The North Carolina Tar Heels blew out the Georgetown Hoyas in a nonconference college basketball game at the Smith Center. Here are the highlights.

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The defending Division 1 champions are well-equipped to repeat, which is why East Lansing starts off the season as The Detroit News’ No. 1-ranked boys basketball team.

No. 7 Maryland scored 10 straight points with less than a minute remaining in double overtime to beat Minnesota, 100-99, on Sunday.

Hindered by a poor shooting night, Texas A&M basketball suffered its third loss Sunday against SMU.

Desmond Bane threw a basketball at another opponent. This time, he threw a rocket at OG Anunouby of the Knicks, who was out of bounds after a play in transition. A confused Anunoby got up and gave Bane a little shove and officials decided that Bane throwing the ball was a hostile act and gave him a technical foul.

There is already a change at the top of the first High School Boys Basketball Poll, while the girls’ ranking sees little shakeup. Riverside, led by the high-scoring Nico Antoniacci,

Ryan Seibert, East Pennsboro — Seibert’s a coach’s dream: he grabs rebounds among the best in the Mid-Penn, leads his team in assists, and consistently plays physically and tough for the Panthers.

While Nebraska basketball is Big Ten ready - and now in control of this rivalry - Creighton needs an identity before Big East play, writes Tom Shatel.

Here are the college basketball scores from Saturday, December 6, as Loyola got back on track & Northwestern struggled.

Former NBA player Jeff McInnis, who was working as an assistant men’s basketball coach at College of Charleston, is no longer on staff under head coach Chris Mack. McInnis has been removed from the school’s website and The Post and Courier reports that Charleston and McInnis have “mutually parted ways.