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NCAA denies Alabama appeal on Jahvon Quinerly eligibilityTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) The NCAA has denied Alabama's appeal seeking immediate eligibility for Villanova transfer point guard Jahvon Quinerly.Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats and athletic director Greg Byrne announced the NCAA's Committee for Legislative Relief's decision on Monday. It came out...

AP Sports WriterNorth Carolina's Justin Jackson leads AP all-ACC TeamBy JOEDY McCREARYRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina forward Justin Jackson is The Associated Press player of the year in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Georgia Tech's Josh Pastner is its coach of the year.Jackson, one of three unanimous selections...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn freshman guard Bryce Brown has been suspended for the season opener by the NCAA.Auburn announced Thursday that he will be forced to sit out Friday night's game against UAB. Tigers coach Bruce Pearl says the one-game suspension stemmed from Brown playing a game in...

AP Basketball WriterWake Forest turns to ETSU's Forbes as men's basketball coachBy AARON BEARDWake Forest has hired East Tennessee State’s Steve Forbes as its men’s basketball coach.The school announced the hiring Thursday following a search that concluded less than a week after the school.Forbes, 55, is coming off a...

AP Sports WriterUConn features 8 newcomers, 3 others returning from injuryBy PAT EATON-ROBBSTORRS, Conn. (AP) UConn coach Kevin Ollie says it will take some time to identify specific roles for all the new players on his team.It may also take time for everyone else to identify who those...

Kentucky, then Duke: Utah Valley opens with a brutal doubleOREM, Utah (AP) Utah Valley is calling it perhaps the toughest 24 hours of basketball in NCAA history.The Wolverines say they will play at bluebloods Kentucky and Duke on back-to-back days to open the season. They'll visit Rupp Arena...

AP Sports WriterBig Jump: Transfers from Division II find homes in Big EastBy ERIC OLSONOMAHA, Neb. (AP) Manny Suarez always believed he was capable of playing Division I basketball, and he did for one season before unforeseen circumstances led him to the Division II ranks for a couple...

AP Basketball WriterK-State to lean on 8 newcomers as it seeks to rebuildBy DAVE SKRETTAMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State coach Bruce Weber doesn't have to look far to find some inspiration when it comes to winning with freshmen.His counterpart in football, Chris Klieman, has them starting just about...

AP Sports WriterIceland's 'basketball family' chasing dreams at US collegesBy ERIC OLSONThorir Thorbjarnarson is one of the key pieces in Fred Hoiberg's building project at Nebraska.Jon Axel Gudmundsson of Davidson was the Atlantic 10 player of the year last season and has filled up box scores in his career...

UConn to redshirt freshman forward Richie SpringsHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) UConn freshman forward Richie Springs will sit out this season as an academic redshirt.Springs is a 6-foot-9 power forward from Brooklyn. He graduated this spring from the MacDuffie School in Granby, Massachusetts.The 18-year-old made the decision in August to...

AP College Sports WriterMarch Madness: NCAA Tournaments canceled due to coronavirusBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe NCAA canceled its men's and women's basketball tournaments on Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned.The unprecedented move...

UConn forward Tyler Polley out for season with torn ACLHARTFORD, Conn (AP) UConn forward Tyler Polley suffered a knee injury in practice and will miss the remainder of the season.The junior, who started every game this season, tore the anterior cruciate ligament and medial meniscus in his left...