MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL HEADLINES

No. 6 West Virginia needs OT to stay unbeaten

NEWARK - Devin Ebanks scored 22 points, Da’Sean Butler had 21, and Kevin Jones added 19 to lead No. 6 West Virginia to a 90-84 overtime victory over Seton Hall yesterday, keeping the Mountaineers one of six unbeaten men’s basketball teams in Division 1. (Associated Press, 12/27/09)

Recruited to chase a dream

When the dream makers found them, one boy was living barefoot in an Ethiopian refugee camp, the other languishing on the streets of an émigré enclave in Australia. (Globe Staff, 12/26/09)

MIT men’s basketball team off to 11-0 start

Bill Johnson recalls the scene playing out more than once in pregame warmups last winter, a referee approaching the 6-foot-8-inch forward or a teammate and inquiring, “Where’s the rest of your team?’’ (Globe Staff, 12/27/09)