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No. 17 Houston bids to step up defensively vs. Butler
After a pair of losses at the inaugural Players Era Festival in Las Vegas dropped No. 17 Houston sharply down the national rankings, the Cougars will look to extend their 25-game home-court winning streak when they host Butler on Saturday in the Big East-Big 12 Battle.,Houston (4-3) opened the seaso...
Georgia 'hopeful' RB Trevor Etienne can return vs. Texas
Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said Thursday he is optimistic about running back Trevor Etienne's availability for Saturday's Southeastern Conference title game against Texas in Atlanta.,Etienne has missed the past three games for the No. 5 Bulldogs (10-2) with a rib injury. He was listed as questio...
No. 2 Texas gets second crack at No. 5 Georgia for SEC crown
On the heels of gritty rivalry week victories, No. 2 Texas and No. 5 Georgia will square off again in hopes of earning a Southeastern Conference title and a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff.,Texas (11-1, 7-1 SEC) clinched a spot in Saturday's conference championship in Atlanta after g...
Asa Newell steers Georgia to victory over Notre Dame
Asa Newell had game highs of 20 points and 11 rebounds, helping lead Georgia to a 69-48 win over Notre Dame on Tuesday in an SEC/ACC Challenge game at Athens, Ga.,Dakota Leffew added 16 points off the bench for the Bulldogs (8-1), who won their third straight game. Silas Demary Jr. chipped in 11 poi...
Butler puts Eastern Illinois away for sixth straight win
Jahmyl Telfort and Patrick McCaffery each scored 20 points to lead the Butler Bulldogs to a hard-fought 73-58 home win against Eastern Illinois.,McCaffery also added seven boards while Telfort had six for Butler (7-1), which has won six in a row. Kolby King added 10 points and nine rebounds and Pier...
No. 18 Pitt takes new poll position to Mississippi State
Pittsburgh used a game-winning 3-pointer by Zack Austin in overtime Friday at Ohio State to vault from unranked to No. 18 in this week's Associated Press Top 25.,Sporting their highest ranking in 11 seasons, the Panthers (7-1) will play their first game as a ranked team this season on Wednesday nigh...
No. 24 San Diego State opens league slate at Fresno State
Fresh off a victory over a top-10 opponent, No. 24 San Diego State will jump into Mountain West Conference play Wednesday night with a visit to Fresno State.,The Aztecs' 73-70 overtime victory over then-No. 6 Houston on Saturday in Las Vegas was their first over a top-10 team since ousting No. 1 Ala...
Butler returns home to face struggling Eastern Illinois
Butler returns home to Indianapolis on Tuesday night for another nonconference test as it welcomes in Eastern Illinois.,The Bulldogs (6-1) are coming off a successful road trip, winning the Arizona Tip-Off tournament by defeating Northwestern 71-69 on Thursday and then-No. 25 Mississippi State 87-77...
SEC championship game capsule: Texas vs. Georgia
Southeastern Conference championship game,Texas (11-1) vs. Georgia (10-2),Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at 4 p.m. ET,Atlanta, Mercedes-Benz Stadium,TV: ABC,Early line: Texas -1.5 (FanDuel),What's at stake:,Texas is in the playoffs no matter what happens in the pro-Georgia environment. But the Longhorns ar...
UCLA closes season with win over Fresno State
Ethan Garbers passed for 289 yards and a touchdown to lead UCLA to a 20-13 win against visiting Fresno State in a nonconference game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday afternoon.,Garbers completed 26-of-40 passes without an interception for the third straight game.,Moliki Matavao was ...
Jaxson Dart, No. 14 Ole Miss fend off Miss. State in Egg Bowl
Jaxson Dart broke Eli Manning's school passing record, Ulysses Bentley IV had the SEC's longest run this season and No. 14 Ole Miss beat visiting Mississippi State 26-14 in the 121st annual Egg Bowl in Oxford, Miss., on Friday. ,In eclipsing Manning's mark of 10,119 yards set from 2000-03, Dart was ...
No. 7 Georgia outlasts Georgia Tech in 8-overtime thriller
Nate Frazier's two-point conversion in the eighth overtime gave No. 7 Georgia a 44-42 win over rival Georgia Tech in the second-longest game in FBS history in Athens, Ga., on Friday.,After forcing Haynes King's incomplete pass to begin the eighth free period, Frazier staved off the massive upset for...
Butler downs No. 25 Mississippi State in Arizona tourney final
Jaymyl Telfort scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the second half and Pierre Brooks II scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Butler upset No. 25 Mississippi State 87-77 in the championship game of the Arizona Tip-Off in Tempe, Ariz., on Friday night.,Telfort connected on 4 of 7 3-point ...
Ben Gregg excels as No. 3 Gonzaga trounces Davidson
Ben Gregg scored a career-high 24 points as No. 3 Gonzaga took control in the first half and surged ahead in the second for a 90-65 victory over Davidson in the fifth-place game of the Battle 4 Atlantis Friday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,The Bulldogs (7-1) earned their sixth double-digit win this s...
Jaxson Dart, No. 14 Ole Miss fends off Miss. State in Egg Bowl
Jaxson Dart broke Eli Manning's school passing record, Ulysses Bentley IV had the SEC's longest run this season and No. 14 Ole Miss beat visiting Mississippi State 26-14 in Friday's 121st annual Egg Bowl in Oxford, Miss. ,In eclipsing Manning's mark of 10,119 yards set from 2000-03, Dart was 14 of 2...
UCLA bids to bounce back in finale vs. Fresno State
UCLA was hoping its season would last until at least December. ,Unfortunately for the Bruins, they weren't able to secure a bowl berth and their 2024 campaign will conclude on Saturday afternoon with a nonconference game against visiting Fresno State.,UCLA (4-7) needed to win its final two games to ...
After statement win, No. 3 Gonzaga sets sights on Davidson
No. 3 Gonzaga and Davidson were curious about what their responses would be in the wake of disappointing performances during the first day of the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,After strong follow-up performances, the teams will meet in the tournament's fifth-place game on Friday nig...
No. 25 Mississippi State trounces UNLV in Arizona semis
KeShawn Murphy scored 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and No. 25 Mississippi State dominated UNLV inside in an 80-58 victory in the Arizona Tip-Off on Thursday night in Tempe, Ariz.,Josh Hubbard added 11 points before being sidelined by an apparent ankle injury midway through the second half, and ...
Jahmyl Telfort, Butler top Northwestern at Arizona Tip-Off
Jahmyl Telfort scored nine of his 23 points in the final 6:12 to help Butler hold on to a 71-69 victory over Northwestern in an Arizona Tip-Off semifinal Thursday night in Tempe, Ariz.,After Boden Kapke sank a free throw with 5.8 seconds left to give Butler the two-point edge, Brooks Barnhizer drove...
No. 14 Indiana faces No. 3 Gonzaga in consolation round in Bahamas
No. 3 Gonzaga and No. 14 Indiana anticipated a second-round clash in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. But they didn't think it would come in the consolation round.,That's where the two traditional powers landed after both suffered upset losses in the opening round on Wednesday. ,After Louisville m...