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Patrick Patterson has dealt with injuries and embarrassing losses, and saw his coach run of town in his short time at Kentucky. This season, he's hoping to experience something positive in Lexington.

John Calipari hasn't won any games yet with Kentucky. He hasn't made any tournaments or broken any records. But for Wildcat Nation right now, none of that matters.

Brandon Triche and Arinze Onuaku combined for 13 points in Syracuse's 22-1 run to open the second half and the Orange went on to a 87-71 victory over North Carolina (No. 4 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) in the championship game of the 2K Sports Classic.

Corey Fisher scored 18 points to lead Villanova past Dayton 71-65 on Friday in the second round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

Evan Turner had 26 points and 14 rebounds, his fourth double-double in as many games, and No. 15 Ohio State beat California (No. 12 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) 76-70 on Friday night in the third-place game of the 2K Sports Classic.

Draymond Green had 15 points to lead a balanced attack, and No. 2 Michigan State kept up its home court mastery with a 75-62 win over Toledo on Friday night.

UCLA starting forward Nikola Dragovic has been suspended for the Bruins' game against Cal State Bakersfield following his arrest.

E'Twaun Moore scored 22 points and No. 7 Purdue beat South Dakota State 74-63 on Friday night in the first round of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.

Gani Lawal had 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead Georgia Tech (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today, No. 21 AP) to a 70-62 victory over George Mason on Friday in the consolation round of the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

Former Indiana coach Bob Knight will speak at a Dec. 17 fundraiser in Indianapolis to benefit the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

Scotty Hopson scored 25 points to lead Tennessee to a 105-66 rout of East Carolina in the opening round of the Paradise Jam on Friday.

Manny Harris scored 25 points, and DeShawn Sims added 22 to help Michigan (No. 16 ESPN/USA Today, No. 15 AP) beat Houston Baptist 77-55 on Friday night.

Landon Milbourne scored a career-high 24 points, and No. 25 Maryland cruised past New Hampshire 82-55 Friday night in the Terrapins' final tuneup for the Maui Invitational.

Hall of Famers John Thompson and the late Kay Yow, plus New York City high school coaching legend Jack Curran have received the second annual Lapchick Character Awards.

A federal grand jury in Louisville has brought a new charge against the woman accused of trying to extort milllions from Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino.