Category: NCAA Basketball

Henri Veesaar scored 24 points and Caleb Wilson added 20 as No. North Carolina pulled away in the second half for an 85-70 victory over St. Bonaventure in the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Tuesday night. Kyan Evans added 11 points and Luka Bogavac 10 for the Tar Heels (6-0), who are off to their best start since 2016-17.

Tennessee is 2-0 at the festival and just knocked off the No. 3 team in the country. But it awaits its fate for the championship round, thanks to a convoluted tiebreaker format at the 18-team event.

Bryce Hopkins scored 26 points, Oziyah Sellers added 22 and No. 14 St. John’s beat Baylor 96-81 on Tuesday in the second round of the Players Era Festival.

Bryce Hopkins scored 26 points, Oziyah Sellers added 22 and No. 14 St. John’s beat Baylor 96-81 on Tuesday in the second round of the Players Era Championship. Using a dominant second half to open a 23-point lead, the Red Storm (4-2) bounced back from an 83-82 loss to No. 15 Iowa State in the opening round Monday. Sellers went 5 for 7 from beyond the arc, and Hopkins was 9 of 12 from the floor while adding five rebounds and five assists.

Tre White had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Flory Bidunga added 13 points and 14 boards, and Kansas beat Syracuse 71-60 on Tuesday at the Players Era tournament. Syracuse was within 52-50 before Kansas scored 11 straight on layups and free throws to pull away. White completed a three-point play with 4:49 remaining in the second half and he added three free throws on Kansas' next possession for a 60-50 lead.

Here's a look a where to watch during Thanksgiving week (all times Eastern): College basketball The Players Era men's tournament features 18 teams playing in and around the Las Vegas area, with half ranked in the AP Top 25. Tuesday's games include No. St. John's vs. Baylor (4:30 p.m.

Freshman Killyan Toure scored a career-high 20 points and No. 15 Iowa State beat Creighton 78-60 on Tuesday in the second round of the Players Era Championship. Despite missing co-leading scorer Tamin Lipsey, who injured his groin in Monday’s 83-82 win over St. John’s, the Cyclones kept Creighton at arm’s length for most of the game. Joshua Jefferson had 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Reacting to games from Jaxon Kohler, Divine Ugochukwu and more after Michigan State's win over East Carolina on Tuesday at Fort Myers Tip-off.

Jaxon Kohler and Divine Ugochukwu each scored 16 points to lead No. Michigan State's balanced attack as the Spartans beat East Carolina 89-56 in the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Tuesday. Michigan State, which entered the game with four players averaging double-figure points, also got 13 from Coen Carr and 10 from Carson Cooper.

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Rick Barnes didn’t have long to enjoy 17th-ranked Tennessee’s lopsided win against Rutgers. Not with No. 3 Houston awaiting as part of a loaded field at the Players Era.

The 6-foot-4 junior guard had a huge week, averaging 31.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists in three games. The Big 12 player of the week started with 31 points and 10 rebounds in a win over Tulsa, becoming the first Wildcats player to post a 30/10 double-double since freshman star Michael Beasley in 2008.

The aptly named Players Era Festival and its millions in NIL payouts has replaced the Maui as college basketball’s premier early-season tournament.

The Sooners and Golden Eagles will meet in a nonconference, neutral-site matchup.

Michigan basketball score: 6 Wolverines scored in double figures as U-M opened the Players Era Festival tournament with a second-half spurt.