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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Rodney Pryor scored 17 points while grabbing 12 rebounds and Robert Morris hung on Saturday night to get its first win of the season, edging Mississippi Valley State 67-64.Robert Morris (1-6) led by as many as eight midway through the second half but fell behind...

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) Donovan Mitchell scored 14 points, including two critical 3-pointers in the final 4+ minutes, to help No. 10 Louisville beat Wichita State 62-52 on Thursday, earning a trip to the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game. Quentin Snider also scored 14 for the Cardinals (5-0), who locked...

AP Basketball WriterLarry Brown resigns after 4 seasons, turning down SMU offerBy STEPHEN HAWKINSLarry Brown is leaving SMU after turning down a contract extension, ending a four-year run during which the Mustangs made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1993 and then were banned from postseason play...

RANGER, Texas (AP) Former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie retired Wednesday, citing health concerns as he stepped aside as coach at a Texas junior college. The 57-year-old Gillispie said in a text message to The Dallas Morning News that he's been battling high blood pressure since the summer. The former...

NCAA Regional highlights MSG college hoops scheduleNEW YORK (AP) The State Farm Champions Classic featuring Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State opens Madison Square Garden's 2016-17 college basketball schedule in November and the NCAA East Regional will help close it in March.Kentucky faces Michigan State and Duke plays...

NEW YORK (AP) Ed Corbett has officiated hundreds, maybe a thousand, college basketball games. From games that are played in front of hundreds of fans to the sport's biggest stage - the Final Four.On Thursday night, Ed Corbett worked a game unlike any other for him: His son,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Texas Tech's Tubby Smith will receive the John R. Wooden Award's Legends of Coaching honor in April.The annual award recognizes coaches who exemplify Wooden's standards of coaching success and personal integrity.Smith will receive the award at the ESPN College Basketball Awards show in Los Angeles...

MILWAUKEE (AP) Cody Wichmann hit all five of his 3-point shots and scored a career-high 17 points to help Milwaukee cruise to an 85-61 win over Division III Trinity International on Friday night.Matt Tiby had 14 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, Austin Arians scored 11 and J.J...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Oregon State's Tres Tinkle is still learning how to balance basketball and family - no easy task when his dad is his coach. The sophomore forward has his own apartment now, taking those first steps toward independence. He hasn't quite mastered dinner, however. ''I still go home most...

Arizona's Smith injures leg in exhibition openerTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona redshirt freshman Ray Smith, who tore both ACLs the previous two seasons, suffered what appeared to be a serious leg injury in the 10th-ranked Wildcats' 86-35 exhibition victory over College of Idaho on Tuesday night.Smith returned after being...

CHICAGO (AP) Illinois forward Darius Paul has been dismissed following his arrest last week during a team trip to France.Coach John Groce (grohs) announced the move in a written statement Friday.Immediately after the trip, Groce had said he had ''indefinitely'' suspended Paul for violating team rules. On Friday,...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) If Florida State wants to get one of the top four seeds in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, the Seminoles must quickly cure their road woes. The 19th-ranked Seminoles play their next two games on the road, where they are 2-5 in league play and have dropped...