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AP Basketball WriterItaly trip will give Keatts look at Wolfpack's early growthBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State's delayed trip to Italy will offer coach Kevin Keatts the first chance to see how much his new team has learned.The team departs Wednesday for a three-game, 11-day tour...

Associated PressIllinois beats Mississippi Valley to end four-game skidBy TERRY TOWERYCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Trent Frazier scored 16 points and Kipper Nichols added 14 to lead Illinois past Mississippi Valley State 86-67 on Sunday.Da'Monte Williams scored 10 points and Ayo Dosunmu grabbed 9 rebounds and recorded 9 assists for...

AP Sports WriterTorn ACL ends season for Creighton star Maurice Watson Jr.By ERIC OLSONOMAHA, Neb. (AP) Creighton point guard and national assists leader Maurice Watson Jr. will miss the rest of the season because of a major knee injury, a huge blow for a team that is off...

AP Sports WriterJayhawks' Bragg charged in drug possession caseBy DAVE SKRETTALAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas forward Carlton Bragg has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and remained suspended indefinitely Monday from the third-ranked Jayhawks.Lawrence municipal court administrator Vicki Stanwix confirmed that Bragg was given a notice to appear...

Associated PressSyracuse Outlasts Stubborn Oakland 74-62By MARK FRANKSYRACUSE, NY (AP) Mid-December games at home against teams from mid-major conferences used to be cakewalks for coach Jim Boeheim's Syracuse teams.But not this year.The Orange (6-5, 1-1 ACC) made just enough plays in the second half, Oakland (5-7) of the...

AP Sports WriterRivals USC and UCLA highlight week in the Pac-12By JOHN MARSHALLA look at things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference:GAME OF THE WEEK: USC at UCLA. The season has not turned out the way either team expected, but this is a rivalry game and there's...

Kennesaw State hires Amir Abdur-Rahim from Georgia as coachATLANTA (AP) Kennesaw State has hired Georgia assistant Amir Abdur-Rahim as the Owls' men's basketball coach.Abdur-Rahim is making the in-state move after agreeing to a four-year contract. The hiring was announced on Thursday by Kennesaw State athletic director Milton Overton.For...

AP College Sports WriterA-10 men's tournament to DC in '22, Brooklyn in 2023, '24By RALPH D. RUSSONEW YORK (AP) The Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball tournament will return to Washington in 2022, and then be back in Brooklyn in 2023 and '24, extending a relationship with Barclays Center...

UCLA's Cody Riley to miss at least 3 weeks with injured jawLOS ANGELES (AP) UCLA's Cody Riley hurt his jaw at practice and will miss at least the first three weeks of the basketball season.The school said Friday that Riley got hurt in practice Wednesday but didn't provide...

Gophers get big men transfers Liam Robbins, Brandon JohnsonMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota has added two accomplished frontcourt players to its roster, bringing in Liam Robbins from Drake and Brandon Johnson from Western Michigan.The Gophers announced the signings of both big men on Wednesday.The 7-foot, 235-pound Robbins has applied to...

NCAA punishes DePaul for basketball recruiting violationCHICAGO (AP) The NCAA suspended men's basketball coach Dave Leitao for the first three games of the regular season Tuesday, saying he should have done more to prevent recruiting violations by his staff.The NCAA also put the Big East program on three...

No. 17 Auburn rallies for double-overtime win at MississippiOXFORD, Miss. (AP) Isaac Okoro converted a big three-point play with 1:41 left in the second overtime, and No. 17 Auburn topped Mississippi 83-82 on Tuesday night.Okoro had 14 points and nine rebounds for Auburn (18-2, 5-2 SEC), which trailed...