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Florida coach Billy Donovan thought his team could be great defensively entering this season. So far the Gators are proving him right. Mike Rosario scored 19 points and Patric Young added 18 as No. 10 Florida cruised to a 68-47 victory over Texas A&M on Thursday night. The Aggies led by...

No. 3 Duke figured the best way to win without Ryan Kelly was to play to its other strengths. That meant Seth Curry hitting from long range and Mason Plumlee converting from much closer. Curry scored 24 points and matched a career high with six 3-pointers in the Blue Devils'...

Michigan brushed off that first loss in style. The Wolverines weren't fazed by another road game in a raucous arena of a highly ranked opponent. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 21 points and Trey Burke had 18 points and nine assists to help No. 5 Michigan stave off No. 9 Minnesota...

Rick Pitino is guessing his Louisville Cardinals won't be the last team to be No. 1 this season. The 15-1 Cardinals took advantage of losses by Duke and Michigan to move up two spots to No. 1 on Monday in The Associated Press' Top 25 poll. This is just the...

Wichita State didn't take care of the ball and Evansville took advantage to hand the 23rd-ranked Shockers their first Missouri Valley Conference loss of the season. The Aces closed the game out by making seven free throws over the final 1:25 on Sunday in their 71-67 victory. "We were sloppy with...

Branden Dawson was crumpled on the ground, clutching his surgically repaired left knee. He bounced back to play again and Derrick Nix scored 17 points to help No. 22 Michigan State pull away for a 66-56 victory over Nebraska on Sunday night. The Spartans -- and Dawson in particular -- held...

A ball that rattled around the rim and bounced out separated Michigan from its first No. 1 ranking in more than 20 years. Point guard Trey Burke's stepback jumper with 17 seconds went down, then came out, leaving No. 2 Michigan on the wrong side of a 56-53 loss...

Miami Hurricanes senior center Reggie Johnson will miss much of the Atlantic Coast Conference season with a broken left thumb. Coach Jim Larranaga says Johnson is expected to be sidelined six to eight weeks. A starter since his sophomore season, Johnson already has missed four games. He has played in seven...

No. 5 Indiana will have freshman forward Jeremy Hollowell back Monday night at Iowa. Athletic director Fred Glass issued a statement Sunday saying the NCAA has cleared Hollowell of any potential infractions. On Friday, Glass said Hollowell and his family notified the school of a potential "compliance issue." Glass says...

Connecticut has given men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie a five-year contract extension worth just more than $7 million that will run through the end of the 2017-18 season. Ollie has demonstrated to UConn that he can coach, lead, coordinate, relate and organize a program. He also has had to ensure his...