MEN Wright, Alvarado lead Ga Tech past No. 16 Florida St 76-65
Moses Wright scored 23 points, Jose Alvarado, who had 21 points. Yellow Jackets (8-5, 4-3) never trailed in the second half and snapped a two-game losing streak. Gray was the Seminoles (10-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) only scorer in double figures. Scottie Barnes had nine points.
No. 20 Va. Tech rallies in 2nd half, beats No. 8 Virginia
Keve Aluma scored a career-high 29 points on 10 of 15 shots from the floor, including two 3-pointers, to help the Hokies (13-3, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) rally from a 10-point deficit in the second half. Jay Huff paced Cavaliers (11-3, 7-1) with 13 points. The Cavaliers saw their seven-game winning streak and 15-game ACC winning streak halted.
Hauser, Murphy lead No. 14 Virginia past NC State, 64-57 Sam Hauser and Trey Murphy III each scored 18 points for the Cavaliers (12-3, 8-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Jericole Hellums poured in 23 points before fouling out for the Wolfpack (7-7, 3-6), which won just one game in January.
Johnson ends slump, Pitt tops No. 16 Virginia Tech 83-72
Removed from the starting lineup for the first time all season, Johnson scored 32 points to lead the Panthers (9-5, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference). Keve Aluma scored 30 points on 10-of-16 shooting, including 4 of 6 from long range, for the Hokies (13-4, 7-3).
Should Duke or North Carolina feel more desperate? This season's first installment of North Carolina-Duke is meaningful in a way this rivalry usually isn't, both teams actually need this game to bolster tenuous NCAA tournament cases. Who do you think should feel more desperate for a win here?
Kansas Jayhawks drop out of AP Top 25 for first time in 12 years Gonzaga and Boylor held down the top two spots, just as they have all season, with the Bulldogs getting 55 of 63 first-place votes and the Bears getting the other eight. Michigan took advantage of Villanova's loss at St. John's to jump into the top three, rival Ohio State climbed three spots to No. 4 and the Wildcats rounded out the top five.
ACC Top-25:
No.9: Virginia (13 - 3)
No.17: Florida State (10 - 3)
No.18: Virginia Tech (14 - 4)
MEN Murphy, Clark lead No. 9 Virginia past Georgia Tech 57-49
Trey Murphy III scored 18 points and Clark added 14 all in the second half as The Cavaliers (14-3, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) finished on a 16-5 run in a game that was tight most of the way. Alvarado scored 18 points to lead The Yellow Jackets (9-7, 5-5), which was held to 18-of-50 (36%) shooting overall.
Gonzaga, Baylor sit atop men's basketball Top 25; Big Ten rounds out top five The voters in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll are lined up with the committee that will select the NCAA tournament field when it comes to which five teams are the nation's best. Agreeing on the order beyond that isn't as simple. Top-ranked Gonzagz and No. 2 Baylor remained atop Monday's latest AP Top 25, where they have been for all 13 polls this season. And after Illnois rose one spot to No. 5, that put the top of the AP poll in sync with the intial ranking of the top 16 seeds released Saturday by the NCAA Division I men's basketball committee.
The ACC Top-25:
No.7: Virginia (15 - 3)
No.16: Florida State (11 - 3)
No.18: Virginia Tech (14 - 4)
UConn the new No. 1, South Carolina falls to No. 2 in AP women's basketball poll UConn is back in a familiar spot: at No. 1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll. For the ninth consecutive season, the Huskies have reached the pinnacle of the women's AP Top 25, receiving 26 first-place votes from a 30-member national media panel Monday. Coach Geno Auriemma's team beat previous No. 1 South Carolina in overtime a week ago in a 1-vs.-2 matchup. The Gamecocks fell one spot to second in the poll. They received two first-place votes. This is the third consecutive week there has been a different No. 1 team in the poll. That hadn't happened since 2012-13, when Stanford, UConn and Baylor each took a turn in the top spot. There haven't been four straight weeks with different No. 1s since 2004. Louisville, North Carolina State and Texas A&M round out the top five teams. The Aggies flipped places with Stanford. Texas A&M (19-1) has gone 7-0 against ranked teams this year.
MEN No. 16 Florida St routs No. 7 Virginia 81-60 in ACC showdown
M.J. Walker scored 17 points, RaiQuan Gray had 15 points for the Seminoles (12-3, 8-2). Florida State has won 24 consecutive ACC home games. Trey Murphy III had 13 points and Kihel Clark added 12 in the second half for The Cavaliers (15-4, 11-2), which had won four in a row.
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Notre Dame (8 - 8) at No.4 NC State (13 - 2) postponed
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