IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Minnesota entered its first Big Ten road game with a target on its back. For about half the game, it looked like the 22nd-ranked Gophers weren't up to the challenge. (MORE)

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Arizona State is the nation's third-best shooting team, hitting 51 percent from the field. (MORE)

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) Patrick Christopher scored 22 points and California held off Washington State 57-50 on Thursday night for its eighth straight victory. (MORE)

SEATTLE (AP) Jon Brockman scored 19 points, including the game-winning put-back with 4.6 seconds remaining after his 18th rebound for his only field goal after halftime, and surging Washington beat Stanford 84-83 on Thursday night. (MORE)

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Chase Budinger scored 20 points and the Arizona Wildcats won their first Pac-10 game of the season Thursday night by beating cold-shooting Oregon 67-52. (MORE)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Butler reverted to its old tricks Thursday night. (MORE)

CINCINNATI (AP) Xavier knew it had a decided inside advantage against Saint Louis going into the teams' Atlantic 10 opener Thursday night, and junior Derrick Brown and the Musketeers made it pay off. (MORE)

LOS ANGELES (AP) Cal State Northridge basketball coach Bobby Braswell said Thursday he was "shocked and saddened" by the arrest of his son, along with two players and another man, on charges of commercial burglary and grand theft. (MORE)

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Andre Young and his Clemson classmates quickly learned their freshman experience would be vastly different from many in college basketball. (MORE)

BOSTON (AP) Boston College coach Al Skinner had been warning his players all along. It showed they didn't listen. (MORE)