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UK2K!!!
Kentucky’s 2,000th victory looked awfully familiar. All-Time D-I School Victory Leaders School W L T Kentucky 2,000 635 1 North Carolina 1,992 706 0 Kansas 1,980 793 0 Duke 1,886 818 0 Syracuse 1,764 806 0 Temple 1,720 962 0 St. John’s 1,695 869 0 UCLA 1,675 733 0 Notre Dame 1,661 910 1 Pennsylvania 1,658 956 2 DeMarcus Cousins and Patrick Patterson scored 18 points apiece and the third-ranked Wildcats became the first team in NCAA history to reach the 2,000-win plateau with an 88-44 romp over Drexel on Monday night. Kentucky improved to 2,000-635-1 in 107 seasons. North ...
Eight Players Suspended From MSU Team
Michigan State has suspended eight football players in the wake of an assault at a campus residence hall. University police have identified 10 suspects in the Nov. 22 incident and hope to identify five more suspects. Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio last week dismissed sophomore running back Glenn Winston and junior safety Roderick Jenrette from ...
Bruins Hibernating Too Early
On Thursday night, Portland pounded UCLA in the most lopsided loss of Ben Howland’s seven-year tenure in Westwood. Yet after it was over, the question that may dog both programs for the rest of the season is this: Was it a quality win? For the upstart Pilots, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone associated with ...
Study: College Referees Hold Home-Team Bias
They don’t all need glasses. But if you always suspected basketball referees are biased — well, you’re right, according to a couple of professors who’ve studied the matter. Refs favor the home team, the academics say. They’re big on “make-up” calls. They make more calls against teams in the lead, and the discrepancy grows if the ...
Freshman Prospect John Wall Hits Game Winner
Kentucky coach John Calipari looked up at the clock after Miami of Ohio tied the Wildcats (No. 5 ESPN/USA Today, No. 4 AP) with six seconds left and wondered if he should call timeout. John Wall didn’t give him a chance. Fast Facts • John Wall’s buzzer-beater handed Kentucky its 20th straight win over Miami (OH). • Patrick Patterson ...
KANSAS #1 In First NCAA Poll
Pollsters believe Kansas can put its distractions aside and dominate the college basketball world. The Jayhawks topped the preseason ESPN/USA Today Top 25 coaches’ poll, which was released Thursday. Kansas was also No. 1 in The Associated Press’ preseason poll. For the complete ESPN/USA Today poll, click here. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings?pollId=2 “We will have a bull’s-eye on our back,” Kansas coach ...