— Kentucky 78, Tennessee 73
Wildcats were 12-24 on the arc, Tennessee 11-45.
This was 2nd-most 3’s Tennessee has ever taken in a game.
All five Kentucky starters scored in double figures.
Tennessee is 4-4 in the SEC, after a 13-0 pre-conference mark.
— Louisville 72, Wake Forest 59
Louisville led this game 45-21 at halftime.
Cardinals are 16-5, 9-1 in ACC games; last three years, they were 25-71, 11-49 in ACC games, so a tremendous coaching job being done by Pat Kelsey.
— BYU 93, Baylor 89 OT
BYU led this game 44-36 at halftime.
BYU shot 64.9% inside the arc.
Baylor shot 13-28 on the arc.
Both teams are 5-4 in the Big X.
— Pittsburgh 73, North Carolina 65
Pitt played only seven guys and the 7th guy played four minutes.
Tar Heels led 44-42 at the half, were outscored 31-21 in second half.
North Carolina lost three of its last four games.
Pitt was 16-20 on foul line, North Carolina 6-9.
— Kansas 91, Central Florida 87
Jayhawks pounded UCF 99-48 when they played in Florida January 5th.
Knights led this game by 9 early in second half.
Kansas was 25-29 on foul line, UCF 15-17.
Jayhawks shot 47.6% on the arc, 41.9% inside the arc.
— Wyoming 83, Fresno State 72 OT
Bad Beat of the Night, if you had Fresno State +8.5
Fresno led by 4 with 0:41 left in regulation.
Wyoming was 17-36 on the arc, Bulldogs 5-22.
— Marquette 78, Butler 69
Butler led 42-35 at halftime.
Marquette shot 59% inside the arc.
Marquette is 18-3, 9-1 in Big East, tied with St John’s for first place.
— Famous birthdays, January 29th:
Katherine Ross, 85
Tom Selleck, 80
Ann Jillian, 75
Oprah Winfrey, 71
Terry Kinney, 71
Steve Sax, 65
Mike Aldrete, 64
Aeneas Williams, 57
Sara Gilbert, 50
Jose Abreu, 38
Ka’imi Fairbairn, 31
Quentin Lake, 26
— Baltimore Ravens signed former Colts’ Chuck Pagano as their secondary coach; Pagano was 56-46 in six years as coach of the Colts, 3-3 in playoff games.
— 19 major leaguers hit 20+ home runs last year, while also stealing 20+ bases.
— P Trevor Bauer signed a contract to pitch for the Yokohama BayStars in the Japanese League this coming year. He had a 2.76 ERA for the BayStars LY; he hasn’t pitched in the major leagues since 2021, when he went 8-5, 2.59 in 17 starts for the Dodgers.
— Chicago White Sox lost 23 games last year that they led after six innings; they had a dismal season, going 41-121. Their over/under win total for this year is 51.5.
— Pittsburgh Pirates signed 2B/OF Adam Frazier for one year, $1.525M. Frazier was an all-star in 2021, but this will be his 4th team in four years since then.
— New York Mets made the playoffs last year; they had 14 players on that team who were/are free agents this winter. Detroit Tigers also made the playoffs LY; they didn’t have any players who were free agents this winter.
— LA Dodgers signed reliever Kirby Yates for one year, $13M; Yates had 33 saves last year, for the Texas Rangers.