Top 25 men's basketball roundup
Saddiq Bey hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points and Jermaine Samuels had 20 points to lead No. 9 Villanova to a 76-61 win over No. 13 Butler
Jalen Hurts eyes NFL, with 'boulder' not chip on shoulder
Quarterback Jalen Hurts is trying to prove himself as a legitimate NFL prospect after leading two elite college programs. The Oklahoma and one-time Alabama star is auditioning for scouts, executives and coaches at the Senior Bowl all week
Ugly brawl breaks out at end of Kansas State-Kansas game
Third-ranked Kansas and Kansas State ended their bitter showdown with a wild melee behind the basket that included punches, shoving and at least one player picking up a stool
No. 1 Baylor wins 15th in a row, beating Oklahoma 61-57
MaCio Teague had 16 points, fellow transfer Davion Mitchell had 13 and Baylor held on to win its first-ever home game as the No. 1 team
No. 1 South Carolina women beat No. 9 Mississippi St 81-79
Tyasha Harris scored a season-high 23 points, including the go-ahead basket with 2:01 left, as No. 1 South Carolina rallied from nine-points down in the final quarter to outlast No. 9 Mississippi State 81-79
COLUMNS
UConn-Tennessee: drama, diatribe, Doral, choke signs and utter humanity
The residual effect of women's sports' greatest rivalry has been greater awareness for female...
MORE COLLEGE SPORTS
Top 25 men's and women's basketball roundup
Oscar Tshiebwe had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Derek Culver scored 13 points, No. 14 West Virginia jumped to a big early lead and coasted to a 97-59 victory over Texas
Baylor jumps Zags to give AP poll record-tying seventh No. 1
Baylor leaped over Gonzaga and into the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll to give the Top 25 its seventh team on top this season
No. 3 Stanford rebounds with 61-58 win over No. 8 Oregon St
Kiana Williams scored 17 points and Lexie Hull added 14, to help No. 3 Stanford beat eighth-ranked Oregon State 61-58 on Sunday
Top 25 women's basketball roundup
Ayana Mitchell scored 15 points, Faustine Aifuwa added 10 points and 13 rebounds and the LSU women withstood Kentucky's fourth-quarter rally to beat the No. 11 Wildcats 65-59
UCONN FOOTBALL
UConn announces football series with Buffalo, Utah State
UConn football has agreed to football series with Buffalo and Utah State.
UCONN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
UConn's 1990 women's team holds 30-year reunion
Stacey Wetzel was one of five UConn women’s basketball players from Pennsylvania to see action in the Huskies’ first game at Gampel Pavilion on Jan. 31, 1990.
UConn moves up to No. 3 in AP women's basketball poll
South Carolina still sits atop The Associated Press women's college basketball poll with Baylor in second place
No. 4 UConn women crush Tulsa
Megan Walker scored 24 points and No. 4 UConn routed Tulsa 92-34 on Sunday to extend its American Athletic Conference winning streak to 127 games.
UConn women are back home on Sunday
But back to the positives. UConn will be at home the next three weeks, starting with Sunday’s American Athletic Conference game against Tulsa at Gampel Pavilion (noon, SNY).
LOCAL ROUNDUP
Local roundup: Ledyard girls surprise Waterford 41-35
Tallie Williams scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Ledyard surprised Waterford 41-35 in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II girls' basketball game on Tuesday night.
Local college notes
A weekly look at The Day's local colleges and local athletes who have continued their careers at colleges outside the region:
PROFESSIONAL
Derek Jeter, Larry Walker elected to baseball Hall of Fame
Derek Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame while Larry Walker also earned baseball's highest honor on Tuesday
Coco Gauff sets up Osaka showdown in Australia; Serena wins
Defending champion Naomi Osaka pulled it together in a swirling breeze on Margaret Court Arena to beat Zheng Saisai 6-2, 6-4 and advance to the third round of the Australian Open
ON THE AIR
Basketball
6:30 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Georgetown at Xavier.
7 p.m., ESPN — NBA: Philadelphia 76ers at Toronto Raptors.
7 p.m., MSG — NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks.
7 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: St. Bonaventure at Dayton.
7 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA men: Syracuse at Notre Dame.
7 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: South Carolina at Auburn.
7 p.m., ESPNews — NCAA men: Cincinnati at Temple.
7 p.m., NESN — NCAA men: Navy at Boston University.
7 p.m., YES — NCAA men: Georgia Tech at Louisville.
7:30 p.m., NBCSB — NBA: Memphis Grizzlies at Boston Celtics.
8:30 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Providence at Seton Hall.
9 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: Creighton at DePaul.
9 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: Memphis at Tulsa.
9 p.m., NESN, YES — NCAA men: Boston College at Pittsburgh.
9:30 p.m., ESPN — NBA: San Antonio Spurs at New Orleans Pelicans.
11 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: UNLV at Nevada.
Figure Skating
11:30 p.m., NBCSN — European Championships from Graz, Austria. (taped today)
Golf
1:30 p.m., Golf Channel — Korn Ferry: Great Abaco Classic from the Bahamas.
11 p.m., Golf Channel — European PGA: Dubai Desert Classic from United Arab Emirates.
Hockey
8 p.m., NBCSN — NHL: Detroit Red Wings at Minnesota Wild.
Soccer
2:25 p.m., NBCSN — Premier League: Burnley at Manchester United.
Tennis
7 p.m., Tennis Channel — Australian Open from Melbourne.
9 p.m., ESPN2 — Australian Open from Melbourne.