No. 9 Murray State suffers first loss (AP) - The 1975-76 Indiana team will remain the last Division I program to go undefeated. For the last 36 seasons the team that gave Bob Knight the first of his three national championships has had to wait for the day the last unbeaten lost. This season it finally came Thursday night when No. 9 Murray State lost its first game of the season, 72-68 to Tennessee State, leaving no unbeatens in Division I.
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:45:37 PSTJudge: Laurie Fine's past irrelevant (AP) -

Salacious claims about the wife of an assistant Syracuse University basketball coach who was fired after claims that he molested boys have no bearing in the slander lawsuit two of the men brought against the team's head coach, Jim Boeheim, a judge ruled Friday. The hearing in Manhattan was about whether two former ball boys who accuse Boeheim of defamation could get names and addresses of...
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:24:31 PSTGonzaga topples No. 16 Saint Mary's (AP) - Gonzaga was blown out last month in its first game against No. 16 Saint Mary's, and center Rob Sacre said the Bulldogs did not want that to happen again. "We played our game, our tempo," Sacre said Thursday night after Gonzaga beat Saint Marys' 73-59 night to avenge the earlier loss to the West Coast Conference leader.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:52:37 PSTTaylor has 27, No. 21 Badgers win in OT (AP) -

Jordan Taylor and the Wisconsin Badgers watched their shooting touch abandon them during a frantic rally by border-state rival Minnesota. The frustration didn't linger into overtime, though. It didn't even last past half court. That's the way Bo Ryan coaches them to think on defense. Taylor scored 27 points for his first college win in his home state, and No.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:34:38 PSTNo. 20 Mississippi State beats Ole Miss (AP) -

Dee Bost is Mississippi State's career assists leader, so he knows the art of throwing a good alley-oop pass. The senior admits his form gets a little sloppy when throwing them to Arnett Moultrie. That's because the 6-foot-11 forward is so athletic he can put nearly anything near the rim into the hoop.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:27 PSTNo. 23 Indiana charges past Illinois (AP) -

Indiana coach Tom Crean challenged his team to be tougher than Illinois on Thursday night. When it mattered most, they were. Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo repeatedly drew fouls, did much of the damage inside and combined on a late scoring frenzy to send No. 23 Indiana past Illinois 84-71. "You have to execute under pressure, that's one of the greatest forms of toughness you can have,"...
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:00:37 PSTUNC's Strickland undergoes knee surgery (AP) - North Carolina junior Dexter Strickland has had surgery to repair a knee injury that will sideline him the rest of the season. Strickland had reconstructive surgery Thursday on his torn right anterior cruciate ligament as well as damaged meniscus. Strickland was hurt on a drive to the basket in the Tar Heels' win at Virginia Tech on Jan.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:25 PSTIll Hoyas asst. released from hospital (AP) - Georgetown assistant men's basketball coach Kenya Hunter has been released from the hospital after becoming ill following a practice. Head coach John Thompson III said Thursday in a statement that Hunter passed out after Tuesday's practice and was undergoing tests. Hunter was admitted to Georgetown University Hospital and missed the trip to Syracuse for Wednesday night's overtime loss...
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:36:24 PSTDuke stuns UNC on Rivers' 3 at buzzer (AP) -

Austin Rivers pulled up, launched a high-arcing 3-pointer -- and shot No. 10 Duke right back to the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The freshman capped the Blue Devils' furious rally with a buzzer-beater that gave them an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night -- and just might have put their season back on track.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:31:37 PSTNo. 7 Kansas rolls at No. 6 Baylor 68-54 (AP) -

Whatever Tyshawn Taylor and the rest of his Kansas teammates did to motivate 7-foot Jeff Withey certainly worked. "In practice every day, punching him in his chest, jumping on him, trying to get him fired up," Taylor said. "He came out and played amazing." Withey, coming of a scoreless game, rebounded with a career-high 25 points for the seventh-ranked Jayhawks in another...
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