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COLLEGE STATION, Texas Kelsey Bone and Karla Gilbert scored 14 points apiece to lead No. 15 Texas A&M to its fourth straight win, 67-36, over Kansas State on Wednesday night
EAST LANSING, Mich. Penn State refused to be routed the first time No. 11 Michigan State had a chance to pull away for an easy victory.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Mike Scott made all nine of his shots and scored 19 points to lead No. 19 Virginia to a 68-44 win over Wake Forest on Wednesday night.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Who says Syracuse doesn't have a go-to guy?
WACO, Texas Jeff Withey scored a career-high 25 points and Kansas went ahead to stay during a stretch without Thomas Robinson as the seventh-ranked Jayhawks had another convincing victory over sixth-ranked Baylor, winning 68-54 Wednesday night.
BOSTON Jordan Daniels scored a career-high 19 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Boston College to a 64-60 victory over No. 15 Florida State on Wednesday night and snap the Atlantic Coast Conference-leading Seminoles' win streak at seven games.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. Shenise Johnson scored 19 points and Riquna Williams added 17 to lead No. 6 Miami to a 61-37 win over No. 22 North Carolina on Wednesday night.
WASHINGTON Sugar Rodgers had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 14 Georgetown beat Seton Hall 56-51 on Wednesday night.
EAST LANSING, Mich. Draymond Green had 23 points and 12 rebounds and made some timely shots to help No. 11 Michigan State pull away from Penn State in a 77-57 win Wednesday night.
AMHERST, Mass. Megan Van Tatenhove and Armelia Horton scored 17 points each and No. 25 St. Bonaventure tied a school single-season record for wins with a 69-54 victory over Massachusetts on Wednesday night.
LSU fans had all but disappeared into the New Orleans night by the final minutes of last month's dreary BCS title game, leaving en masse when they figured out a team that couldn't get past the 50-yard-line wasn't going to magically find a way to cross the goal line. They weren't alone, with people across the nation abandoning their TVs in hope of finding something even remotely more interesting.
HARTFORD, Conn. The University of Connecticut has proposed reducing the number of games it will play next season if the NCAA grants a waiver to allow the Huskies to play in the 2013 men's basketball tournament.
STORRS, Conn. Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun will miss Saturday's game against No. 2 Syracuse while on an indefinite medical leave of absence because of spinal stenosis, a painful condition in his lower back.
LEXINGTON, Ky. Florida coach Billy Donovan handicapped what could be the national title game in April.
INDIANAPOLIS Creighton coach Greg McDermott rubbed his eyes, looking for an answer as to why his team is suddenly struggling.
COLUMBUS, Ohio No. 3 Ohio State had been rolling over intimidated opponents, winning by an average of 27 points a game.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Louisville coach Jeff Walz knew the Cardinals couldn't stop the entire Connecticut team.
COLUMBUS, Ohio William Buford scored a career-high 29 points and capped his night with a pivotal dunk in the final minute to power No. 3 Ohio State past hot-shooting Purdue 87-84 on Tuesday.
LEXINGTON, Ky. Florida kept sticking to its strength by shooting behind the arc. It turned out to be the eighth-ranked Gators biggest problem.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Colt Ryan gave Evansville the lead for good by making a 17-footer with 3:08 to play Tuesday night, and the Purple Aces closed the game on a 13-1 run to pull off a 65-57 upset of No. 17 Creighton.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 13 points and 13 rebounds and top-ranked Kentucky easily passed its toughest Southeastern Conference test to date with a 78-58 victory over No. 8 Florida on Tuesday night.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Devereaux Peters had a season-high 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, Kayla McBride added 19 points and No. 2 Notre Dame beat Syracuse 74-55 on Tuesday night.
Memphis is the latest school to sign up for a spot in the new Big East.
The Big Ten, which helped squash the notion of a four-team playoff to crown a national champion in college football several years ago, is taking another look.
MACON, Ga. Bud Thomas, Langston Hall and Travis Smith scored 11 points each to lead Mercer in a 54-46 victory over East Tennessee State Monday night, its eighth straight win.
ROSEMONT, Ill. DePaul coach Oliver Purnell found how difficult it is to try and keep up with No. 18 Marquette with his star point guard almost being nonexistent.
WACO, Texas Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale actually had a smile on her face when she walked off the court at halftime with her team down by 11 points at top-ranked Baylor.
STANFORD, Calif. In a rarity for a prestigious academics university that prides itself on a higher standard, Stanford had a player get into trouble with the law.