MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tyler Wahl scored 18 points and Max Klesmit scored 16 points and Wisconsin made 11 of 12 foul shots in the last 42 seconds to fend off Maryland 74-70. Chucky Hepburn scored 11 points and AJ Storr 10 for the Badgers who finished 28 of 31 from the foul line. Jahmir Young scored 20 points, Julian Reese 18 and Donta Scott 12 for Maryland. Wisconsin’s win coupled with Iowa’s road win against Michigan State puts the Badgers in sole possession of third place tin the Big Ten. Wisconsin is 2-1 since suffering a four-game losing streak.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Payton Sandfort scored 22 points, Ben Krikke added 18 points to go with a season-high 14 rebounds, and Iowa beat Michigan State 78-71. A-6-0 surge cut the Michigan State deficit to 70-65 with 2:31 remaining. Sandfort scored three points and Owen Freeman added a dunk to help the Hawkeyes pull away. Iowa (16-11, 8-8 Big Ten) has won consecutive games for the first time since winning three straight in January. Tyson Walker and Malik Hall each scored 16 points to lead Michigan State (17-10, 9-7), which had its three-game winning streak snapped.
UNDATED (AP) — The field for the 12-team College Football Playoff will comprise five conference champions and seven at-large selections after the university presidents who oversee the CFP voted unanimously to tweak the format. The move to decrease the number of spots reserved for conference champions from six to five was prompted by realignment, including the demise of the Pac-12. The original plan for the 12-team format was to have the six highest-ranked conference champions, with the top four receiving first-round byes, and six at-large selections.
UNDATED (AP) — Caitlin Clark of Iowa is The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s college basketball for the third time this season. She broke the NCAA career scoring record in the Hawkeyes only game last week, putting up 49 points in the win over Michigan. It took her only three shots to score the eight points she needed to pass Kelsey Plum and move into first all-time. The runner-up was Kamilla Cardoso of South Carolina.
UNDATED (AP) — Washington State puts its first ranking in 16 years on the line when the No. 21 Cougars head to fourth-ranked Arizona for a showdown between the top two teams in the Pac-12. They meet Thursday night in Tucson. The Cougars are well on their way to their first NCAA Tournament bid since their last ranked team went to the Sweet 16 in 2008. Elsewhere in the AP Top 25 this week, second-ranked Houston has tough games against No. 6 Iowa State and No. 11 Baylor, while the Bears not only have to face Houston but also No. 25 BYU.
UNDATED (AP) — South Carolina will try to wrap up the Southeastern Conference regular-season crown this week while Stanford attempts to move closer to winning its 27th regular-season Pac-12 title. The Big Ten, Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 Conference races are still up for grabs, with a few teams in the hunt for each title. And It’s not just the Power Five conferences that have big weeks ahead. The Ivy, Big Sky and Mid-American conferences all have matchups between the top teams this week.
