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Trevon Hughes scored 19 of his career-high 26 points in the second half as Wisconsin held on to beat No.

Trevon Hughes scored 19 of his career-high 26 points in the second half and Wisconsin held on to beat Duke 73-69 on Wednesday, snapping the Blue Devils' perfect record in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Cole Aldrich had 13 points and 16 rebounds, and top-ranked Kansas scored 36 straight points in the first half in an embarrassingly easy 98-31 victory over winless Alcorn State on Wednesday night.

Trevon Hughes scored 19 of his career-high 26 points in the second half and Wisconsin held on to beat No.

UConn -Duke. If you're a college basketball fan, that probably has a pretty nice ring to it.

Study Hall Duke and UConn have met on a big stage before. But this time, they'll use the setting to learn a little more about themselves.

The most undeniable evidence of the athleticism gap between UConn and Duke came seven minutes and 11 seconds into Friday's NIT Season Tip-Off final at Madison Square Garden.

Singler has 6 points and we still stomp UConn?? Show me someone who predicted that scenario.

Setting The corner of 7th Avenue and 32nd Street will be hopping this evening when the Duke Blue Devils take on the University of Connecticut Huskies in the finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Plot For the first time in NCAA history, coaches with 800 or more victories do battle when Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Calhoun square off.

Coach Mike Krzyewski and Duke will take on Connecticut at the Garden for the preseason NIT championship.

The nation learned a lot about this year's version of the 2009-10 Duke men's basketball team on Wednesday night.

It couldna t get any more big-time than this. The worlda s most famous city, the worlda s most famous basketball arena and college basketballa s premier program as the opponent.

In the 2005-2006 season, Eric Boateng was a freshman center on Duke's roster and Herb Sendek coached ACC foe N.C. State.

The Blue Devils of Durham and the Tar Heels of Chapel Hill were named co-favorites to win the ACC during the preseason.

Nolan Smith scored 24 points in his return to Duke 's lineup, and ninth-ranked Duke routed Charlotte, 101-59, last night in the second round of the NIT Season Tip-Off in Durham, N.C. Jon Scheyer added 20 points and Kyle Singler had 17 for the Blue Devils, who never trailed, hit 12 three-pointers and shot 52.9 percent.

Duke showed that it is a considerably more dangerous team with Nolan Smith on the floor.

It was the 2006-07 school year when Josh Hairston entered the Fredericksburg-area basketball scene.

Duke's Nolan Smith grabs a rebound between Charlotte's Phil Jones, left, and Derrio Green, right, during the second half of the second round of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, in Durham, North Carolina.

Monday, November 16, 2009 at 11:48 p.m. Read more: College , NCAA Basketball CCU Sports Release DURHAM, N.C. a ' The Coastal Carolina University mena TMs basketball team started out strong in both halves, but the Chanticleers shot just 28.6 percent from the field and had an over-seven minute scoring drought in the first half in a 74-49 loss to #9/8 ...

The second round of the NIT Season Tip-Off pits the Charlotte 49ers against the ninth-ranked Duke Blue Devils, one of the host teams of this event.