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No. 3 Michigan beats Arkansas 80-67 for 9-0 start
Jordan Morgan gives Michigan opponents one more problem, when they're already trying to figure out how to defend Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and the ...
Indiana, Duke still 1-2 in AP Top 25
Indiana, Duke and Michigan remained the top three teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll. Look all the way to the bottom and you won't ...
Rick Majerus, college basketball coach, dies
At Rick Majerus' final stop, the lone concession to the coach's health woes were the footstools stationed at each corner of the practice court.
Baylor upsets No. 8 Kentucky, 64-55
Baylor's comfort with the zone defense on Saturday created uneasiness for No. 8 Kentucky. It left the Wildcats with a 64-55 loss to the Bears, a ...
Notre Dame beats eighth-ranked Kentucky 64-50
Notre Dame's experience and raucous home crowd were too much for eighth-ranked Kentucky and its heralded freshmen. Junior guards Eric Atkins and ...
Morehead State suspends Sean Woods for 1 game
Morehead State suspended coach Sean Woods for a game Friday after he pushed one of his players during a loss at No. 8 Kentucky. Woods will sit out ...
Morehead State looks into coach Woods' conduct
Morehead State first-year coach Sean Woods is facing possible disciplinary action after appearing to shove Eagles' point guard Devon Atkinson during ...
No. 3 Kentucky rolls past Lafayette in home opener
Kyle Wiltjer's first 3-pointer gave him a feeling Friday would be a pretty good night. His instincts were spot-on. The sophomore forward sank a ...
No. 3 Kentucky still has some growing up to do
For the Kentucky Wildcats, these are the necessary growing pains. Clearly, they have as much talent as anyone in the country — who couldn't think that ...
Curry scores 23, Duke holds off Kentucky 75-68
Seth Curry did some schooling on Kentucky's latest group of heralded freshmen, showing that experience does matter — especially in November.
Appling leads Michigan St. past Kansas 67-64
Looking to bounce back from a season-opening loss, Michigan State turned to its top returning scorer from last season. Keith Appling came through.
Georgetown-Florida called at halftime, wet court
The men's basketball game between No. 10 Florida and Georgetown on the deck of a ship was called off at halftime Friday night because the court became ...
No. 3 Kentucky hangs on for 72-69 win over Terps
If you were one of the people who didn't expect Jarrod Polson to be a factor in No. 3 Kentucky's season-opening win join a big crowd that includes ...
Pressey factor looms large for 15th-ranked Tigers
Unlike football, Missouri's transition to the SEC might not be so difficult when it comes to the other marquee sport. Only two players are back from ...
AP basketball poll: Indiana is preseason No. 1
Tom Crean didn't look like any of the other people in the Maui airport that day. He had just coached his third, fourth and fifth games in his first ...
Plenty of changes as Big 12 hoops season nears
Bob Huggins is back in the Big 12, this time with West Virginia. TCU has joined the fold, too, and everyone else converged on the Sprint Center on ...
Column: Knight not living in past, will auction it
Here are a few things you won't find among the many items Bob Knight is putting on the auction block over the next two months in New York: The tampon ...
Big 12 reaches $2.6B deal with ESPN, Fox Sports
The Big 12 announced a new 13-year deal with ESPN and Fox Sports on Friday that is reportedly worth $2.6 billion and should provide long-term ...
Slive has unfinished business in SEC, staying put
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive has unfinished business and he isn't leaving what has lately become college football's penthouse ...
A list of the worst scandals in college sports
Years of child sex abuse at Penn State by longtime assistant Jerry Sandusky may represent the worst scandal in the history of college sports.