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When Virginia Tech opted out of a bowl game during the pandemic in 2020, it ended the nation’s longest active bowl streak at 27 straight seasons. If the visiting Hokies (5-6, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) don’t beat rival Virginia (3-8, 2-5) for the Commonwealth Cup on Saturday, they will be staring at a new streak: two straight years without a bowl berth. Virginia Tech heads into Charlottesville after losing two of its last three games,

The Detroit Lions cleared numerous hurdles to reach their annual Thanksgiving Day home game in full control of the NFC North. On Thursday, Detroit will look to snap its six-game losing streak on the holiday when it hosts the Green Bay Packers. “We’re trying to turn over a new leaf here,” coach Dan Campbell said. “We’re trying to do something different and find a way to do some things that haven’t been done in awhile.

No. 4 Marquette will try to figure out how to stop the dynamic duo of Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr. as No. 1 Kansas face the Golden Eagles in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational on Tuesday in Honolulu. Kansas (4-0) defeated Chaminade 83-56 on Monday night behind Dickinson’s 31 points and 11 rebounds and the second straight triple-double by McCullar. Marquette (4-0) edged UCLA 71-69 to reach the semifinal. The Golden Eagles used

The stacked Maui Invitational is set to give college basketball fans a pre-Thanksgiving treat as No. 7 Tennessee will face off against No. 2 Purdue in the semifinals on Tuesday. Tennessee (4-0) earned a 73-56 win over Syracuse on Monday afternoon to advance in the winners’ bracket, pulling away by scoring the game’s final 12 points over the last three minutes. Dalton Knecht led the Volunteers with 17 points despite missing nearly eight minutes of

After taking No. 4 Marquette to the wire in an opening-round loss at the Maui Invitational, UCLA will look to rebound against Chaminade in consolation-bracket action on Tuesday in Honolulu. The Bruins (3-1) went back-and-forth with Marquette on Monday, leading by as many as 12 points in the second half before trailing by as many as seven in the 71-69 loss. Adem Bona, who scored 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor, gave UCLA

Colorado is off to its best start since winning its first seven games of the 2019-20 season. The No. 18 Buffaloes are cooking early this season and they seek to improve to 5-0 when they face Florida State on Tuesday in the championship game of the Sunshine Slam’s Beach Bracket at Daytona Beach, Fla. Colorado reached the title game by beating Richmond 64-59 on Monday. The Seminoles (3-1) advanced with an 83-75 win over UNLV.

Gonzaga coach Mark Few is no stranger to a box score. Few quickly assessed the reasons the 11th-ranked Bulldogs lost Monday in the first round of the Maui Invitational — and he hopes to correct those issues Tuesday when Gonzaga takes on Syracuse in Honolulu. Gonzaga (2-1) took its first defeat Monday against No. 2 Purdue as the Boilermakers rallied from a five-point halftime deficit to top the Bulldogs 73-63. Few’s team shot just 6

With a tournament title already on their resume, the Auburn Tigers carry plenty of confidence when they host Alabama A&M on Tuesday night in Auburn, Ala. Coach Bruce Pearl’s Tigers (3-1) were victorious in the Legends Classic in Brooklyn, N.Y., for the second time in four years, winning 77-60 over St. Bonaventure in the championship game on Friday night. While the squad’s overall dominance stood out, so did the individual performance of Johni Broome. He

After watching his team lose the lead before recovering in the closing seconds of an 83-80 win over South Dakota State on Sunday night, UCF coach Johnny Dawkins had a ready-made answer when asked what he had learned about his squad. “That we’re resilient,” Dawkins said on his radio show. “We’re resilient. One thing I know about our team is that they keep on coming. They keep on fighting and give us an opportunity every

The Atlanta Hawks will try to end a three-game, home-court losing streak on Tuesday night when they face the Indiana Pacers in the NBA in-season tournament. This will be the first of four regular-season meetings between Atlanta and Indiana. The Hawks won two of three against the Pacers last season. The Hawks have lost two straight and three of their last four after Friday’s 126-116 home loss to Philadelphia in the in-season tournament. Indiana is