College hoops Wednesday: Kansas looks for a flip against OSU

Anthony Marshall’s jumper with seven seconds remaining broke a tie and sent the UNLV Rebels to a 61-59 win over No. 22 Colorado State in Mountain West action Wednesday night.

It was the 20th win of the year for UNLV, who is now 20-7 overall and 7-5 in the Mountain West. The Rams drop to 21-5, 8-3 in conference.

With the win, Kansas avoided a season sweep at the hands of Oklahoma State. The Cowboys defeated the Jayhawks in Kansas on Feb. 2, 85-80.

In this age of the constantly moving Information Superhighway (yeah I’m taking it back, deal with it), yesterday’s dance craze or insanely popular meme is already dead and buried.

So what’s big now? Well, it’s got to be The Bill Self. It’s practically the MC Hammer Shuffle, but updated for modern times.

The Hoyas led by 14 points at halftime and never looked back, blowing past the Blue Demons with 63.5 percent shooting, including 64.3 percent from three-point range. DePaul hauled in 17 offensive rebounds on the night but could not overcome a poor night of shooting, hitting just 39.1 percent of their attempts and a sub-par 18.8 percent from beyond the arc.

Ohio State led by just six points at halftime, but put plenty of breathing room between themselves and the Golden Gophers after the recess. The Buckeyes shot 40 percent from the field, including 35 percent from beyond the arc, but Minnesota missed the cylinder more, hitting just 29.2 percent of their shoots and 13.3 from downtown.

With the win, Syracuse improves to 10-3 in the Big East and moves into a first-place tie with Marquette atop the conference. Those two teams will meet Feb. 25 in Milwaukee.