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Syracuse upsets No. 15 Marquette 70-58
Jan 7 2007 11:47PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Somewhere, Jim Boeheim figured, Al McGuire must be cringing. After his team upset No. 15 Marquette 70-58 on Sunday night, the Syracuse coach fondly recalled a whirlwind tour of Milwaukee that McGuire took him on as a visiting assistant coach in the 1970s.
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Cards 'shocked' at Petrino's departure
Jan 7 2007 11:42PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - When tears filled Louisville coach Bobby Petrino's eyes as he prepared to speak to his players during a team meeting Sunday night, defensive lineman Earl Heyman knew that he was leaving the program.
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Mac Duff joins Mack Brown's Texas staff
Jan 7 2007 11:17PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Larry Mac Duff has joined Texas coach Mack Brown's staff as defensive co-coordinator and assistant head coach after four seasons as the San Francisco 49ers' special teams coordinator.
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No. 2 UNC dominates for 11th in a row
Jan 7 2007 10:15PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - With every three-point play and painful trip to the free-throw line, Tyler Hansbrough powered North Carolina past Florida State. He may have muscled the Tar Heels to No. 1 in the nation, too.
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Anderson, Houston to enter NFL draft
Jan 7 2007 10:09PM (CT)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas defensive end Jamaal Anderson and cornerback Chris Houston will skip their final season of college eligibility to enter the NFL draft, coach Houston Nutt said Sunday.
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Foul play ruled out in kicker's death
Jan 7 2007 9:51PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Foul play probably was not a factor in the death of Southern California kicker Mario Danelo, whose body was found about 120 feet down a rocky cliff, police said Sunday.
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BCS game too big to be called a bowl
Jan 7 2007 9:50PM (CT)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A new era of college football begins Monday night with No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Florida playing a game that's grown too big to be called a bowl. A week after New Year's Day, after all the bowls have been played, the Buckeyes and Gators meet in the first BCS national championship game.
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Fowles lifts LSU over Georgia
Jan 7 2007 8:08PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Sylvia Fowles and LSU made the most of second chances. Kept in check by Georgia in the first half, Fowles came up big with the game on the line, making plays on both ends of the court to give the sixth-ranked Lady Tigers a 57-55 victory Sunday against the 15th-ranked Lady Bulldogs in a Southeastern Conference game.
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No. 9 Kansas rolls to 7th straight win
Jan 7 2007 8:00PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - When Mario Chalmers saw his coach's fire, he couldn't help but pump up his game, too. Chalmers had 19 points and Darrell Arthur added 17 to help the ninth-ranked Jayhawks win their seventh straight with a 70-54 victory over South Carolina on Sunday.
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No. 19 Vols hold off Mississippi State
Jan 7 2007 7:23PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Mississippi State learned that Tennessee's Chris Lofton can score from anywhere on the floor. Lofton scored 11 of his 21 points in the final 6:21 and freshman Duke Crews added a season-high 18 points to help the No. 19 Volunteers open the Southeastern Conference slate with a 92-84 win over the Bulldogs on Sunday.
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Utah hands No. 25 Lobos 49-48 loss
Jan 7 2007 7:17PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Jessica Perry scored 13 points, including the winning basket with 1:34 left in Utah's 49-48 victory over No. 25 New Mexico on Sunday that snapped the Lobos' 35-game home winning streak in Mountain West Conference games.
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Mississippi State upsets No. 20 Arkansas
Jan 7 2007 6:39PM (CT)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Marneshia Richard had 23 points and four steals to lead Mississippi State to an 81-73 victory over No. 20 Arkansas in a Southeastern Conference game Sunday.
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Texas snaps No. 10 Purdue's streak at 7
Jan 7 2007 6:28PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - For a program that counts itself among the nation's elite in women's basketball, Texas' first two matchups this season against Top 10 opponents were complete flops.
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Mississippi upsets No. 11 Vandy 76-66
Jan 7 2007 6:22PM (CT)
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Armintie Price had 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead Mississippi to a 76-66 victory Sunday that snapped No. 11 Vanderbilt's six game winning streak.
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No. 13 Sun Devils snap Huskies' streak
Jan 7 2007 5:17PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Dymond Simon made a free throw with 50.4 seconds left to break a tie and No. 13 Arizona State held off Washington for an 88-83 win Sunday in Pacific 10 Conference play that snapped the Huskies' nine-game winning streak.
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No. 10 Pitt routs South Florida 69-48
Jan 7 2007 5:06PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - This might not be the best Pitt team since the Panthers returned to being a Big East power six years ago. Or the most stylish. It might be the deepest. Pittsburgh overcame another ineffective game by star Aaron Gray, turning to a smaller unit to open an 11-point lead over South Florida in the first half, and the No. 10 Panthers were never pushed after that in a 69-48 victory Sunday.
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LSU forward Glen Davis in car wreck
Jan 7 2007 4:59PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU forward Glen Davis was taken to the hospital for evaluation after being in an automobile accident early Sunday morning just hours after the Tigers' 66-49 victory over Connecticut.
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Caltech's suffering ends with victory
Jan 7 2007 4:35PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Nobody understands the laws of probability better than the cerebral players at Caltech. The Beavers finally won _ their first NCAA basketball victory since 1996.
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No. 3 Duke cruises past Virginia Tech
Jan 7 2007 4:12PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - It may have appeared to some observers that Duke was on top of its game against Virginia Tech. Don't count the Blue Devils' coach among them. Abby Waner and Lindsey Harding scored 20 points apiece in an 86-54 victory over the Hokies on Sunday that kept No. 3 Duke undefeated but with room to improve.
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Police investigate death of USC kicker
Jan 7 2007 11:55AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police said there was no evidence pointing to suicide in the death of Southern California kicker Mario Danelo, whose body was found about 120 feet down a rocky cliff.
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Oregon sends top-ranked UCLA to 1st loss
Jan 7 2007 3:39AM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - In 1974, Ernie Kent played for an Oregon team that upset No. 1 UCLA. Thirty-three years later, Kent sobbed when his Ducks again knocked off the top-ranked Bruins. "This is a together basketball team," the Oregon coach said after the 16th-ranked Ducks handed UCLA its first loss of the season, 68-66 on Saturday. "Their spirit is unbelievable."
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Washington State stuns No. 7 Arizona
Jan 7 2007 3:10AM (CT)
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Washington State had not won an overtime game in eight tries, had not beaten such a highly ranked opponent at home in 24 years, and gave up a 7-point lead in the final minute to force overtime against No. 7 Arizona. No problem for the Cougars, who scored the first six points in overtime and held on to edge Arizona 77-73 in overtime. It was only their second win over the Wildcats in the last 43 meetings.
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No. 14 LSU powers past No. 18 UConn
Jan 7 2007 2:13AM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU's most dominant player got some peace of mind from what he saw while sitting on the bench, then returned to help the Tigers finish off Connecticut.
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No. 21 Nevada rolls over Idaho 81-55
Jan 7 2007 12:41AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Nick Fazekas wasn't concerned about coming out flat after a weeklong layoff since No. 21 Nevada's last game. Marcelus Kemp scored 22 points and Fazekas added 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead the three-time defending Western Athletic Conference champions to an 81-55 victory over Idaho on Saturday night.
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Acie Law helps No. 11 Aggies hold on
Jan 7 2007 12:31AM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Acie Law just wanted another chance. After missing two free throws with 19 seconds left that would have secured No. 11 Texas A&M's win, Law got his chance and made two from the line with 7 seconds to go to help the Aggies beat Kansas State 69-65 on Saturday night.
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