NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25 Scoreboard 12/29/19

#22 West Virginia 67
#2 Ohio State 59

#5 Kansas 72
Stanford 56

#6 Oregon 98
Alabama State 59

#8 Auburn 86
Lipscomb 59

#11 Michigan 86
UMass-Lowell 60

#13 Maryland 84
Bryant 70

#14 Michigan State 95
Western Michigan 62

#16 Virginia 65
Navy 56

#20 Penn State 90
Cornell 59

#23 Texas Tech 73
CSUB 58

#25 Iowa 93
Kennesaw State 51

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