Xavier Pinson scored 22 points, 19 of them in the second half, as Missouri upset No. 21 Oregon 83-75 on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.

The Houston Rockets made a blockbuster deal on Wednesday night, trading disgruntled Russell Westbrook to Washington for John Wall in an exchange of All-Star point guards, the Wizards announced.

Twelve different players have already scored for No. 15 Virginia through three games, with six reaching double figures at least once.

The Northwestern Wildcats opened the 2020-21 season with a 92-49 victory over the visiting Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions on Wednesday night.

Moses Moody scored a game-high 24 points on just 12 field-goal attempts and added nine rebounds Wednesday night as Arkansas improved to 3-0 with a 72-60 nonconference win over UT Arlington in Fayetteville, Ark.

M.J. Walker scored a game-high 17 points, leading the 22nd-ranked Florida State Seminoles to an 86-58 win over the visiting North Florida Ospreys in a nonconference game on Wednesday night in Tallahassee, Fla.

(Reuters) - The Houston Rockets have agreed to trade 2017 NBA MVP Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards for five-time All Star point guard John Wall and a future first-round draft pick, both teams announced on Wednesday.

Noah Freidel scored 23 points, Baylor Scheierman added 18 points and 10 rebounds, and South Dakota State led almost wire-to-wire en route to a 71-68 win over Iowa State on Wednesday in Ames, Iowa.

Nearly 9 percent of players tested positive for COVID-19 upon returning to their NBA home markets before the opening of training camp, the league and the National Basketball Players Association announced in a joint statement Wednesday.