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Memphis-UT Will Be 1 Vs. 2

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A Tribune staff, wire report

Published: February 19, 2008

Get ready for No. 1 vs. No. 2.

Memphis survived its closest game of the season to remain the lone unbeaten and a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday.

Losses by Duke and Kansas last week allowed Tennessee to make the jump from fourth to No. 2, setting up the 38th career matchup of the top two teams in the rankings.

Tennessee (23-2) is at Memphis (25-0) on Saturday, the first 1-2 meeting since No. 2 Ohio State beat No. 1 Wisconsin 49-48 on Feb. 25, 2007. Both have games Wednesday night: Memphis is at Tulane and Tennessee hosts Auburn.

USF'S JONES WINS AWARD: Freshman guard Dominique Jones was named the Big East's rookie of the week for the third time this season after averaging 22.5 points in USF's upset of Syracuse and one-point overtime loss to UConn.

XAVIER 81, RHODE ISLAND 77: Josh Duncan scored 23 points and No. 10 Xavier (22-4, 10-1 Atlantic 10) overcame a furious second-half run to hold off Rhode Island (20-6, 6-5).

TEXAS 77, TEXAS A&M 50: D.J. Augustin scored 27 points as No. 7 Texas (22-4, 9-2 Big 12) rolled to a win over No. 22 Texas A&M (20-6, 6-5).

GEORGETOWN 68, PROVIDENCE 58: Roy Hibbert had 18 points inside, and Jonathan Wallace added 14 from the outside as No. 12 Georgetown (21-4, 11-3 Big East) beat Providence (13-13, 4-10).

LOUISVILLE 61, SYRACUSE 50: Terrence Williams scored all 12 of his points in the second half and No. 18 Louisville (21-6, 11-3 Big East) held off Syracuse (17-10, 7-7).

WOMEN'S TOP 25: Marscilla Packer scored 16 of her 18 points in the second half to help No. 20 Ohio State (19-6, 10-4 Big Ten) to a 72-56 win against Purdue (14-12, 10-5).

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