Top 25 scores
No. 1 Gonzaga St. Mary’s
No. 2 Baylor No. 15 Texas Tech
No. 4 Texas Kansas State
No. 6 Kansas Iowa State
No. 23 Minnesota No. 7 Michigan
Butler
No. 8 Creighton (OT)
No. 10 Tennessee Vanderbilt
No. 18 Virginia No. 12 Clemson
No. 13 West Virginia Texas Christian
No. 21 Ohio State No. 14 Illinois
Miami
No. 16 Louisville
No. 17 Missouri Texas A&M
No. 22 Oregon Arizona each as the Cavaliers won their 11th straight over the Tigers to stay perfect in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
Virginia (9-2) improved to 5-0 in the league, its best start since opening the conference 12-0 in the 2017-18 season.
Clemson (9-2, 3-2 ACC) hadn’t played since topping North Carolina State 74-70 in overtime on Jan. 5. A few days later, the team paused activities and postponed games at North Carolina and Syracuse because of the novel coronavirus. The team returned to practice this week to face the Cavaliers.
No. 21 Ohio State 87, at No. 14 Illinois 81: E.J. Liddell scored 26 points and the Buckeyes beat the Fighting Illini in a brutal Big Ten matchup.
The game was especially physical in the second half. One technical was called, on Ohio State’s Duane Washington Jr., and the officials had to step in many times to avoid fights.
Washington, Justin Ahrens and Seth Towns each added 11 for Ohio State (11-3, 5-3). The Buckeyes were missing injured guards C.J. Walker and Jimmy Sotos.
Ayo Dosunmu led Illinois (9-5, 5-3) with 22 points. Kofi Cockburn scored 15 and freshman Adam Miller added 14 points for the Illini.
at Miami 78, No. 16 Louisville 72: Isaiah Wong had 30 points, seven rebounds and six assists, and the Hurricanes beat the Cardinals to end an 18-game skid against ranked opponents.
Matt Cross scored 16 points and Elijah Olaniyi had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Miami. The previous time the Hurricanes (6-6, 2-5 ACC) topped a ranked foe was at No. 9 North Carolina in February of 2018.
Louisville (9-2, 4-1) rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit and got within 68-64 on Matt Slazinski’s three free throws with 2:21 left.