(AP) -- It's getting to be a tradition at Notre Dame --knocking off a No. 1-ranked basketball team at home.
Notre Dame upset undefeated and top-ranked Syracuse 67-58,
igniting a wild on-court celebration by Irish fans at center court.
It's happened before. It's the eighth time Notre Dame has beaten a
No. 1-ranked team, dating back to when the Irish ended UCLA's
88-game winning streak in 1974 when Digger Phelps was their coach.
Notre Dame, which is 12-8, led this one by as many as 18. Jack
Cooley led the Irish with 17 points and 10 rebounds and was a force
inside.
Syracuse big man Fab Melo did not make the trip to South Bend.
Melo had started all 20 of the Orange's first games, was their
leading rebounder with 5.7 a game, averaged 7.2 points and three
blocks. School officials gave no explanation why the talented
center did not make the trip. He will also miss Monday's game
against Cincinnati.
Syracuse is 20-1. The Orange loss leaves only 12th-ranked Murray
State undefeated in men's Division 1 play.

----The Racers beat SIU-Edwardsville 82-65 to improve to 20-0.
Isaiah Canaan (kah-NAHN') led the races with 21. Jewuan Long added a season-high 17. Murray State is 9-0 on the road.

In other AP Top-25 action:

----Second-ranked Kentucky came very close to absorbing its second loss of the season before the Wildcats claimed their 47th
consecutive home win. Darius Miller hit four of Kentucky's eight
last-minute free throws in a 77-71 triumph over Alabama.

----Fifth-ranked Missouri went into Waco, Texas, and knocked off
the nation's third-ranked men's basketball team. The Tigers are
18-1 overall and 5-1 in the Big 12 following an 89-88 win at
Baylor. Ricardo Ratliffe scored a career-high 27 points, six coming
during an 8-0 run that put the Tigers ahead 68-58. The Bears
absorbed their second straight loss since a 17-0 start despite
Quincy Miller's game-high 29 points.

----Florida State pulled off an ACC road win at fourth-ranked
Duke, beating the Blue Devils 76-73 on Michael Snaer's three-pointer at the buzzer. That ends Duke's 45-game home winning streak.

-- William Buford scored 15 points, Jared Sullinger and Deshaun
Thomas had 14 apiece, and sixth-ranked Ohio State blew out Nebraska for the second time this month, 79-45.

---- Jeff Withey converted a go-ahead, three-point play with 37
seconds left to lead No. 7 Kansas past Texas 69-66. Tyshawn Taylor
scored 22 points and Thomas Robinson added 17 to help the Jayhawks improve to 6-0 in the Big 12.

----Freshman Branden Dawson scored a season-high 14 points and ninth-ranked Michigan State coasted to an 83-58 rout of Purdue.
Boilermakers leading scorer Robbie Hummel shot 0-for-11 and matched a career-low with two points after entering the game averaging 16 points a game.

----Otto Porter scored the final six points, including two free
throws with 8.5 seconds left to push No. 10 Georgetown past Rutgers
52-50. Harry Sims had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Hoyas, who
trailed 50-45 with 2:45 remaining.

----Tennessee hit seven of 10 free throws in the final minute to
hold off 13th-ranked Connecticut, 60-57. Jarnell Stokes had 16
points and 12 rebounds in his first start for the Volunteers.

----Mike Moser scored 14 points and No. 14 UNLV's bench combined for 28 points, fending off preseason Mountain West favorite New Mexico 80-63.

----The 16th-ranked San Diego State Aztecs improved to 17-2 by
beating Air Force 57-44. Chris Tapley led the way with 16.

-- Erik Murphy scored 15 points and No. 17 Florida beat LSU 76-64
to extend its home win streak to 16 games.

-- Dee Bost scored on a layup with 51.8 seconds left in overtime,
and No. 18 Mississippi State edged Vanderbilt 78-77. That ends the
Commodores' eight-game winning streak.

----Doug McDermott scored a season-low 12 points, but No. 19
Creighton still routed Indiana State 75-49. The Blue Jays hit seven
of their first 10 three-point attempts, including four during a
17-5 first-half run.

----B.J. Young scored 15 points and Arkansas hit its first 11
shots on the way to a 66-64 win over No. 20 Michigan. The
Razorbacks led by as many as 20 en route to their second home win
over a ranked opponent this month.

-- Jae Crowder scored 18 points and reserve Jamil Wilson had a
career-best 16 to lead No. 21 Marquette to a 79-72 win over
Providence.

-- Kyle Kuric scored 21 points in his return from an ankle injury
to lead No. 23 Louisville to a 73-62 victory over struggling
Pittsburgh, which has lost eight straight.

----Angel Rodriguez scored 14 points and No. 25 Kansas State
didn't allow a basket for a 15-minute stretch before closing out a
66-58 win at Oklahoma State. Jamar Samuels added 12 points and 12 rebounds to the Wildcats' first win at Gallagher-Iba (EYE'-bah)
Arena in 12 tries.