Sunday's Top 25 action. No. 25 USC 71 COLORADO 68 Chimezie Metu hit a turnaround jumper with 34 seconds left in the game, and the USC Trojans held on to defeat the Colorado Buffaloes, 69-68. Despite going 3-19 (15.8 percent) from three, nearly 20 percent below their season average of 36.6 percent, the Trojans outlasted the Buffaloes for the win. Metu paced the … [Read more...] about No. 25 USC survives Colorado
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Turnovers key; No. 14 Louisville tops No. 7 Duke
Saturday's Top 25 action. No. 14 LOUISVILLE 78 No. 7 DUKE 69 Ray Spalding scored five points during a 9-0 run early in the second half for the Louisville Cardinals to take the lead over the Duke Blue Devils, which they did not surrender. The Blue Devils entered the game averaging 11.6 turnovers per game and turned the ball over a season-high 18 times. Anas Mahmoud … [Read more...] about Turnovers key; No. 14 Louisville tops No. 7 Duke
No. 20 Irish snap Miami home streak
Thursday's Top 25 action. No. 20 NOTRE DAME 67 MIAMI 62 Steve Vasturia drove into the paint and got a tough layup to go with 11 seconds remaining to secure a Notre Dame Fighting Irish win. The loss ended Miami's 21-game win streak at home. Despite shooting 25 percent from three, more than 15 percent below their 17th ranked average (40.2 percent), the Irish outlasted … [Read more...] about No. 20 Irish snap Miami home streak
Louisville holds off Pitt
Roundup of Wednesday's Top 25 action. No. 14 LOUISVILLE 85 PITTSBURGH 80 Quentin Snider scored 22 points and handed out five assists as the Cardinals held off a second-half Pittsburgh surge. Snider connected on 7 of 11 from the floor including three of four from behind the arc. Pitt's Jamel Artis tallied 43 points, the second-highest single game total in school … [Read more...] about Louisville holds off Pitt
No. 10 WVU knocks off No. 1 Baylor
Tuesday night's Top 25 action. No. 10 WEST VIRGINIA 89 No. 1 BAYLOR 68 Behind a 50-point second half, the West Virginia Mountaineers went wire-to-wire to upset the top-ranked Baylor Bears. West Virginia, ranked number one in the country forcing more than 24 turnovers per game, converted 29 Baylor mishandles into 29 points. Nathan Adrian led the Mountaineers with a … [Read more...] about No. 10 WVU knocks off No. 1 Baylor