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The Creighton Bluejays and the Southern Illinois Salukis will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at SIU Arena. Creighton at Southern Illinois When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 27, 2013 Where: SIU Arena, Carbondale, Illinois TV: 8 p.m. ET, ESPNU Prediction: Creighton 78, Southern Illinois 52 Oddsmakers currently...

NEW YORK (AP) The Big East brought its incoming freshman class to New York City for two days and not one basketball was bounced, dunked or dribbled.The 10-member, basketball-centric Big East invited its ''rookies'' for a weekend of discussions of what these athletes were going to find out...

It's pretty safe to say that as soon as Kris Jenkins' 3-pointer made Villanova a national champion, somebody predicted what the 2017 NCAA Tournament bracket would look like. Waiting until the start of the season doesn't seem to be too smart of an idea either, but what the heck? Here's...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) Deondre Parks had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Mike Daum had a career-high 19 points in 12 minutes off the bench and South Dakota State beat Wayne State (Neb.) 80-53 on Wednesday night.Parks scored 16 in the first half to help the Jackrabbits (7-1) build...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) New Hornets guard Jeremy Lin says he had trouble convincing a security guard that he's an NBA player when he showed up at the team's Charlotte arena.The NBA's first American player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent, Lin tweeted about the encounter Saturday afternoon: ''Went to...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski will miss the rest of the season after undergoing back surgery.Bulldogs coach Mark Few said Karnowski had surgery on Thursday.The 7-foot-1 center has been out since Nov. 27 due to a bulging disc and has missed six games. He averaged 8.8...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) VCU starting guard Jordan Burgess will likely miss ''a few weeks'' after breaking a finger on his non-shooting hand.Rams coach Will Wade says he's not certain how much time the do-everything Burgess will miss, but added, ''I don't anticipate anything where he'll be back quickly.''Burgess...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) The NCAA has granted Purdue freshman forward Caleb ''Biggie'' Swanigan full eligibility to play during the 2015-16 season, the school announced Friday.On Monday, Purdue coach Matt Painter confirmed that Swanigan had not yet been cleared by the NCAA. The 6-foot-9 player is ranked No....

A look at things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 5 UCLA at No. 4 Arizona, Saturday. This one could be the game of the year in the conference. It will be the first game between top-five teams in the AP Top 25...

Associated PressNCAA accepts Missouri's sanctions, adds year of probationBy JIM SUHRKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The NCAA has accepted Missouri's self-imposed sanctions over infractions involving its men's basketball program but it tacked on a year of probation though August of next year.The NCAA infractions committee panel's findings over what...

AP Sports WriterSiena's Jimmy Patsos improvises after heated game with RiderBy JOHN KEKISALBANY, N.Y. (AP) When push came to shove in the closing moments of a heated Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game between Rider and Siena, Saints coach Jimmy Patsos improvised as the opposing side ditched the handshake...

AMES, Iowa (AP) No. 17 Iowa State is on the verge of falling out of the Big 12 Conference race before it even really begins.Iowa State's surprising 1-3 start in league play has put it in a precarious spot heading into Saturday's road game at Kansas State (11-5,...