As the games turn......

Upset:

Wake Forest over #18 Florida State, 80-72.

Close ones:

#6 Kentucky survived #20 Texas A&M, 65-62.

#11 North Carolina barely made it past North Carolina State, 70-66.

Saint Mary's edged Gonzaga, 54-51.

SMU slipped by Tulane, 62-56.

Solid wins:

#18 South Carolina 64, Vanderbilt 48.

#13 Georgia 95, Alabama 83.

Thrashings:

#9 Tennessee 84, Missouri 39.

#4 Duke 82, Clemson 45.

#10 Maryland 84, Miami 62.

Several West coast games are still in progress, but here's today's scoreboard so far.

Tomorrow night, the Pac-12 is in full effect (!!) Yours truly will be there like the Jackson Five.

Milestones:

Louisiana Tech collected the program's 500th win at home tonight in defeating Texas State.

In last night's victory, UConn set a new program record for most three-point shots in a game: 41.

College bonus:

Penn State's Gizelle Studevent was bullied as a teen. She has begun speaking to middle school students against bullying.

WNBA bonus:

Mike Thibault is settling in to his new job as Washington Mystics coach.