1. Move over Tim Duncan. Morehead State’s Kenneth Faried is now the NCAA’s all-time  rebounding leader after Faried grabbed 12 boards in the team’s 71-65 win against Indiana State Saturday, giving him 1,576 rebounds in his career, according to the Associated Press.
2. Saint Joseph’s dismissed a couple of reserve players, even as the university reviews their cases, according to an Associated Press report. Guard Patrick Swilling and center Todd O’Brien aren’t with the team after violating university community rules, and Swilling has left the university. They combine to average 2.6 points per game.
3. Saint Joseph’s Big Five rival Temple also has fewer available players after forward Micheal Eric fractured his right patella in practice, according to ESPN.com wire services. The big man averaged 7.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game for the Owls.
4. Take notice, TV networks: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski wants nothing to do with in-game interviews during TV timeouts, according to SI.com’s “Truth & Rumors” blog.
5. The woman convicted of extorting Louisville coach Rick Pitino will serve seven years in prison, pending an appeal, according to the Associated Press. Karen Cunagin Sypher received about one-quarter of the maximum sentence for extortion, lying to the FBI and retaliation against a witness.

2/18
• Louisville 71, Connecticut 58
• VCU 68, Wichita State 67
• Drexel 73, Kent State 66

2/19

• Nebraska 70, Texas 67
• St. John’s 60, Pittsburgh 59
• West Virginia 72, Notre Dame 58
• Virginia 61, Virginia Tech 54
• Arizona State 71, Washington State 69
• Brown 75, Princeton 65
• Rice 67, Memphis 52
• Texas Tech 78, Baylor 69
• Utah 62, New Mexico 60
• Arizona 87, Washington 86
• Georgia 69, Tennessee 63
• Texas A&M 67, Oklahoma State 66
• UNLV 68, Colordao State 61
• Villanova 77, DePaul 75 OT
• North Carolina 48, Boston College 46
• Syracuse 84, Rutgers 80 OT
• Michigan State 61, Illinois 57
• Utah State 75, Saint Mary’s 65
• James Madison 70, Miami, Ohio 69
• Dayton 64, Duquesne 63
• Fairfield 76, Austin Peay 69
• Charleston 85, Vermont 70
• Valparaiso 80, Missouri State 67
• George Mason 77, Northern Iowa 71

2/20

• Purdue 76, Ohio State 63
• Old Dominion 74, Cleveland State 63
• Clemson 63, Miami 59
• Wisconsin 76, Penn State 66

Game-day tweets and retweets from Phil Kasiecki’s season-long tour:

Penn at Brown

Penn and Brown are moments from tip-off at the Pizzitola Center. Penn is without Conor Turley and Cameron Gunter due to illness.

Momentum has gone back and forth between the two teams, with Penn up 14-8 near the halfway point of the first half.

At the half, Penn leads Brown 28-21 in a game that has had some sloppy stretches.

At the under-8 media timeout, Penn leads Brown 48-44. Brown has managed to get close, but breaking through to tie or lead has been tougher.

Peter Sullivan’s three from the left wing puts Brown up 49-48 with just over six minutes left.

Huge three-pointer from the corner by Rosen, with the shot-clock running down, makes it 58-52. Then a steal by Rosen leads to a foul, 2 FTs.

Final score: Penn 70, Brown 62. Penn breaks a four-game losing streak and wins their first road game in nearly two months.

Massachusetts at Rhode Island

A little more than 10 minutes to the tip of UMass-URI. Traffic on Route 138 suggests we’ll have a big crowd, but that’s not the case now.

Last time they met, they were going in opposite directions. That is still the case: UMass has lost 4 straight, URI has won 3 of 4.

Nikola Malesevic continues to improve with the physical nature of the game, and just took a charge. UMass up 17-15, 7:59 left in the half.

Anthony Gurley is averaging just 11.3 points in the last 4 UMass games, all losses. Thus far, just 2 today in the last minute of the half.

UMass has all the momentum now, as they’re up 46-39 after a trey by Jesse Morgan. URI calls timeout, 8:56 left.

Just as URI was gaining momentum, Gary Correia hits a three-pointer from the right wing in front of the UMass Bench to make it 54-45 UMass.

Three-point possession for URI gets them right back in it at 58-56, 3:44 left as UMass calls timeout.

UMass is hanging on for dear life, up 58-55 with 2:10 left. URI has missed a couple of free throws and needs another stop.

Final score: UMass 66, Rhode Island 60. After post-game interviews, it’s off to Providence for Princeton at Brown, 6 p.m. tip.

Princeton at Brown

Brown has started aggressively on offense and has a 15-6 lead at the first media timeout, 14:36 left in the half.

With Texas losing earlier in the day, Princeton enters this game as the only Division I team undefeated in its conference.

Brown’s offense has gone stagnant of late. Any time your offense has so little movement, any opposing defense can stop it.

Princeton closes the gap with the last six points of the half to make it 35-30 Brown at the break.

Foul trouble is mounting up front for Brown as Andrew McCarthy just picked up his fourth. Princeton now within 44-43.

McGonagill didn’t use the screen McCarthy set, but found him with a nice pass for a layup. Brown up 63-55 at the last media, 3:01 left.

At this point, it’s really about the defense for Brown, who has been inconsistent at that end much of the year.

Final score: Brown 75, Princeton 65. With that and Texas losing today, there are no more teams in Division I undefeated in conference play.

Michael Protos shares his thoughts and observations from around the hoops nation.

Somehow this doesn’t surprise me at all. RT @LostLettermen Rashad McCants wants to be the next Denzel Washington.

Centenary watch continues: Gents down to 2 chances to avoid winless season. In midst of 9-day break ahead of best chance: vs. W. Illinois.

St. John’s is one of those teams that, regardless of seed, you don’t want see anywhere near your team in the NCAA Tournament brackets.

A road game at an in-state rival is rarely easy, but Virginia Tech needed to find a way to beat UVA today. Tourney hopes take a hit.

Entering today, I had Nebraska 14 spots outside NCAA Tournament. Home win against Texas will make up more than half that ground.

Haven’t updated my list yet, but Valpo’s blowout win vs. Missouri State should move them closer to an at-large bid. 8 teams out as of now.

Washington is pretty much in the exact same position as last season: underachieving but talented enough to make at least Sweet 16.

2/21
• Syracuse at Villanova
• Oklahoma State at Kansas

2/22

• Illinois at Ohio State
• Tennessee at Vanderbilt
• Michigan State at Minnesota

2/23

• Temple at Duke
• Cincinnati at Georgetown
• Wisconsin at Michigan
• Baylor at Missouri
• Colorado State at BYU
• UNLV at New Mexico
• North Carolina at North Carolina State
• Florida State at Maryland
• Miami at Boston College
• Kansas State at Nebraska

2/24

• West Virginia at Pittsburgh
• Marquette at Connecticut
• Georgia at Florida
• Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s
• Milwaukee at Cleveland State
• Morehead State at Murray State

WINNERS

• CAA: The Colonial Athletic Association gained more ground than any other conference in the BracketBusters event. The conference vanquished the top teams in the Missouri Valley Conference, Mid-American Conference and Horizon League. The biggest win might be VCU’s upset at Wichita State, which gives the Rams a quality road win and propels them into the at-large discussion.
• Valparaiso: The Crusaders looked great in dismantling the Missouri Valley’s top team, Missouri State. Valparaiso shot 58 percent from the field in the 80-67 win. The Crusaders still need to pick up some more wins, but they are in the middle of the debate for the final few at-large bids.
• Norris Cole: Last weekend, Cole earned national attention by putting up 41 points and 20 rebounds against Youngstown State. He followed up Sunday on national TV against Old Dominion with 35 points and five assists, despite the Vikings’ 74-63 loss to Old Dominion.
• Utah State: With an 0-2 record against the RPI top 100, the Aggies had plenty of critics doubting their 23-3 record. A win Saturday night at Saint Mary’s worked wonders to legitimize the Aggies’ strong season and should keep them in position to earn an at-large bid, if Utah State fails to win the WAC’s automatic bid.

LOSERS

• Missouri Valley: The entire conference suffered a black eye in the BracketBusters event. The only teams to win were Southern Illinois, Bradley and Drake, which have 12 total Missouri Valley wins and no hopes of reaching the NCAA Tournament with an at-large bid. Missouri State and Wichita State, in particular, probably fell almost completely off the at-large radar with their losses.
• MAC contenders: The Mid-American Conference’s top contenders, Kent State and Miami, Ohio, took it on the chin against middle-of-the-pack CAA teams. Drexel took down the Golden Flashes while James Madison beat the RedHawks. That could hurt the conference’s title team in NCAA Tournament seeding.
• Saint Mary’s: The Gaels possess an excellent win against St. John’s. However, that win came Nov. 16 when the Red Storm weren’t playing like world-beaters yet. Besides that win, Saint Mary’s has only one other win against the RPI top 100, and Saturday’s home loss to Utah State hurts the team’s profile.
• Cleveland State: Yes, Norris Cole is a winner. But his team is a loser, specifically to the CAA’s Old Dominion. The team’s 73-64 loss means that the Vikings will have only one win against the top 99 teams in the RPI heading into the Horizon League Tournament. Despite a 21-6 record, Cleveland State will probably be on the outside looking in unless the Vikings make a deep run and beat some of the conference’s contenders in the Horizon tournament.