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2007-2008 College Basketball Season Thread

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College basketball roundup
Kansas holds on

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:08 AM



Associated Press
No. 3 Kansas 71, Georgia Tech 66 -- Russell Robinson scored 17 points for Kansas, which survived a last-minute scare and beat Georgia Tech last night in Atlanta.

Robinson became the seventh different leading scorer in 11 games for the Jayhawks (11-0).
Georgia Tech (4-5) staged a strong rally after trailing by 13 points, getting as close as one with nine seconds left.

No. 4 Texas 66, Oral Roberts 56 -- D.J. Augustin scored 24 points and Texas (11-0) survived its toughest home game this season, outlasting Oral Roberts (6-4) in Austin.

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Rose's 26 fuel Memphis victory

Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:18 AM



Associated Press
No. 2 Memphis 79, Cincinnati 69 -- Freshman guard Derrick Rose scored a career-high 26 points last night, steadying Memphis against host Cincinnati.
Memphis improved to 9-0 for the first time since 1985-86, when the Tigers won their first 20 games, a school record. This one didn't come easily.
Struggling Cincinnati (4-6) kept it close by taking advantage of two second-half technical fouls. Deonta Vaughn scored 20 points for the Bearcats, who are off to their worst start in 22 years.

No. 1 North Carolina 88, Nicholls State 78 -- Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 points and showed no ill effects from a weekend concussion in helping North Carolina (10-0) beat Nicholls State (4-8) in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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College basketball roundup: Clemson dominates inside against DePaul

Saturday, December 22, 2007 3:09 AM



ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Brennan LinsleyAssociated Press
Clemson's Raymond Sykes grabs a rebound in a game against De Paul in the San Juan Shootout in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.



No. 15 Clemson 90, DePaul 74 -- The size of Clemson proved too much for DePaul.
Trevor Booker had 18 points and 10 rebounds to help the Tigers (10-0) beat the Blue Demons (2-7) yesterday in the San Juan Shootout in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
"We didn't have an answer for Booker," DePaul coach Jerry Wainwright said. "We physically were overpowered. I thought they absolutely manhandled us at every position."
Booker, who went 10 of 12 from the free throw line, was one of six players to score in double figures for the Tigers, who got 15 points from Cliff Hammonds and 14 from Demontez Stitt.

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MAC/Ohio roundup
Tennessee's big finish derails Xavier

Sunday, December 23, 2007 3:17 AM



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Orlin WagnerAssociated Press
Darnell Jackson, left, and Sasha Kaun of Kansas have the upper hand on Miami's Adam Fletcher while pursuing a rebound during the second half.



No. 12 Tennessee 82, Xavier 75 -- J.P. Prince scored a career-high 23 points yesterday and Tyler Smith led a late surge that rallied Tennessee past Xavier in Cincinnati to its sixth straight win.
Smith had six points in a closing 13-2 run that sealed a back-and-forth game, and he finished with 12 overall. Prince, playing in his third game since transferring from Arizona, was 9 of 14 from the field against a defense stacked to take away the three-pointer.

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College basketball roundup: No. 1 North Carolina remains undefeated

Friday, December 28, 2007 3:17 AM


Tyler Hansbrough scored 26 points and Wayne Ellington scored a career-high 23 to help No. 1 North Carolina beat Nevada 106-70 last night in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Ty Lawson had 16 points and a career-best 10 assists for the Tar Heels (12-0), who ran off 19 straight points spanning halftime.

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College basketball roundup: Xavier back on winning track with rout at home

Saturday, December 29, 2007 3:02 AM



Associated Press
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David Kohl Associated Press
Stanley Burrell of Xavier shoots over Delaware State defender Kyle White.



Xavier 65, Delaware State 33 -- Jason Love had 10 points and nine rebounds in his first career start yesterday, helping Xavier recover from back-to-back losses by blasting Delaware State in Cincinnati.
Derrick Brown scored 13 points to lead the Musketeers (9-3).
Delaware State (3-8) is the defending three-time Mid-Eastern Atlantic champion but was held to its lowest point total in nearly 26 years.

No. 16 Butler 57, Southern Illinois 55 -- A.J. Graves sank a long three-point shot at the buzzer to lift Butler over Southern Illinois in Carbondale, Ill.

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Dayton 80 #6 Pittsburgh 55 (Final)

Don't know if anybody watched this game on ESPN 2, but Dayton looked really fantastic. I can't recall them every looking that well, both on defense and offense. There may be quite a few teams from Ohio that don't just make the NCAA tournament, but make some noise in it.
 
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Ohio / Mac roundup
Roberts' 31 lead Dayton to big upset

Sunday, December 30, 2007 3:50 AM



Associated Press
Dayton 80, No. 6 Pittsburgh 55 -- Brian Roberts scored 31 points and Dayton upset visiting Pittsburgh last night, extending the Flyers' winning streak to 10 and handing the Panthers their first loss of the season.

Pittsburgh (11-1) had no answer for Roberts, who got repeated open looks and took full advantage. Marcus Johnson had 15 points and Kurt Huelsman 12 for the Flyers.
Dayton (11-1) also hit 22 of 28 free throws and outrebounded the Panthers 41-34.

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College basketball roundup: North Carolina rides 27-2 run past Valpo

Monday, December 31, 2007 2:52 AM



WIRE SERVICES

No. 1 North Carolina 90, Valparaiso 58 -- Danny Green tied his career high with 20 points and sparked the decisive second-half spurt to help North Carolina beat Valparaiso last night in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Jarryd Loyd scored 14 of his 24 points in the first half for Valparaiso (10-3), which erased an early 19-2 deficit to tie the score at 37-all early in the second half.

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College basketball roundup: Xavier hits 100 again vs. another solid foe

Friday, January 4, 2008 3:14 AM




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Al Behrman Associated Press
Xavier's Drew Lavender shoots over Virginia's Sean Singletary. Lavender had 13 points and eight assists in the Musketeers' 108-70 romp.



Xavier 108, Virginia 70 -- Point guard Drew Lavender, a Brookhaven graduate, led a relentlessly balanced offense that scored 61 points in the first half last night in Xavier's second straight dominating win in Cincinnati.

The Musketeers (11-3) opened with their biggest first half in 15 years. Overall, they tied a school record by making 16 three-pointers and had seven players in double figures for the second straight game.

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