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NEW YORK (AP) Mention VCU the last six years and two words immediately came to mind: Shaka and havoc.Coach Shaka Smart has since left the Rams for Texas. The program was known for its style of play - havoc for 40 minutes, keeping the game at a frenetic...

Penn State at a GlanceBy The Associated Press=Penn StateLast season: 18-16.Nickname: Nittany Lions.Coach: Patrick Chambers.Conference: Big Ten.Key Returnees: Shep Garner (9.2 points) and Brandon Taylor (9.1) are the top returning scorers and Taylor grabbed 5.3 rebounds per game.Who Left: D.J. Newbill was the star of this program as it...

Duke says guard Alex O'Connell out with broken facial boneDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke says guard Alex O'Connell will miss the remaining two games of the team's Canada tour with a broken bone in his face.Team spokesman Mike DeGeorge said Thursday that the sophomore fractured his orbital floor, the...

Associated PressWitness grilled over texts to Kansas college hoops coachBy LARRY NEUMEISTERNEW YORK (AP) Lawyers for a former Adidas executive who's a defendant at a college basketball corruption trial zeroed in on Monday on communications between a recruiting fixer and the head coach at Kansas.On cross-examination in federal...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Illinois starting center Mike Thorne Jr. is out indefinitely with a torn meniscus in his left knee.Illinois (3-4) announced Monday that the fifth-year center was injured in Saturday's loss to then-No. 4 Iowa State. Thorne had surgery Monday.Thorne was averaging 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds...

AP Sports WriterRebuilding Memphis, No. 3 Tennessee renew basketball rivalryBy TERESA M. WALKERMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) This is the stage Penny Hardaway wants at Memphis.Excitement, anticipation and a sell-out crowd for the biggest game the Tigers have played in years. That's the setting for Saturday's showdown with No. 3...

AP Basketball WriterKentucky falls out of AP Top 25 poll for 1st time since 2014By AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Villanova maintained its hold on No. 1 in the AP Top 25, while another bunch of Wildcats found themselves sliding out of the rankings for the first time in...

AP Sports WriterACC basketball title contenders face rough road this weekendBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Here are some things to watch for in ACC play this weekend:GAMES OF THE WEEKENDACC title contenders No. 8 Florida State and No. 11 Louisville may have more on their minds than just...

AP Basketball WriterRichard Pitino: 'It's been a tough week for our family'By JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota coach Richard Pitino says ''it's been a tough week for our family'' after his father, Rick Pitino, was placed on administrative leave at Louisville.Rick Pitino is on his way out with the...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) With speculation about his future increasing, Nebraska coach Tim Miles said Wednesday that his basketball program is moving in a positive direction and he believes he has the support of athletic director Shawn Eichorst and executive associate athletic director Marc Boehm. Miles addressed his situation in advance...

Kansas' Jackson pleads guilty to misdemeanor for hitting carLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Former University of Kansas basketball player Josh Jackson pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor traffic violation for backing into a car and driving away.The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Jackson entered his plea Tuesday in Lawrence Municipal Court to...

AP College Football WriterCommission dances around name, image and likeness debateBy RALPH D. RUSSOINDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Commission on College Basketball danced around whether college athletes should be able to cash in on their names, images and likenesses, but Condoleezza Rice's remarks to the NCAA suggested she thinks it...