Payne worked for 10 years on Calipari´s staff but the former Cardinal is now trying to guide his alma mater back from a scandal-marred period that most recently landed the program in the NCAA´s crosshairs following a federal investigation of corruption in college basketball. You've got guys that should be playing better that aren't. So, that's my responsibility to figure out why aren't they playing better. "We've got to be physically on tune, but just as important, mentally.

Florida guard Will Richard made the free throw for a 1-0 lead before the opening tip. The Gators (7-7) barely led again and lost 66-63 at home to drop to 0-2 in Southeastern Conference play for the second straight season. The Aggies (9-5, 1-0 SEC) won for the first time in six trips to Gainesville and gave Buzz Williams a victory in his 500th game as a head coach. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A day before facing off in the College Football Playoff, TCU's Sonny Dykes and Michigan's Jim Harbaugh talked fondly about the fathers they followed into coaching and a time when they might have shared more than a stage for one final pregame press conference.

Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach dies aged 61... Texas Tech players line up in air raid formation to honor... 'He is the best': Former University of Oklahoma football... 'My favorite coach before I met him': Gardner Minshew calls... An independent panel spared Louisville of major sanctions just before the season began. The bad news is those five years of basketball purgatory while waiting for an outcome has left the program in shambles.

"I think they just made a lot of shots. Bones (Hyland), he hit some tough shots as well. Bruce Brown, 4-for-6 from 3. Like, a lot of those are shots we wanted to live with. (Shooting) 17-for-30 from 3? The winner gives its fan base bragging rights, but the euphoria could be temporary because of both teams´ disappointing starts. While there's plenty of time to improve, the buzz around Saturday´s nationally televised battle for Bluegrass supremacy at Rupp Arena is somewhat muted.

Oklahoma City wrapped up the 2022 portion of its schedule with a 115-96 home loss to Philadelphia on New Year's Eve. The Thunder shot 38 percent from the field (35 of 92), including 12-for-36 on 3-point attempts. Philadelphia never trailed and outscored Oklahoma City 66-42 in the paint. "Pervis (Ellison, the 1986 Final Four MOP) would go and take the plate and throw it in the trash. There´s the care factor that I grew up with." That´s the environment that I grew up here with Louisville basketball.

That sent the Frogs on a nomadic, login hokiqq 16-year journey that covered three conferences (not including a few weeks as an incoming member of the Big East).