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AP Sports WriterAt Harvard, education through athletics (and vice-versa)By JIMMY GOLENCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) When Harvard sophomore Seth Towns awoke in his riverside dorm room Wednesday morning, he had options.He could work out at the gym to prepare for the upcoming Ivy League basketball season. He could slog downstairs...

AP Sports WriterEmery, Haws looking to lead BYU back to NCAA TournamentBy KAREEM COPELANDPROVO, Utah (AP) BYU guard Nick Emery seemed to have a different tone on the eve of the 2017-18 basketball season. The young, brash and sometimes defiant personality looks to have mellowed some as he...

Report: Draymond Green's FaceTime caught NCAA's attentionEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) A FaceTime chat a couple years ago involving Draymond Green and a star Michigan State recruit reportedly caught the attention of the NCAA.The Detroit Free Press reported Friday that Green used FaceTime to talk to Miles Bridges from...

AP Sports WriterMartin not surprised by alleged corruption in college hoopsBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ?? South Carolina coach Frank Martin isn't surprised by allegations of corruption in college basketball, though he was stunned one of his friends and former assistants was among the 10 arrested in the national...

AP Sports WriterMartin not surprised by alleged corruption in college hoopsBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina coach Frank Martin isn't surprised by allegations of corruption in college basketball, though he was stunned one of his friends and former assistants was among the 10 arrested in the national...

AP Basketball WriterBlockbuster arrests not shocking to college hoops followersBy JOHN MARSHALLPHOENIX (AP) Top-level basketball recruits played in gyms across Las Vegas over the summer, their final shot to impress college coaches during a live-recruiting period.Around the same time in July, an undercover FBI agent was in a...

Louisville places assistants Fair, Johnson on paid leaveLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville has placed associate men's basketball coach Kenny Johnson and assistant Jordan Fair on paid administrative leave while the school handles its involvement in a national federal investigation of the sport.Neither Fair nor Johnson have participated in practices...

Louisville places assistants Fair, Johnson on paid leaveLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville has placed associate men's basketball coach Kenny Johnson and assistant Jordan Fair on paid administrative leave while the school handles its involvement in a national federal investigation of the sport.Neither Fair nor Johnson have participated in practices...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma St. coach Boynton deals with distractionsBy CLIFF BRUNTSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton had plenty to deal with as a new head coach before lead assistant Lamont Evans got caught in a scandal.Evans was among those charged with corruption and bribery last month....

AP Sports WriterSC coach Frank Martin eager to build on Final Four runBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina coach Frank Martin is excited to watch his Gamecocks try to build on their surprise run to the Final Four, even without many of the headliners who led them...

ESPN's annual tip-off marathon won't happen this seasonBRISTOL, Conn. (AP) There will be no 24-hour basketball marathon on ESPN to mark the start of the college season this year.The broadcasting giant says the annual event, which ran for nine seasons, presented programming challenges and won't be part of...

SC State player 'stable and conscious' after collapseRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A South Carolina State player collapsed on the court and was taken to a hospital during the first half of the Bulldogs' game Saturday at North Carolina State.Team spokesman Kendrick Lewis says Tyvoris Solomon was ''stable and conscious.''...