Marcus Morris scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Kansas to an 80-68 victory against No. 14 Texas Monday night and the Jayhawks easily handled an opponent that a few weeks ago was supposed to challenge them for the Big 12 title.

Kansas (23-1, 9-0) outmuscled and outhustled the Longhorns (19-5, 5-4) in just about every way, holding the top-scoring team in the Big 12 to 37 percent shooting and scoring 27 points off 17 turnovers.

And when Texas finally staged a late rally, Kansas slammed the door behind senior point guard Sherron Collins.

Freshman J'Covan Brown scored 28 points for the Longhorns, who have lost five of their past seven games after earning the first No. 1 ranking in school history a month ago.

• Butler 62, Loyola of Chicago 47: Matt Howard scored 20 points to lead No. 18 Butler past visiting Loyola of Chicago (13-11, 4-10) for the Bulldogs' 13th consecutive win as they clinched at least a share of their fourth Horizon League regular-season title in a row. Willie Veasley added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Bulldogs (21-4, 14-0), who matched the second-longest winning streak in school history.

• Duke 79, North Carolina 51: Bridgette Mitchell and Keturah Jackson scored 12 points apiece, and No. 8 Duke routed No. 18 North Carolina to bounce back from its first Atlantic Coast Conference loss. Krystal Thomas had 11 points for the first-place Blue Devils (19-4, 7-1). She'la White and Laura Broomfield had 10 points each to lead the slumping Tar Heels (16-6, 4-4).

• Georgia Tech 68, Clemson 53: Brigitte Ardossi had 17 points and 13 rebounds and No. 21 Georgia Tech (20-5, 6-3 ACC) reached 20 wins for the fourth consecutive year with a victory against Clemson. Clemson (11-14, 2-7) could not rally and lost its 44th in a row against ranked opponents, a streak that dates to November 2003.

• Even with a 21-0 record, the third-ranked Nebraska women's basketball program will fall at least a million dollars short of making money. Associate athletic director Marc Boehm said the Cornhuskers are on track to generate about $1 million this season. That's almost twice as much as the $533,000 in projected revenue but only half of the $2.2 million in projected expenses. The men's basketball program is in last place in the Big 12, but is on track to make a $200,000 to $300,000 profit. ... The 11-year-old Mountain West had three teams -- New Mexico, BYU and UNLV -- in The Associated Press' Top 25, one more than the Atlantic Coast Conference and three more than the Pac-10.

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