Austin Rivers and his Duke teammates kept hanging around, doing just enough to keep North Carolina from blowing the game open until the Tar Heels finally gave them an opening. The freshman took advantage, burying a shot that will live on in the lore of this fierce rivalry. Rivers hit a 3-pointer at the horn to give the No. Memphis accepts invite to Big East (AP) The Big East has acquired all the pieces needed to build a new coast-to-coast conference. Putting them all together, though, is going to take a while. The conference wanted to rebuild itself into a 12-team football league that can hold a championship game, and Memphis officially became that 12th member on Wednesday when it accepted an invite it has...... No. 7 Kansas rolls at No. 6 Baylor 68-54 (AP)
Whatever Tyshawn Taylor and the rest of his Kansas teammates did to motivate 7-foot Jeff Withey certainly worked. "In practice every day, punching him in his chest, jumping on him, trying to get him fired up," Taylor said. "He came out and played amazing." Withey, coming of a scoreless game, rebounded with a career-high 25 points for the seventh-ra...... No. 2 Syracuse beats No. 12 Hoyas in OT (AP)
Who says Syracuse doesn't have a go-to guy? Kris Joseph scored a career-high 29 points, including the decisive 3-pointer in overtime, and Syracuse beat No. 12 Georgetown 64-61 on Wednesday night to give coach Jim Boeheim his 880th career win. Joseph finished with a career-high six 3-pointers on 11 attempts after going 0 for 8 in the previous three ...... UConn proposes penalties, no tourney ban (AP) The University of Connecticut has proposed reducing the number of games it will play next season if the NCAA grants a waiver to allow the Huskies to play in the 2013 men's basketball tournament. The school currently would be barred from the NCAA tournament, a penalty for years of below-standard academic results, but it requested a waiver last month...... No. 11 Spartans win, face Buckeyes next (AP)
Michigan State went to its go-to player when it needed him to dash Penn State's comeback hopes. Draymond Green had 23 points and 12 rebounds and made some timely shots to help the 11th-ranked Spartans pull away from the Nittany Lions in a 77-57 win Wednesday night. "He's supposed to do that," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. BC ends No. 15 Seminoles' 7-game streak (AP)
No. 15 Florida State thought too much of itself as it climbed to the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference and not enough of a scrappy Boston College team that had lost six in a row. "Starting off the game, what we did, not respecting that team -- we weren't as focused as we should have been and that caught up with us at the end of the game," guard ...... Wichita State grabs Missouri Valley lead (AP) Joe Ragland scored 19 points, leading four Wichita State players in double figures, and the Shockers beat Northern Iowa 82-57 Wednesday night. Ragland was 5 of 7 from 3-point range and David Kyles had 16 points, making all five of his shots from the field including four 3-pointers, for Wichita State (21-4, 12-2). No. 19 Virginia cruises by Wake Forest (AP)
Virginia coach Tony Bennett didn't need to call a single timeout. That's how smoothly the No. 19 Cavaliers 68-44 win over Wake Forest went on Wednesday night. "They were efficient," coach Tony Bennett said "The ball was moving from side to side. Guys were screening and getting people open. No. 22 Michigan wins 62-46 at Nebraska (AP)
Michigan came to Lincoln looking to take out some frustration on Nebraska after its ugly loss at Michigan State. "Before the game I was thinking how badly we wanted to win by 20-plus," guard Stu Douglass said after the Wolverines' 62-46 win on Wednesday night. "We didn't have that, but we were up by that. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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