College basketball live updates, scores, results: Duke’s Cooper Flagg out vs. UNC

Selection Sunday just two days away, but there’s plenty of college basketball action to keep up with on conference tournament weekend.

Top-ranked Duke returns to action on Friday without Cooper Flagg after the potential NBA Draft No. 1 pick sprained his ankle on Thursday. His long-term status is unknown, but coach Jon Scheyer is playing it safe for the time being. The Blue Devils will face rival North Carolina in the ACC semifinals without their star freshman.

Beyond that, there are plenty of other noteworthy games on tap. Auburn and Michigan State already advanced in their respective conference tournaments, while Houston and St. John’s will also vie for the top seed line in the NCAA tournament.

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Here are all the games we’ll be keeping a close eye on Friday. (Scroll for live updates.)

No. 1 Duke vs. UNC, 7 p.m. | ESPN or ESPN2
No. 13 Louisville vs. No. 10 Clemson, 9:30 p.m. | ESPN or ESPN 2

No. 2 Houston vs. No. 17 BYU, 7 p.m. | ESPN/ESPN2
No. 9 Texas Tech vs. Arizona, 9:30 p.m. | ESPN/ESPN2

No. 3 Auburn 62, Ole Miss 57
No. 8 Tennessee 83, Texas 72
No. 4 Florida vs. No. 21 Missouri, 7 p.m. | SECN
No. 15 Kentucky vs. No. 5 Alabama, 9:30 p.m. | SECN

No. 6 St. John’s vs. No. 25 Marquette, 6:30 p.m. | Fox
Creighton vs. UConn, 9 p.m. | Fox

No. 7 Michigan State 74, No. 23 Oregon 64
No. 18 Wisconsin 86, UCLA 70
No. 11 Maryland vs. No. 24 Illinois, 6:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network
No. 20 Purdue vs. No. 22 Michigan, 9 p.m. | Big Ten Network

No. 16 Memphis 83, Wichita State 80
Boise State vs. New Mexico, 9:30 p.m. | CBSSN

Live49 updates

  • Marquette is maintaining its lead with Stevie Mitchell hitting a 3 for a 27-17 lead. The Golden Eagles are shooting 5-of-11 (46%) from long range thus far.

  • And another one! Kam Jones sinks another 3 to put Marquette ahead, 20-9, at the 14:07 mark of the first half. David Joplin followed with two free throws to extend the Golden Eagles’ lead to 13 points. They’re on an 8-0 run.

  • Kam Jones off to scorching start

    Kam Jones is hot to start off this game. He’s hit two 3-pointers in addition to two layups to tally an early 10 points for Marquette, lifting them to a 12-5 lead.

  • St. John’s won both regular season matchups with Marquette

    St. John’s went 2-0 versus Marquette during the regular season, winning 70-64 and 86-84 in overtime. However, the Golden Eagles are 6-0 against the Red Storm in Big East tournament play

  • The St. John’s band had an early start on Friday, appearing on the “Today” show to perform at Rockefeller Plaza.

  • FINAL: Tennessee 83, Texas 72

    Texas’ late rally could help their NCAA tournament chances. But the Longhorns’ win over Texas A&M on Thursday may not have been enough to get them off the bubble.

    Getting blown out by Tennessee wouldn’t have helped Texas’ chances with the selection committee. And really, the Longhorns were never in Friday’s SEC quarterfinal game, despite what the final score might indicate. They didn’t play like a team whose postseason was at stake.

    The Vols move on to play Auburn, who defeated Ole Miss earlier on Friday, in Saturday’s semifinal at 1 p.m. ET. Tennessee lost a close game in their regular season matchup, 53-51.

  • Texas’ Chendall Weaver rolled his left ankle after grabbing an offensive rebound and looked like he might have to come out of the game.

    However, he stayed in and made two free throws to cut Tennessee’s lead to 75-65 with 3:28 left in the second half.

  • Texas is showing a bit of life, but it’s likely too late. A ferocious Kadin Shedrick dunk over two defenders pulled the Longhorns to within 75-63, but only four minutes remain in the game.

  • Duke’s Cooper Flagg officially OUT vs. UNC

    The star freshman won’t play in tonight’s ACC semifinal game against North Carolina after he sprained his ankle in Thursday’s win over Georgia Tech.

  • Make that a 14-point lead for the Vols. A 3-point play from Chaz Lanier followed by a 3-pointer by Jordan Gainey are pushing the Longhorns further behind.

  • Tennessee has opened up a 10-point lead at the 14-minute mark of the second half on a dunk by Cade Phillips followed by a layup from Zakai Zeigler.

  • FINAL: Wisconsin 86, UCLA 70

    The final score doesn’t reflect what a Friday afternoon massacre this was, but Wisconsin decisively defeated UCLA in the Big Ten semifinals, 86-70.

    The Badgers led by 27 with three minutes remaining in the contest. The Bruins were never in this game.

    John Tonje led Wisconsin with 26 points, nine rebounds and four assists. John Blackwell followed with 18.

    For UCLA, Sebastian Mack scored 18 points off the bench, while Kobe Johnson added 14.

    Wisconsin will face Michigan State in a semifinal matchup on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET.

  • HALFTIME: Tennessee 41, Texas 38

    Texas only trails by three points at the half after Tramon Mark hit a shot at the buzzer.

    Mark leads the Longhorns with eight points, followed by Jordan Pope’s seven. Meanwhile, Chaz Lanier has 17 points for Tennessee at halftime on 8-of-11 shooting (2-of-3 from 3), while Jahmai Mashack added eight.

    Texas is shooting 56% from the floor, including 50% (4-of-8) on 3s. That’s probably keeping them in the game, but can it be sustained in the second half?

  • Tre Johnson has only two points for Texas at the 7:18 mark of the first half. Despite that and Chaz Lanier’s hot game thus far, the Longhorns are only down by six, 28-22.

    Johnson averaged 20.1 points per game this season, shooting 39% on 3s.

  • Tennessee starting off hot in front of their home state crowd.

  • It’s the Chaz Lanier show for Tennessee so far. He has 13 of the Vols’ 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting.

  • Texas-Tennessee is underway

    The battle over which school is the real UT begins in Nashville…

    Tennessee won the first meeting with Texas this season, 74-70.

  • FINAL: Memphis 83, Wichita State 80

    Memphis outlasts Wichita State in the AAC quarterfinals, 83-80.

    The Tigers had a 72-61 lead with 6:34 remaining in the second half, but the Shockers wouldn’t go away and got to within 77-74 with 54 seconds left. But PJ Haggerty effectively put the game away, knocking down a jumper for a five-point margin with 32 seconds remaining.

    Haggerty finished with 42 points, tying an AAC tournament record. He added eight rebounds and four assists. Dain Dainja followed with 18 points.

    Bijan Cortes led Wichita State with 19 points, four rebounds and five assists. Xavier Bell added 18 points, keeping the Shockers in the game down the stretch.

  • FINAL: Auburn 62, Ole Miss 57

    Auburn is on to the SEC tournament semifinals after a tough 62-57 win over Ole Miss.

    Johni Broome finishes with 23 points and 15 rebounds for the Tigers, while Sean Padulla and Dre Davis each scored 12 for the Rebels

    Auburn faces the winner of this afternoon’s Texas-Tennessee quarterfinal tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET.

  • Two Jaylen Murray free throws cut the Auburn lead to 60-57. But Johni Broome may have sunk the dagger with a spinning shot in the post to give the Tigers a five-point lead with 11 seconds remaining in regulation.

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