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01/08/12--16:01: Mississippi State Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) (chan 1685546)

After opening SEC play on the road, Mississippi State will play a welcome pair of home games in its next conference outings.

The Bulldogs, who carried a No. 15 ranking into Arkansas, where they were spanked 98-88, will host Tennessee and Alabama in their next two games before hitting the road again at instate rival Ole Miss.

Getting back to Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville could be what juniors Arnett Moulrie and Renardo Sidney need to get back on their game.

State's two big men struggled with foul troubles against the Razorbacks, combining for 15 points and 14 rebounds in the loss.

Moultrie accounted for the bulk of those totals with nine points and 10 rebounds before fouling out after playing 29 minutes.

Sidney, who didn't start, had only six points...


01/26/12--13:15: No. 14 Florida rallies past Mississippi (AP) (chan 1685546)



Florida's Kenny Boynton had read his scouting report on Mississippi. The synopsis: The Rebels play defense, but can't shoot. That proved true -- eventually. The 14th-ranked Gators clawed back from a double-digit first-half deficit to beat Mississippi 64-60 on Thursday night. Patric Young scored 15 points and Boynton added 12 as Florida won for the sixth time in seven games.





01/26/12--13:51: Zeller's 21 and 17 lift No. 7 Tar Heels (AP) (chan 1685546)



North Carolina had a new lineup and North Carolina State had a different look as a confident team that started the week tied for the Atlantic Coast Conference lead. Yet the latest meeting of longtime rivals ended up just like about all the others in the past five years. Tyler Zeller had 21 points and a career-best 17 rebounds to help the seventh-ranked Tar Heels beat the Wolfpack 74-55 on Thursday...





01/26/12--15:08: No. 19 Virginia pulls away from BC (AP) (chan 1685546)



By the time Sammy Zeglinski made his first 3-pointer in two games, giving No. 19 Virginia a 57-46 lead over Boston College on Thursday night, the Cavaliers seemed to have the game against the Eagles in hand. Still, it was the return of Zeglinski and the long ball that drew the biggest roars from the crowd during the game, and perhaps brought out the biggest smiles from the players after the 66-49...





01/26/12--15:12: Surging Badgers beat slumping Hoosiers (AP) (chan 1685546)



Wisconsin had already bounced back from its rough start in the Big Ten. Now Jordan Taylor and the 25th-ranked Badgers know they can win even on a bad shooting night. Despite going 4 for 17 from 3-point range, Wisconsin fell back on its defense to beat No. 16 Indiana 57-50 on Thursday. Ben Brust scored 13 points and Ryan Evans added 12 for the Badgers (17-5, 6-3), who have won their past five games --...





01/26/12--16:45: Saint Mary's wins 11th straight vs. LMU (AP) (chan 1685546)

Regardless of what Loyola Marymount threw at No. 21 Saint Mary's, the Gaels had all the answers. Stephen Holt scored 19 points to lead Saint Mary's to a 71-64 victory on Thursday night. "That's just the kind of team we are," Holt said. "Tonight just happened to be my night but we have a lot of veterans on this team who can step up.


01/26/12--20:19: No. 2 Mizzou looks to rebound from upset (AP) (chan 1685546)

Frank Haith said it best the day Missouri rose to No. 2. No one big victory would define the team, nor would one tough loss. The coach could not have anticipated those words to be tested so soon with one of the school's most impressive victories in recent seasons followed by an excruciating setback.


01/27/12--03:58: Miami extends Larranaga's deal into 2019 (AP) (chan 1685546)

Jim Larranaga has received a three-year extension from Miami, keeping him under contract at the school through April 30, 2019. The school announced the deal Friday. Larranaga is 11-7 so far in his first season with the Hurricanes. In a release distributed by the school, Larranaga says he is thrilled about the "extension and the commitment it shows to our program." Larranaga is on pace for...


01/27/12--10:53: Medical issue ends Cremins' season (AP) (chan 1685546)

Bobby Cremins' assistant says the veteran basketball coach hasn't looked well the past few weeks and Friday evening the College of Charleston announced Cremins will miss the rest of the season because of a medical problem. Yet, Mark Byington -- who will take over as the Cougars' coach -- was still surprised when the 64-year-old Cremins called him Friday morning with the news.


01/27/12--12:23: Harvard rolls to fifth straight win (AP) (chan 1685546)

Laurent Rivard scored 18 points and Harvard routed Yale 65-35 on Friday night for its fifth straight win. Harvard led 30-19 and used a 15-4 run to take a 48-27 lead after a Rivard layup with 10:44 remaining. The Crimson ended the game on a 10-3 run for the final margin. It was the lowest point total for Yale, which came in averaging 75.4 points per game, since scoring 35 in a loss to Princeton on...