The group met each other playing on the Illinois State Rugby team.

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Alec Novotney's 22 points gave him exactly 1,000 for his career as Marquette took down Henry-Senachwine 60-40.

Auburn and Duke remain 1-2 atop The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the third straight week.

The college basketball regular season has now reached February, meaning the time to make a statement for the NCAA Tournament selection committee is beginning to ...

Here’s where the Nebraska, Creighton and Omaha men and women landed in the NCAA's latest NET rankings: As of the morning of ...

Men’s college basketball and Illini beat writer Scott Richey projects his top four seeds for each region of the NCAA ...

Aday Mara has also been a season-changer for Mick Cronin. In his past five games, Mara is averaging 11.8 points, 5.8 rebounds ...

Under new coach Ray Lewis, Alton High's boys bowling team had a memorable season, winning the Marquette Catholic Sectional ...

Finally, St. John's pulled the trigger. And now, in Year 2 under Pitino, the Red Storm are 20-3 overall, 11-1 in the Big East ...

No. 14 Kentucky (15-6) at No. 25 Mississippi (16-6), 7 p.m. No. 20 Arizona (15-6) at BYU (15-6), 11 p.m. No. 21 Wisconsin (17-5) vs. Indiana (14-8), 9 p.m. No. 2 Duke (19-2) at Syracuse (10-12), 7 p.m ...

14. Marquette (18-4) falls seven spots after winning at Butler and losing to UConn. Next: a big game Tuesday at St. John's and a big game Sat. at Creighton. 15. Arizona (15-6) moves up four spots ...