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AP Sports WriterNational champion Villanova reloads after 4 key lossesBy DAN GELSTONVILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) The banner for Villanova's 2018 national championship was dropped from the rafters as ''We Are The Champions'' roared during the grand opening of the program's $65 million renovated arena.It couldn't be missed.As for the...

AP Basketball WriterACC waits to see who steps into star spotlightBy AARON BEARDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Notre Dame coach Mike Brey can't help but feel a bit of excitement simply by what he doesn't see around the Atlantic Coast Conference from last year.No Zion Williamson putting on a nightly...

AP Basketball WriterVirginia atop AP men's hoops poll for first time since 1982By AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Virginia has climbed to No. 1 in the AP men's basketball poll for the first time in more than 35 years.The Cavaliers earned 30 of 65 first-place votes in Monday's latest...

St. Francis Brooklyn wins NEC opener 73-68 over Sacred HeartFAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) Rasheem Dunn scored 16 points, Glenn Sanabria added 15 and Chauncey Hawkins made four free throws in the final 22 seconds to lift St. Francis (Brooklyn) to a 73-68 win over Sacred Heart in a Northeast...

AP Basketball WriterXavier hosts Villanova in top-5 matchup on SaturdayBy JOHN MARSHALLVillanova and Xavier were among the four teams to earn No. 1 seeds in the NCAA's preliminary rankings before Selection Sunday.One will get knocked off its perch this weekend.One of the biggest games of the Big East season...

AP Sports WriterWKU's Bassey heads list of top players from smaller leaguesBy STEVE MEGARGEEJa Morant provided an inspiration to all small-conference players when he earned All-America honors at Murray last season and went to the Memphis Grizzlies with the second overall pick in the NBA Draft.There doesn't appear to...

AP Was There: Duke hangs on for '10 championship over ButlerBy The Associated PressA panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. The AP game stories are being republished because the sport has...

Former NBA guard Kenny Anderson to coach NAIA program FiskNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Former NBA all-star guard Kenny Anderson is taking over as the head coach at NAIA program Fisk University.Fisk announced on its verified Twitter account Monday that Anderson had been hired to coach at the Nashville-based school.The...

New assistant hoops coach believed to be 1st woman in roleORONO, Maine (AP) The University of Maine says a new assistant coach on the men's basketball team is believed to be the only woman in the role in Division I basketball.School officials say Edniesha Curry was hired as...

Tulane basketball player charged with murder in GeorgiaMCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) A Tulane University basketball player who recently declared for the NBA draft is charged with murder and other counts in a Georgia slaying.Teshaun Hightower, who led the Green Wave in scoring last season, was booked into jail Saturday...

Memphis AD Bowen issues statement supporting Smith's programMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Memphis athletic director Tom Bowen says he and coach Tubby Smith are ''extremely optimistic about the future of our program'' even though the Tigers' top three scorers this season are all transferring.Bowen issued a statement Tuesday saying he...

AP Sports WriterYale responds to ex-basketball captain's lawsuit in sex caseBy PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Yale University says it wasn't trying to make an example of former basketball captain Jack Montague when it expelled him over a sexual assault allegation.The school on Friday filed its formal response to...