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Colorado coach Tad Boyle made an innocent comment after a sluggish performance at the start the season: Play like that again and Xavier would beat the Buffaloes by 20. Derrick White scored 23 points and had a crucial block with 13 seconds remaining to help Colorado hold off No. 13 Xavier 68-66 on Wednesday night. ''It's not like I said they were going to, I said they could,'' Boyle said when reminded of his comment. Continue to Article

December 08, 2016 12:39:am EST

Butler coach Chris Holtmann acknowledged that Vanderbilt's size and zone defense presented problems in the Bulldogs' 76-66 win Thursday, and he expects the task to be more difficult against No. 8 Arizona on Friday. At least Holtmann's team, which is 5-0, does not have to concern itself with a zone defense utilized by Arizona coach Sean Miller. Being from the same "family of coaches," as Holtmann calls his Midwestern roots and those of Miller, both teams figure to play man-to-man when they meet in the championship game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational on Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET. Continue to Article

November 25, 2016 3:59:am EST

Edmond Sumner's free throw with 0.3 seconds left in overtime gave the Musketeers an 83-82 win over Missouri in the opening round of the Tire Pros Invitational on Thursday. Sumner was fouled by Missouri's Terrence Phillips as both went for the ball along the sideline on the deciding play. Sumner and Macura each scored 19 points for Xavier, which got 13 apiece from Trevon Bluiett and Sean O'Mara. Continue to Article

November 17, 2016 4:59:pm EST