mens basketball

Rivers, Duke stuns North Carolina

AP Wire — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Freshman Austin Rivers buried a 3-pointer at the horn to give No. 10 Duke an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night. Rivers scored a season-high 29 points and hit six 3s, the last of which will certainly live on in the lore of this fierce rivalry.

Syracuse survives Georgetown in OT

AP Wire — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Who says Syracuse doesn't have a go-to guy?

Kris Joseph scored a career-high 29 points, including the decisive 3-pointer in overtime, and Syracuse beat No. 12 Georgetown 64-61 on Wednesday night to give coach Jim Boeheim his 880th career win.

Joseph finished with a career-high six 3-pointers on 11 attempts after going 0 for 8 in the previous three games.

Withey's 25 leads Kansas over Baylor

AP Wire — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:02:02 -0500

WACO, Texas (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."

No. 10 Duke looks for answers with No. 5 UNC next

AP Wire — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski says his team's recent problems stem from a lack of attention to detail and effort.

And the 10th-ranked Blue Devils don't have a lot of time to fix the problems - not with a date with No. 5 North Carolina looming later this week.

Kentucky men's basketball still No. 1

AP Wire — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Kentucky is on top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a third straight week.

The Wildcats, who were also No. 1 for two weeks earlier this season, received 63 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel.

Draymond Green leads Michigan State over Michigan

AP Wire — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan State's Draymond Green made good on his guarantee against Michigan with the best game of his career in the series.

Green had 14 points and 16 rebounds - as many as his hated rival could manage - to lead the ninth-ranked Spartans to a 64-54 win over the 23rd-ranked Wolverines on Sunday, ending a three-game losing streak in the rivalry.

UConn's Calhoun taking indefinite medical leave

AP Wire — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

STORRS, Conn. - UConn's Jim Calhoun doesn't mince words when it comes to his health.

So, when the Hall of Fame coach of the defending national champions, who turns 70 in May, had just about had it with his back problems, he let people know.