College

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Jack Cooley hit the deck for a loose ball and fell into the padding below the basket, but the bruises couldn’t slow down the 6-foot-9 Irish forward Saturday against DePaul.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Adreian Payne scored 15 points, Draymond Green had 12 and defense-minded No. 11 Michigan State beat No. 3 Ohio State 58-48 Saturday night, ending the Buckeyes’ 39-game home winning streak.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Seth Tuttle had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Jacobs grad Johnny Moran added 16 points – including four 3-pointers – and Northern Iowa rolled to a 78-63 victory over Illinois State on Saturday night.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – As legendary women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt’s role with Tennessee seems to be diminishing, her 11th-ranked Volunteers continue to struggle.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. – Jerry Sandusky walked out of a courthouse Friday where a judge was considering whether to let him see his relatives and friends while he awaits trial on child sex-abuse charges and told reporters Friday he felt people have turned on him.
After a strong high school track and field career at Marian Central, Amy Miskowicz gave up the sport to become a student at McHenry County College.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Illinois coach Bruce Weber is tired of watching his team self-destruct in close games.
EVANSTON – Opponents know they need to focus on John Shurna and Drew Crawford when they play Northwestern. They might want to pay attention to Dave Sobolewski too.
MURRAY, Ky. – Robert Covington had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Tennessee State to a 72-68 victory over No. 9 Murray State on Thursday night, handing the Racers their first loss of the season.
MINNEAPOLIS – Jordan Taylor and the Wisconsin Badgers watched their shooting touch abandon them during a frantic rally by border-state rival Minnesota.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Freshman Austin Rivers buried a three-pointer at the horn to give No. 10 Duke an 85-84 win over No. 5 North Carolina on Wednesday night.
The Big East has acquired all the pieces needed to build a new coast-to-coast conference. Putting them all together, though, will take a while.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Prosecutors asked Tuesday to have Jerry Sandusky kept indoors as part of his bail conditions, citing complaints that the former Penn State assistant football coach was seen outside and watching children in a schoolyard from the back porch of his home, where he remains under house arrest while awaiting trial on child molestation charges.
Memphis is the latest school to sign up for a spot in the new Big East.
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski says his team’s recent problems stem from a lack of attention to detail and effort.
ROSEMONT – Darius Johnson-Odom scored 23 points, and Jamil Wilson added 18 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 18 Marquette to an 89-76 victory over DePaul on Monday.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — John Shurna scored 24 points to lead Northwestern past Illinois 74-70 on Sunday.
Halfway through the Big Ten Conference basketball season, Illinois built a foundation for another berth in the NCAA Tournament.
CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Bearcats were desperate to snap a three-game losing streak going into their Big East game Saturday against DePaul. They finally played like it in the second half.
MADISON, Wis. – Jared Sullinger wore out Wisconsin. Then William Buford put the Badgers away.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Marcus Denmon hit three three-pointers in the final 2:05, the last for the go-ahead points, as No. 4 Missouri fought off No. 8 Kansas, 74-71, on Saturday night.
CARBONDALE – Jeff Early stole the ball and sank a free throw with 2 seconds left, sending Southern Illinois to a 53-52 victory over Evansville on Saturday.
STORRS, Conn. – UConn’s Jim Calhoun doesn’t mince words when it comes to his health.
EVANSTON – Drew Crawford hopes an ugly trend of losing close games changed Thursday night.
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Austin Rivers scored 18 points, Ryan Kelly had 15, and No. 7 Duke used a late first-half run to open a double-digit lead it never relinquished in a 75-60 win against Virginia Tech on Thursday night.
OMAHA, Neb. – Doug McDermott scored 17 of his 25 points in the first half to lead six Creighton players in double figures, and the 13th-ranked Bluejays rode a fast start to a 102-74 victory over Illinois State on Wednesday night.
ROSEMONT – DePaul learned the hard way Wednesday night just how dangerous St. John’s freshman guard D’Angelo Harrison becomes when he gets hot behind the three-point line.
DeKALB – Northern Illinois football coach Dave Doeren said he hoped five to seven of the men who committed to the Huskies will play as freshmen.
CHAMPAIGN – In a game in which neither team made even one-third of its shots, it seemed right the deciding free throws would be followed by a few more misses.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Freshman Anthony Davis had 18 points, eight rebounds and seven blocked shots as No. 1 Kentucky beat Tennessee, 69-44, on Tuesday night to extend the Wildcats’ home winning streak to 48 games.

Reader Poll

What's the key to a successful relationship?

Mutual respect
Trust
Communication
Leaving the toilet seat down