Chase Hill was “having an amazing day,” he told Iowa lottery officials in a Jan. 16 news release. The ticket revealed a $30,000 prize. It took significant convincing for Hill to believe his luck, he told officials. He scanned his ticket a total of five times, then took it back to the Casey’s convenience store to have a clerk verify his win.

The 59-year-old woman’s brother captured video of her striking a boy five times with an object resembling a cutting board, leaving bruises, police said.

FOX Sports college basketball bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy offers up his latest NCAA Tournament projections, with Alabama moving up to a No. 1 seed.

Grant Nelson scored a season-best 25 points and collected 11 rebounds to help No. 4 Alabama notch a 102-97 victory over No. 8 Kentucky in a high-octane Southeastern Conference contest

Mark Pope is in his first year coaching the Kentucky basketball team, and he has a good squad on his hands. The Wildcats are 14-3 and 3-1 in the loaded SEC, and Buzz Williams believes that they have the tools to win it all.

On Saturday alone, No. 2 Iowa State, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 7 Marquette and No. 8 Kentucky all lost with two of those teams playing at home (Marquette and Kentucky). Even more upsets could come on ...

Kentucky is cooking, having dealt Florida its first loss of the season two weeks ago before pulling off hard-nosed wins against ranked conference opponents in Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The Wildcats’ loss at Georgia on Jan. 7 was a bummer, but the response was electric — 16-of-32 shooting on treys and 95 total points in a frenzied Starkville.

Time to shuffle the teams and file another weekly ballot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. 1. Auburn (17-1) — Freshman guard Tahaad Pettiford, a 44% three-point shooter, carried the Tigers past Georgia. They’re off until Tennessee visits Saturday.

Kentucky went down in a big upset last week. Will newly minted No. 1 Auburn find themselves vulnerable to an upset in Week 11?

Losses to Georgia Tech and Notre Dame (its only regular-season meetings) prevent North Carolina from placing even higher, but continued consistency in the ACC will have the Tar Heels poised to host in March for the first time since Sylvia Hatchell still walked the sidelines.

The Penn State Nittany Lions (13-6, 3-5 Big Ten) hit the road to match up with Payton Sandfort and the Iowa Hawkeyes (12-7, 3-5 Big Ten) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday, . The game

After experiencing some significant issues on defense, Iowa is now seeking to fix its struggling offense Friday when Penn State visits Iowa City. The Hawkeyes (12-7, 3-5 Big Ten) had