read

Milan Momcilovic out indefinitely for 2nd-ranked Iowa State after hurting his hand in practice

Iowa State's 30-year streak of hitting a 3-pointer ends in win over Texas Tech1m read

Lady Vols coach about to experience another 1st with her baby due any day3m read
Keyshawn Hall scores career-high 40, UCF beats Arizona State 95-891m read

Veesaar scores 19 as Arizona knocks off No. 25 Baylor 81-70 for 7th straight win1m read
Surging USC leads from start-to-finish in 99-89 win over Iowa behind Claude's 25 points
Knell, BYU hold off Oklahoma State rally early in 2nd half on way to 85-69 win

Grill scores 22 as Missouri stuns No. 5 Florida 83-82 to end its 16-game home winning streak1m read

Cam Carter scores 27 points, LSU holds off Arkansas for 78-74 win1m read

Texas Tech beats Kansas State 61-57, holds Wildcats scoreless over final 5-plus minutes1m read

Rubin: Pitino's 'guarantee' right on schedule3m read

Tonje scores 17 points to help No. 24 Wisconsin hold off Ohio State 70-681m read
Jaeden Zackery scores 21 points, helps Clemson pull away early to beat Georgia Tech 70-59

St. John's holds off Georgetown, rallies in second half3m read

Knueppel leads sharp-shooting attack as No. 3 Duke tops Miami 89-54 to stay unbeaten in ACC1m read
Houston withstands No. 24 Oklahoma State women for first win over ranked opponent since '231m read
Aaronette Vonleh scores 19, Baylor women beat No. 23 Utah 70-611m read
Bri McDaniel leaves with a knee injury during No. 8 Maryland's 99-92 win over No. 24 Minnesota1m read
Sedona Prince scores 27 points and 10th-ranked TCU wins 9th in a row, 90-81 over UCF1m read

Joplin delivers as No. 7 Marquette tops DePaul 85-83 in overtime1m read

Robinson scores 22 points to lead No. 8 Kentucky over No. 11 Texas A&M, 81-69

Kylan Boswell scores 22 to help No. 19 Illinois rebound with 94-69 rout of Indiana1m read

Malik Dia scores 23 points to lead No. 21 Mississippi over No. 4 Alabama 74-641m read

Baker-Mazara scores 20 as No. 1 Auburn easily beats No. 15 Mississippi State 88-66 without Broome1m read
No. 8 Maryland beats No. 24 Minnesota 99-92, holding off a huge rally at the end1m read
Louisville wins at Syracuse for the first time in 8 years, 85-61

St. John's Deivon Smith sits vs. Georgetown with shoulder sprain2m read
South Dakota's Grace Larkins is AP women's basketball player of the week

AP men's player of the week: Duke's Cooper Flagg makes ACC history1m read

Still winless in league play, Longhorns and Sooners finding life hard in SEC men's basketball2m read

Minnesota looks to keep its strong start going with its first ranking in 6 years1m read

Back-to-back wins vs. AP Top 25 opponents put Georgia in the poll. Things don't get any easier3m read
Antwan Burnett, Chilaydrien Newton lead Grambling past Florida A&M 79-72

Aneesah Morrow gets 23 points, 15 rebounds as undefeated No. 5 LSU beats Vanderbilt 83-771m read

Ace Bailey helps Rutgers end 3-game skid with 75-68 victory over struggling UCLA1m read
Tae Davis and Markus Burton combine for 46 points, Notre Dame beats BC 78-60 to snap 4-game skid
Area colleges
Red Storm's Smith hopes to go from sling to giving it a shot3m read
Ernie Olson, longtime lacrosse and football assistant coach, dies at 702m read
Despite loss of Smith, St. John's surges past Villanova3m read
DePaoli fills in for Claxton and Hofstra responds with hard-fought win2m read
Rubin: Three-pointers have been St. John's arc nemesis2m read
St. John's Brady Dunlap could be done for the season1m read
St. John's gets total team effort to beat Xavier3m read
St. John's Scott confident that his three-point shooting will improve2m read