EAST LANSING, Mich. — Keith Appling bounced back in time to give No. 10 Michigan State a chance to share the Big Ten regular-season title.
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When Quintrell Thomas transferred to UNLV from Kansas, his college basketball goals were greater than being a part-time starter over three seasons. But he’s not about to walk away disappointed. Thomas will be honored Saturday with seniors Justin Hawkins and Anthony Marshall before the Rebels’ regular-season finale.
As the winds of change swirled around college athletics last year, Brigham Young basketball coach Dave Rose shielded his program and rode out the storm inside the cavernous Marriott Center on the school’s Provo, Utah, campus.
On the day Gonzaga was ranked No. 1 for the first time, it was reported that coach Mark Few had gone fishing. Maybe that was true.
RENO — New Mexico coach Steve Alford didn’t know what to expect from his 12th-ranked Lobos against UNR, given that they had already clinched their fourth Mountain West Conference regular-season title in five years and were playing the league’s last-place team.
A celebration was in order, but Loyola Marymount coach Max Good would have none of it.
Kelli Thompson had 27 points, and Rejane Verin piled up 26 points and 19 rebounds as the UNLV women’s basketball team pulled away late to beat Boise State 70-60 on Wednesday night at Boise, Idaho.
UNLV’s basketball team will take its 68-64 victory against Boise State on Tuesday night and not apologize.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — No. 14 Ohio State crashed No. 2 Indiana’s big party plans Tuesday night.
This year’s West Coast Conference tournament has a different feel. A feeling of invincibility.
It was not Anthony Marshall’s final regular-season home game, so there was no ceremony to honor UNLV’s three seniors, but he decided to make it his night anyway.
MINNEAPOLIS — Alonzo Mourning never did it. Shaquille O’Neal didn’t, either. Even Dwyane Wade had never won 15 games in a row as a member of the Miami Heat.
SPOKANE, Wash. — The to-do list for Gonzaga’s basketball team got shorter Monday: For the first time, the Zags were ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll.
NEW YORK — LeBron James stretched his arm above the rim, soaring high on a shaky knee and turning his steal into a finishing dunk as Carmelo Anthony hung his head near midcourt.
LOS ANGELES — Tyler Haws scored 24 points, and Brandon Davies and Matt Carlino added 11 each as Brigham Young defeated Loyola Marymount 73-70 in a West Coast Conference game Saturday night.
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