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| No. 13 Memphis beats Chattanooga 83-71 (AP) |
| Doneal Mack scored 19 points and Shawn Taggart notched a double-double for Memphis in an 83-71 win against Chattanooga in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Thursday night. Mack was 5-for-9 from 3-point range, and Taggart scored 16 points and 11 rebounds for the No. 13 Tigers (3-0) in the win. Mack and Taggart also added two blocks and three steals each. |
| Louisville happy to have Clark back (AP) |
| Less than two weeks after bolting for the pros last spring, Earl Clark made one last call to Louisville coach Rick Pitino. "I asked him if I could come back, that I thought I wasn't ready yet," Clark said. And Pitino's response? "He just asked how fast could I get back to campus," Clark said with a laugh. |
| Tar Heels F Zeller likely out for season (AP) |
| Top-ranked North Carolina's unmatched depth just got a little thinner. The school said freshman 7-footer Tyler Zeller will likely miss the rest of the season with a broken left wrist he suffered late in Tuesday night's win against Kentucky. Zeller had surgery Wednesday to repair fractures in two places, a recovery that normally would take 12 to 16 weeks. |
| No. 5 Spartans survive scare from IPFW (AP) |
| IPFW slowed the game down and for a while No. 5 Michigan State couldn't keep up. After finishing with a flourish in the first half to open an eight-point halftime lead, the Spartans (2-0) came out in the second half making just 1-of-10 shots, falling behind twice by three points against methodical IPFW (0-2). |
| 3 Hall of Fame coaches receive awards (AP) |
| The room at Madison Square Garden was overflowing with people honoring three award recipients. It wasn't long before another name dominated the proceedings, someone who passed away 38 years ago but whose impact was overpowering. Pat Summitt, Dean Smith and Lou Carnesecca, all Hall of Fame coaches, were presented the inaugural Joe Lapchick Character Awards on Thursday. |
| Arlington, Houston awarded Final Fours (AP) |
| Jerry Jones envisions thousands of college students and fans filling the three-acre plazas at either end of the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, having a good time and creating home-court environments for their respective teams. "This is going to be the largest-attended basketball game in the history of this sport," the Cowboys owner said Wednesday after the stadium was awarded the 2014 NCAA men's... |
| Teague's 31 power No. 20 Wake Forest (AP) |
Jeff Teague and James Johnson knew North Carolina-Wilmington wanted to turn the game into a fast-paced, never-stop-shooting romp. That suited Wake Forest's sophomore duo just fine. Teague scored a career-high 31 points while Johnson added 25 to help the 20th-ranked Demon Deacons beat the Seahawks 120-88 on Wednesday night, an offensive performance that ranked among the program's best.
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| No. 23 Villanova holds off pesky Niagara (AP) |
| Battered, bruised and worn down, Villanova found a way to keep its home winning streak going. Up ahead for the No. 23 Wildcats is a needed break. Scottie Reynolds scored 19 points, Corey Fisher had 15 and Reggie Redding 14 to lead banged-up Villanova past pesky Niagara, 77-62 on Wednesday night. "I was happy we kind of gutted it out," coach Jay Wright said. |
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