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AP Sports WriterHoosiers hope deeper backcourt opens up floor, possibilitiesBy MICHAEL MAROTIndiana coach Archie Miller tried everything the last two seasons to cobble together consistent perimeter scoring. He tinkered with lineups, mixed rotations and challenged players to become better shooters.Miller may finally have the solution this season with a...

AP Sports WriterISU gives Steve Prohm extension, $500,000 annual raiseBy LUKE MEREDITHAMES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State has given coach Steve Prohm a contract extension and a raise.The Cyclones announced Friday that Prohm's deal will now run through 2022, with an annual salary increase from $1.5 million to $2...

Coach John Calipari's son Brad plans to redshirt this seasonLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky says junior guard Brad Calipari will redshirt this season.The 6-foot, 179-pound Calipari, son of Wildcats coach John Calipari, will practice and travel with the team and have two seasons of eligibility remaining. He has 11...

AP Sports WriterWashington set for season that includes high expectationsBy TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) This time a year ago, Mike Hopkins was trying to get his inherited team to learn the system he wanted to install in his first season at Washington.The lessons 12 months later are less about...

NCAA Latest: Houston a popular upset pick over KentuckyBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):6:40 p.m.Bettors at sportsbooks are sensing (or perhaps just hoping) that Houston may upset Kentucky in the Sweet 16.Betting data released by William Hill on Friday...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Two Indiana basketball players have been cited for underage alcohol possession.Team spokesman J.D. Campbell said Monday that sophomore forward Emmitt Holt and freshman center Thomas Bryant were stopped Friday night. Campbell said in the statement that the matter was being taken ''very seriously.''It is the...

AP Basketball WriterNo. 19 Kentucky and Louisville renew rivalryBy JOHN MARSHALLThe holidays mark a lull in the college basketball schedule. Players scatter to be with family or head back to school, teams get their last extended break before the conference season starts.The result is a light schedule in The...

Former Georgia center Howard plans transfer to Georgia TechATLANTA (AP) Former Georgia center Rodney Howard is planning to transfer to in-state rival Georgia Tech.Howard announced his plans on his Twitter account late Monday. He posted an image of himself in a Georgia Tech uniform and wrote ''Beyond Blessed....

Miami Hurricanes senior center Reggie Johnson will miss much of the Atlantic Coast Conference season with a broken left thumb. Coach Jim Larranaga says Johnson is expected to be sidelined six to eight weeks. A starter since his sophomore season, Johnson already has missed four games. He has played in seven...

Krzyzewski has hernia surgery, expects to be healthy for RioDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke says men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has had hernia surgery.Team spokesman Cory Walton said the Hall of Fame coach underwent inguinal hernia repair surgery Monday at Duke University Hospital.Krzyzewski says he will be in ''great...

Baylor's top 2 scorers exploring NBA draft but could returnWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor All-Big 12 guard Jared Butler plans to enter his name into the NBA draft pool while keeping open his option to return to the Bears for his junior season.Butler announced his intentions in a Twitter...

AP Basketball WriterLute Olson, Hall of Fame coach, Arizona icon, dies at 85By JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died. He was 85.Olson's family said he died Thursday evening. The cause of death wasn't...