Jordan Crawford scored 22 points and Terrell Holloway added 12 Friday, leading Xavier past Creighton 80-67 at the Old Spice Classic.

GAME NOTES: Having recently returned from a trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Paradise Jam, the ninth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers play host to the College of Charleston Cougars tonight at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville.

The Arizona State men are hoping to get out of New York with a victory tonight as they play LSU at 12:30 p.m. in the consolation game of the NIT Season Tip-Off. The Sun Devils played No.

Senior guard Jonathan Gibson scored a career-high 31 points in New Mexico State's 84-68 victory over North Carolina A&T on Thursday night.

Lazar Hayward scored 27 points and Jimmy Butler added 15 to help Marquette beat Xavier 71-61 on Thursday at the Old Spice Classic.

B.J. Holmes scored 20 points to help Texas A&M upset No. 19 Clemson 69-60 on Thursday in the first round of the 76 Classic.

Manny Harris had 20 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds to lead No. 15 Michigan to an 83-76 overtime win over Creighton at the Old Spice Classic on Thursday.

A.J. Ogilvy scored 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds while Jermaine Beal added 18 points and five assists to lead No.

Neither a cranky hamstring nor No. 25 Oklahoma was able to slow down Brandon Johnson and San Diego.

Freshman sensation John Wall scored a season-best 23 points, including clutch shots in the final minute that sent the game to overtime, and No.

Jerome Dyson and backcourt mate Kemba Walker each scored 20 points, and No. 13 Connecticut routed previously unbeaten LSU 81-55 on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Gavin Edwards added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Huskies, who advanced to play No.

Reggie Holmes scored 34 points, including a pair of free throws with 6.3 seconds remaining to lead Morgan State past Arkansas 97-94 Tuesday night.

On a night when several things went wrong for No. 17 Ohio State, David Lighty carried the scoring load and Evan Turner again put up some startling numbers.

Demetri McCamey scored 21 points and No. 20 Illinois used a second-half run to beat Wofford 78-64 in the Las Vegas Invitational on Tuesday night.

J'Covan Brown scored 12 points, replacing guard Varez Ward who was injured in pregame warmups, and helped third-ranked Texas beat Pittsburgh 78-62 on Tuesday night in the championship game of the CBE Classic.

Syracuse's Andy Rautins screams after hitting a three pointer in the first half og the Orange's game against Cornell.

Bo Ryan was stressing to his University of Wisconsin men's basketball team that it has to expect the unexpected during preseason basketball tournaments.

For now, at least, the UCLA basketball team will have to suffice with small improvements, glimmers of progress.

Things happened quickly for the USC Trojans men's basketball team last season. In March, with only a glimmer of hope for the NCAA tournament, the Trojans ran the table, capturing the Pac-10 tournament crown and, in doing so, an automatic bid for March Madness.

Dexter Pittman scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half and No. 3 Texas survived Cully Payne's miracle shot to beat Iowa 85-60 on Monday night in the semifinals of the CBE Classic.