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• Marquette bounces back in victory over DePaul
  Darius Johnson-Odom scored 23 points and Jamil Wilson added 18 points and nine rebounds to lead Marquette to an 89-76 victory over DePaul on Monday night.
  
  
• Mizzou edges Oklahoma to claim first in Big 12
  Marcus Denmon scored 25 points, Ricardo Ratliffe added 15 points and 10 rebounds and No. 4 Missouri claimed first place in the Big 12 by edging Oklahoma 71-68 on Monday night.
  
  
• Dieng, Louisville top UConn for 5th straight win
  Gorgui Dieng returned from a sprained right ankle to score 15 points and freshman Chane Behanan added 12 rebounds as Louisville (No. 23 ESPN/USA Today, No. 24 AP) beat Connecticut 80-59 on Monday night, the Cardinals' fifth straight win.
  
  
• O'Brien plans different routines for Penn State
  White placards with a set of rules were affixed to the glass doors of the players' entrance at the Penn State football building about the time Bill O'Brien agreed to become the school's next football coach.
  
  
• Charleston's Cremins: Left due to exhaustion
  Bobby Cremins knew he had nothing left to give his College of Charleston players when he walked away from the game last month.
  
  
• Alabama suspends forward Mitchell indefinitely
  Alabama junior forward Tony Mitchell has been suspended indefinitely from the team, the school announced Monday.
  
  
• Ex-Wisconsin official faces fondling accusations
  University of Wisconsin campus police have opened an investigation into new misconduct allegations against a former top athletic official who resigned after he was accused of sexually assaulting a student at a Rose Bowl party.
  
  
• Pac-12 extends Scott's contract through 2016
  The Pac-12 board of directors unanimously decided to extend the contract of commissioner Larry Scott through 2016, the conference said Monday morning.
  
  
• Kentucky maintains firm hold on No. 1 ranking
  Kentucky kept an iron grip Monday on the top spot in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll, receiving all 31 votes for the third straight week.
  
  
• Missouri pro athletes to aid tornado-torn Joplin
  Flanked by representatives from Missouri pro sports teams prior to the Kansas-Missouri basketball game, Gov. Jay Nixon launched an effort to build 35 houses in tornado-devastated Joplin.