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AP Sports WriterNo. 18 Michigan facing GW in Tip-Off TournamentBy PAT EATON-ROBBUNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) The semifinals of the Air Force Reserve Tip-Off Tournament get started Saturday with a game between No. 18 Michigan and George Washington.The winner will face either Providence (2-1) or South Carolina for the championship...

Celen leads St. Francis (BKN) past Delaware State 81-62NEW YORK (AP) Deniz Celen scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as St. Francis (Brooklyn) got past Delaware State 81-62 on Sunday.Celen sank 11 of 17 shots from the floor in notching his second double-double of the...

Grambling State tops Mississippi Valley State 90-65ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) Travon Bunch scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Grambling State led wire-to-wire in beating Mississippi Valley State 90-65 on Monday night.Ivy Smith Jr. added 19 points with 10 rebounds, seven assists and four steals...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma F Manek preparing for bigger role without YoungBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Brady Manek's strong freshman season was largely overlooked while the college basketball world was enamored with his Oklahoma teammate Trae Young.The 6-foot-9 forward was Oklahoma's No. 3 scorer last season with 10.2 points...

Krzyzewski: No 'plan of execution' for NCAA hoops reformsDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski doesn't believe the NCAA with far enough with its reforms when it comes to how the changes were coordinated.Speaking two days after the governing body announced numerous changes following a high-profile corruption scandal...

AP Sports WriterCrean shows enthusiasm in first Georgia news conferenceBy CHARLES ODUMATHENS, Ga. (AP) Tom Crean opened his first news conference at Georgia by talking for almost 27 minutes before fielding his first question.First impressions were clear: Georgia's new coach has a high-energy personality, and he's enthusiastic about...

Georgia State tops Coastal Carolina 92-80ATLANTA (AP) Nelson Phillips and Damon Wilson scored 20 points apiece as Georgia State defeated Coastal Carolina 92-80 on Saturday.The 20 points tied a career high for Phillips.Justin Roberts had 17 points and six assists for Georgia State (18-9, 11-5 Sun Belt Conference)....

West Virginia's Bob Huggins get 4-year contract extensionMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia coach Bob Huggins has agreed to a four-year contract extension.WVU athletic director Shane Lyons on Monday announced the extension, which runs through the 2021-22 season. The 64-year-old Huggins will earn $3.75 million this season, including a...

Philadelphia cheers NCAA champs Villanova with paradePHILADELPHIA (AP) Thousands of fans are lined up in Philadelphia to celebrate another sports championship with a parade, this time for Villanova University's Wildcats.The winners of the men's college basketball tournament are riding atop double-decker buses along a downtown thoroughfare, ending at...

AP Sports WriterAfter whirlwind month, Miller settling into Indiana jobBy MICHAEL MAROTBLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Archie Miller left the Assembly Hall suite Tuesday, walked down a few steps and immediately started snapping cellphone photos of the empty arena.It gave Indiana's coach a clear perspective on his new job.Directly across...

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...

Associated PressFormer Auburn assistant basketball coach avoids prisonBy LARRY NEUMEISTERNEW YORK (AP) Former Auburn University assistant basketball coach and NBA star Chuck Person's lifelong generosity may have driven him to the poorhouse, but it saved him from the jailhouse Wednesday when a judge sentenced him in a bribery...