COLLEGES
MEN’S HOCKEY: Maine received two first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com poll but remained eighth overall after extending its winning streak to four games with a pair of victories last week.
Hockey East rivals Boston College and Boston University are ranked 1-2, followed by Quinnipiac. Maine (10-3-1) has played two games against all three of those teams, losing twice to BU and once to Quinnipiac.
FOOTBALL: North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye announced that he plans to enter the 2024 NFL Draft, where he is expected to be taken high in the first round.
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Arizona strengthened its place atop The Associated Press poll, setting up a showdown this weekend against Purdue, the former No. 1 team.
The Wildcats earned all but one first-place vote from a panel of 63 voters. Kansas remained at No. 2 and Purdue moved up one spot to third.
Arizona (8-0) plays Purdue (9-1) on Saturday in Indianapolis.
Houston received the only No. 1 vote that didn’t go to Arizona but still dropped one spot to fourth. UConn remained at No. 5.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: South Carolina remained the unanimous choice at No. 1 in The Associated Press poll, receiving all 36 first-place votes from a national media panel.
UCLA, North Carolina State, Iowa and Texas followed the Gamecocks, and USC, LSU, Colorado, Stanford and Baylor rounded out the top 10.
Notre Dame, with Anna DeWolfe of Cumberland, remained No. 14. Indiana, with Gorham’s Mackenzie Holmes, moved up one spot to No. 15.
BASKETBALL
NBA: Mitchell Robinson will have left ankle surgery this week, leaving the New York Knicks without their starting center and the NBA’s top offensive rebounder for at least two months.
Robinson was hurt Friday in a loss to Boston. The team said he will be evaluated in eight-to-10 weeks.
Robinson is averaging 6.2 points and 10.3 rebounds, and leads the league with 112 offensive rebounds.
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