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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Dug McDaniel got things started for Michigan on Saturday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. — N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts said it would be a “heart and soul” game Sunday against North Carolina, and that it was.

SALT LAKE CITY — Adam Silver is just as eager as the National Basketball Players Association to get a new collective bargaining agreement done.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — This wasn’t a typical Michigan-Michigan State basketball game.

Michigan State women’s basketball players wiped away tears as they stood shoulder to shoulder during a moment of silence before losing to No. 8 Maryland 66-61 on Saturday, less than a week after three students were killed in a shooting on campus

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Shortly before Kansas State men’s basketball took the floor against Iowa State on Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum the selection committee for the NCAA Tournament showed the Wildcats a great deal of respect by projecting them as a No. 3 seed in their annual February bracket preview.

STORRS, Conn. — It wasn’t pretty, but the 20th-ranked UConn men’s basketball team used a second-half sprint to avoid another upset against Seton Hall, winning 64-55 in Gampel Pavilion on Saturday.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — What was expected to be one of the toughest games remaining on Kentucky’s basketball schedule looked more like a walkover for the Wildcats for much of Saturday afternoon.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A few days into his new gig — and just a few minutes into Kentucky’s most important basketball game of the season — Tyler Ulis was all in.