No. 1 Kansas 89,
Markieff Morris and No. 1 Kansas found the perfect cure for a bad Kansas State hangover: a big dose of
Held to three points and zero rebounds in Monday night's 84-68 loss to the unranked Wildcats, Morris bounced back Saturday with 26 points and 15 rebounds in an 89-63 victory against a
It was a career-high in points for the elder (by 7 minutes) of the Morris twins and tied his career high in rebounds. In 29 minutes, the 6-10 junior also had two steals, two assists and two blocks as the Jayhawks (25-2, 10-2 Big 12) beat
Morris' eight offensive rebounds were the most by a
Nebraska 70, No. 3 Texas 67
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St. John’s 60, No. 4 Pittsburgh
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The latest of the Red Storm's five wins against teams regarded as the best in the country was a heart-stopping, come-from-behind thriller against No. 4 Pittsburgh that has the players thinking of joining the ranks of the ranked themselves.
It's actually been just over a decade since St. John's was in The Associated Press poll.
Dwight Hardy's underhanded flip with 1.2 seconds left Saturday gave the Red Storm a 60-59 victory, their fifth this season against a team that spent time in the top 10 - and all of them have been at Madison Square Garden.
No. 6 San Diego State 70, Air Force 58
Once they had dispatched of feisty Air Force, the sixth-ranked San Diego State Aztecs were free to focus on BYU, the only team to beat them this year.They warmed up by holding off Air Force 70-58 Saturday and setting a school record with its 27th win.
No. 7 BYU 79, TCU 56
While Jimmer Fredette scored 23 points despite another tough shooting game, four other Cougars also scored in double figures in No. 7 BYU's 79-56 road victory against TCU Saturday in a sold-out arena filled with Cougar fans and others just wanting to get a look at the nation's leading scorer.
West Virginia 72, No. 8 Notre Dame 58
One of Truck Bryant's best games of the year gave
Bryant broke out of a slump by scoring 24 points and
No. 9 Georgetown 61, South Florida 55
TAMPA, Fla. -- Chris Wright made six free throws in the final 29.7 seconds to finish with a season-high 26 points and ninth-ranked Georgetown held off South Florida 61-55 on Saturday night for its ninth victory in 10 games.
No. 12
Derrick Williams powered through defenders and the pain in his taped-up right pinky to score at the rim. He soared over opponents to snare rebounds. One of
All that turned out to be just the build-up to the big finish.
Coiling and springing from just inside the paint, Williams leaped up and swatted Darnell Grant's shot into the stands, then topped it off by stealing the inbound pass to preserve No. 12 Arizona's wild, 87-86 win against Washington.
No. 15 Villanova 77, DePaul 75 (OT)
Corey Fisher refused to let this one slip away.
The senior guard scored a career-high 34 points, nailing the tying 3-pointer near the end of regulation, and No. 15 Villanova beat DePaul 77-
No. 17 Syracuse 84, Rutgers 80 (OT)
On a rugged day in the Big East, when the top two teams in the conference both lost, No. 17 Syracuse survived - barely.
No. 18 Vanderbilt 77, Auburn 60
John Jenkins scored 22 points and No. 18 Vanderbilt used a dominant second-half stretch to turn a tie game into a 77-60 rout against Auburn on Saturday.
No. 19
Tyler Zeller scored 16 points and No. 19 North Carolina held off a late rally to beat Boston College 48-46.
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No. 21 Texas A&M 67, Oklahoma State 66
David Loubeau scored 22 points, B.J. Holmes hit two key free throws in the final seconds and No. 21 Texas A&M continued its recent dominance against Oklahoma State with a 67-66 victory.
No. 22
Darius Miller scored a career-high 22 points and No. 22 Kentucky had little trouble in a 90-59 win against
No. 24 Xavier 79, Fordham 72
Tu Holloway had his second career triple-double with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to lead No. 24 Xavier past Fordham 79-72 on Saturday night.
No. 25 Utah State 75, Saint Mary's (Calif.) 65
Tai Wesley and Brockeith Pane scored 22 points apiece to help No. 25 Utah State bolster its position for an NCAA tournament bid by beating Saint Mary's 75-65 Saturday night in a BracketBuster game.