NCAA Sports News

Gene Cone's one-out sacrifice fly in the eighth inning broke a 3-3 tie and junior right-hander Joel Seddon pitched 2 scoreless innings of relief to earn his second win of the season as sixth ranked South Carolina defeated Auburn 4-3 to win the rubber game of a three-game Southeastern Conference series at Plainsman Park.

The running back is becoming less and less valuable in today's NFL, and if anyone knows it, it's the incoming rookies who play the position, like Arizona star Ka'Deem Carey.

Last week was rough for the Michigan basketball team, losing two elite players: Nik Stauskas and Glenn Robinson III.

Flanders had runs of 43 and 45 yards. Freshman Jabe Burgess was 5-of-8 passing for 64 yards and a pair of touchdowns to Chris Showels and Cole Taylor.

Zanders could be in Jacksonville, Fla., finishing his senior year in high school, but chose to enroll early with the Tigers so he could make plays such as his 80-yard touchdown run Saturday to cap the team's annual Black and Gold Game.

The defense forced four turnovers, intercepting All-America quarterback Vernon Adams three times and forcing and recovering a fumble as well.

The Charlie Strong era began at Texas with a shaky performance at quarterback and few questions answered about just how quickly the Longhorns can rebound in the Big 12 under their new coach.

Playing with the offensive starters on the Crimson Team, Sims completed 13 of 30 passes for 178 yards in a 17-14 loss to the White Team.

Marshall, the Tigers' starter last season who occasionally struggled through the air, completed 13 of 22 passes for 236 yards.

The junior quarterback rushed for 101 yards and passed for 69 to help the White team beat the Gold team 20-12 in Georgia Tech's spring game Friday night.

McKissic had been designated a senior last season by the NCAA because he graduated in 2009 but he spent two years out of basketball.

It's football season in Alabama, at least for a day. Both Auburn and Alabama are holding their A-Day spring scrimmages Saturday.

After a season which saw a 10-win increase from the previous season, Northern Illinois opted to extend the contract of head coach Mark Montgomery through the 2017-18 season, according to a release from the school .

The Houston Cougars' top two scorers have been granted releases to transfer to new schools.

Joeckel graduated in December but still has one year of eligibility remaining. He will compete for the Horned Frogs' starting quarterback job after Tyler Matthews announced he is transferring out of the program.

That Saturday is just the annual spring scrimmage hardly matters. This is Charlie Strong's burnt orange coaching debut, the first time he will put a Texas team on the field that has trained under his leadership, practiced his playbook and begun taking on the identity of the coach hired to dig the program out of four years of mediocrity.

Hood said in a statement Friday that playing for the Blue Devils and Mike Krzyzewski "helped me grow and develop as a player and a person" to prepare him for the NBA.

In this Jan. 4, 2014 file photo, North Dakota State's Ryan Smith is seen during of the FCS championship NCAA college football game in Frisco, Texas.

Duke sophomore forward Rodney Hood declared for the NBA Draft on Thursday, according to a report by the Charlotte Observer.

Rookie Hilltoppers coach Jeff Brohm hopes that knowledge of the team's personnel and his offensive expertise as the coordinator last season under Bobby Petrino helps WKU follow up an 8-4 finish with its second bowl bid in three years.