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In Cup action, Magic out to stay hot vs. slumping 76ers
The Orlando Magic ride a four-game winning streak into their NBA Cup East Group A matchup at home on Friday with the visiting Philadelphia 76ers.,Orlando dropped five straight, including the first four of the eight games All-Star forward Paolo Banchero has missed due to a torn right oblique. The Mag...
UCLA aims to curtail turnover issues against Lehigh
UCLA continues a six-game homestand in Los Angeles on Friday, hosting Lehigh for their first-ever meeting. ,The Bruins (2-1) fell out of the AP Top 25 poll after a 72-64 loss to New Mexico in Henderson, Nev., on Nov. 8, but rebounded emphatically with a 71-40 rout of Boston University on Monday. ,UC...
DePaul (3-0) confident, not taking Duquesne lightly
DePaul secured its two latest victories with relative ease, collecting consecutive wins by at least 30 points for the first time since 1999-2000.,With 2024 NCAA Tournament team Duquesne up next for the host Blue Demons on Friday, players realize they can't get too rowdy about these runaways.,"Man, y...
Pacers set for NBA Cup opener vs. shaky Heat
The Miami Heat will try to break free from their recent doldrums, while the host Indiana Pacers will look to add some zest to their offense in Friday's NBA Cup group-play game at Indianapolis.,The Heat are 0-1 in NBA Cup East: Group B play, while the Pacers will be playing their first game of the in...
In neutral-court game, Iowa expects fan advantage over Washington State
After watching Josh Dix score 23 points on just 10 shot attempts Tuesday night in a 96-77 rout of South Dakota, Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was full of praise for the 6-foot-6 guard.,"Josh seemed like he made every shot," McCaffery said. "When he gets going early, he's a handful. We started going to h...
West Virginia, Pitt ready to brawl
The Backyard Brawl continues on the basketball court Friday night in Pittsburgh, giving the Panthers the chance to win the rivalry game against West Virginia in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2012. ,This year's edition of the historic series that dates back to the 1905-06 season featur...
Georgia, Georgia Tech reach milestone 200th game in rivalry
Longtime basketball rivals Georgia and Georgia Tech did not face each other during the recent Peach State Classic, but their paths will cross Friday night in Atlanta.,Georgia Tech will welcome the undefeated Bulldogs to campus, where events will include the Yellow Jackets retiring Dennis Scott's jer...
BC bids to cut down on mistakes in encounter vs. Temple
Boston College takes its home floor for the second time this season Friday when undefeated Temple pays a visit to Chestnut Hill, Mass.,The Eagles (1-1) have not won any of the four all-time meetings between the programs -- this is the first since 2003 -- and look to bounce back from losing 80-55 to ...
Virginia, Villanova show resilience in early going
After easing into its sudden new era, Virginia's first true test has arrived.,The Cavaliers (2-0) will aim to remain undefeated under interim coach Ron Sanchez when they battle Villanova on Friday at the Hall of Fame Series in Baltimore.,Sanchez is still less than a month into his new role. He was e...
Virginia Tech's defense, Penn State's balanced offense to clash
Virginia Tech coach Mike Young said his team's defense took "a quantum leap forward" in Monday's 58-52 victory over Winthrop.,Given who's next on the Hokies' schedule, that leap came just in time. ,Virginia Tech (3-0) will try to slow down Penn State's high-powered offense on Friday when the teams m...
TCU, Michigan meet in game decades in the making
It's been nearly 62 years since TCU and Michigan met in men's basketball. But Friday, the two finally will play again, meeting in Ann Arbor, Mich., with each looking for a key non-conference win.,Michigan won that only other matchup, winning 82-60 on Dec. 13, 1962. Friday's game will be the first of...
Auburn preps for ULM balancing QB limbo, 'big picture'
Mired in a difficult second season in eastern Alabama, Auburn coach Hugh Freeze received more bad news ahead of Saturday's non-conference finale against the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks.,Payton Thorne, Freeze's starting senior quarterback, missed practice during the bye week and might not be available ...
Sharpshooting Buckeyes launch into Top 25 rematch with Texas A&M
Texas A&M is bracing for a major test with Ohio State arriving Friday night for a matchup of Top 25 teams in College Station.,Texas A&M (2-1) dropped from No. 13 to 23 in the Associated Press poll after a season-opening upset loss at UCF. The Aggies regrouped quickly over their past two games. The A...
No. 9 Arizona, Wisconsin vie to stay unbeaten
Ninth-ranked Arizona scored a pair of lopsided victories before packing for a tougher challenge: tackling undefeated Wisconsin in a non-conference game Friday night in Madison, Wis.,The Wildcats (2-0), opened with a 93-64 victory over Canisius, then routed Old Dominion 102-44 on Saturday.,"I think w...
No. 24 Rutgers meets Monmouth, seeks improvement on defense
Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell said he doesn't know if heralded freshman Ace Bailey, who is recovering from a hip injury, will make his debut Friday evening.,With or without Bailey, though, Pikiell knows the Scarlet Knights need to improve defensively. ,No. 24 Rutgers will look to conclude a season-ope...
No. 20 Florida focuses on business ahead of Florida State game
The focus for No. 20 Florida will be on Florida State when the two 3-0 teams square off Friday night in Tallahassee.,And that's just where head coach Todd Golden wants it.,The attention around the program over the past week has focused on the news of a Title IX investigation into Golden following al...
No. 15 Marquette heads to Maryland, looks to find 3-point range
Torturing teams from beyond the arc is something Marquette has prided itself on since Shaka Smart took over as coach ahead of the 2021-22 campaign. ,Smart's 15th-ranked Golden Eagles have been struggling from downtown to start this season, but they'll have a chance to find their 3-point stroke Frida...
Streaks at stake, No. 2 Alabama visits No. 13 Purdue
Alabama may be higher ranked but Purdue is the team better positioned to win when two of the top programs clash on Friday night in West Lafayette, Ind.,The No. 2 Crimson Tide (3-0) arrive looking to upend the Boilermakers' streak of 38 straight regular-season nonconference victories, the fifth-longe...
No. 10 North Carolina vies to rebound from tough loss in clash vs. American
No. 10 North Carolina and American probably don't have much in common at this stage of the season, although both teams are counting on what they learned from recent losses to aid them in the future.,The teams will meet in a non-conference game Friday night in Chapel Hill, N.C.,North Carolina (1-1) w...
UMass Lowell's tall task: Tame No. 4 Gonzaga
The schedule for the UMass Lowell men's basketball team is going from 0 to 60 mph in a blur.,After opening the season with a victory against NCAA Division III Rivier, the River Hawks defeated Saint Peter's -- a team that made the NCAA Tournament last season -- by an 81-74 decision last Friday.,Next ...