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February 22nd, 2012 
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UConn basketball coach Jim Calhoun will undergo surgery next week to address a lower back condition and he will miss the Huskies’ next two games. The university said Wednesday the status of the Hall of Fame coach, who has been on a medical leave of absence since Feb. 3, will then be evaluated on “a day-to-day basis.” Calhoun is expected to be hospitalized for one or two nights and…
No. 1 Kentucky rallies to beat Miss. St. (AP)
February 21st, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Top News ncaab No Comments
Compared to the rest of Kentucky’s roster, Darius Miller is a dinosaur. But the 6-foot-8 senior guard does bring the Wildcats some experience and toughness, and he scored all of his 12 points in the final eight minutes to help No. 1 Kentucky climb out of a halftime hole to beat Mississippi State 73-64 on Tuesday night.
Kansas State upsets No. 3 Missouri again (AP)
February 21st, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Top News ncaab No Comments
Forget any talk of Kansas State as a team teetering on the NCAA Tournament bubble. After yet another convincing win over a Top 20 team, the Wildcats’ bubble has burst — and coach Frank Martin couldn’t be happier. Rodney McGruder scored 24 points as Kansas State upset No. 3 Missouri 78-68 Tuesday night, the Wildcats’ second win this season over the Tigers and their first at Mizzou Arena…
Seton Hall knocks off No. 9 Hoyas 73-55 (AP)
February 21st, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Top News ncaab No Comments
Jordan Theodore started talking about his last chance to play in an NCAA tournament in the preseason. The senior guard wants desperately to be part of the field of 68. On Tuesday night, he was nearly perfect in helping Seton Hall get the signature win it needed for its NCAA tournament resume. He had a career-high 29 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including making all five 3-point attempts, in a 73-55…
Fans rally around Gugliotta, Corchiani (AP)
February 21st, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Top News ncaab No Comments
All eyes at North Carolina State’s arena once again were on Tom Gugliotta and Chris Corchiani. This time, nobody wanted them to leave. Three days after they were ejected from the stands by an official during a game, Gugliotta and Corchiani returned to the RBC Center to cheers from a passionate fan base that has insisted the players’ treatment was unjust.
UConn tops ‘Nova on late 29-footer in OT (AP)
February 20th, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Top News ncaab No Comments
Shabazz Napier swished a 29-footer with 0.6 seconds left in overtime, and Jeremy Lamb scored a career-high 32 points to help Connecticut stun Villanova 73-70 Monday night. Ty Johnson appeared to send the game to double OT on his tying layup for Villanova off a missed UConn free throw. But Napier, who questioned the heart of his teammates after a loss Saturday at Marquette, hit the pull-up 3 and got…
Alabama suspends F Mitchell for season (AP)
February 20th, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Top News ncaab No Comments
Alabama coach Anthony Grant suspended junior forward Tony Mitchell for the rest of the season on Monday but cleared senior JaMychal Green to return to practice. Grant said earlier Monday he didn’t expect either to play Thursday night at Arkansas. He didn’t elaborate on his decisions or a timeline for Green to return to game action in a brief statement released by Alabama, and hasn’t…
Kentucky, Syracuse stay 1-2 in AP poll (AP)
February 20th, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Top News ncaab No Comments
Kentucky and Syracuse are 1-2 in The Associated Press Top 25 for a fourth straight week. The Wildcats, who have been No. 1 for five consecutive weeks and seven overall, were again a runaway choice Monday with 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. Syracuse, which spent six weeks at No.
Spartans stay in Big Ten driver’s seat (AP)
February 19th, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Top News ncaab No Comments
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo called out his star player at halftime Sunday. Draymond Green’s response exceeded even Izzo’s expectations. Green scored 20 points, had 10 rebounds, seven assists and almost single-handedly shut down Purdue’s Robbie Hummel in the second half, leading No. 7 Michigan State to a key 76-62 victory over the short-handed Boilermakers.
No. 2 Syracuse tops Rutgers, now 27-1 (AP)
February 19th, 2012 Yahoo! Sports - Top News ncaab No Comments
There’s no list on any bulletin board designating which Syracuse player should be the one to make the big play. The second-ranked Orange seem to be a team very comfortable with its depth and lack of star power and they looked that way in a 74-64 victory over Rutgers on Sunday. It may have been the third close game for Syracuse in the last four, but they have all been wins and this one makes it…
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