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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — No. 3 Michigan captured the Big Ten regular season championship Friday night with an 84-70 victory over No. 10 Illinois, securing the program’s first outright conference title since 2014 in a defining road performance. The Wolverines improved to 27-2 overall and 17-1 in Big Ten play, setting a new school record for conference wins in a single season. Illinois dropped to 22-7 and 13-5, absorbing its fourth loss in six games as the regular season enters its fi

MORGANTOWN, W.Va . — West Virginia delivered a critical late season result Saturday night, defeating No. 19 BYU 79-71 to halt a three game skid and reshape the latest Big 12 timeline. The Mountaineers improved to 17-12 overall and 8-8 in conference play, while BYU fell to 20-9 and 8-8 after its second consecutive loss and eighth defeat in 12 games. The outcome tightens the middle tier of the Big 12 standings as teams jockey for conference tournament seeding. Honor Huff led We

CLEMSON, S.C. — Robert McCray V scored 29 points, including Florida State’s final 10, to lift the Seminoles to a 70-65 road victory over Clemson on Saturday night in a tightly contested ACC matchup defined by 22 lead changes. The breaking update extends Florida State’s recent surge, as the Seminoles improved to 14-13 overall and 7-7 in conference play, winning seven of their past nine games. Clemson, which began ACC competition 10-1, dropped its fourth straight contest and fe

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Henri Veesaar scored 19 points in his return to the starting lineup as No. 16 North Carolina secured a 77-64 road win over Syracuse on Saturday, delivering a critical ACC result after a difficult stretch. The breaking update stabilizes North Carolina’s season outlook following a 24 point loss at North Carolina State earlier in the week and reinforces the Tar Heels’ positioning in the NCAA tournament race. Veesaar, a 7 foot center averaging 16.4 points and 9.0

WASHINGTON — Cameron Boozer scored 18 points as No. 3 Duke defeated No. 1 Michigan 68-63 on Saturday night at Capital One Arena, handing the Wolverines their first loss in 11 games and reshaping the national title outlook in a matchup that carried Final Four implications. The breaking update reverberated across the college basketball landscape. Michigan entered the night atop the AP Top 25 after replacing Arizona earlier in the week, but Duke’s execution in the final minutes

LAWRENCE, Kan. — In a breaking update that reshaped the national landscape, No. 9 Kansas handed top ranked and previously unbeaten Arizona its first loss of the season with an 82 to 78 victory Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse, ending one of the longest winning streaks in Division I men’s basketball. Arizona arrived in Lawrence riding a 23 game winning streak and holding a 23 and 1 overall record with a 10 and 1 mark in Big 12 play. Only Miami of Ohio entered the night with a