Jayhawks trounce Red Raiders

Russell Robinson’s 15 points led No. 5 Kansas (27-3, 12-3 Big 12) in a 109-51 thrashing of Texas Tech (16-13, 7-8 Big 12) on Monday night in Lawrence, Kan.

For Kansas, it was the biggest win in a conference game in the program’s storied history.

All but one of the 16 players in uniform for Kansas scored as coach Bill Self, obviously displeased at humiliating rookie coach Pat Knight and his team, used every available player in the final six minutes.

The victory gave Kansas a 20-0 record at home, the 14th time the Jayhawks have been unbeaten in tradition-soaked 53-year-old Allen Fieldhouse.

Six Jayhawks scored in double figures.

Martin Zeno had 19 points for Texas Tech and John Roberson added 15.

Sherron Collins had 13 points for Kansas, while Mario Chalmers and Cole Aldrich both had 11 and Jackson and Sasha Kaun had 10 each.

Davidson joins Top 25

North Carolina, which ran its record to 27-2 with a win over Boston College, has returned to the top spot it held for the first 10 weeks of the season, followed in the top five by Memphis, UCLA, Tenness and Duke.

Davidson (23-6) was 25th in the poll, the Wildcats’ first appearance since the final poll of the 1969-70 season.

Davidson (23-6) entered the rankings on a 19-game winning streak and having gone 20-0 in the Southern Conference. The Wildcats’ losses included ones to North Carolina, Duke and UCLA, none worse than 12 points and all competitive games.

Women

Renee Montgomery scored 21 points and Maya Moore added 19 to help top-ranked Connecticut (29-1, 15-1) beat No. 4 Rutgers (24-5, 14-2) 66-46 and win the Big East regular-season championship in front of a crowd of 15,779 in Hartford, Conn.

Tina Charles added 15 points and 17 rebounds for the Huskies, who won their second straight Big East regular-season championship and 13th in the last 15 seasons.

Virginia enters rankings

Virginia entered the Top 25 for the first time in four seasons.

Connecticut remained the top choice in the Associated Press poll with 40 of the 50 first-place votes.

The top five in the poll remained unchanged with North Carolina, Tennessee, Rutgers and Maryland following Connecticut. The Tar Heels still had two first-place votes and Rutgers received the other eight.