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College basketball scores, live updates: Coach Cal makes his return to Kentucky
We're now only a month away from March. But before the madness arrives, we have plenty of worthwhile regular season college basketball action ahead.
Twenty-one of the AP Top 25 teams played Saturday in a loaded slate. Arkansas' John Calipari returns to Kentucky as the visiting coach in an intriguing showdown to wrap up the night.
In what was supposed to be the marquee game of the day, Cooper Flagg delivered big-time in his first Tobacco Road rivalry game while No. 2 Duke blew out North Carolina. But they were quickly upstaged as a thriller played out in Lubbock between No. 22 Texas Tech and No. 6 Houston. In the end, the Red Raiders came up with a narrow win in overtime.
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Kentucky running out of time
This 3-pointer by Jaxson Robinson helps, but the Wildcats are still trailing Arkansas 75-68 with under 8 minutes to play.
Catch and shoot, automatic from @Robinsonjaxx
📺 - ESPN pic.twitter.com/853mMwy0TD— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) February 2, 2025
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Arkansas maintains the edge
After the quick burst put the Hogs in front early in the 2nd half, they've maintained it, leading Kentucky 69-60 at the under-12 timeout.
Can John Calipari get a win against his old team?
DONT PLAY WITH DAT BOY😡 pic.twitter.com/DMjH8HllAf
— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗 (@RazorbackMBB) February 2, 2025
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Final: UConn 77, Marquette 69
The late rally comes up short for the No. 9 Golden Eagles as No. 25 UConn picks up a big road win.
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Arkansas comes out of the break on fire
A fast start out of the locker room has the Razorbacks up 55-47 at the first timeout of the 2nd half.
Hey we’re back for another half basketball btw pic.twitter.com/VhdlZh3Riw
— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗 (@RazorbackMBB) February 2, 2025
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Marquette trying to rally on UConn
UConn has been in control the whole game but Marquette is trying to make this interesting in the final minutes.
Stevie Mitchell with the steal and bucket 🔥 @MarquetteMBB pic.twitter.com/251zFwhbNL
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) February 2, 2025
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Halftime: Arkansas 46, Kentucky 45
A really fun first half, tons of shot-making on both sides. Arkansas goes into the locker room with a slight edge.
TB from da corner pic.twitter.com/WeChcslrp7
— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗 (@RazorbackMBB) February 2, 2025
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Arkansas takes the lead
As Kentucky has cooled off a bit, the Razorbacks have taken advantage.
John Calipari's Arkansas team leads UK 40-39 late in the first half.
That’s one way to describe it! pic.twitter.com/UE4Z2b2zsr
— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball 🐗 (@RazorbackMBB) February 2, 2025
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Fast pace continues in UK-Arkansas
Kentucky leads 27-23 thanks to a red-hot start from 3-point land.
Arkansas has had its highlights as well.
.@Travis_Perry11 making it rain ☔️
📺 - ESPN pic.twitter.com/w1JTp8cfyK— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) February 2, 2025
HOLY BILLY RICHMOND
pic.twitter.com/IZS54OW2td— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 2, 2025
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Kentucky scorching out of the gate
The Wildcats have hit 7 of 10 shots overall and 4 of 4 from deep.
Wild and fast start as UK takes a quick 18-12 lead over Arkansas.
FAST START OUT THE GATE AND @Rupp_Arena IS ON FIRE.
📺 - ESPN pic.twitter.com/KeGZqCTx6v— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) February 2, 2025
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Kentucky fans boo Calipari
John Calipari is making his return to Rupp Arena as his Arkansas team is in town.
Naturally, fans let him hear it.
John Calipari enters Rupp Arenapic.twitter.com/rGJQxte8Sa
— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 2, 2025
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UConn in control vs. Marquette
Marquette can't get anything to go so far, shooting under 30% from the field and already missing nine free throws.
DENIED by @TarrisReedJr ❌ @UConnMBB pic.twitter.com/37Xqf0qTQJ
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) February 2, 2025
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Final: Texas Tech 82, Houston 81
Red Raiders pull off the road upset despite missing leading scorer JT Toppin for almost the entire game!
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Texas Tech leads with 1.5 seconds to go!
Chance McMillian hit a pair of free throws to put the Red Raiders in front 82-81 and then Houston turns it over on the other end as J'Wan Roberts travels beneath the basket
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Houston-TTU back and forth in OT
It's remained tight throughout.
And with under a minute to go, we're tied 80-80.
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Final: Duke 87, UNC 70
No. 2 Duke blows out its rival to win its 15th straight and improve to 11-0 in ACC play.
Kon Knueppel leads Duke with 22 points. Cooper Flagg adds 21 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists.
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UNC goes on a run, but likely too late
North Carolina actually cut the Duke lead to 79-63 after going on an 18-2 run.
But with under 3 minutes to play it doesn't look like it'll matter.
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Overtime in Houston!
Houston's J'Wan Roberts can't connect on a highly contested layup in the final seconds of regulation.
We're getting a fresh 5 minutes of action.
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Tie game in Houston!
Texas Tech's Darrion Williams knocks down a 3 to knot it at 72-72 with 26 seconds to play!
DARRION WILLIAMS 🔥🤯
We're going to OT in Houston!pic.twitter.com/mw8bv1vXuh— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 2, 2025
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Houston-TTU down to the wire
Cougars leads 71-69 with 50 seconds left.
We've got a fun finish coming in Houston.
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Duke isn't slowing down
No other way to put it. It's a complete dismantling from the Blue Devils.
It's not often you see this rivalry so lopsided, but UNC never had a chance today.
Sion from Kon 🔨 pic.twitter.com/DncjWSfhWQ
— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) February 2, 2025
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Houston takes the lead
After trailing for most of the game, the No. 6 Cougars have seized momentum and taken a 64-60 lead with under 5 minutes to play.
Home crowd in Houston is going wild.
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UNC not getting any closer
Duke continues to get what it wants, and the lead has ballooned to 60-34 at the first timeout of the 2nd half. Kon Knueppel up to 18 points to lead Duke
if you send 2 at Coop he's gonna find the open man
(Kon's got 15) pic.twitter.com/PW0ZhzSGjv— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) February 2, 2025
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Duke-UNC 2nd half begins
Can North Carolina make a game of this?
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Texas Tech 56, Houston 50
Kerwin Walton hit back-to-back triples to help Texas Tech maintain its lead.
Walton is leading TTU with 14 points.
The doctor is in 🌡️ @Doctork24_ #TTW | 📺 ESPN2 pic.twitter.com/QaoTode7CH
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) February 2, 2025
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Halftime: Duke 47, UNC 25
Cooper Flagg makes a tough jumper to beat the halftime buzzer, a fitting ending to a dominant first half for the Blue Devils.
Flagg leads all scorers with 13 so far.
STAT SHEET HATE TO SEE COOPER FLAGG COMING 😈
13 points
5 assists
4 rebounds
2 blocks
2 steals
No. 2 Duke leads UNC, 47-25, at half. pic.twitter.com/l1FAWFTB51— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) February 2, 2025
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Duke continues pulling away
The gap keeps growing as Cooper Flagg (11 points) and Tyrese Proctor (10) are leading the way for the Blue Devils.
UNC is shooting 29% from the field so far.
Duke 40, UNC 18
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First flagrant of the game called on UNC
We've got our first flagrant foul of the evening in this rivalry clash.
It's a flagrant 1 on North Carolina guard Elliot Cadeau.
Flagrant 1 called on Elliot Cadeau 👀 pic.twitter.com/eMQJViTCeg
— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 2, 2025
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Duke suffocating UNC
The rout continues at Cameron Indoor. North Carolina can't get much of anything going.
Duke leads 34-13 late in the first half.
absolutely not pic.twitter.com/drYu2zgBBF
— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) February 2, 2025
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Halftime: Texas Tech 41, Houston 37
No. 22 Red Raiders are leading No. 6 Houston on the road despite losing their leading scorer JT Toppin very early in the game to a flagrant 2 foul called on this play:
JT Toppin just got EJECTED… for that?! pic.twitter.com/4vehWoxGTg
— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 1, 2025
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Duke 25, UNC 8
It's a Duke avalanche so far.
No. 2 Blue Devils have made 9 of 13 shots so far and the Tar Heels just can't keep up.
yeah @MaliqBrown1 is sooo back pic.twitter.com/g3wenL5a05
— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) February 1, 2025
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Final: USC 70, Michigan State 64
The Spartans drop just their third game of the season and USC picks up its biggest win yet to improve to 13-8.
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Cooper Flagg, Duke off and running
Flagg already has 6 points, 4 assists and 2 steals at the Blue Devils open up a 15-6 lead over UNC at the first TV timeout.
COOP 🔒
SION 🪣 pic.twitter.com/J5aeN96f3m— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) February 1, 2025
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Electric atmosphere at Duke
As expected, the Cameron Crazies are in full throat.
Away we go on ESPN. Cameron is electric, as always. pic.twitter.com/2ZhLhIFkYz
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) February 1, 2025
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Duke-UNC tips off
We're underway at Cameron Indoor and Duke is on the board with a bucket in the first 15 seconds.
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Final: Baylor 81, Kansas 70
The Bears trailed by 21 points in the first half and came all the way back to deliver Kansas its biggest blown lead ever. What a win for Baylor.
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Bears add to lead
Barring a late collapse, Baylor looks like it's going to win this conference matchup with Kansas. The Bears are up 9 and we're under the 2-minute mark.
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Baylor takes the lead!
Robert Wright has started to take this game over and the Bears have their first lead after a 3-pointer from Jalen Celestine.
There's just 3:29 left now.
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Baylor still hanging around
Kansas found its footing after the Baylor rally, but the Jayhawks haven't been able to put the Bears away as the game ticks inside the 5-minute mark.
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Is a Baylor comeback on?
Meanwhile, Baylor has been on an absolute tear out of halftime and is down just four points with 14:38 left in the game. It's taken a 19-4 run for the Bears to pull back into the game.
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Halftime: USC 35, MSU 32
Well the Trojans started off hot and took a 22-7 lead early before the Spartans stemmed the tide. MSU's bench has accounted for 20 of its 32 points.
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Scoreboard update
The current slate of games isn't too riveting, but there are a couple potential upsets in play.
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Kansas throttling Baylor
Meanwhile, in Waco, the Jayhawks are in complete control early. Hunter Dickinson has 10 early points and Kansas is up 32-15 with over 4 minutes left in the first half.
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Final: Auburn 92, Ole Miss 82
The Tigers are still undefeated in SEC play and are now 20-1 on the season. What an impressive road win for Auburn; Bruce Pearl's team has now won 13 straight games.
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Final: K-State 80, Iowa State 61
The Cyclones couldn't pull off the comeback and drop their second straight game to fall to 17-4.
Kansas State snaps No. 3 Iowa State's 29-game home winning streak. The consecutive losses could potentially drop them out of the Top 10.
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Auburn holding strong
The Tigers are up 6 despite a late charge from the Rebels to make things interesting.
There's just 1:26 left in the game and Ole Miss is playing the fouling game now to extend it.
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K-State handling Iowa State
The No. 3 Cyclones may be looking at their second straight loss. After falling to Arizona on Monday, the Cyclones are struggling late at home against the Wildcats. They're down double digits with 5 minutes left in the game.
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Auburn surges ahead
Ole Miss had made it a one-possession game and could've tied things up, but the Tigers have regained their footing and lead by 8 with 6 minutes left.
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Ole Miss keeping it close
We are back for the second half in Oxford and the Rebels are still hanging around as the game ticks down toward the 12-minute mark.
Ole Miss guard Sean Pedulla is 7-for-10 with 18 points to lead all scorers.
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Arizona's Caleb Love, ASU's BJ Freeman ejected after skirmish
Love and Freeman were ejected during the final minute of Saturday's game. Replays showed Freeman headbutted Love and they were both ejected during Arizona's 81-72 win.
Arizona's Caleb Love and Arizona State's BJ Freeman were ejected during the final minute of Saturday's game.
Love was initially the only one ejected, but after replays showed Freeman headbutted Love, Freeman was ejected as well. pic.twitter.com/x5BuwSrKxI— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 1, 2025
Bobby Hurley then pulled his team off the court and didn't shake Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd's hand. It could've been to avoid further issues between the teams.
Bobby Hurley pulls his team off the court and doesn’t shake hands with Tommy Lloyd 😳 pic.twitter.com/Xox4mVuYoy
— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 1, 2025