Fighting towards that break

Today’s results:

No. 1 UConn 72, Oklahoma 63 (Sooners almost won)

No. 23 Texas A&M 71, USC 51 (the first loss of the season for the Trojans)

Indiana 67, Loyola Marymount 43 (Hoosiers are 10-0)

All scores

Tomorrow’s game schedule

College team news:

Cal is embracing a visit from UConn this weekend.

Notre Dame can’t wait for their move to a new facility.

Drake has been a mid-major headache for many teams so far this season.

Two MAC teams could make statements this week.

Tennessee was short on defense but bit on potential in last night’s loss to Stanford.

It’s back to defensive basics for UMaine.

UTEP heads to Las Vegas looking for some luck.

The game between Rutgers and Charlotte has been canceled after the two schools couldn’t find a mutually-agreeable reschedule date.

College player news:

Redshirt freshman forward Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi is bolstering Syracuse’s inside game.

Cal guard Mi’Cole Cayton will miss the rest of the season after having knee surgery to repair torn cartilage.

The NCAA’s starting five for the week.

College coach news:

Nikki McCray has ODU off to their best start in years.

The Unbeaten Gophers are embracing Lindsay Whalen’s way.

Oregon coach Kelly Graves won’t appeal his two-game suspension by the NCAA, and will sit out the next two match ups.

WNBA news:

The Dream will be back at State Farm Arena next season, after a three-year hiatus.