McNeese Cowboys (20-6, 14-1 Southland) at SE Louisiana Lions (17-9, 11-4 Southland) Hammond, Louisiana; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cowboys -7.5; over/under is 136.5 BOTTOM LINE: McNeese visits SE Louisiana after DJ Richards scored 21 points in McNeese's 78-64 victory against the New Orleans Privateers. The Lions are 7-2 in home games.
Loyola Chicago visits Durkin and Davidson
Davidson is eighth in the A-10 with 23.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Durkin averaging 5.3. The Ramblers are 7-5 against A-10 opponents. Loyola Chicago scores 73.8 points and has outscored opponents by 5.0 points per game.
Kansas State faces Utah after McDaniel’s 22-point game
Kansas State Wildcats (13-12, 7-7 Big 12) at Utah Utes (14-11, 6-8 Big 12) Salt Lake City; Monday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Utes -2; over/under is 145.5 BOTTOM LINE: Kansas State visits Utah after Dug McDaniel scored 22 points in Kansas State's 80-65 loss to the BYU Cougars. The Utes are 13-3 on their home court.
Baylor hosts No. 13 Arizona after overtime win
Arizona Wildcats (17-8, 11-4 Big 12) at Baylor Bears (16-9, 8-6 Big 12) Waco, Texas; Monday, 10 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bears -1.5; over/under is 151.5 BOTTOM LINE: Baylor hosts No. Arizona after the Bears took down the West Virginia Mountaineers 74-71 in overtime.
Seton Hall plays No. 18 Marquette following Coleman’s 23-point game
Seton Hall Pirates (7-18, 2-12 Big East) at Marquette Golden Eagles (19-6, 10-4 Big East) Milwaukee; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Seton Hall takes on No. Marquette after Isaiah Coleman scored 23 points in Seton Hall's 69-68 overtime win against the UConn Huskies.
Butler visits Xavier following Brooks’ 30-point game
Butler Bulldogs (12-13, 5-9 Big East) at Xavier Musketeers (16-10, 8-7 Big East) Cincinnati; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Butler takes on Xavier after Pierre Brooks scored 30 points in Butler's 97-86 win against the Georgetown Hoyas. The Musketeers have gone 12-2 at home.
Pittsburgh hosts Syracuse after Leggett’s 21-point game
Syracuse Orange (11-15, 5-10 ACC) at Pittsburgh Panthers (15-10, 6-8 ACC) Pittsburgh; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh hosts Syracuse after Ishmael Leggett scored 21 points in Pittsburgh's 74-65 win against the Miami Hurricanes. The Panthers have gone 11-3 in home games.
Lawal leads Virginia Tech against Boston College after 23-point showing
Virginia Tech Hokies (11-14, 6-8 ACC) at Boston College Eagles (10-15, 2-12 ACC) Boston; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Virginia Tech takes on Boston College after Toibu Lawal scored 23 points in Virginia Tech's 73-70 loss to the Virginia Cavaliers. The Eagles are 7-7 in home games.
Fresno State visits Boyd and San Diego State
Fresno State Bulldogs (5-21, 1-14 MWC) at San Diego State Aztecs (17-6, 10-4 MWC) San Diego; Tuesday, 11 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: San Diego State hosts Fresno State after Nicholas Boyd scored 24 points in San Diego State's 64-47 victory over the Boise State Broncos. The Aztecs have gone 9-3 at home.
Sellers and No. 17 Maryland host Michigan
Michigan Wolverines (18-7, 9-5 Big Ten) at Maryland Terrapins (19-6, 9-5 Big Ten) College Park, Maryland; Monday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. Maryland hosts Michigan after Shyanne Sellers scored 23 points in Maryland's 91-71 loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Lawrence and Coppin State host South Carolina State
Coppin State Eagles (15-9, 6-2 MEAC) at South Carolina State Bulldogs (2-22, 1-7 MEAC) Orangeburg, South Carolina; Monday, 5:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Coppin State visits South Carolina State after Laila Lawrence scored 20 points in Coppin State's 63-53 victory against the North Carolina Central Eagles. The Bulldogs have gone 2-7 at home.
Tiger Woods expects Trump talks to see LIV golfers back on PGA Tour in 2025
- PGA Tour board members met Trump at start of February
- ‘I think things are going to heal quickly’ says Woods
Tiger Woods has claimed LIV golfers could make a sensational return to the PGA Tour this year after the direct involvement of Donald Trump in the sport’s unification talks.
Elite golf has been in a fractured state since the launch of the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV circuit in 2022. A key upshot was the generally acrimonious departure of several big names from the PGA Tour to LIV. Despite the signing of a framework agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in the summer of 2023, the pace of progress has been glacial.
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Athletics manager Mark Kotsay signed a three-year contract extension on Monday.
‘100% quality’: Enzo Le Fée brings poise to Sunderland’s promotion push
Versatile French playmaker adds class and experience to a young side hopeful of returning to the Premier League
Enzo Le Fée is the subject of considerable introspection at Roma. The concern at the Stadio Olimpico is that last month’s decision to offload the multitalented French midfielder with more than a hint of Luka Modric about his game, might prove a big mistake. Sunderland certainly exhibit zero sign of buyer’s remorse over an expensive loan deal obligated to turn into a formal £20m transfer should Régis Le Bris’s team return to the Premier League this spring.
“Le Fée is 100% quality,” says Gary Bennett, the former Sunderland defender turned BBC Radio Newcastle match analyst. “From what we’ve seen so far, wow. Twenty million will be money very well spent.”
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Manchester United’s slump deepens, Ryan Christie inspires Bournemouth and David Moyes lets the good times roll
Can winning a game that resembled two lurching drunks swinging at each other at closing time be regarded as vindication for Ange Postecoglou? Perhaps if Manchester United had a more mobile midfield and someone other than Rasmus Højlund at centre-forward – last goal at Plzen on 12 December – flanked by a winger in Alejandro Garnacho who last scored against Bodø/Glimt two weeks before that. It turns out Joshua Zirkzee – who has three goals in the league all season – is United’s most potent forward. The numbers point to this being United’s worst team in decades, and the only good news Ruben Amorim received on Sunday was 17th-placed Wolves’ defeat at Liverpool. Tottenham saw out a second successive Premier League clean sheet for the first time in 16 months but did so nervously. It will take much more than sketchily defeating a crashing clown car to prove Postecoglou’s pronouncement that the true Tottenham would reveal themselves once his injured players started returning. John Brewin
Match report: Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United
Match report: Leicester 0-2 Arsenal
Match report: Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle
Match report: Liverpool 2-1 Wolves
Match report: Aston Villa 1-1 Ipswich
Match report: Fulham 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Match report: Southampton 1-3 Bournemouth
Match report: Crystal Palace 1-2 Everton
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