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No. 22 Miami's 24 wins in Jai Lucas' head coaching debut match its most ever in a regular season
Miami coach Jai Lucas likes the confidence and belief that the No. 22 Hurricanes have brought into March of his first season with them.
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Diallo and Steinbach each have career highs to lead Washington over USC 91-72
Wiggins, Jones lead Florida State attack in fending off Pitt down the stretch in 75-74 win
Okorie, Dent-Smith lead Stanford over Notre Dame 86-78
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Carrington scores 18 points to lead Wisconsin's 78-45 throttling of Maryland
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Flemings, Sharp lead No. 7 Houston past Baylor 77-64
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Davis earned third career double-double for Kansas women in 56-35 win over UCF

C.J. Cox rallies No. 15 Purdue past Nick Martinelli and Northwestern 70-66
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Austin scores 14 in 4th quarter, Alabama women beat Missouri 65-48 at SEC Tournament
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More college basketball
Fiso scores 20, Etute adds double-double and Oregon dumps Purdue 82-64 at women's Big Ten Tournament

St. John's in position to clinch top seed in Big East Tournament

No. 25 Saint Louis beats Loyola Chicago 79-65 to earn top seed in A-10 tourney
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Ames, Dort continue Cal's surge with 79-65 win over Georgia Tech
Mobley scores 28 points for Ohio State in 94-62 win over Penn State

No. 22 Miami wins 77-69 at SMU to ensure double bye in ACC Tournament
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Acuff and Brazile lead No. 20 Arkansas past Texas 105-85 to clinch double bye in SEC Tournament
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Heloisa Carrera scores 16 points, hits big jumper to lift Arizona State women over Arizona 54-51

Fight at Coastal Carolina, South Alabama women's Sun Belt game injures ref, results in 8 ejections
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Indiana hits 10 3-pointers, routs Minnesota 77-47 to end 4-game skid
Khady Leye sinks winning layup in Auburn women's 50-49 win over Texas A&M
Wallace, Jackson help Illinois women beat Wisconsin 82-70 at Big Ten Tournament
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Colorado extends women's basketball coach JR Payne through 2031
Foster scores 18 and Moon 17 in Georgia Tech women's 72-60 win over Florida State at ACC Tournament
Ciezki scores 22, Indiana women rally from 20-point deficit, beat Nebraska at Big Ten tourney
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Four in double figures as BYU women hold off Houston 76-66 for 1st Big 12 Tournament win
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NCAA Tournament teams face fines starting at $10K if they fail to file player availability report
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McGill and O'Neal each score 22, Florida women beat Mississippi State at SEC Tournament
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Sakima Walker's double-double leads way for Cal women in 75-52 win over Wake Forest at ACC Tourney
Kansas State women set Big 12 Tournament record with 17 3s in 91-66 win over Cincinnati in 1st round

UNC has 40 years of history in its Smith Center home. Deciding what's next is proving complicated
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Kyle has double-double, Kimpson scores 7 in OT and Miami women beat Stanford in ACC Tournament 83-76
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No. 17 Kentucky women begin the SEC Tournament with a 94-64 victory over Arkansas
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The Golden Era: Todd Golden reaches 100 wins faster than any coach in Florida history
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Mick Cronin urges allowing schools to exceed the $20.5M revenue-sharing cap to retain players
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UCLA beats No. 9 Nebraska, cruising 72-52 to snap the Cornhuskers' 3-game streak

Arizona State beats No. 14 Kansas 70-60 in Hurley's potential home finale
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Hurley goes out a winner in what could be his final home game at Arizona State
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Pettiford, Auburn fill the stat box in 88-74 win over LSU to end two-game skid

Tyler Tanner's big overtime leads No. 24 Vanderbilt past Mississippi, 89-86
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Andrej Stojakovic scores 21 points, No. 11 Illinois beats Oregon 80-54
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Cincinnati jumps out early, beats BYU 90-68
Dak's career-high 22 points and career-high 10 rebounds help Colorado withstand Utah in 92-78 win
Ryan Conwell scores 23 points and Louisville tops Syracuse 77-62
Zuby in spotlight, before & after game
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Lawal scores 20 in Virginia Tech's 72-63 win over Boston College
Minus lead scorer Haggerty, McGriff and Johnson help Kansas State hold off West Virginia 65-63
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Georgia likely locks up another NCAA trip behind big game from Kanon Catchings
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No. 19 Miami of Ohio beats Toledo 74-72, extends season-opening winning streak to 30 games
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Roy and Clary lead Oklahoma State over UCF, 111-104 in OT
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No. 5 Florida closes out home schedule with a 34-point drubbing of Mississippi State
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Ejiofor leads Senior Night comeback as No. 18 St. John's tops Georgetown 72-69 at MSG
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Griffen scores 21, Dominguez 17 and Texas A&M tops Kentucky 96-85
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TCU's Xavier Edmonds has double-double in NCAA bid-boosting 73-65 win at No. 10 Texas Tech
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Jones scores 13, 3 others score 12 as Oklahoma defeats Mizzou 80-64

Bogavac's late scoring powers No. 17 North Carolina to a 67-63 win over Clemson
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No. 13 Virginia wraps up No. 2 seed in ACC with 75-70 win over Wake Forest
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Catchings scores career-high 32 points, Georgia ends No. 16 Alabama's winning streak 98-88
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Estrella and Okpara lead No. 23 Tennessee to dominant 78-59 win over South Carolina
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Florida leading scorer Thomas Haugh sits out home finale as a precaution
Area colleges
Rubin: Pitino criticizes St. John's, wants school to retire more player jerseys
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3 takeaways from St. John's win over Villanova
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Rubin: St. John's follows 32-point loss to UConn with 32-point win over 'Nova
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Second-half run carries Hofstra past Stony Brook
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Pitino dons his white suit for White-Out game vs. Villanova at MSG
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Rubin: Storm gets great 'D' from Mitchell but needs more offense
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Stony Brook women's lacrosse hosts hundreds of youth girls players
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Rubin: Red Storm need quick rebound vs. Villanova
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