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The three men clearly had come to Madison Square Garden straight from some sort of high-powered business jobs.

Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy analyzes what Saturday's buzz means to college basketball.

Evan Turner had 26 points and 14 rebounds as No. 15 Ohio State beat No. 13 California, 76-70, on Friday night in the third-place game of the 2K Sports Classic in New York.

North Carolina's Marcus Ginyard drives against Ohio State's Dallas Lauderdale. Ginyard and the Heels won Thursday's game, 77-73. A A Ask the college hoops expert: Ken Davis Have a question about your favorite team or player? Submit it now, then check our reader mailbag every other Tuesday starting in Nov.

After three low-level opponents, the young Tar Heels face their first tough test of the 2009-10 season: No.

I recently had a chance to shoot the breeze with Ohio State coach Thad Matta. He has an incredible 2010 recruiting class.

Ohio State point guard Evan Turner produced the school's second triple-double in history against Alcorn State.

Week 2: Top 25 Basketball Poll vote. Not much change from the first poll, with the exception of dropping Mississippi State down to 20 and moving everyone else up one spot.

Evan Turner scores two of his 14 points the easy way. Hoops & Scoops Check out our Ohio State men's basketball blog The word was out by halftime.

Jantel Lavender had 24 points and 13 rebounds to lead No. 3 Ohio State to a 91-68 win over Eastern Illinois on Friday in the first round of the preseason Womens National Invitational Tournament.

Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari added another top recruit, signing 6-foot-5 small forward Stacey Poole Jr.

Evan Turner followed up his triple-double with 24 points and 17 rebounds and No.

Ohio State started its season off right Monday night in Value City Arena, beating Alcorn State 100-60. Alcorn state didna TMt have an answer for much of anything against the Buckeyes, who had four players in double figures.A John Diebler had 22 points for the Bucks, and his counterpart, Alcorn State's Jonathan Boyd, had 20 points.

Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy analyzes what Tuesday's buzz means to college basketball.

Ohio State's Jon Diebler connects on one of his six three-point shots. He had a game-high 22 points.

People kept asking if I was going to the FIU- North Carolina opener. They'd ask why.

Evan Turner recorded only the second triple-double ever for Ohio State with 14 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in the 16th-ranked Buckeyes' 100-60 victory over Alcorn State on Monday night in the 2K Sports Classic.

The 16th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes open the 2009-10 season against the Alcorn State Braves as part of the Coaches vs.

This year, it's OK to drink the Big Ten Kool-Aid. Even the national skeptics are on board, putting six Big Ten teams in the Associated Press' preseason Top 25, including two in the top 10: No.

Michigan State's Kalin Lucas goes for a lay up at the Illinois home game at Assembly Hall in Champaign on Sunday, March 1, 2009.