Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Rhoads' Iowa St. deal is 10 years, $20M (AP)
Penn State dismisses freshman DE Oakman (AP)
LSU hires Huskers' Raymond to coach DBs (AP)
Texas A&M, Mizzou pay $24.8M to Big 12 (AP)
Tuberville accused of investment fraud (AP)
Tulsa hires Walker, will coach son (AP)
Alzheimer's fund to honor Texas' Royal (AP)
SI: Insiders blame Howland for UCLA mess (AP)
Players and staff members from the past four UCLA basketball teams say that coach Ben Howland allowed an influx of talented but immature recruits to undermine team discipline and morale as the once-proud program has struggled to live up to its storied history, Sports Illustrated reported Wednesday. The report on Sports Illustrated's website, which says SI spoke with more than a dozen players...
No. 4 Duke caps perfect road run in ACC (AP)
Duke capped off its perfect run on the road in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a few minutes of play that was anything but. The fourth-ranked Blue Devils let much of a 23-point lead slip away before holding on to beat Wake Forest 79-71 on Tuesday night, becoming the third team in school history to finish 8-0 in conference road games.
Jenkins sparks Vandy by No. 16 Florida (AP)
Vanderbilt started this season with lots of experience and expectations. Now the Commodores head into March with something that's been tough to come by the past few years. A win on Senior Night. And a big upset at that. John Jenkins hit six 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, and Vanderbilt beat No.
Wisconsin claims bye to Big Ten quarters (AP)
Wisconsin's Ryan Evans didn't mince words. "The first half was ugly. Coach gave us a good speech at halftime," he said. Thanks to that talk and 22 points from Jordan Taylor, No. 14 Wisconsin righted the ship in the second half and beat Minnesota 52-45 on Tuesday night, clinching a first-round bye in the Big Ten tournament.
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UConn loses 72-70 at lowly Providence (AP)
Bryce Cotton scored 22 points as Providence took down Connecticut 72-70 on Tuesday night. Cotton scored 16 of his points in the second half while Providence (15-15, 4-13) teammate LaDontae Henton added 18 points and seven rebounds. The Huskies started the game strong in front of a capacity crowd, building a seven-point lead with 1 minute left in the first half, but the Friars closed the gap to only...
No. 18 Indiana beats No. 5 Michigan St. (AP)
All No. 18 Indiana wanted to do after Tuesday night's big victory was get back to work. Heck, the Hoosiers didn't even see their 70-55 victory over No. 5 Michigan State as a milestone achievement. Cody Zeller scored 18 points, Victor Oladipo had 13 and Christian Watford finished with 10 points and a career-high 14 rebounds to lead the Hoosiers to their third win over a top five team this...
Miami C Johnson reinstated by NCAA (AP)
Big Ten might take look at summer baseball (AP)
Kentucky SEC's top seed, not necessarily favorite (AP)
Kansas State clinches 20-win season (AP)
3 top 10 teams favored at ACC women's tourney (AP)
Carrier Classic out of San Diego in 2012 (AP)
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Texas A&M, Mizzou pay $24.8M to Big 12 (AP)
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
NC State LB Green suspended for season (AP)
Ex-Buckeye Small arrested on drug charge (AP)
Marcus Vick gets 10 days in jail (AP)
Spotlight shines on Delle Donne, No. 8 Delaware (AP)
Sandusky seeks 2-month delay in trial (AP)
Jerry Sandusky's lawyer on Monday asked the judge in his child sex-abuse case to delay the start of his criminal trial until mid-July, saying he needed more time to prepare. Defense lawyer Joe Amendola said the additional two months would help him contact and interview witnesses, subpoena records and hire experts.
Notre Dame women knock off UConn to win Big East (CBS Interactive U-WIRE)
Iowa hires Davis to coordinate offense (AP)
Notre Dame women beat UConn 72-59 (AP)
No. 3 Kansas wins Big 12 title outright (AP)
Kansas coach Bill Self pulled Tyshawn Taylor aside and threatened to pull him off of his assignment to guard Keiton Page if he didn't do a better job. That was all the motivation Taylor needed. Taylor scored 27 points, including 10 straight during a game-clinching run over the final 5 minutes, and No.
UConn women look for answers after loss to Irish (AP)
No. 9 Baylor rolls to win in home finale (AP)
Quincy Acy, Fred Ellis and Anthony Jones have been to an NCAA regional final and an NIT championship game at Baylor. They hope they're not done. After being recognized before the home finale Monday night as the winningest senior class in school history, they easily got their 95th victory when the ninth-ranked Bears beat Texas Tech 77-48.
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Women's Top 25 Capsules (AP)
Crowd-storming tech foul costs Del. St. (AP)
Top-ranked Baylor women beat No. 17 A&M 69-62 (AP)
No. 11 Hoyas stifle No. 20 Irish 59-41 (AP)
Before heading out to the court to finish pregame warmups on "Senior Day," Georgetown huddled up in a hallway with its two departing players, Jason Clark and Henry Sims. A voice shouted out: "We've got to go out with a bang, fellas! We've got to out with a bang!" Sure did. Playing at home for the last time, Clark and Sims combined for 25 points, 12 rebounds and six...
No. 23 Rutgers women beat Marquette 69-58 (AP)
April Sykes scored 20 points and Khadijah Rushdan notched a double-double to lead No. 23 Rutgers past Marquette on Monday night in the regular-season finale for both teams, extending the Scarlet Knights' perfect record in the all-time series to 9-0. Monique Oliver added 17 points for Rutgers (21-8, 10-6 Big East), while Rushdan had 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Spartans want outright Big Ten title (AP)
UConn says Calhoun's surgery a success (AP)
Monday, February 27, 2012
Haith: I'm cooperating with Miami probe (AP)
UConn says Calhoun's surgery a success (AP)
The Women's Top Twenty Five (PA SportsTicker)
Kansas at season-high No. 3 in AP poll (AP)
Baylor still No. 1 in AP women's basketball poll (AP)
Miami, without Johnson, stuns No. 15 FSU (AP)
No. 5 Miami rolls past Boston College, 88-42 (AP)
Illinois beats Iowa to snap 6-game skid (AP)
Meyers Leonard had 22 points and 14 rebounds off the bench as Illinois defeated Iowa 65-54 on Sunday night to end a six-game losing streak. The Illini (17-12, 6-10 Big Ten) hadn't won in February and had lost nine of 10 since defeating Ohio State in early January. Brandon Paul added 17 points and D.J.
Top 25 Capsules (AP)
No. 16 Wisconsin wins at No. 8 Ohio St. (AP)
A lot of coaches would go ballistic if their 6-foot-10 center stepped outside and took a 3 with the clock running down and their team behind on the road. Not Bo Ryan, however. Jared Berggren scored Wisconsin's final five points -- including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 31 seconds left -- and the 16th-ranked Badgers beat No.
Florida women lose 75-59 at No. 10 Tennessee (AP)
California's Pac-12 title hopes take hit (AP)
Austin Dufault and Spencer Dinwiddie each scored 15 points, Andre Roberson grabbed 15 rebounds and Colorado beat California 70-57 on Sunday, dealing a blow to the Golden Bears' Pac-12 title aspirations. Cal (23-7, 13-4) entered the day tied with Washington for the top spot in the league. The Huskies have two games remaining, while the Golden Bears finish the season at Stanford next Sunday.
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No. 10 Tennessee Lady Vols beat Florida 75-59 (AP)
All season long people have wanted to know what's next for Pat Summitt and her Tennessee Lady Volunteers. The Hall of Fame coach has always kept her focus on the next game, refusing to speculate about her future after being diagnosed with early onset dementia, Alzheimer's type. Sunday was no different in the final home game of the season that attracted 18,563 fans, the largest crowd to fill...
No. 17 Louisville holds off Pitt 57-54 (AP)
There's no one quite as frustrating as Russ Smith is for Rick Pitino. The coach also realizes it's hard for his Louisville team to win without the frenetic guard. "I don't mean to do the things that I do sometimes," said Smith, who was apologizing to Pitino moments after the 17th-ranked Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 57-54 on Sunday.
No. 8 Ohio St. women lose 71-57 to No. 23 Huskers (AP)
No. 23 Indiana pounds reeling Gophers (AP)
Christian Watford went his last two games without making a basket. So Indiana coach Tom Crean told him to stay focused on his defense. The Hoosiers confidently followed their plan to an important road victory, showing the kind of poise that's been eluding Minnesota for weeks. Watford rediscovered his shooting stroke with 12 points for 23rd-ranked Indiana, and the Hoosiers blew out the sputtering...
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S. Florida boosts resume, beats Bearcats (AP)
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Stunning rally gives Kansas Big 12 title (AP)
Syracuse avoids upset, clinches Big East (AP)
Syracuse found another way to win Saturday night, and in the process secured the Big East regular-season championship. Fab Melo's follow-up dunk with 31 seconds left lifted the second-ranked Orange to a 71-69 win over Connecticut. C.J. Fair blocked a shot by Roscoe Smith just before the buzzer to preserve the victory for Syracuse, which has won nine in a row since its only loss of the season...
Irish women look to win Big East title outright (AP)
No. 6 Michigan St. holds Nebraska to 34 (AP)
Draymond Green reached a milestone and helped No. 6 Michigan State move a step closer to a team goal. Green had 20 points and 10 rebounds -- becoming the fourth in school history with 1,000 career rebounds -- to help the sixth-ranked Spartans beat Nebraska 62-34 on Saturday night for their seventh straight victory.
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Top 25 Capsules (AP)
TCU upsets No. 18 New Mexico 83-64 (AP)
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No. 14 Texas A&M women rout Texas Tech 79-51 (AP)
Adaora Elonu scored 14 points and No. 14 Texas A&M rolled to a 79-51 victory over Texas Tech Saturday night. Tyra White and Alexia Standish scored 13 points apiece, Karla Gilbert scored 11 in a reserve role and Kelsey Bone had 10 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots for the Aggies (20-7, 11-5 Big 12).
Purdue hands Michigan first home loss (AP)
Purdue probably needed a signature victory to cement its place in the NCAA tournament. The Boilermakers got one Saturday thanks to Terone Johnson. The sophomore scored a career-high 22 points and Robbie Hummel added 17 as Purdue beat No. 11 Michigan 75-61, handing the Wolverines their first home loss of the season.
Princeton women beat Dartmouth, clinch NCAA bid (AP)
Princeton coach Courtney Banghart and her Tigers are becoming old pros at making the NCAA tournament. Still, winning a third straight Ivy League championship at home was a special feeling. Senior guard Lauren Edwards scored a career-high 29 points to help the Tigers clinch the nation's first berth to the NCAAs with a 94-57 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday night.
Georgia easily knocks off No. 12 Florida (AP)
Gerald Robinson Jr. knows that Georgia has a slim chance of earning a postseason bid. But that doesn't mean the Bulldogs aren't going to try. "We're still pushing forward," Robinson said. "At no point have we thought that the season is over. We've never given up." Freshman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 18 points, Robinson added 15 and Georgia snapped No.
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UConn women rout Marquette 85-45 (AP)
No. 7 Tar Heels edge No. 25 Virginia (AP)
Tyler Zeller started fast and finished strong. The 7-footer scored 20 points, including a critical dunk with 13.3 seconds left and the shot clock winding down, and No. 7 North Carolina outlasted No. 25 Virginia 54-51 on Saturday. "It was great," Zeller said of the play in which he got the ball near the right elbow of the free throw line, dribbled twice and slammed it in.
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No. 19 St. Bonaventure women defeat Rhode Island (AP)
Duke needs OT to beat Hokies at Cameron (AP)
No. 5 Duke could have done the easy thing and given in to those ready-made excuses. The Blue Devils chose a more challenging option: They forgot about their fatigue and made enough plays to remain in control of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Austin Rivers scored 23 points, Seth Curry added 19 and the Blue Devils held off Virginia Tech 70-65 in overtime Saturday.
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Gonzaga women top BYU 77-60, clinch WCC title (AP)
Kentucky wins SEC regular-season title (AP)
Freshman Anthony Davis again found himself with the ball and only a few seconds left to react. The 6-foot-10 forward squared up, burying a long jumper that buoyed his national player of the year push in one superb sequence. Davis scored a career-high 28 points on 10-of-11 shooting, and No. 1 Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 83-74 on Saturday to win the Southeastern Conference regular season title for the...
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St. John's halts Irish's win streak at 9 (AP)
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
TCU moving ahead after drug arrests (AP)
NCAA alleges Oregon violated regulations (AP)
Texas A&M, Mizzou Big 12 buyouts close (AP)
Feds seek range of PSU, Sandusky records (AP)
A federal subpoena related to the child sex abuse scandal involving a former Penn State assistant football coach, sent to the university's top lawyer earlier this month, sought records of payments made by trustees to the school, or to third parties on the school's behalf, the university said Friday.
Florida extends Muschamp through 2016 (AP)
St. John's halts Irish's win streak at 9 (AP)
Down 15, No. 10 Marquette rallies by WVU (AP)
Buzz Williams danced a slow jig in front of a booing crowd as John Denver's "Country Roads" played on the loudspeakers, a brief celebration of Marquette's comeback win over West Virginia. Only when the coach realized the song -- the Mountaineers' unofficial anthem played after every game -- contained the words "West Virginia" did he catch himself and stop.
Delaware feeling the stress of being in Top 10 (AP)
Iona wins first MAAC title since 2000-01 (AP)
North Carolina loses to No. 6 Maryland 84-64 (AP)
Harvard rallies to avenge lone Ivy loss (AP)
Kyle Casey scored 20 points as Harvard rallied from a 10-point deficit and then outlasted Princeton 67-64 Friday night, avenging its only Ivy League loss of the season and setting a program record for wins in a season. The Crimson (24-3, 10-1), who fell to the Tigers 70-62 on Feb. 11, led by six in the first half before Princeton surged to a 33-23 lead at the 3:59 mark.
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No. 6 Maryland women defeat North Carolina 84-64 (AP)
Maryland made it clear quite early that this game against North Carolina wasn't going to be anything like the last one. Alyssa Thomas had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and the sixth-ranked Terrapins established command soon after the opening tip in an 84-64 rout Friday night. Alicia DeVaughn scored 14 and Laurin Mincy had 13 for the Terrapins, who never trailed after yielding the game's first...
Michigan's Horford out for season (AP)
Top 25 Capsules (AP)
Lamar coach Knight: We won't win again (AP)
Kansas women run out of gym by No. 1 Baylor, 76-45 (AP)
NCAA gives Radford 2 years of probation (AP)
No. 5 Miami women fall to No. 7 Duke, 74-64 (AP)
Irish rolling behind unflappable Brey (AP)
No. 7 Duke women hold off No. 5 Miami 74-64 (AP)
MVSU riding 15-game win streak in SWAC (AP)
Kansas-Mizzou rivalry may see its finale (AP)
Friday, February 24, 2012
NCAA moves up kickoffs to 35-yard line (AP)
Feds subpoena information from Penn St. (AP)
Penn State has received a federal subpoena related to a former assistant football coach accused of molesting boys and is cooperating with the request, a university spokeswoman said Thursday. Harrisburg-based federal prosecutors this month sought "certain information" about Jerry Sandusky, a charity for children he founded, the university and three university administrators, Penn State...
Texas planning statue of Ricky Williams (AP)
Cincinnati holds off No. 17 Louisville (AP)
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Saint Mary's gains share of WCC title (AP)
No. 10 Tennessee buckles under pressure again (AP)
Gaten has 33, Iowa upsets No. 16 Badgers (AP)
The first 2,000 fans through the doors for Iowa's home game with No. 16 Wisconsin on Thursday night got a free bobblehead of Hawkeyes senior Matt Gatens. Gatens made sure the other 12,000 or so were left with something to remember him by as well. Gatens scored a career-high 33 points and Iowa beat No.
Colorado women fall 68-46 at No. 2 Stanford (AP)
No. 14 Murray State avenges only loss (AP)
This time, Murray State got the lead against Tennessee State and never let the Tigers think of a comeback. Call it revenge for Murray State's lone loss this season. The Racers prefer to call it a great road win and postseason tuneup. Isaiah Canaan scored 16 of his 24 points in the first half, and No.
No. 2 Stanford women top Colorado 68-46 (AP)
It's not often Tara VanDerveer heads to the home locker room at halftime with Stanford sitting on a slim lead. This time of year, she's fine with a little tournament test. "At halftime I said, `This is great for us to play against this,"' VanDerveer said. "They have some very athletic kids." No match for the Cardinal's crop.
Duke tops FSU, stays tied for 1st in ACC (AP)
Duke was looking for some payback Thursday -- and got it. Reserve Andre Dawkins scored 22 points and freshman Austin Rivers added 20 to lead the fifth-ranked Blue Devils to a 74-66 victory over No. 15 Florida State, 33 days after being upset by the Seminoles on their own court. "I'm not going to call it a revenge game but that's what it is," Rivers said.
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Minnesota women fall as Prahalis sets school mark (AP)
Column: Ryan Braun wins appeal, but reputation still not cleared (CBS Interactive U-WIRE)
Belmont rolls to 10th straight victory (AP)
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Top 25 Capsules (AP)
Big Ten considers CWS stadium for tournament (AP)
LIU Brooklyn clinches Northeast title (AP)
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Lottery system to be used for CWS ticket sales (AP)
Prahalis' school-record 42 leads Ohio State women (AP)
Samantha Prahalis made her last home game a very memorable one. The senior guard scored a school-record 42 points in her final home game and No. 8 Ohio State routed Minnesota 81-56 on Thursday night. "I just got into a pretty good rhythm," said Prahalis, the Buckeyes' only senior. "It was almost like one of those nights where you don't really see the defenders." Prahalis,...
No. 4 Kansas holds off Texas A&M 66-58 (AP)
Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor couldn't get anything going early for Kansas against Texas A&M. The Jayhawks were OK though thanks to Elijah Johnson's 18 points in the first half that carried the team until their stars warmed up after halftime. Johnson scored 21 points and Taylor made key plays down the stretch to help No.
No. 17 Georgia Tech women top Virginia Tech 76-66 (AP)
Orange rally by S. Florida, move to 28-1 (AP)
The way the Syracuse Orange were missing one shot after another, Scoop Jardine considered them fortunate to be ahead at halftime. And once South Florida rallied to close within a point, Jardine put his head down to make sure the second-ranked Orange wouldn't have to mount another comeback. Jardine scored 15 points to lead Syracuse to a 56-48 win over the Bulls, with his most important basket...
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Florida State RB Wilder arrested (AP)
ACC files complaint with SEC over Vandy (AP)
Boise stays in Mountain West next season (AP)
Temple in talks to join Big East (AP)
BCS heads far from agreement on changes (AP)
FSU replaces West Va. with Savannah St. (AP)
No. 24 SDSU snaps 3-game losing streak (AP)
No. 24 San Diego State really would have been hurting if not for two guys coming off ankle injuries. Jamaal Franklin scored the first five points of overtime and finished with 12 overall as the Aztecs beat scrappy Wyoming 67-58 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Franklin returned from a sprained ankle that forced him to sit out Saturday's loss at Air Force.
No. 4 Kansas holds off Texas A&M 66-58 (AP)
Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor couldn't get anything going early for Kansas against Texas A&M. The Jayhawks were OK though thanks to Elijah Johnson's 18 points in the first half that carried the team until their stars warmed up after halftime. Johnson scored 21 points and Taylor made key plays down the stretch to help No.
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No. 6 Spartans win to keep Big Ten lead (AP)
Outsmarted, outhustled and even outrebounded for most of the game, Michigan State snapped back to stun Minnesota. But in between laments about his team's performance, Spartans coach Tom Izzo offered his due praise. Sometimes, the most important wins aren't pretty at all. Keith Appling and Brandon Wood both scored 13 points to key No.
Crowder has 27 as No. 10 Marquette rolls (AP)
Jae Crowder is on quite a roll for No. 10 Marquette and the Golden Eagles are happy to be along for the ride. The senior forward had 27 points and seven rebounds to lead Marquette to an 82-65 win over Rutgers on Wednesday night. His big game came after he was named Big East Player of the Week on Monday for his 29-point, 12-rebound effort in the Golden Eagles' win over Connecticut on Saturday.
Orange rally by S. Florida, move to 28-1 (AP)
The way the Syracuse Orange were missing one shot after another, Scoop Jardine considered them fortunate to be ahead at halftime. And once South Florida rallied to close within a point, Jardine put his head down to make sure the second-ranked Orange wouldn't have to mount another comeback. Jardine scored 15 points to lead Syracuse to a 56-48 win over the Bulls, with his most important basket...
No evidence of medical problem in Ark. plane crash (AP)
A medical examiner who performed an autopsy on an 82-year-old pilot was not able to find any medical conditions that could have contributed to the crash that killed all four people aboard, including Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke last year in central Arkansas. Olin Branstetter's autopsy results, obtained by The Associated Press under a public records request,...
Wake Forest transplant recipient returns to field (AP)
Temple tops LaSalle in OT, win streak 11 (AP)
Earl Pettis hit one big shot after another until his last one. Ramone Moore scored five of his 18 points in overtime to help No. 22 Temple overcome a spectacular effort by Pettis and win its 11th straight game, 80-79 over La Salle on Wednesday night. "We should be able to manage the game better," Owls coach Fran Dunphy said after his team blew a 10-point lead with 2:47 left in regulation.
Baylor women's G Washington out after 5th torn ACL (AP)
No. 19 St. Bonaventure women beat Fordham 52-45 (AP)
Irish rip W. Va. for ninth straight win (AP)
Swiftly and convincingly, No. 20 Notre Dame pulled away with the kind of resolve that has characterized the Irish's transformation during a head-turning nine-game winning streak. Using balanced scoring and defensive quickness, the Irish coasted to a one-sided 71-44 victory over West Virginia on Wednesday night after leading by two points at halftime.
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