Category: NCAA News Wire
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is starting to look like a Pac-12 championship team. The Utes are finding ways to overwhelm league opponents on both ends of the court. Colorado is just the latest foe to find no suitable answer for Utah’s tough defense and efficient offense. Utah blew open the game early in a […]
University of Charlotte coach Alan Major is taking a second indefinite medical leave in less than a year, the school announced Tuesday. “Major, who took a similar medical leave during the summer, approached Director of Athletics Judy Rose to request the leave due to a return of health conditions,” the university said in a statement. […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky coach John Calipari is sure of one thing after his top-ranked Wildcats opened Southeastern Conference play with a battle against Ole Miss: They want to win. And badly. Kentucky found a way to keep its undefeated mark intact thanks to a hard-fought 89-86 overtime win over Mississippi on Tuesday night at […]
ATHENS, Ga. — The message Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson gave his Razorbacks at halftime of Tuesday night’s SEC opener at Georgia was a simple one — get back to what they do best.It was a point well taken. After scuffling the first half, 23rd-ranked Arkansas picked up its defensive intensity in the second to […]
AMES, Iowa — The 17th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones overcame a slow start thanks to a strong finish from forward Dustin Hogue to beat Oklahoma State 63-61 in Hilton Coliseum on Tuesday. Hogue put together one of his best performances as a Cyclone in Iowa State’s Big 12 opener. He scored all of his 17 points […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky’s perfect record remains intact. Just barely. Mississippi shot better than it had all season long but came up short in an 89-86 overtime loss to the top-ranked Wildcats. Guard Jarvis Summers had a chance to win the game for the Rebels (9-5), but the shot didn’t fall with four seconds left […]
NEW YORK — Villanova coach Jay Wright considers himself a “Philly guy,” but New York City has always been good to him. On Tuesday, Wright earned his 300th win at Villanova, guiding the eighth-ranked Wildcats to a 90-72 win over No. 24 St. John’s in a battle of two original Big East Conference teams at […]
MINNEAPOLIS — With the way he played in the first half Tuesday against Minnesota, Ohio State freshman guard D’Angelo Williams was the favorite to hit a big shot late. Instead, it was his teammate, forward Marc Loving, who knocked down the biggest shot of the game. Loving hit a go-ahead jumper with five seconds to […]
LUBBOCK, Texas — How did Juwan Staten celebrate No. 14 West Virginia’s 78-67 win at Texas Tech? By spilling his guts. “I walk in the locker room and Wannie’s throwing up in a trash can,” said coach Bob Huggins, who actually relished the scene that had Staten’s teammates cringing. “I said, ‘Good. That’s what men […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — For all the high marks Notre Dame’s offense is receiving, the 13th-ranked Irish got it done in the clutch at the defensive end for a breakthrough victory Monday night. The Irish withstood North Carolina’s last eight shots to hold off the 18th-ranked Tar Heels 71-70 in an Atlantic Coast Conference game […]
