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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Top-ranked Kansas and No. 14 Buffalo hit the road to face ranked opponents as part of the week's AP Top 25 schedule. There are several tests ahead for ranked teams, including No. 2 Duke facing No. 12 Texas Tech in New York. Ninth-ranked North Carolina will also play No. 19 Kentucky in Chicago. In addition, Oklahoma and North Carolina State could join next week's poll with a couple of wins this week.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Jaylen Hoard and Brandon Childress each scored 16 points to lead Wake Forest past Davidson 67-63. Chaundee Brown finished with 13 and Torry Johnson had 10, including two important layups in the final minutes for the Demon Deacons. They shot 47 percent and held Davidson to 3-of-11 shooting from 3-point range in the second half.
ATLANTA (AP) — DJ Laster scored 20 of his career high-tying 25 points in the first half, and Gardner-Webb shot nearly as well as it had all season in a 79-69 win at Georgia Tech. The Runnin' Bulldogs stunned Georgia Tech with a pair of baskets in the final four seconds of the first half on the way to a 45-38 lead and then pushed the lead to 13 points in the second half before holding off Georgia Tech in McCamish Pavilion.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Kansas, Duke and Tennessee are 1-2-3 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the second straight week. The Jayhawks earned 56 of 65 first-place votes to stay at No. 1. Michigan and Virginia each climbed a spot into the top 5. No. 25 Nebraska was the only addition to this week's rankings. Reigning national champion Villanova fell out for the second time this season after two straight losses.
UNDATED (AP) — Notre Dame's Brian Kelly is The Associated Press college football Coach of the Year. He is the third coach to win the award twice since it was established in 1998. Kelly received 16 of the 58 first-place votes from AP college football poll voters and 81 total points. Alabama coach Nick Saban was second with 16 first-place votes and 66 points. Central Florida coach Josh Heupel was third with 33 points and five first-place votes.
NEW YORK (AP) — Baylor fell out of the top five for the first time in nearly a year after losing at Stanford. The Lady Bears dropped from third to sixth in The Associated Press women's basketball poll after losing 68-63 on Saturday to the then-No. 11 Cardinal. UConn and Notre Dame are still the top two teams in the poll released on Monday.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Miranda Drummond scored 19 points and Emily Engstler added a career-high 16, leading No. 15 Syracuse to a 94-45 victory over Niagara. Syracuse led for all but 10 seconds as five Orange players scored in double digits. Jai Moore and Adila Gathers led the Purple Eagles with eight points each.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — After a year at North Carolina, Henry Baker has rejoined Rutgers football staff as defensive backs coach and coordinator for the passing defense. Coach Chris Ash announced the hiring. Baker is returning to take the job he left in 2017 to join Larry Fedora's Tar Heels' staff.
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