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No. 8 Michigan State eyeing magical night vs. Rutgers
Jeremy Fears Jr. is six assists away from passing the most beloved player in Michigan State history.,Fears is on the verge of jetting past Magic Johnson for third place on the school's single-season assists list when the No. 8 Spartans face Rutgers on Wednesday night in Big Ten play at East Lansing,...
Elite field set to battle Bay Hill at Arnold Palmer Invitational
Bay Hill Club and Lodge is a challenging course that tends to separate the wheat from the chaff and produce deserving winners.,Tiger Woods won eight times at the course, after all, and champions from the past 10 years include Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and ...
Heat seeking 2nd win this week against spiraling Nets
With 20 games left in the regular season, the Miami Heat are battling to finish top-six in the Eastern Conference and avoid the play-in round.,On Thursday night, Miami will seek its third straight win and its second in three nights against the visiting Brooklyn Nets. The Heat won 124-98 on Tuesday n...
Momentum top of mind as Magic welcome Mavericks
Paolo Banchero is plotting a playoff push with the Orlando Magic, currently sitting seventh in the Eastern Conference standings and angling to avoid an invitation to the play-in portion of the postseason.,Banchero's hot hand gets put to the test against the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Thursday. The...
Stanford on upswing, seeks revenge on Notre Dame
Stanford seeks its third win in a row when it visits Notre Dame on Wednesday evening in South Bend, Ind.,This marks the second time this season that these foes have faced off. Notre Dame won the low-scoring reverse fixture 47-40 at Stanford on Dec. 30.,The Cardinal (18-11, 7-9 ACC) will be a confide...
Bucks, Hawks do battle in race for play-in spot
With their superstar back in the fold, the Milwaukee Bucks strive to right the ship as they host the Atlanta Hawks in a critical game for both teams Wednesday night.,Giannis Antetokounmpo returned for Milwaukee on Monday after missing 15 games due to a calf injury. Despite that, the Bucks were handl...
Florida State on quest for more road success at Pitt
Florida State has built a reputation as a road warrior.,The Seminoles (15-14, 8-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) have won four straight road games -- their longest streak since the 2018-19 season -- entering their final road game of the season Wednesday against Pitt.,That's part of a larger remarkable r...
Clippers' Bennedict Mathurin out to excel vs. Pacers, his former club
The Los Angeles Clippers' revamped backcourt will be in complete focus Tuesday when it matches up against the Indiana Pacers at Inglewood, Calif., ,The Clippers not only will have Bennedict Mathurin face off against the team that traded him last month, they also will have Darius Garland, who made hi...
Providence out to extend late-season push vs. Marquette
While the season has not gone to plan for Providence, there's been plenty to celebrate lately.,The Friars will put a three-game winning streak on the line Wednesday when they host Marquette.,Providence (14-15, 7-11 Big East) began its streak Feb. 21 at DePaul, took down Xavier at home and narrowly b...
Penn State seeks to spoil Ohio State’s tournament prospects
Penn State looks to finish the regular season strong and continue its role as a spoiler when the Nittany Lions host Ohio State on Wednesday in University Park, Pa.,The Nittany Lions (12-17, 3-15 Big Ten) are last in the conference but didn't play like it in a 71-69 win over Iowa on Saturday. The Haw...
Skidding Indiana aims for turnaround vs. Minnesota
After Indiana absorbed its fourth straight loss Sunday, a 77-64 home decision to Michigan State, leading scorer Lamar Wilkerson dissected his team's woes.,"We're not playing our best," he said. "There are a lot of things we have to fix. We're playing some good teams. We have to find a way to get bac...
No. 22 Miami aims to continue monumental turnaround against SMU
Seedings in the upcoming Atlantic Coast Conference tournament will be in focus when surging No. 22 Miami visits dangerous SMU on Wednesday in a key late-season clash in Dallas.,The Hurricanes (23-6, 12-4 ACC) have won two straight and six of their past seven games. The successful stretch propelled t...
Angling for Big East tourney bye, Creighton closes season at Butler
Creighton is far removed from playing its best basketball of 2025-26, but the team has plenty of incentive to get it in gear heading into its regular-season finale against Butler on Wednesday in Indianapolis.,Despite losing three in a row and eight of their last 10 games, the Bluejays can clinch a f...
Lakers optimistic about ascent as Pelicans pay visit
After getting off to a flying start in their extended run of home games, the Los Angeles Lakers will be out to build some momentum when the New Orleans Pelicans visit on Tuesday.,Luka Doncic and LeBron James were there for the Lakers yet again on Sunday in a commanding 128-104 victory over the Sacra...
Senators cruise into matchup with leaky Oilers at full speed
The Ottawa Senators have seemingly found their game at the right time.,Ottawa enters Tuesday's road tilt with the stumbling Edmonton Oilers at 6-1-1 over their past eight games, most recently ousting their biggest rival.,The Senators dominated the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night, outshooting t...
Auburn, running out of chances to right ship, welcomes LSU
Auburn's latest loss was a lot like the team's past month has gone: It was a missed opportunity.,A matchup with an Ole Miss team on a 10-game losing streak was an opportunity for Auburn to get a better handle on its NCAA Tournament chances that were slipping away.,Instead, it was the game that slipp...
No. 9 Nebraska seeks rare L.A. sweep at UCLA's expense
No. 9 Nebraska will try to pull off a rare feat when it visits UCLA for a Big Ten game on Tuesday night in Los Angeles.,The Cornhuskers (25-4, 14-4) are trying to become the only Big Ten team this season to sweep the LA schools on the road. Non-West Coast teams are 5-8 on the California swing this s...
Utah faces plethora of problems in its game as rival Colorado visits
First-year Utah coach Alex Jensen took one look at the stat sheet Saturday after a 73-60 Big 12 Conference loss at Arizona State and found a reason why his team came up short again.,"It's hard to win when you have a 1-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, especially on the road," Jensen said. "I think it's...
Big 12 tests continue as reeling BYU visits resurgent Cincinnati
The nation's leading scorer will try to shake his team out of a late-season swoon when BYU visits Cincinnati Tuesday night in a Big 12 showdown.,Coming off a 79-71 loss on Saturday at West Virginia, BYU (20-9, 8-8 Big 12) has dropped three of four since losing Richie Saunders and his 18.0 points per...
Louisville, Syracuse desperate to halt late-season slides
Louisville and Syracuse are searching for answers with the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament right around the corner.,The Cardinals host the Orange on Tuesday with both teams looking to break out of a multi-game funk.,Louisville (20-9, 9-7 ACC) dropped out of the AP Top 25 after losing twice last...