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Hunter Sallis out to lead Wake Forest to season sweep of Stanford
Stanford gets an opportunity to exact a measure of revenge for the first time in its Atlantic Coast Conference lifetime when the Cardinal host Wake Forest on Wednesday night.,Hunter Sallis got the better of fellow All-ACC first-team candidate Maxime Raynaud when the Demon Deacons (16-6, 8-3 ACC) dea...

Suns' Kevin Durant chasing 30K points entering game vs. Thunder
Kevin Durant reached plenty of milestones during his time in Oklahoma City.,On Wednesday, the Phoenix Suns' star has a chance to achieve another significant one in the arena where he spent eight seasons -- if he happens to play in the game.,Durant enters the Suns' matchup with the Oklahoma City Thun...

Georgia hopes to heat up at home against skidding LSU
Striving to remain on the right side of the bubble, Georgia hosts LSU on Wednesday in Southeastern Conference play in Athens, Ga.,The Bulldogs (15-7, 3-6 SEC) currently are among the "last four in" and "last four byes" in CBS Sports' and ESPN's respective bracketology updates. After wins over then-N...

Texas, Arkansas renew rivalry as conference foes
Texas and Arkansas renew their rivalry as conference opponents for the first time in 35 years when they square off on Wednesday in a Southeastern Conference game in Austin, Texas.,Both teams carry momentum from huge victories on Saturday as they try to turn around ragged starts in the SEC gauntlet. ...

Nuggets look for sweep of Pelicans in finale of two-game set
With Thursday's trade deadline fast approaching, the Denver Nuggets will face the visiting New Orleans Pelicans for the second time in three nights when the teams collide on Wednesday. ,The Nuggets opened the two-game set with New Orleans with a 125-113 victory on Monday night. Denver didn't have Ru...

Colorado desperate to end 10-game slide on trip to Utah
Amid difficult seasons, both Colorado and Utah will aim to get back in the win column when they face each other Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.,The visiting Buffaloes (9-12, 0-10 Big 12) hope to earn their first conference win against their old Pac-12 rival, while the Utes (12-9, 4-6) want to bou...

Coach Steve Kerr motivates Warriors, with lowly Jazz up next
Golden State coach Steve Kerr will have a new clipboard when his team travels to Salt Lake City for Wednesday's game against the Utah Jazz.,Upset about how his team was playing against the Orlando Magic, Kerr took out his frustrations on his clipboard during a first-half timeout. The outburst seemed...

Villanova seeks rise in Big East standings, takes on DePaul
Two struggling Big East squads will battle Wednesday in Chicago as Villanova looks to its formidable one-two punch of Eric Dixon and Wooga Poplar when it faces DePaul.,Dixon is the NCAA's leading scorer through Monday at 24.2 points per game. Miami transfer Poplar is fresh off a 24-point performance...

SMU thriving in ACC entering matchup vs. Virginia Tech
In its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, SMU quietly sits in the top third of the standings after they were picked to finish 13th in the 18-team league.,The Mustangs (17-5, 8-3) have done it by handling the ACC teams that are struggling. And in a down year for the league, that list is l...

Sooners shoot for upset at No. 1 Auburn
Oklahoma faces a tough road test as it looks to pull off its second consecutive Top 25 upset on Tuesday at No. 1 Auburn.,The Sooners (16-5, 3-5 SEC) dominated then-No. 24 Vanderbilt in a 97-67 blowout on Saturday in Norman. Freshman guard Jeremiah Fears racked up 21 points while Oklahoma's top score...

Cincinnati, UCF try to shake out of slumps
Wednesday marks the lone regular-season meeting between Cincinnati and UCF as the slumping Big 12 foes square off in Orlando, Fla.,The former American Athletic Conference rivals are halfway through their second seasons in the rugged Big 12, where wins continue to be difficult to come by.,UCF (13-8, ...

TCU, West Virginia mirror each other's seasons heading into matchup
Since the start of January, TCU and West Virginia have been on the same roller coaster ride in the Big 12 Conference.,After the teams opened the month win-loss-win-loss-win, both suffered three-game losing streaks before rebounding with victories on Sunday.,It's an unusual confluence of nine matchin...

Creighton eyes 8th staight win, sweep of Providence
After a thrilling seventh straight win last time out, Creighton bids to continue its recent Big East success when it travels to Providence to complete the teams' regular-season series on Wednesday evening.,The Bluejays (16-6, 9-2) were 62-60 winners Saturday at Villanova, overcoming 18 turnovers and...

Butler, Seton Hall out to salvage something from disappointing seasons
Two teams on losing skids search for a much-needed win when Seton Hall plays host to Butler on Wednesday night in Newark, N.J.,Butler (9-13, 2-9 Big East) is in ninth place in the conference and has lost 12 of its last 14 games. Seton Hall (6-16, 1-10) is in last place and its current seven-game los...

Raptors hope to avert 2nd straight season sweep by Knicks
The Raptors will look to continue on their roll and avoid being swept in their season series with the New York Knicks on Tuesday night in Toronto.,The Knicks have won the first three contests of the four games between the teams this season and have defeated the Raptors in seven straight meetings ove...

Pacers seek seventh straight road win vs. red-hot Trail Blazers
The Indiana Pacers are vying to match the longest road winning streak in franchise history, but Portland isn't the ideal place to attempt this feat.,Not just because the red-hot Trail Blazers have won four straight games and eight of nine entering Tuesday's matchup, but also because the Pacers have ...

Kansas State on the rise ahead of visit to Arizona State
Kansas State and Arizona State head into their game Tuesday night in Tempe, Ariz., coming off very different outcomes against two of the top teams in the Big 12 on Saturday.,Kansas State (10-11, 4-6 Big 12) increased its winning streak to three games, upsetting then-No. 3 Iowa State 80-61 on Saturda...

Clemson, riding win streak, faces short-handed Georgia Tech
Still on the outside looking in on the AP Top 25, Clemson brings its six-game winning streak into a Tuesday matchup with visiting Georgia Tech.,The Tigers (18-4, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) received 182 votes in the Monday poll, placing them as the first team out of the rankings, despite four co...

Xavier, Georgetown in must-win mode to keep at-large hopes alive
Two teams with hopes of making a push for postseason play meet Tuesday night when Xavier hosts Georgetown in Cincinnati.,The Musketeers (13-9, 5-6 Big East) are coming off an 86-77 loss to Creighton on Wednesday and have had five days of rest to prepare for their first of nine remaining regular-seas...

Florida St. hosts Notre Dame in wake of coach's resignation news
Notre Dame and Florida State each hit low points in their respective seasons this past weekend.,When the teams clash on Tuesday night in Tallahassee, Fla., it will be the Seminoles' first game since longtime coach Leonard Hamilton announced that he will resign at season's end.,Hamilton, 76, is in hi...