Scoreboard Roundup - 1/15/13

ThinkStock(NEW YORK) -- NBA: The Los Angeles Clippers (30-9) clipped the Houston Rockets (21-18), 117-109.

The Brooklyn Nets (23-15) defeated the Toronto Raptors (14-24), 113-106.

The Indiana Pacers (24-15) tamed the Charlotte Bobcats (9-29), 103-76.

The New Orleans Hornets (12-26) downed the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers (16-23), 111-99.

The Denver Nuggets (24-16) outlasted the Portland Trail Blazers (20-18), 115-111 in overtime.

The Los Angeles Lakers (17-21) punished the Milwaukee Bucks (19-18), 104-88.

Top 25 Men's College Basketball: Wisconsin (13-4) topped (2) Indiana (15-2), 64-59.

(12) Creighton (17-1) took care of Northern Iowa (9-9), 79-68.

St. John’s (10-7) edged (20) Notre Dame (14-3), 67-63.

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ESPN: 7 Catholic Schools May Leave Big East

Joe Robbins/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Big East might be losing some more teams, but this time it's because of basketball.

The presidents at the seven Catholic schools in the Big East that are non-Football Subdivision schools are expected to hold a teleconference with Big East commissioner Mike Aresco Thursday, to decide whether the schools will leave the conference, according to sources of ESPN.

ESPN was also told it would be an "upset," if the schools remained in the league.

The seven schools are DePaul, Georgetown, Providence, Marquette, Seton Hall, Villanova and St. John's.

Those teams could attempt to dissolve the league or leave the league as a group. The league can be dissolved by a two-thirds majority vote by league members, according to Big East by-laws. There are currently only 10 members of the league that can vote, the seven Catholic schools, Cincinnati, UConn and South Florida.

This means the seven Catholic schools could vote to dissolve the League.

At this time, it is unknown whether the schools would attempt to do that.

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St. John's: Mike Dunlap Hired as New Bobcats Head Coach

National Basketball Association(NEW YORK) -- St. John's assistant men's basketball coach Mike Dunlap has been hired as the Charlotte Bobcats head coach, the University said in a statement released Tuesday morning.

ESPN NBA Insider Chris Broussard was told by NBA sources that the Bobcats will make an official announcement Wednesday at a press conference in Charlotte.

Dunlap has never been a head coach in Division I college ball or the NBA, but he did coach the Red Storm last season once head coach Steve Lavin took a leave of absence to deal with prostate cancer.

"The Johnnies basketball family is ecstatic for Coach Dunlap's opportunity. Mike's selection as the Charlotte Bobcats' head coach is a well-deserved honor," Lavin said in a statement. "To make the unprecedented jump from college assistant to NBA head coach is testament to both Mike's abilities as a teacher and our basketball program's marked improvement over the past 27 months."

Dunlap has over 30 years of coaching experience between college and the pros. He has been assistant coach at Oregon and Arizona. He is also a two-time Division II national champion and Coach of the Year.

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Syracuse Rout St. Johns, 95-70

Patrick McDermott/Getty Images(NEW YORK) --  Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim tied Dean Smith for third place on the victory list with win No. 879 on Saturday after his team took care of St. John's, 95-70.

Fab Melo returned to the court as well after his three-game absence while resolving academic issues, scoring a career high of 14 points.

Syracuse (23-1) lead 41-27 at halftime at Madison Square Garden.

"I had fun. It felt good to be back on the court with my teammates," Melo said. "I felt a little rusty and I wanted to do everything at once but Coach told me to slow down and I did."

With No. 879 out of the way, Boeheim trails only Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski (919) and Bob Knight (902) on the career wins list.

"I can't even see him," Boeheim said when asked about Krzyzewski.   "Dean Smith was an unbelievable coach, one of, I think, the four best ever in college basketball. But we have a long way to go this season."

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Steve Lavin Returns to St. John's Practice after Cancer Surgery

Chris Trotman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- St. John's head basketball coach Steve Lavin returned to practice Tuesday after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer on October 6.

Even though Lavin has been away from the sidelines, he been keeping track of his team through DVDs of practices and games and has been in constant contact with the other coaches on his staff.

In his first season with the team last year, Lavin led St. John's to a 21-12 record and led the team to its first NCAA tournament since 2002.

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