Online wire reportsFeb. 25, 2012 NEW YORK — St. Johns got to see how the other half lives beyond the 3-point line. The Red Storm have spent almost all season in 16th and last place in the Big East in 3-point shooting. On Saturday, they held No. 20 Notre Dame to its worst game of [...]
Online wire reportsFeb. 24, 2012 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Buzz Williams danced a slow jig in front of a booing crowd as John Denvers “Country Roads” played on the loudspeakers, a brief celebration of Marquettes comeback win over West Virginia. Only when the coach realized the song — the Mountaineers unofficial anthem played after every game [...]
TIME: 04:00 P.M. EST North Carolinas current winning streak began with a decisive home victory over Virginia earlier this month. The Tar Heels, however, might find it tougher trying to repeat that feat this time around. Looking for a fifth consecutive victory, the seventh-ranked Tar Heels try for a fourth straight road win over the [...]
TIME: 06:00 P.M. EST While helping transform Michigan into a Big Ten title contender in his fifth season as coach, John Beilein has the program on the verge of finishing unbeaten at home for the first time in 35 years. Only one potentially desperate team stands in the way. The 11th-ranked Wolverines look to keep [...]
Elias Harris scored 19 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as Gonzaga beat BYU 74-63 on Thursday night in a battle for second place in the West Coast Conference. Brandon Davies scored 23 points for BYU (23-7, 11-4), which had won five straight games but was doomed by woeful shooting. Gonzaga (22-5, 12-3) kept alive its [...]
Online wire reportsFeb. 23, 2012 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — 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 against No. 15 Florida State, 33 days after being upset by the Seminoles on [...]