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NC State gives hoops coach Kevin Keatts 2-year extensionRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State has approved a two-year contract extension for men's basketball coach Kevin Keatts.The deal announced Friday by the school keeps Keatts under contract through the 2025-26 season. The financial terms remain the same, meaning Keatts...

AP Sports WriterVirginia raises banner, celebrates hoops championshipBy HANK KURZ Jr.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) More than five months after Virginia won its first basketball national championship, the school hosted a celebration Friday night, raising a banner to the rafters of John Paul Jones Arena as thousands of boosters and...

Drake basketball player charged after off-campus shootingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A Drake men's basketball player has been charged with an off-campus shooting that he says was accidental.Des Moines police say Tremell Murphy was charged Thursday with discharging a firearm inside city limits and making false reports to law...

OVC keeping tournaments in Evansville through at least 2023BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) The Ohio Valley Conference has agreed to continue holding its men's and women's basketball tournaments at Evansville, Indiana, through at least 2023.OVC officials announced Thursday that they have voted to accept a three-year agreement that will keep...

Louisville to face 6 schools twice in ACC scheduleLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville's Atlantic Coast Conference schedule will include two games each against Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, Pittsburgh and defending NCAA champion Virginia.The Cardinals will visit Miami on Nov. 5 in their earliest season opener in program...

Arkansas college finds no evidence of bias over dreadlocksFORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) An investigation found no evidence that a white head coach discriminated against a black basketball player because of his dreadlocks, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith said.Tyler Williams said last month he was dismissed from...

Associated PressNJ financier adviser praised at NCAA scandal sentencingBy LARRY NEUMEISTERNEW YORK (AP) A New Jersey financial adviser was praised for his cooperation and a judge spared him from prison Thursday after he admitted his role in a college basketball scandal.Munish Sood, 47, was fined $25,000 but was...

NJ financier adviser praised at NCAA scandal sentencingNEW YORK (AP) A New Jersey financial adviser was praised for his cooperation and a judge spared him from prison after he admitted his role in a college basketball scandal.Munish Sood was fined $25,000 Thursday but was not sentenced to prison...

DePaul, Leitao negotiating extension through 2023-24 seasonCHICAGO (AP) DePaul says it is negotiating a contract extension with men's basketball coach Dave Leitao through the 2023-24 season.Leitao was hired in 2015 and has pushed to return the Blue Demons to respectability in his second stint as their head coach....

Drake basketball player charged after off-campus shootingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A Drake men's basketball player has been charged with an off-campus shooting that he says was accidental.Des Moines police say Tremell Murphy was charged Thursday with discharging a firearm inside city limits and making false reports to law...

Arkansas college finds no evidence of bias over dreadlocksFORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith says an investigation found no evidence that a head coach discriminated against a black basketball player because of his dreadlocks.Tyler Williams said last month he was dismissed from the...

Associated PressAdidas fixer gets year of probation in college hoops caseBy TOM HAYSNEW YORK (AP) A former Adidas consultant was sentenced Tuesday to one year of probation after prosecutors credited him with helping secure convictions against an executive for the shoe company and two others in a college...