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Friday / March 29.
  • By SCHUYLER DIXON

    WACO, Texas (AP) — Manu Lecomte scored 17 points, Johnathan Motley had 13 and second-ranked Baylor closed in on the school’s first No. 1 ranking with a 61-57 victory against Oklahoma State on Saturday night.

    The Bears (15-0, 3-0 Big 12), one of two unbeaten teams in the nation along with No. 5 Gonzaga, are in position to reach the top of the poll after No. 1 Villanova’s 20-game winning streak ended Wednesday — the same night Baylor beat Iowa State on a late jumper from Lecomte.

    A rowdy crowd that included new Baylor football coach Matt Rhule in the first row of the student section chanted “No. 1, No. 1” in the final seconds of the Bears’ 11th straight home victory.

    With the College Football Playoff championship game between Alabama and Clemson looming on Monday night, Kentucky coach John Calipari was asked his thoughts.

    Alabama’s Nick Saban has won five national championships in eight seasons, and six overall.

    “It’s incredible,” Calipari said. “I look at what Alabama has done – and done it with different staffs. The advantage they have over us is they have returning guys; some leave and then they’ve got a mass group returning that can really teach the new guys. You have redshirting and different things that makes the kid older, and you get more of a chance to teach them.

    “But that being said, so does every other football team, so why in the heck are they doing what they’re doing? He’s incredible. I mean, he’s incredible.”

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