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The UConn Huskies have been up and down in conference play this season, but Tuesday’s 90-66 win over Temple could get them moving in the right direction. The biggest takeaway for UConn from this win was the performance of junior [...]

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Greg Whittington

                          Moving on to the Big 10 next year, the 8-10 Rutgers Scarlet Knights haven’t gotten off to a great start in the Eddie Jordan era. Struggling mightily [...]

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Josh Pastner

Next season, the Memphis Tigers will lose seniors Joe Jackson, Chris Crawford, Michael Dixon Jr., Geron Johnson and graduate student David Pellom. Those players make up five of their top seven scorers, with the exception of Austin Nichols and Shaq Goodwin. If Nichols or Goodwin surprise everyone and declare for [...]

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TaShawn Thomas

The Houston Cougars are currently 11-7 overall and 3-2 in the American Athletic Conference. A young team, Tione Womack, who is averaging just 4.5 points per game, is the only senior difference-maker on the team, as he provides depth off [...]

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The Cincinnati Bearcats are 17-2 and 6-0 in the AAC. They are currently ranked 19th, and will likely move up next week. They are the only AAC team unbeaten in conference play and have won 10-consecutive games. But head coach Mick [...]

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Russ Smith

The Louisville Cardinals notched the 15th win on the season with the victory over the Houston Cougars as the team continues to be impressive against lower level competition. However, the Cardinals are still in search of their first notable victory [...]

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Shaq Goodwin

Heading into their contest against the No. 17 Memphis Tigers, the unranked Connecticut Huskies knew that this contest could make or break their whole season. With another remaining contest against Memphis and two versus No. 18 Louisville Cardinals, the Huskies [...]

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Justin Ford-USATODAY Sports

This Thursday evening is more than the first conference matchup between two storied programs — Memphis Tigers and Connecticut Huskies — this is also a matchup of two senior point guards that are small in stature, but big in terms [...]

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Jamie Rhodes-USATODAY Sports

The Memphis Tigers have been on a bit of an emotional roller-coaster over the past week. First, the Tigers rekindled their rivalry with the Cincinnati Bearcats from Conference USA past, which resulted in Memphis losing by 16 on their home [...]

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