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Northern Illinois brings 4-game win streak to DePaul
DePaul and in-state foe Northern Illinois have experienced decidedly different starts to the young season....

Quincy Olivari fuels Xavier's romp over Bryant
Quincy Olivari poured in a season-high 22 points as Xavier cruised to a 100-75 victory over Bryant on Friday afternoon in Cincinnati....

No. 19 Florida Atlantic holds off No. 12 Texas A&M
Johnell Davis poured in 26 points, Alijah Martin scored 25 and No. 19 Florida Atlantic topped No. 12 Texas A&M 96-89 in the semifinal round of the ESPN Events Invitational on Friday in Kissimmee, Fla....

Holy Cross seeks another Big East victim at St. John's
St. John's has alternated wins and losses over its first five games — a trend the Red Storm hope to end Saturday when they welcome Holy Cross to New York....

Maryland can claw back to .500 with win vs. South Alabama
Still recovering from an early-season swoon, Maryland looks to even its record when South Alabama visits College Park, Md., on Saturday night....

Missouri looking for a complete game vs. Loyola Maryland
Missouri coach Dennis Gates showed a side of himself fans hadn't seen since he took over the program last season....

Georgetown gaining confidence but wary of Jackson State
Jackson State proved with its win at Missouri last Sunday that opponents can't take the young Tigers lightly....

After feisty win, BYU meets NC State for Vegas title
BYU will look to open the season with six consecutive victories for the second time in three seasons when it faces North Carolina State on Friday night in the championship game of the Vegas Showdown in Las Vegas....

Stanford, Northern Iowa stumble into Bahamas finale
Stanford and Northern Iowa both experienced difficult second halves on Thursday....

Vandy, ASU seek offense in Vegas 3rd-place game
Vanderbilt and Arizona State, two teams that were ineffective with their offensive execution in the opening night of the Vegas Showdown on Thursday in Las Vegas, will face each other in the third-place game on Friday....

These are the all-time NBA starting fives
While debating politics over Thanksgiving can cause irreplaceable family fissures, debating the all-time starting fives for each NBA team holds way fewer stakes. There are many different ways to build an all-time starting five, all of which illicit strong reactions. Some people prefer to choose the ...

Short-handed Oregon faces fellow unbeaten Santa Clara
Oregon continues its trip to Florida on Friday night with a matchup against Santa Clara at the Emerald Coast Classic in Niceville....

Illinois takes on Western Illinois in long-awaited rematch
It has been so long since Illinois played Western Illinois, Fighting Illini head coach Brad Underwood had just finished his 10-year stint as a Leathernecks assistant and was still 10 years from becoming a Division I head coach....

Iowa St., Va. Tech look to build on comeback wins
Iowa State and Virginia Tech each got off to a slow start in its first-round matchup at the ESPN Events Invitational on Thursday in Kissimmee, Fla....

LSU, North Florida enter matchup riding momentum
LSU won its last two games in the Charleston Classic last weekend in Charleston, S.C....

BYU blitzes Arizona State to reach Vegas final
Noah Waterman established career bests of 24 points and six 3-pointers as BYU routed Arizona State 77-49 on Thursday night to advance to the championship game of the Vegas Showdown in Las Vegas....

Clemson clicking with Alcorn St. coming to town
Joseph Girard III answered a pair of quiet performances with two loud ones for unbeaten Clemson....

Iowa, Seton Hall attempt to solve 3-point woes
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery hopes his team's latest performance from beyond the 3-point arc was merely a hiccup....

No. 23 USC, Oklahoma lean on defenses in San Diego final
Defenses will be the focus when No. 23 Southern California faces Oklahoma on Friday for the championship in the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego....

Michigan, Texas Tech ride momentum into Bahamas matchup
Coming off stirring rallies, Michigan and Texas Tech meet in the fifth-place game of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Friday night in Paradise Island, Bahamas....