Category: NCAA News Wire
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In a sloppy, foul-marred game, the No. 12 Louisville Cardinals never trailed and beat the Central Florida Knights 87-70 Saturday night at the KFC Yum! Center. UCF was in the bonus just 5:20 into the second half and had just two fouls at that point, but soon caught up, with both teams […]
Iowa had not won at Illinois in the 21th century and it appeared the Hawkeyes were going to blow a golden opportunity on Saturday night to halt an 11-game losing streak in their house of horrors. But guard Devyn Marble scored all 17 of his points in the second half to propel No. 15 Iowa […]
BERKELEY, Calif. — Cal guard Justin Cobbs hit a 17-foot jumper with 0.9 of a second left as the Bears beat No. 1 Arizona 60-58 on Saturday night, handing the Wildcats their first loss of the season. The score was tied 58-58 when Arizona guard Nick Johnson missed a 10-foot shot in the lane with […]
BERKELEY, Calif. — Guard Justin Cobbs scored Cal’s last 12 points, including the winning 17-foot jumper with 0.9 of a second left, as the Bears beat No. 1 Arizona 60-58 on Saturday night, handing the Wildcats their first loss of the season. “This is a big deal,” said Cobbs, who finished with 19 points and […]
PHILADELPHIA — Before its game against Massachusetts on Saturday, Saint Joseph’s honored the 2003-04 Hawks squad that went to the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament. Then the current Hawks went out and showed why they could be the best team seen on Hawk Hill since Jameer Nelson and Delonte West led the team deep […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — One day before the real thing, Duke and Syracuse played college basketball’s version of the Super Bowl. Saturday night’s game featured the two most successful coaches in Division I history (Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim), two of the nation’s top freshmen (Duke forward Jabari Parker and Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis), […]
PHILADELPHIA — Before its game against Massachusetts on Saturday, Saint Joseph’s honored the 2003-04 Hawks squad that went to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament. Then the current group of Hawks went out and showed why they could be the best team seen on Hawk Hill since Jameer Nelson and Delonte West led the […]
Florida Gators freshman Chris Walker was cleared to play by the NCAA on Wednesday and will be eligible to make his collegiate debut next week at home against Missouri. The highly recruited 6-foot-10 power forward has been in limbo since being admitted to Florida in December. Walker has sat the last 12 games while the […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — After plummeting from No. 3 to No. 24 in the past month, the Ohio State Buckeyes were looking to claw their way back up in the national polls. Penn State had other ideas. Guard D.J. Newbill nailed a pull-up jumper over Ohio State guard Aaron Craft with three seconds left in overtime […]
STANFORD, Calif. — No. 1 Arizona is still unbeaten, but if it had not been for the clutch play of guard Nick Johnson and strong team defense down the stretch, the Wildcats would have a loss on their record. Johnson scored his team’s final seven points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 49 seconds to go, […]
