College Sports
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Windham scores 20 points as Northwestern pulls away from Iowa in 2nd half, earn a 68-57 winFeb 28, 2025 10:42 pm - K.J. Windham scored 20 points and Northwestern pulled away in the second half to beat Iowa 68-57 to break a four-way tie for 13th place in the Big Ten Conference. The top 15 teams advance to the Big Ten Conference tournament and Northwestern came into the contest tied for the 13th seed with Iowa, Minnesota and USC.
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JuJu Watkins and No. 4 USC visit No. 2 UCLA in winner-take-all game for Big Ten regular-season titleFeb 28, 2025 9:06 pm - The Big Ten probably didn't expect to have two West Coast schools dominate the women's basketball standings when the league opened its doors to UCLA and USC this season. The crosstown rivals meet Saturday at sold-out Pauley Pavilion in a winner-take-all game to decide their new league's regular-season champion.
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How Northern Illinois settled on joining the Horizon League for most sportsFeb 27, 2025 1:09 pm - The NIU Board of Trustees on Thursday approved $1.4 million to pay the entrance fee to join the Horizon League, effective July 1, 2026.
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Loyola takes down George Washington 77-57Feb 26, 2025 9:37 pm - Jayden Dawson scored 16 points as Loyola beat George Washington 77-57 on Wednesday night. Dawson shot 5 for 14 (4 for 9 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free-thro...
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Northwestern women take forfeits for not playing January games at UCLA, USC over wildfire concernsFeb 26, 2025 5:16 pm - The Big Ten has announced Northwestern's women's basketball team will be assessed two forfeits for not playing January road games at No. 2 UCLA and No. 4 Southern California. Northwestern had announced Jan. 10 it would not to travel to play UCLA on Jan. 12 and USC on Jan. 15 because of concerns over wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
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Ivisic scores 22 to lead Illinois past Iowa and end three-game losing streak
Feb 25, 2025 10:52 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Tomislav Ivisic scored 15 of his 22 points in the first half and Illinois recovered from its beat down at the hands of Duke by beating Iowa 81-61 on Tuesday n...
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Martinelli scores 29, Northwestern beats Minnesota 75-63 for second straight double-digit win
Feb 25, 2025 9:48 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Nick Martinelli scored 19 of his 29 points in the second half to help Northwestern pull away and beat Minnesota 75-63 on Tuesday night. Northwestern led by...
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CFP commissioners meet after SEC and Big Ten leaders urged them to make changes to seeding
Feb 25, 2025 5:29 pm - DALLAS — All of the commissioners who are part of the College Football Playoff were meeting Tuesday, a week after the SEC and Big Ten commissioners came out of a meeting ...
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Auburn atop AP Top 25 for 7th straight week; preseason No. 1 KU out, ending ranked run at 80 weeks
Feb 24, 2025 3:59 pm - Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 for the seventh straight week on Monday, while preseason No. 1 Kansas dropped out of the men's basketball poll for the first time in ne...
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Texas is No. 1 in women's AP Top 25 for the first time in 21 years; NC State climbs into top 10
Feb 24, 2025 3:54 pm - Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll for the first time in 21 years and the third different team to hold the top spot in the past three w...