– San Francisco throttled the Academy of Art 74-23.
– Wisconsin escaped Iona by 2 in overtime. The Badgers managed only 7 assists compared to 19 turnovers.
–Duke put Michigan in their place with a 71-56 win in the Finals of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. Kyle Singler had 15 points and 10 boards.
–Xavier’s Dante Jackson hits half court shot with time expiring to beat the Virginia Tech Hokies. Jackson was 1-9 from the field.

–The Rollins College Tars (DII) disposed of Wisconsin-Green Bay by 17.
–Tyler Hansbrough returned from injury and scored 13 in a UNC victory …read more

I’m sure the 2K Sports Classic people didn’t expect the Michigan Wolverines to, dare I say, dominate the UCLA Bruins when setting up the brackets for this tourney.
Yeah I said it, DOMINATE.
– 17 UCLA turnovers mostly caused by Michigan’s feisty 1-3-1 zone defense
– DeShawn Sims abused the UCLA bigs all game long (by the way, keep Sims coming off the bench Beilein, it’s working)
– 8th grader Stu Douglass had his coming out party with 10 points and 5 feeds
– Darren Collison and Josh Shipp combined for 10 turnovers and only 1 three pointer
– Nikola Dragovic felt compelled to launch shots …read more

Who knew that both USC and UCLA would both suffer upsets on the same night?
The fourth ranked Bruins were shown up by the Michigan Wolverines 55-52 in the semifinals of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer at Madison Square Garden in New York City a few minutes ago.
Junior forward DeShawn Sims led all scorers with 18 points for Michigan and teammate Manny Harris was held to just 15.
Darren Collison and freshman Jrue Holiday had 13 points each for UCLA. Collison missed a three-pointer with five seconds to go that sealed the win for the Wolverines.
Michigan will play Duke …read more

Boy! Bobby Knight sure had me excited and parents of potential recruits terrified when he talked about possibly coming back to coaching a few weeks ago.
But parents can rest easy now and I’ll have to look for another form of college basketball coaching entertainment.
According to the Associated Press and of course ESPN.com, Knight signed a deal today to be be a permanent analyst and commentator for College GameDay, SportsCenter and ESPN Radio.
Knight will even call some games starting with a semifinal in the 2K Sports Classic next Thursday, as well as a game every Thursday night with Brent …read more

Before I break down today’s two 2K Sports Classic Coaches vs. Cancer games, I’d like to get something out of the way.

Now down to business.
GAME 1 of 2K Sports Classic
Georgia Southern vs. Houston @ Cameron Indoor (4pm)
ABOUT HOUSTON
The Cougars return eight lettermen but only one starter (junior guard Kelvin Lewis) from last season’s team which finished with a 24-10 record and advanced to the semifinals of the inaugural 2008 College Basketball Invitational.
ABOUT GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Georgia Southern finished with a 20-12 overall record (13-7 in Southern Conference) in 2007-08. Sophomore guard Willie Powers enters the year as the team’s leading returning …read more