Dion Waiters had 16 points and Scoop Jardine had 12 points and 10 assists as No. 1 Syracuse beat visiting Pittsburgh, 71-63, Monday night to open the season with 20 straight wins. The Orange (20-0, 7-0 Big East) set a university record for most consecutive victories to start a season, and it was win No. 876 for Coach Jim Boeheim, tying him with Adolph Rupp of Kentucky for fourth place on the Division I career list. North Carolina's Dean Smith (879) is third. “It's the first time we've beaten Pitt in a while and we got Coach's win to put him up in the ranks,” senior forward Kris Joseph said. “It was a great night for us.” Boeheim extended his Division I record for most 20-win seasons to 34. It was the seventh straight loss for Pittsburgh (11-8, 0-6). Pittsburgh had stopped Syracuse's season-opening winning streak at 18 a year ago, and the Panthers seemed poised to do it again. They overcame a 13-0 deficit at the outset and pulled to 53-49 on Talib Zanna's jumper with 8 minutes 39 seconds to go. Syracuse responded as it has all season. Waiters drove the lane and then passed to a wide-open Joseph on the wing, and he drained a 3-pointer. After John Johnson missed from long range for the only time in the game, Waiters swished a 3 and the lead was back to 10. Ashton Gibbs, Cameron Wright and Lamar Patterson each scored 10 points for Pitt, which had beaten Syracuse five straight times and had won 13 of the past 16 meetings. Kansas 92, Baylor 74: Thomas Robinson had 27 points and 14 rebounds, Tyshawn Taylor matched a career-high with 28 points and No. 7 Kansas rolled over No. 3 Baylor, ending the Bears' perfect start. Travis Releford and Elijah Johnson added 11 points each for Kansas (15-3, 5-0 Big 12), which won its 16th straight game at Allen Fieldhouse and 10th in a row at home over the Bears. A trendy pick to end Kansas' seven-year hold on the conference, Baylor (17-1, 4-1) was riding the longest winning streak in program history to its best start. Marquette 74, Louisville 63: Darius Johnson-Odom scored 19 points and DaVante Gardner added 17 points and 6 rebounds to lead No. 20 Marquette past No. 23 Louisville. The host Golden Eagles (15-4, 4-2 Big East), who trailed by 18-2 after seven minutes, won their third straight conference game. Russ Smith led Louisville (14-5, 2-4) with 20 points. Missouri 70, Texas A&M 51: The reserve Michael Dixon scored 18 points and helped spark a 17-0 first-half run as No. 5 Missouri (17-1, 4-1 Big 12) beat visiting Texas A&M (10-7, 1-4), ending an eight-game losing streak to the Aggies. Rutgers 65, Notre Dame 58: Eli Carter had 13 points to lead a balanced attack as Rutgers beat Notre Dame. Jerome Seagears and Austin Johnson each had 10 points for Rutgers (11-8, 3-3 Big East), off to its best conference start since going 4-2 in 2003-4. The Irish (11-8, 3-3) fell to 1-7 on the road.
