College Basketball Saturday: Michigan Knocks Off Ohio State

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Kansas bolstered its resume and resumed its charge toward a Big 12 title with an easy 83-50 win over Texas Tech on Saturday.

For more on the Jayhawks, head to Rock Chalk Talk; for more on the Red Raiders, visit Double T Nation.

The Bulldogs won the battle on the boards by a wide margin, but turnovers were their undoing. Gonzaga turned the ball over 21 times to USF’s 10, as the Dons made an impressive 14 steals.

Georgetown took an 11-point halftime lead over Providence and clamped down on defense en route to a 63-53 win over the Friars on Saturday.

For more on the Hoyas, head to Casual Hoya.

Dick Vitale seems to be in heaven at Murray State. The fans in the arena have embraced him in a big way and he’s been walking around with a smile all evening long. There were Vitale faces in the crowd, as well as signs welcoming him to the arena.

But the best part, easily, was Vitale’s moment with the cheerleaders. During a commercial break, ESPN cameras caught Vitale getting down with his bad self as he danced along with the Murray State cheerleading squad on the court. It was so Vitale, and it was so awesome.

Game Date/Time: Saturday, Feb. 18, 9 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN (National)

It’s the fifth-straight loss for the Illini and eighth of their last nine. It’s also their fifth straight Big Ten road loss.

At one point during the first-half, Illinois led 24-16. Nebraska then commenced a 50-12 run that blew out the Illini and turned this one into a laugher, though not the kind many would have thought.

For updates, head over to SB Nation Denver. For more in-depth coverage of this matchup, head over the MWC blog Mountain West Connection. And for news and notes from around college hoops, visit SB Nation’s NCAA basketball news hub.

Without Jim Calhoun, who is on indefinite medical leave with spinal stenosis, the team is unfortunately falling apart. Couple what might be an NCAA-less season with the possibility that next year’s squad might be banned from the NCAA Tournament due to violations, and things might get a whole lot worse before they get better.

For more on these two teams, visit Kansas State blog Bring on the Cats and Baylor blog Our Daily Bears.

For more news, analysis, and discussion on the Tigers, visit Rock M Nation, SB Nation’s Mizzou blog. For all your Texas A&M news, check out I Am The 12th Man, SB Nation’s Aggies blog. Check out Big 12 Hoops for all your conference basketball news.

The Cardinals are now 9-5 in the Big East and will travel to Cincinnati on Thursday night.

For more news, analysis, and discussion on Louisville, visit Card Chronicle. For all your Big East basketball news, be sure to follow Big East Coast Bias.

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