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Duquesne beats Purdue Fort Wayne 78-71 behind 16 points from Kerem Konan
Duquesne has secured a 78-71 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne in their season opener.
Cameron Grant scores 19 as UNC Greensboro beats Milligan 96-43
Northern Iowa opens season with a 106-70 win over Cornell (IA) behind Carson Vis
Pacific opens season with a 102-47 win over Bethesda (CA)
North Florida beats Cal Baptist 71-63 in the season opener
Portland State beats Lewis & Clark 111-59 as K.C. Ibekwe scores 17
UC Irvine opens season with a 92-66 win over Chapman behind Luke Isaak

Will Wade is back coaching at LSU and starts second stint with a season-opening victory
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Haggerty's 22 points leads five in double figures as Texas A&M trounces Alabama State
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Max Alexander scores 19 to lead Houston Christian over Louisiana Christian 108-45 in opener
Jonah Hinton scores 24 to propel Rhode Island to 103-59 rout of Holy Cross in season opener
Davis Kern scores 24 to help South Dakota State upset Kansas State 68-66 in season opener
Dent's double-double leads LSU over rebranded LSU New Orleans 100-57

Wilkinson scores 23, Smith Jr. 20 as No. 12 Arkansas rolls Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Jason Crowe Jr. scores 23 to help Missouri rout Cleveland State 111-50 in season opener
Jaidyn Coon and Ty'Reek Coleman give Iowa season-opening 76-54 win over Lipscomb
Grant scores 19, UNC Greensboro beats Milligan 96-43
No. 9 Virginia handles Drexel in season opener
No. 15 TCU women beat Oral Roberts 99-43 for school's largest margin of victory in season opener

Roberson, Nelson lead No. 4 Duke past Green Bay 76-60 to open season
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London Jemison, Drew Fielder power No. 20 Alabama to 96-74 win over Sam Houston State
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Ben Hammond, Jaylen Curry lead Virginia Tech to 88-54 victory over Coppin State in season opener
Fernandez's 20 points pace South Carolina past Stetson 81-55
Colby Garland, Kam Craft power Georgia Tech past Hampton 75-55
No. 24 West Virginia women survive Rhode Island 68-64 behind Gia Cooke's career-high 28 points
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Thomas Haugh's 19 points and 10 rebounds lead No. 1 Florida past No. 14 Miami, 77-67
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Luke Murray's Boston College era opens with 76-50 win over Wagner

No. 23 Kentucky beats Manhattan 85-57 behind Milan Momcilovic's 24 points
Pitino, St. John's land commitment from top HS recruit Malachi Jordan
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DeWayne Brown II scores 17 points and has 17 rebounds as No. 8 Tennessee beats Wofford 90-59
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Lions roar, Sooners stunned: East Texas A&M upsets Oklahoma 68-64 on opening night
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Chloe Donnell ties NCAA record with 14 3-pointers in Northwestern State's opener
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Texas and Madison Booker still chasing a national title despite transfer exodus
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Jaden Matingou scores 20, hits winner as Hawaii edges Seattle U 74-73 in season opener
Juzenas, Saint Mary's defeat Illinois State 90-85 in OT

JuJu Watkins returns with 21 points as USC teammates celebrate her comeback in 100-68 win over UNLV
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Norfolk State defeats Regent 68-45
Dylan Bordon scores 20 as San Francisco beats Radford 76-62
Cal Poly beats Cal State-San Marcos 78-62 in both teams' season opener
Sacramento State beats William Jessup 90-74 as Larry Hughes Jr. scores 24
Murauskas scores 21 points to help Arizona State beat Tennessee State 75-65 to kick off Bennett era

No. 22 UCLA outlasts No. 5 Arizona 84-75 despite Ivan Kharchenkov's 38-point night
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Lamar routs Schreiner 124-62 as Quante Berry scores 22
Oregon pulls away in the 2nd half to beat Montana 87-69 in a season opener

Adonis Ratliff and Alijah Arenas power No. 21 USC to 95-63 win over Milwaukee
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Nikola Dzepina and LeJuan Watts lead Washington to 90-76 win over Colgate
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Santa Clara opens season with an 89-70 win over Towson
UCSB opens the season with an 85-55 win over San Francisco State
Southern Utah beats West Coast Baptist 134-69 behind JaJuan Nicholls' 14 points
Julius Price scores 17 as Stanford rallies late to beat Eastern Washington 74-65 in season opener
Dotson puts up 21 in UCSD's 100-75 win against Whittier
UCSD beats Whittier 100-75 in season opener as Kayde Dotson scores 21
Idaho opens the season with a 97-56 win over George Fox behind Wynott's 20
Phillips sparks Jacksonville's 105-61 season-opening rout of Trinity Baptist
Northern Colorado opens season with a 117-64 win over Colorado College
San Diego beats Biola 79-62 in season debut behind Sekou Konneh's 15 points
Longwood opens season with a 123-67 win over Pfeiffer
Omaha beats Mid-America Christian 73-65 as Cahmai Crosby scores 21
Alabama A&M opens the season with a 90-57 win over Oakwood
Area colleges
St. John's celebrates past, eyes future in win over Monmouth
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How to watch St. John's hoops: 29 games on 8 platforms
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Rubin: St. John's has the talent and depth to make another deep NCAA Tournament run
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Get to know the St. John's men's basketball roster
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St. John's to unveil Big East title banners at Carnesecca Arena on Monday
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Three keys to the season for St. John's
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Hofstra adding two new sports next year
Hofstra adding men's and women's swimming and diving teams
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