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Maine Black Bears' Gedi Juozapaitis (22) goes for the basket as Marist Red Foxes' Javon Cooley (23) defends during an NCAA basketball game between Maine Black Bears and Marist Red Foxes at the O2 Arena, in London, Sunday, Dec.4, 2022. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)
Marist Red Foxes at Maine Black Bears 12/4/2022

Dec. 05, 2022 06:02 AM EST

Michigan Wolverines' head coach Juwan Howard during an NCAA basketball game between Michigan Wolverines and Kentucky Wildcats at the O2 Arena, in London, Sunday, Dec.4, 2022. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)
US college hoops game clashes with World Cup fever in London

By Ken Maguire Dec. 05, 2022 06:00 AM EST

Oregon center N'Faly Dante, left, dives for the ball while UCLA guards Amari Bailey and Jaime Jaquez Jr. look on during an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John McCoy)
Oregon Ducks at UCLA Bruins 12/4/2022

Dec. 04, 2022 06:12 PM EST

Michigan Wolverines' Kobe Bufkin (2) dribbles past Kentucky Wildcats' Oscar Tshiebwe (34) during an NCAA basketball game between Michigan Wolverines and Kentucky Wildcats at the O2 Arena, in London, Sunday, Dec.4, 2022. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)
Kentucky Wildcats at Michigan Wolverines 12/4/2022

Dec. 04, 2022 03:30 PM EST

Villanova's Cam Whitmore, right, goes up for a shot against Oklahoma's Jacob Groves during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Whitmore sparks Villanova past Oklahoma in fantastic debut

By Dan Gelston Dec. 03, 2022 03:01 PM EST

Creighton guard Baylor Scheierman (55) fights for a loose ball over Arizona guard Pelle Larsson (3) and forward Henri Veesaar (13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
No. 4 Arizona turning heads early in the season

By John Marshall Nov. 30, 2022 02:26 PM EST

Kansas forward Jalen Wilson (10) shoots over Texas Southern forward John Walker III (24) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
No. 9 Kansas routs Texas Southern 87-55 for bounce-back win

By Dave Skretta Nov. 28, 2022 09:54 PM EST

Today in Sports History-Week Ahead, Nov. 25-Dec. 1

By The Associated Press Nov. 24, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Nov. 29 1890 — Navy beats Army 24-0 in the first matchup of this historic series. 1934 — The Detroit Lions play their first traditional...

Thompson leads No. 11 Hoosiers past Little Rock 87-68

By Michael Marot Nov. 23, 2022 08:47 PM EST
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The first shot Race Thompson took Wednesday night bloodied his left temple. He spent the rest of the game counterpunching. ...

FILE - Fans line up outside Madison Square Garden for an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Golden State Warriors in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. On Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, a judge granted a partial victory to a lawyer who sued Madison Square Garden after he and his colleagues were barred from the Garden and other MSG-owned venues because their firm represents a group suing the company. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)
Golden State Warriors at New York Knicks 2/23/2021

Nov. 23, 2022 12:12 PM EST

Today in Sports History-Brown scores NCAA record 43 points

By The Associated Press Nov. 16, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Nov. 17 1956 — Syracuse beats Colgate 61-7 behind halfback Jim Brown. Brown sets an NCAA-record for points by an individual player in a single game by...

Peterson sparks Southern Cal to 59-57 victory over Vermont

Nov. 16, 2022 01:28 AM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drew Peterson scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half and Southern Cal rallied to beat Vermont 59-57 on Tuesday night. ...

Mississippi State beats Akron 73-54 in Philadelphia

Nov. 11, 2022 10:39 PM EST
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tolu Smith had 26 points and eight rebounds, D.J. Jeffries added 15 points and Mississippi State beat Akron 73-54 on Friday night at the Wells...

South Florida guard Ryan Conwell, left, tries to dribble around Auburn forward Chris Moore during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
No. 15 Auburn uses second-half rally to beat South Florida

Nov. 11, 2022 10:25 PM EST

Today in Sports History-Week Ahead-Nov. 11-17

By The Associated Press Nov. 10, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Nov. 15 1879 — Princeton beats Harvard 1-0 in a college football game held in New Jersey. The Tigers unveil the concept of using blockers to help...

Auburn forward Johni Broome (4) celebrates a basket against George Mason during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against George Mason, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
Green, Johnson lead No. 15 Auburn past George Mason, 70-52

By John Zenor Nov. 07, 2022 10:28 PM EST

Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway yells to his players in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Williams leads Memphis with 17 in 76-67 win over Vanderbilt

By Teresa M. Walker Nov. 07, 2022 10:18 PM EST

Gueye, Washington State start strong, beat Texas State 83-61

Nov. 07, 2022 10:09 PM EST
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Mouhamed Gueye scored 18 points and snared a career-high 13 rebounds as Washington State opened the season with an 83-61 win over Texas State...

Omaha forward Marquel Sutton (10) and Kansas center Ernest Udeh Jr. (23) battle for a loose ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lawrence, Kan., Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
No. 5 Kansas opens with 89-64 rout of Omaha without Self

By Dave Skretta Nov. 07, 2022 10:02 PM EST

FILE - West's Keyonte George participates in the first half of the McDonald's All-American Boys basketball game Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Chicago. Big 12 coaches made their expectations for George clear when they named him the conference’s preseason freshman of the year. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
TIPOFF: No. 7 Duke's class heads list of impact freshmen

By Steve Megargee Nov. 04, 2022 06:00 AM EDT