A fan at a Nebraska basketball game recently won a $75,000 Porsche for putting a golf ball the length of the court into a 3-by-3-inch slot. It was one of the many in-game fan contests held nightly in almost every sport.
Kasparas Jakucionis scored 24 points and Illinois men’s basketball held off UCLA for an 83-78 win on Tuesday to end the Bruins’ seven-game win streak.
Sheldon Edwards scored 12 points in the overtime as Loyola men’s basketball took down Richmond 87-80 on Tuesday.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday nominated former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel to be the state’s next lieutenant governor.
Illinois coach Brad Underwood decided to go young this season in replacing the experienced team he took to the Elite Eight last season.
Notre Dame replaced South Carolina in the No. 2 spot behind UCLA after the Gamecocks lost to Texas over the weekend.
Nick Martinelli scored 23 points and sparked a second-half rally, but Northwestern fell to Washington 76-71 on Saturday night for their eighth loss in 11 games.
Des Watson scored a game-high 14 points, but Loyola lost to Duquesne 69-56 in the Atlantic 10 on Saturday.
Will Riley scored 27 points off the bench and Kasparas Jakučionis added 24 points to help No. 23 Illinois get back on track with a 95-74 victory over Minnesota on Saturday.
ESPN’s Dick Vitale received a standing ovation Saturday night at Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum in his first game back as a commentator since recovering from his fourth bout with cancer.