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For the University of Akron basketball team, it was an inartistic victory and a bizarre one, as well.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arizona State When: 7 p.m. Where: Wells Fargo Arena. TV/radio: FSAZ/KTAR-AM . ASU update: The Sun Devils returned Saturday from New York, where they played in the NIT Season Tip-Off. Derek Glasser leads the Sun Devils at 13.2 points and 4.5 assists per game.

Nikola Cvetinovic scored 12 points, including a go-ahead layup with 37 seconds remaining, to lead Akron in a 68-65 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Friday night.

Cory Higgins hit all 16 free-throw attempts and scored 26 points to lead Colorado to an 88-72 victory against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Friday night.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Colorado men When/Where: 7 p.m. tonight at the Coors Events Center in Boulder TV/Radio: No TV/KKZN 760 The series: CU leads 2-0. CU beat Arkansas Pine-Bluff 76-56 on Nov.

The Jackson State men's basketball team has been voted the preseason favorite to win the SWAC for the third consecutive year.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Five newcomers try to get into the rotation of a very deep team, but enough of them have impressed coach George Ivory in the early going that he'll be giving them all a chance in game situations.

A year makes a big difference. That's what UAPB and coach George Ivory are finding out as they venture into the 2009-10 campaign.

We continue our 1-347 countdown. Today, it's teams ranked 201st through 250th. We'll rank teams in groups of 50 until we get to the teams in the top 50, which will get full-fledged breakdowns.