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Chip Kelly has informed UCLA officials that he is stepping down as coach of the Bruins, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday. Multiple media outlets reported that Kelly was heading to Ohio State to become offensive coordinator. Ohio State coach Ryan Day hired former Texans coach Bill O'Brien as offensive coordinator last month, but O'Brien is now heading to Boston College to become the Eagles head coach. ___Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesGet alerts on the latest AP Top 25 poll throughout the season. Sign up here AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

Persons: Chip Kelly, Kelly, Ryan Day, Bill O'Brien, O'Brien Organizations: UCLA, Bruins, Associated Press, Ohio State, Ohio, Texans, Boston College, Eagles, Big Locations: Ohio

(AP) — When two early road losses threatened to derail No. 2 Purdue's Big Ten championship journey, the Boilermakers charted a different course. “We're just focused on winning games,” All-American center Zach Edey said after Sunday's 75-69 victory at then conference-leading and No. So instead of fretting about the early season missteps at Northwestern and Nebraska, they used the losses as fuel to keep chugging along. The Boilermakers took both titles last season, winning the regular-season crown by three games.

Persons: Matt Painter's, “ We're, Zach Edey, ”, Fairleigh, you've, ” Painter, Gene, Keady, It's, they're, Fletcher Loyer, Braden Smith, Forward Mason Gillis, Caleb Furst, Indiana's, Furst, Trey Kaufman, Renn, Lance Jones, Cameron Heide, ” Jones, “, ” Loyer, Zach Organizations: WEST LAFAYETTE, Big, Boilermakers, Purdue, Rutgers, Penn, Fairleigh Dickinson, NCAA, Michigan State, Saturday, Hoosiers, Big Ten, Indiana, Ohio State, Junior, Basketball, AP Locations: Ind, Wisconsin, Maryland, Northwestern, Nebraska, Southern Illinois

DENVER (AP) — Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes are closing in on adding Cincinnati Bengals secondary coach Robert Livingston as defensive coordinator, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team has not finalized the hiring. Livingston is set to inherit a Colorado defense that surrendered 34.8 points and 453.3 yards per game in Sanders' first season in charge. Livingston started as a scout with the Bengals in 2012 before later joining their coaching staff. In Colorado, he would work with a secondary that includes Travis Hunter, a first-team All-Pac-12 defensive back who also plays wide receiver, and Shilo Sanders.

Persons: — Deion Sanders, Robert Livingston, Livingston, Charles Kelly, who's, Sanders, He's, Travis Hunter, Shilo Sanders, Sean Lewis, Pat Shurmur, Lewis, Deion Sanders, Shedeur, Jordan Seaton Organizations: DENVER, Colorado Buffaloes, Cincinnati Bengals, Associated Press, Auburn, Bengals, Colorado, Buffaloes, San Diego State, The Buffaloes, ___, AP Locations: Colorado

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Tylor Perry scored eight of his 26 points in overtime and Kansas State beat No. Kaluma’s putback with 23 seconds remaining was answered by Adams' bucket with 14.2 seconds left to send the game to overtime. Kansas State hit five 3-pointers in the first half but went into the locker room trailing 32-30. Kansas State: The Wildcats need to keep up the sort of intensity they showed Monday night if they’re going to revitalize their fading NCAA Tournament hopes. Kansas State: Plays at No.

Persons: — Tylor Perry, Hunter, Dajuan Harris Jr, Kevin McCullar Jr, Arthur Kaluma, Perry, Cam Carter, Kaluma, Dickinson, Harris, KJ Adams Jr, Carter, Adams, ___ Organizations: Kansas State, Wildcats, Kansas, Jayhawks, NEXT Kansas, Baylor, Saturday . Kansas, BYU, AP Locations: Kan, Kansas

Reigning national champion Connecticut, Purdue and North Carolina remained atop The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the third consecutive week, while South Carolina cracked the rankings for the first time in nearly seven years. 1 for the fourth straight week in Monday's poll, while the Boilermakers topped the ballots of 16 other voters. The top of the poll remained set after a big week that included four top-10 matchups over the weekend, with Purdue winning at Wisconsin and UNC beating rival Duke. In all, nine teams moved up from last week's poll. The Big Ten, Big East and Mountain West conferences were next with three.

Persons: Lamont Paris, Creighton, ___ Organizations: Connecticut, Purdue, Press, Huskies, Boilermakers, Wisconsin, UNC, Duke, Kansas, Houston, Cougars, Wildcats, Fighting Illini, Gamecocks, San Diego State, TCU, Southeastern, Baylor, Iowa State, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Florida Atlantic, UConn, CONFERENCE, SEC, Big, Atlantic Coast Conference, USA Locations: North Carolina, South Carolina, Marquette , Arizona, Duke, Illinois, Carolina, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mexico

2 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll Monday as the star guard moved within striking distance of the NCAA career scoring record. 2 has been a revolving door lately, South Carolina has maintained a strong grip atop the poll, once again the unanimous No. 3 North Carolina State, No. They've also beaten four current Top 25 teams (Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Louisville). ___Get poll alerts and updates on AP Top 25 basketball throughout the season.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Dawn Staley's, Kamilla Cardoso, Clark, Kelsey Plum's, JuJu Watkins, It's, Geno Auriemma, Tara VanDerveer, Mike Krzyzewski, Auriemma's, They've, ___ Organizations: Associated Press, NCAA, Hawkeyes, UCLA, Kansas State, Gamecocks, UConn, Brazilian, Iowa, Ohio, Penn State, Carolina State, State, Buckeyes, Stanford, USC, Baylor, Wildcats, Oklahoma, Huskies, Seton Hall, Virginia Tech, South Carolina , Kansas State, Notre Dame, AP, womens Locations: Iowa, UCLA , Iowa, South Carolina, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, North Carolina, State, South Carolina , Kansas, . State, Oklahoma, Notre, Syracuse, Louisville

SEATTLE (AP) — Steve Belichick has agreed to be the defensive coordinator for new coach Jedd Fisch at Washington, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press on Monday. Steve Belichick was the defensive play caller for the Patriots for the past five seasons. Steve Belichick, 36, will reunite with Fisch, who served as the quarterbacks coach with New England during the 2020 season. Fisch’s staff at Washington also includes offensive coordinator Brennan Carroll, the son of former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. Photos You Should See View All 45 Images___Get alerts on the latest AP Top 25 poll throughout the season.

Persons: — Steve Belichick, Jedd Fisch, 247Sports, Bill Belichick, Steve Belichick, Fisch, Brennan Carroll, Pete Carroll Organizations: SEATTLE, Associated Press, New England Patriots, Patriots, New England, Arizona, Wildcats, Washington, Seattle Seahawks, AP Locations: Washington, New, New England, Alabama

6 Wisconsin 75-69 on Sunday for its seventh consecutive victory. It extended its Big Ten lead to 1½ games as Wisconsin (16-6, 8-3) lost its second straight. This marked the NCAA-leading 74th straight game in which Edey scored in double figures. Purdue extended the lead to 10 with 14:35 left when Edey dunked on a lob from Fletcher Loyer. Wisconsin: This marked the fifth time in school history that Wisconsin hosted a game in which both teams were ranked in the top 10.

Persons: — Lance Jones, Zach Edey, Braden Smith, Edey, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Rick Mount’s, Tyler Wahl, AJ Storr, Smith, Jones, Fletcher Loyer, Wahl, Mason Gillis, Chucky Hepburn, Hepburn, Connor Essegian, Loyer, ___ Organizations: Purdue, Boilermakers, NCAA, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Badgers, UConn didn't, Nebraska, NEXT Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, AP Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, . Wisconsin

WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades was critical of Big 12 officials after coach Scott Drew was ejected for the first time in his 21 seasons with the 18th-ranked Bears after getting two technical fouls in a victory over No. The ejection came after Drew was assessed his second technical foul with about 11 1/2 minutes left. In that less than a half-minute span with a personal foul and those technical fouls against Baylor, the Cyclones made all eight of their free throws. ”Scott (Drew) said it, we have the best basketball league in the country. Both of Drew's technical fouls, the first coming midway through the first half, apparently were because he was outside the coaching box around the bench area.

Persons: —, Mack Rhoades, Scott Drew, Drew, ” Rhoades, ” Scott, Rhoades, Brett Yormark, Jeb Hartness, Chance Moore, Christopher Merlo, “, ” Drew, we’d, I’ve Organizations: — Baylor, Big, Bears, Iowa State, Baylor, Cyclones, AP Locations: WACO , Texas

(AP) — Jahmyl Telfort matched his season high with 26 points, DJ Davis added 22 and Butler held off No. Boden Kapke, who has played sparingly in six games before Friday, made two 3s and hit key free throws late. Creighton got the ball right back when Butler’s inbound pass following Kalkbrenner’s free throws went off DJ Davis’ leg and out of bounds. Davis was unable to shoot the free throws, with Kapke taking his place and making both with 6.4 seconds left for a three-point lead. Alexander was fouled immediately and made two free throws to make it 99-98 with 5.8 seconds left.

Persons: Telfort, DJ Davis, Butler, Creighton, “ We've, we’ve, ” Butler, Thad Matta, “, ” Baylor Scheierman, Steven Ashworth, Trey Alexander, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Finley, ” Telfort, Bizjack, Boden Kapke, Kalkbrenner, Alexnader, Francisco Farabello, Davis, Kapke, Alexander, ” Creighton, Greg McDermott, Posh Alexander, Landon Moore, Francis, it’s, ___ Organizations: Bulldogs, East, NCAA, Big, Boden, DJ, St, Butler, Providence, AP Locations: OMAHA, Neb, Connecticut

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Iowa star Caitlin Clark moved into second on the NCAA women’s basketball career scoring list on Wednesday night, finishing with 35 points, 10 assists and six rebounds in the No. Hannah Stuelke had 17 points and nine rebounds for Iowa (20-2, 9-1 Big Ten), which earned its second straight win since a 100-92 overtime loss at Ohio State on Jan. 21. Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesClark finished the night with 3,424 points, departing to a big ovation with 4:23 remaining. Next up is Kelsey Plum, who starred at Washington from 2013-17 and tops the women’s scoring list with 3,527 points. While Clark moved closer to Plum's record, it was her passing ability that sparked the Hawkeyes in the runaway win.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Ryan, Clark, Hannah Stuelke, Kate Martin, Melannie Daley, Hailey Weaver, Jackie Stiles, Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell, Kelsey Plum, Sydney Affolter, ___ Organizations: NCAA, Hawkeyes, Northwestern, Welsh, Iowa, Ohio State, Wildcats, Big, Sydney, NEXT Iowa, AP, womens Locations: EVANSTON, Ill, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Washington, Maryland, Wisconsin

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Iowa star Caitlin Clark has moved into second place on the career scoring list for NCAA women's basketball. Clark converted a layup with 4:58 left in the first half at Northwestern on Wednesday, giving her 14 points on the night and 3,403 for her career. Kelsey Plum, who starred at Washington from 2013-17, tops the women's scoring list with 3,527 points. By passing Mitchell, Clark became the career scoring leader for the Big Ten Conference. Sign up here AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell, Jackie Stiles, Kelsey Plum, Pete Maravich, Mitchell, Ryan Arena Organizations: NCAA women's, Northwestern, Big Ten, AP, womens Locations: EVANSTON, Ill, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, Washington

ATLANTA (AP) — Naithan George scored a go-ahead layup with 7.7 seconds remaining and Georgia Tech beat No. 3 North Carolina 74-73 on Tuesday night to end the Tar Heels' 10-game winning streak. North Carolina called a timeout with 4.6 seconds remaining, but Davis missed a last-second jumper, prompting Georgia Tech fans to celebrate by rushing onto the court. Georgia Tech claimed its third home win over a Top 25 team after beating No. Georgia Tech: Visits North Carolina State on Saturday.

Persons: — Naithan George, RJ Davis, George, Davis, Georgia Tech's Ebenezer Dowuona, Kyle Sturdivant, Miles Kelly, Cormac Ryan, Kelly, Sacko, Elliot Cadeau, Harrison Ingram's, Jalen Washington, Harrison Ingram, Baye, Dowuona, Duke, ___ Organizations: ATLANTA, Georgia Tech, Carolina, North, Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC, Mississippi State, Heels, Jackets, North Carolina, Southern Conference, Saturday . Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, AP Locations: North Carolina, Georgia, Carolina

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ta'Lon Cooper hit a critical 3-pointer with 40 seconds left and scored 18 points, and B.J. Myles Stute scored 13 points for the Gamecocks (18-3, 6-2 Southeastern Conference), who have beaten the conference's two highest-ranked teams. South Carolina led by three points with 30 seconds left when Stute hit two free throws. Stute hit two more free throws with 4 seconds left to seal the win. Tennessee shot 36% (21 for 58) from the field and 24% (5 for 21) from 3-point distance.

Persons: — Ta'Lon Cooper, Mack, Myles Stute, Dalton Knecht, Santiago Vescovi, Stute, Knecht, Cooper, Lamont Paris, Vescovi, …, ___ Organizations: Gamecocks, Conference, Volunteers, Tennessee, Vols, NEXT, Bulldogs, AP Locations: KNOXVILLE, Tenn, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Carolina, Georgia

Wisconsin rode a slew of losses by top-10 teams, and wins over Minnesota and Michigan State, to climb seven spots to No. Wisconsin moved up seven spots, New Mexico moved up six and Duke, Marquette and Texas Tech all advanced five spots. Their gain came in part at the expense of Oklahoma, which tumbled 12 spots to No. CONFERENCE WATCHThe Big East, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12 and SEC each have a top-five team — in fact, each had two in the top 10. But the Big 12 still leads the overall Top 25 count with eight ranked teams after the Horned Frogs returned to the poll this week.

Persons: Xavier, Danny Hurley, Hurley, we're, Zach Edey, Duke, Lamont Paris, ___ Organizations: UConn, Purdue, Huskies, Boilermakers, Cougars, NCAA, Rutgers, Big, Heels, Wake, Florida State, BYU, Kansas State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, That's, Minnesota, Michigan State, Badgers, South, Iowa State, Kansas, The Cyclones, Creighton, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Auburn, Mississippi State, Utah State, Baylor, Florida, Alabama, TCU, Duke, Dayton, Flyers, Richmond, Crimson Tide, Memphis, UAB, Colorado State, Gamecocks, Kentucky, CONFERENCE, Big Ten, ACC, SEC, AP Locations: North Carolina, Houston, Tennessee, Wake Forest, Florida, Wisconsin, Kansas, Marquette and Kentucky, South Carolina, Arizona, Creighton , Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi, Baylor . New Mexico, Nevada, North Texas, Dayton, Texas, New Mexico, Marquette, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Carolina, Missouri

2 Kansas State matched its best ranking ever after a chaotic week that saw nearly half of the AP Top 25 lose at least one game. The Gamecocks received all 35 first-place votes Monday in the latest Associated Press women's basketball poll after their 76-70 road victory over then-No. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesStanford and North Carolina State followed Iowa in the poll. ___Get poll alerts and updates on AP Top 25 basketball throughout the season. Sign up here AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball

Persons: Dawn Staley's, Ayoka Lee, Caitlin Clark, Jackie Stiles, Kelsey Mitchell, Kelsey Plum's, Brown, ___ Organizations: Kansas State, Gamecocks, Associated Press, LSU, Wildcats, Oklahoma, Hawkeyes, Northwestern, Stanford, North Carolina State, UCLA, Washington, Washington State ., UConn, Notre Dame, Huskies, TIGERS Princeton, Tigers, Princeton, Yale, Florida State, Seminoles, Duke, BEAVERS Oregon State, The Beavers, Buffaloes, Oregon, AP, womens Locations: Carolina, Texas . Iowa, Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, Washington State, Washington State . Ohio, Indiana, Texas, Oklahoma, UCLA , Indiana, Rhode Island, Colorado and Utah

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Zach Edey had 26 points and 12 rebounds and became the sixth player in Big Ten Conference history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 boards in leading No. 2 Purdue to a tough 68-60 victory over Rutgers on Sunday. It was only their third win over Rutgers (10-9, 2-6) in the last eight meetings overall. The last time was when freshman Gavin Griffiths hit a jumper 5:19 to play to cut the Purdue lead to 55-53. BIG PICTUREPurdue: It struggled in the second half at Rutgers but that has been the norm.

Persons: — Zach Edey, Braden Smith, Aundre Hyatt, Cliff Omoruyi, Gavin Griffiths, Smith, Omoruyi, Fletcher Loyer, Edey, ___ Organizations: Big Ten, Purdue, Rutgers, Sunday, Boilermakers, Jersey Mike's, Scarlet Knights, Knights, NEXT Purdue, Northwestern, Wednesday, Penn State, AP Locations: PISCATAWAY, N.J

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond couldn't have started any slower against No. 16 Dayton in the sold out Robins Center on Saturday night, missing its first 11 shots to fall behind 9-0. The victory was Richmond's 10th in a row, their longest winning streak since the 1934-35 team won 22 straight. Isaiah Bigelow and Dji Bailey added 12 points each for Richmond, (15-5, 7-0) with Bigelow also grabbing 15 rebounds. I thought we got out of character at times offensively, rushed some things,” Flyers coach Anthony Grant said.

Persons: — Richmond couldn't, ”, Chris Mooney, Jordan King, Neal Quinn, “, ” King, DeLonnie Hunt, Isaiah Bigelow, Dji Bailey, Bigelow, Javon Bennett, DaRon Holmes, Anthony Grant, “ You've, Koby Brea, Mooney, Caitlin Clark, George Washington, ___ Organizations: Robins, Spiders, Flyers, Richmond, Dayton, Kobe Elvis, ” Flyers, The Spiders, Hawkeyes, Ohio State, NEXT Dayton, Fordham, AP Locations: RICHMOND, Va, Dayton, ” Richmond, Richmond, Kobe, Iowa

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Jordan Pope hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Oregon State an 83-80 victory over No. Oregon State (10-9, 2-6) elected not to call a timeout, trusting Pope to deliver on the final shot. “Coming back home to Gill (Coliseum) it was all about bringing the fight to them, Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle said. Bilodeau’s 3-pointer capped an 11-0 run that gave Oregon State its biggest lead, at 77-68 with 2:27 remaining. Oregon State: Host Arizona State on Sunday.

Persons: — Jordan Pope, Pope, KJ Lewis, “, ” Pope, I’ve, Pelle Larson, Tommy Lloyd, Pope “, ”, ” Lloyd, Tyler Bilodeau, Wayne Tinkle, Caleb Love, Keshad Johnson, Larsson, Love, ___ Organizations: Oregon State, Beavers, Arizona, Oregon, The Wildcats, Arizona State, Gill, Wildcats, Associated Press, Sunday . Oregon, Host Arizona State, AP Locations: CORVALLIS, Ore, Arizona, Oregon . Arizona, Southern California, Oregon, Sunday

(AP) — Bree Hall made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:14 remaining, and No. 1 South Carolina rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat ninth-ranked and defending national champion LSU 76-70 on Thursday night. Van Lith finished with 12 points. South Carolina took its first lead since the first basket of the game when Cardoso converted a layup for a 63-61 advantage with 6:06 left in the fourth. LSU: Coach Kim Mulkey dropped to 1-4 against South Carolina — 0-3 in three seasons with LSU and 1-1 in her 21 seasons with Baylor.

Persons: — Bree Hall, Chloe Kitts, Raven Johnson, Kamilla Cardoso, Hall, Aneesah Morrow, Angel Reese, Johnson, Hailey Van Lith, Van Lith, Mikaylah Williams, Flau'jae Johnson, MiLaysia Fulwiley, Cardoso, that’s, Kim Mulkey, ___ Organizations: Carolina, LSU, Gamecocks, Conference, Tigers, UConn, South Carolina —, Baylor, Mulkey, Vanderbilt, Sunday, Mississippi State, AP, womens Locations: BATON ROUGE, La, Carolina, UP

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference fined South Carolina $100,000 for its fans storming the court after the top-ranked Gamecocks' 79-62 win over No. The league announced the fine Wednesday, a day after South Carolina posted a win over its highest ranked opponent at home in 14 years. The league gave all members a clean slate so this counts as South Carolina's first offense. Among those celebrating on the court were women's basketball coach Dawn Staley and several members of her team. Kentucky players were gotten off the floor quickly and no such incidents were reported.

Persons: Dawn Staley, Harris Pastides, ”, Caitlin Clark, ___ Organizations: COLUMBIA, Southeastern Conference, South, Gamecocks, SEC, Ohio State, Buckeyes, Hawkeyes, Kentucky, AP Locations: South Carolina, Kentucky, Iowa

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Johni Broome had a preseason prediction for anyone sleeping on Auburn’s team. The reality is tougher games await and Auburn has only played two ranked teams, handling then-No. "You look at the last 11 games, they're running through people. They're playing hard on defense. Despite the mishmash of returnees and newcomers, center Dylan Cardwell says this Auburn team has developed a chemistry and closeness.

Persons: — Johni Broome, “ They’re, The Tigers haven't, Bruce Pearl, “, Pearl, Ole Miss, Bud, Pearl's, He's, Nate Oats, we've, Jaylin Williams, Aden Holloway, Tre Donaldson, Chad Baker, Denver Jones, Chaney Johnson, Dylan Cardwell, I’ve, ” Cardwell, we’re Organizations: Tigers, Alabama, Baylor, Appalachian State, Sun Belt Conference, The Tigers, Auburn, Razorbacks, Bud Walton Arena, Crimson Tide, Tennessee, AP Locations: AUBURN, Ala, Auburn, Appalachian, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Broome, Mazara

Kansas State has its best ranking in 21 years after the Wildcats moved up to fourth in The Associated Press women's basketball poll on Monday. Kansas State is missing star center Ayoka Lee, who is out for a few weeks with an ankle injury. 6 Stanford, North Carolina State and UConn followed the Hawkeyes. HELLO AND GOODBYESyracuse (22), West Virginia (24) and Oregon State (25) entered the rankings this week while Iowa State, Marquette and UNLV dropped out. Florida State, which dropped eight spots to No.

Persons: Ayoka Lee, Dawn Staley's, Caitlin Clark, accidently, Clark, Tara VanDerveer, Duke men's, Mike Krzyzewski Organizations: Kansas State, Wildcats, Associated Press, Baylor . Kansas State, Gamecocks, Kentucky, LSU, UCLA, Colorado, Bruins, Buffaloes, USC, Iowa, Ohio State, Hawkeyes, Buckeyes, Stanford, North Carolina State, UConn, Oregon State, UNLV, Cardinal, ACC, Louisville, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Florida State, Syracuse, AP, womens Locations: South Carolina, Texas, Utah, North Carolina, Syracuse, West Virginia, Iowa State, Marquette, State, Virginia

The AP Top 25 had another week of upheaval, with teams bouncing around like kernels in a popcorn maker. North Carolina (15-3) has won eight straight, including all seven of its Atlantic Coast Conference games, to lead the conference by two games over North Carolina State. CONFERENCE WATCHThe Big 12 still leads the nation with seven ranked teams despite Kansas State dropping out. The Big East, Southeastern, Big Ten and Mountain West conferences all had three ranked teams. The Atlantic Coast and American Athletic conferences had two ranked teams, and one each for the Pac-12 and Atlantic-10.

Persons: Creighton, David Clingan's, Dan Hurley, Alex Karaban, “ You’ve, ”, Zach Edey, “ It’s, Fran McCaffery, “, Dayton, ___ Organizations: Reigning, Connecticut, Associated Press, Purdue, Houston, Jayhawks, UConn, Huskies, Villanova, Thai, UFC, Boilermakers, Iowa, Indiana, Heels, Louisville, Boston, Atlantic Coast Conference, North Carolina State, South, Tulane, Baylor, Kansas State, Pittsburgh, Blue Devils, Saint Louis, Auburn, Texas Tech, Colorado State, Air Force, UNLV, Utah State and Air Force, TCU, Iowa State, LSU, CONFERENCE, Big, American Athletic Locations: Kansas, Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Indiana, ” Iowa, North Carolina, ., Memphis, South Florida, Kansas State and Texas, Rhode, Mexico, Cincinnati . Mississippi, Southeastern, Coast

18 Ohio State rallied to stun No. A 3-pointer from Rebeka Mikulasikova gave Ohio State a six-point lead with 1:14 left in overtime. The Buckeyes win snapped a 15-game win streak for the Hawkeyes (18-2, 7-1 Big Ten). Ohio State: A signature win for the Buckeyes that should give them a big boost in the AP Top 25. Ohio State: At Illinois on Thursday.

Persons: — Cotie McMahon, Caitlin Clark, Clark, Rebeka Mikulasikova, McMahon, Jacy Sheldon, Molly Davis Organizations: Ohio State, Buckeyes, Hawkeyes, Ohio, Nebraska, . Ohio, AP, womens Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, Iowa, Illinois

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