The contenders are starting to shine

Today's results:

No. 1 UConn 104, Xavier 39

No. 3 UCLA 99, No. 14 Tennessee 77

No. 4 Texas 81, Penn 63

No. 9 Oklahoma 109, Florida State 91

No. 10 Iowa State 106, Indiana 95.......Audi Crooks went off for a career and school-high 47 points for the Cyclones

No. 11 Iowa 86, Fairfield 72

No. 15 Baylor 76, Grambling 35

No. 20 Michigan State 72, Clemson 64

No. 23 Louisville 100, Bellarmine 37

Harvard 69, Arkansas 51

Montana State 71, Colorado 70

Oregon 58, Auburn 53

Mississippi State 66, UL Monroe 54

Ohio State 130, Niagara 32

Gonzaga 65, Marquette 61

Princeton 71, DePaul 41

All scores

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College team news:

Struggles deepen for Duke after back-to-back losses to ranked opponents.

Chugging toward the end of week 4

Today's results:

No. 3 LSU 112, Washington State 35

No. 12 North Carolina 80, Columbia 63

No. 13 Ole Miss 81, Georgia Tech 67

No. 17 Vanderbilt 84, BYU 71

No. 23 Louisville 88, East Tennessee State 50

No. 24 Oklahoma State 87, Miami 84

South Dakota State 82, Kansas State 70

Dayton 59, Kansas 58

Stanford 62, Colorado State 60

Virginia Tech 78, Oregon State 67

Utah 78, Montana 38

Arizona State 85, Southeast Missouri State 56

Florida 65, Georgia Tech 56

James Madison 69, Wisconsin 50

St. John's 84, Memphis 73

All scores

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College coach news:

Kelsi Musick is pleased with Arkansas' buy-in.

No rocking the boat today

Upset-less results:

No. 5 LSU 113, Marist 53

No. 8 TCU 82, UAB 61

No. 9 Oklahoma 100, Coppin State 46

No. 10 Iowa State 84, Marquette 73

No. 12 North Carolina 85, Kansas State 73

No. 13 Ole Miss 65, Wisconsin 56

No. 16 Kentucky 101, Morgan State 39

No. 18 USC 82, Pepperdine 52

No. 20 Michigan State 85, Temple 50

No. 22 Washington 67, UC San Diego 50

No. 23 Louisville 91, Eastern Illinois 38

No. 24 Oklahoma State 74, Charlotte 65

No. 25 NC State 110, Southern Miss 56

Indiana 76, Gonzaga 72

FGCU 66, Stanford 62

Georgia 68, Kansas 62

St. John's 77, Georgia Tech 75

Columbia 80, South Dakota State 67

Arizona State 59, Little Rock 41

Missouri 73, Bradley 66

Miami 83, George Washington 77

Florida State 85, Missouri State 75

UNLV 62, Northern Iowa 56

Rutgers 79, Northeastern 56

All scores

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College team news:

With tonight's win, LSU became the first NCAA team to score 100 points in seven consecutive games.

College player news:

Why do some players transfer several times? It's not necessarily the money.

College coach news:

What Dawn Staley said after South Carolina's loss to Texas.

Turkey times

Upset:

 

No. 4 Texas knocked off No. 2 South Carolina, 66-64.

 

More results:

 

No. 3 UCLA 89, Duke 59

 

No. 7 Maryland 95, Hofstra 38

 

No. 8 TCU 68, Richmond 52 

 

No. 12 North Carolina 83, South Dakota State 48

 

No. 17 Vanderbilt 88, Oregon State 66 

 

No. 25 NC State 79, Green Bay 67

 

Oregon 84, Old Dominion 46

 

Kansas State 95, Columbia 92

 

BYU 64, Virginia Tech 60

 

All scores

 

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College player news:

 

Sarah Strong is on pace for a record-breaking sophomore season. 

Pre-holiday upsets

Upsets:

 

No. 4 Texas ran away from No. 3 UCLA, 76-65.

 

Ohio State upended No. 21 West Virginia, 83-81. 

 

More results:

 

No. 2 South Carolina 83, Duke 66

 

No. 6 Michigan 102, Detroit Mercy 53

 

No. 7 Maryland 74, No. 16 Kentucky 66

 

No. 15 Baylor 75, Louisiana Tech 46

 

Alabama 63, Minnesota 58

 

Auburn 58, Cal 50

 

Utah 65, Weber State 52 

 

Princeton 67, Rhode Island 59

 

UNLV 76, Creighton 67

 

South Florida 56, Harvard 54

 

Arkansas 73, Southern Illinois 63 

 

Rice 75, Illinois State 72 (OT)

 

UTSA 65, Grand Canyon 64

 

All scores 

 

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College player news:

 

How counting rocks made Gianna Kneepkens a star.

 

NCAA news:

 

The NCAA has proposed shortening the transfer window from 30 to 15 days.

Some telling results

Today's results:

 

No. 18 USC 85, Tennessee Tech 44

 

No. 22 Washington 66, Southern 40

 

Indiana 82, Florida Gulf Coast 64

 

Oregon 71, St. Mary's 53

 

Mississippi State 69, Middle Tennessee 47

 

Texas A&M 59, Colorado 46

 

Nebraska 91, Virginia 82

 

Arizona State 81, Utah Tech 54 

 

Fairfield 79, New Haven 60 

 

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No surprises

Today's results:

 

 No. 13 Ole Miss 102, Longwood 50

 

 No. 19 Notre Dame 83, Central Michigan 51

 

No. 21 West Virginia 83, McNeese 63

 

No. 24 Oklahoma State 98, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 45

 

UT Arlington 61, Texas A&M 60

 

Ohio State 68, Belmont 56

 

Mississippi State 65, Alcorn State 51

 

Minnesota 57, South Florida 45

 

Auburn 59, UTSA 52

 

Nebraska 80, Purdue Fort Wayne 57

 

Alabama 80, Harvard 60

 

Colorado 69, VCU 58

 

Cal 68, Grand Canyon 63

 

All scores

 

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College team news:

 

Everybody eats at LSU, which is gorging right now. 

 

USA Basketball news:

 

The December training camp roster is out. 

Top 6 stays the same, but fluctuation is the game in AP top 25 poll

This week's AP top 25 poll:

 

1. UConn

2. South Carolina

3. UCLA

4. Texas

5.  LSU

6. Michigan

7. Maryland

8. TCU

9. Oklahoma

10. Iowa State

11. Iowa

12. North Carolina

13. Ole Miss

14. Tennessee

15. Baylor

16. Kentucky

17. Vanderbilt

18. USC

19. Notre Dame

20. Michigan State

21. West Virginia

22. Washington

23. Louisville

24. Oklahoma State

25.  NC State

Thanksgiving game week begins

Upset:

Rhode Island knocked down No. 16 NC State, 68-63.

More results:

No. 1 UConn 93, Utah 41

No. 2 South Carolina 121, Queens University 49

No. 3 UCLA 88, Southern 37

No. 6 Michigan 81, Syracuse 55

No. 9 Maryland 84, George Mason 62

No. 10 TCU 93, UT Rio Grande 57

No. 12 Iowa State 112, Mercyhurst 62

No. 14 North Carolina 94, UNC Greensboro 48

No. 15 Tennessee 88, Coppin State 35

No. 17 Vanderbilt 99, Tennessee State 43

No. 22 Michigan State 102, Oakland 41

No. 25 Washington 71, Vermont 39

Stanford 98, Lehigh 43

James Madison 65, Virginia Tech 56

Kansas 86, Oral Roberts 75

Missouri 71, Washington State 54

Oregon 70, Utah State 34

Princeton 81, Maryland Eastern Shore 62

Illinois 86, Florida State 63

Georgia 87, Georgia Tech 59

Oregon State 71, Long Beach State 55

All scores

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College player news:

Azzi Fudd was a can't-miss star, who had to prove herself again.

College coach news:

Q&A with ASU coach Molly Miller.

WNBA news:

The Wings won the draft lottery for the second year in a row.

Many close games

Today's results:

No. 7 Baylor 74, Davidson 72 (OT)

No. 19 Iowa 64, Miami 61

No. 20 Kentucky 72, No. 21 Louisville 62

Green Bay 47, Kansas State 44

Arizona State 56, UNLV 53

Princeton 100, Penn State 93

Colorado 71, UT Arlington 60

UMass 61, Boston College 52

BYU 79, Weber State 62

All scores

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