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Two teams coming off disappointing losses will look to bounce back at one of college basketball’s oldest arenas on Sunday afternoon when Michigan and Penn State meet at The Palestra in Philadelphia. Michigan (6-8, 1-2 Big Ten) is coming off a 73-71 home loss on Thursday to Minnesota and is reeling while on a three-game losing streak and defeats in six of their last eight contests. As was the case last year, Michigan is struggling

Minnesota’s potent offense looks to keep rolling when the surging Golden Gophers clash with Maryland on Sunday in Minneapolis. Winners of six straight games, Minnesota (11-3, 2-1 Big Ten) has flourished behind its quartet of double-digit scorers. Forward Dawson Garcia delivers 17.2 points per game and excels at the free throw line, where he’s made 53 of 63 attempts (84.1 percent) this season. Joshua Ola-Joseph supplies 10.7 points as the Golden Gophers’ other formidable forward,

Pac-12 counterparts Cal and UCLA meet on Saturday in Los Angeles, each looking to break out of a prolonged slump. The Bruins (6-8, 1-2) carry an overall streak of two straight losses but have also lost six of seven overall and three straight at home. The losing streak at Pauley Pavilion continued Wednesday with a 59-53 loss to Stanford. UCLA jumped to a 10-0 lead to start the game and made eight of its first

LSU and Texas A&M have been preparing for SEC play for two months. After completing their 13-game nonconference schedules, the Tigers (8-5) and the Aggies (9-4) meet in their conference opener Saturday night in College Station, Texas. “It’s been a lot over the last eight weeks,” Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams said. “It feels like a season in itself, to be honest. I think a lot of the lessons that we’ve learned will apply over

After pulling out a dramatic last-second win Thursday night at Washington, Oregon travels across the state in search of a fourth straight victory to open Pac-12 play. The Ducks will be in Pullman, Wash., Saturday night to face conference foe Washington State. Jermaine Couisnard made the winning play for Oregon in the 76-74 victory, driving on Keion Brooks Jr. and converting a layup with 12.6 seconds left. The Ducks survived a potential game-winning 3-point attempt

Indiana coach Mike Woodson has a message for the Hoosiers ahead of their Saturday night Big Ten game in Bloomington, Ind., against Ohio State: Fix it. The Hoosiers absorbed their first conference loss Wednesday night at Nebraska, where they coughed up a season-high 19 turnovers in an 86-70 defeat. The Cornhuskers converted those mistakes into 27 points and led by as many as 20 points in the second half. “You’re not going to beat anybody

Bobby Hurley is coming off his 150th win as Arizona State’s coach heading into Saturday’s Pac-12 game with Colorado at Tempe, Ariz. Hurley, the former All-American and two-time national champion at Duke, is 150-118 in his nine seasons at Arizona State. He is approaching his 200th career win. He is 192-138 factoring in his 42-20 record in two years as Buffalo’s coach from 2013-15. Jose Perez scored a season-high 26 points and Frankie Collins had

You can count on the sun rising, your taxes coming due and Gonzaga winning its West Coast Conference opener. The No. 24 Bulldogs made it 25 straight WCC-opening wins under coach Mark Few Thursday night with an 86-60 romp of outmatched Pepperdine. They’ll set out to build on that Saturday night in Spokane, Wash., when they host San Diego. Gonzaga nearly fell out of the Top 25 poll Monday after a Dec. 29 home loss

UCF, one of four new teams in the Big 12 Conference this season, will see its first conference action Saturday night when the Knights travel to Manhattan, Kan., to face Kansas State. Both teams will strive to get off to a good start in conference play after slogging their way through the nonconference portion of the schedule. The two teams are closely ranked in the latest KenPom rankings, with the Knights at 76th and the

Stanford can expect the full LeBron James family treatment Saturday when Bronny James and his Southern California teammates go for a sweep of their Northern California rivals in a Pac-12 afternoon affair at Los Angeles. The oldest of LeBron James’ sons has scored in double figures in each of his last two outings after opening his college career with a total of 20 points in his first four games. After a season-best 15 last Saturday