COLLEGE BASKETBALL-BIG 12 TOURNAMENT Bears, Cowboys reach semis KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Second-ranked Baylor and No. 12 Oklahoma State both survived close calls before earning the right to square off in the Big 12 semifinals. The Bears advanced by holding off Kansas State, 74-68. MaCio Teague scored 24 points and Davion Mitchell had 23, but Baylor couldn’t pull away…
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-BIG 12 TOURNAMENT Bears, Cowboys reach semis KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Second-ranked Baylor and No. 12 Oklahoma State both survived close calls before earning the right to square off in the Big 12 semifinals. The Bears advanced by holding off Kansas State, 74-68. MaCio Teague scored 24 points and Davion Mitchell had 23, but Baylor couldn’t pull away…
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-TOURNAMENTS No. 12 Okla St beats No. 10 West Virginia UNDATED (AP) — No. 12 Oklahoma State escaped with a 72-69 win over No. 10 West Virginia in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals. Avery Anderson III hit the go-ahead bucket for the Cowboys with less than a minute to go, and Sean McNeil’s tying 3-pointer came a split-second after…
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-TOURNAMENTS No. 12 Okla St beats No. 10 West Virginia UNDATED (AP) — No. 12 Oklahoma State escaped with a 72-69 win over No. 10 West Virginia in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals. Avery Anderson III hit the go-ahead bucket for the Cowboys with less than a minute to go, and Sean McNeil’s tying 3-pointer came a split-second after…
No. 6 seed UMass Lowell (11-11, 10-8) vs. No. 4 seed Hartford (14-8, 11-6) America East Conference Tourney Championship, Chase Family Arena, West Hartford, Connecticut; Saturday, 11 a.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UMass Lowell and Hartford are set to do battle in the Championship of the America East tournament. The teams split the regular season series at one win apiece. The…
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-ACC-DUKE WITHDRAWS Duke pulls out of ACC Tournament, NCAA streak in jeopardy GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Duke has pulled out of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament because of a positive coronavirus test and the resulting quarantining and contact tracing. The ACC announced that the Blue Devils’ quarterfinal game with Florida State scheduled for Thursday night has been canceled. That…
NBA-SCHEDULE Mavs win Texas turf war UNDATED (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks are looking like a stronger team as Luka Doncic (DAHN’-chihch) gets used to playing with Kristaps Porzingis (KRIHS’-tahps pohr-ZIHN’-gihs). Doncic had a triple-double and the Mavericks closed on a 17-4 run to beat the Spurs, 115-104. Doncic finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for his…
NBA-SCHEDULE Mavs win Texas turf war UNDATED (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks are looking like a stronger team as Luka Doncic (DAHN’-chihch) gets used to playing with Kristaps Porzingis (KRIHS’-tahps pohr-ZIHN’-gihs). Doncic had a triple-double and the Mavericks closed on a 17-4 run to beat the Spurs, 115-104. Doncic finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for his…
Miami (10-16, 6-15) vs. No. 4 seed Georgia Tech (15-8, 11-6) Atlantic Coast Conference Tourney Quarterfinals, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina; Thursday, 2:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Miami is set to face off against Georgia Tech in the ACC tournament quarterfinals. The only meeting between the teams this season came on Feb. 20, when the Yellow Jackets outshot Miami 57.1…
Oklahoma (15-9, 10-8) vs. No. 2 seed Kansas (19-8, 12-6) Big 12 Conference Tourney Quarterfinals, T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: A spot in the Big 12 semifinals is up for grabs as Oklahoma and Kansas prepare to do battle. The teams split the regular season series at one win apiece. The teams last met…
