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UConn takes top spot in AP women's basketball poll
Connecticut took over No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll after routing Stanford over the weekend. Coach Geno Auriemma's team had ...
Duke still a runaway No. 1 in AP Top 25
For the third straight week Duke is the runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press' Top 25, and for the first time in 16 years Minnesota is in the top 10.
No. 2 UConn women rout No. 1 Stanford 61-35
Geno Auriemma insists long winning streaks do little to get him amped up, even after he traveled his Connecticut team across the country to face ...
No. 4 Louisville holds off Kentucky, 80-77
Russ Smith ranked Louisville's 80-77 victory over Kentucky on Saturday as one of the five favorites of his career. Makes sense, considering he played ...
UConn gives coach Kevin Ollie new 5-year deal
Connecticut has given men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie a new contract that runs through the end of the 2017-18 season. The deal, signed Saturday, ...
Fifth-ranked Indiana blows out Jacksonville 93-59
Indiana continued its roll right through the small-school portion of its schedule Friday night — and its finally ready to start play in the rugged Big ...
1 vs 2: Stanford, UConn women renew rivalry
Stanford and Connecticut have developed one of the best rivalries in women's basketball over the past five years. Whether facing off in the national ...
Louisville seeks to end skid vs. rival Kentucky
Louisville has had enough of losing to Kentucky. The No. 4 Cardinals have dropped four in a row to the Wildcats, including last spring's national ...
Creighton's Josh Jones: Giving up basketball hurts
As hard as it is for Creighton's Josh Jones to give up basketball, he says it's not worth risking his life to keep playing. Doctors advised Jones to ...
SMU good fit for Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown
Larry Brown was a young assistant on coach Dean Smith's staff at North Carolina in the mid-1960s when he turned down his first head coaching offer.
Sports year: Sad sagas the story of 2012
Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away. Lance Armstrong ...
Duke still No. 1 in AP poll; Pitt, K-State move in
Duke and Michigan remain the top two teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll while Syracuse drops from third to ninth after its first ...
Spradling helps K-State beat No. 8 Florida 67-61
Leave it to the kid from suburban Kansas City to help Kansas State finish off a banner day for the college hoops programs that the city calls its own.
Bowers lifts No. 12 Missouri over No. 10 Illinois
After a long wait, Jabari Brown is finally feeling like part of the Missouri basketball program. Making his first start of the season, Brown had 18 ...
McLemore's 22 gives Kansas huge road win, 74-66
It's not supposed to be this easy for a kid playing his first collegiate road game. Kansas' Ben McLemore, a redshirt freshman surrounded in the ...
No. 1 Stanford topples No. 10 Tennessee 73-60
Stanford forward Chiney Ogwumike has at least one career achievement that eluded her older sister. Ogwumike had 21 points and a career-high 19 ...
Temple upsets No. 3 Syracuse 83-79
Khalif Wyatt had never been in Madison Square Garden let alone played there. The Philadelphia native left the building on Saturday after scoring a ...
Louisville coach Pitino supports gun control
Count Rick Pitino among basketball coaches supporting gun control. The Louisville coach was asked Friday during a news conference at the team's ...
College basketball's best _ so far
Kentucky's Anthony Davis was pretty much everyone's choice as the national player of the year last season. This season, at least as it nears the ...
Top prospect Parker chooses Duke
Jabari Parker still had just about everyone guessing. Then, he pulled out that blue T-shirt with a white "D," and, finally, it became clear.
Column: 'This microphone is powerful right now.'
The game was over, and the postgame interview appeared to be, too, when Winthrop coach Pat Kelsey suddenly decided otherwise. By then, the sting of ...
Winthrop coach pleads for action after shooting
Moments after his team lost a basketball game, Winthrop coach Pat Kelsey spoke of a bigger loss. The first-year coach of the Eagles gave an ...
No. 4 Arizona rolls over Oral Roberts 89-64
Not long after Arizona knocked off Florida for its biggest win of the season, coach Sean Miller told his team not to get too high, to keep their focus
No. 3 Baylor women beat No. 10 Tennessee 76-53
Brittney Griner scored the first six points of the game and third-ranked Baylor had the first 17, extending its home winning streak to 45 in a row ...
Withey leads No. 9 Kansas past Richmond, 87-59
Jeff Withey had at least six inches on just about everyone from Richmond. Little surprise that every time the Spiders slashed into the lane, Withey ...