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Kansas travels to Texas Tech in Big 12 showdownBy The Associated PressA look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12:GAME OF THE WEEKEND: Kansas at Texas Tech. This matchup could very well decide who wins the league - and in fact, Kansas can clinch a share of its...

Associated PressTrump begins campaign sprint with rallies in Ind., W.Va.By DARLENE SUPERVILLEHUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) President Donald Trump opened his final sprint to next week's midterm elections on Friday by defending his decision to tweet a video warning of people crossing into the U.S. illegally at the border with...

AP Basketball WriterUCF and Temple hoping to give AAC 4 NCAA Tournament teamsBy JOHN MARSHALLNo. 8 Houston has been one of the nation's best teams all season, so its place in the NCAA Tournament is all but locked up.No. 23 Cincinnati has just one bad loss, four total, and...

AP Sports WriterCollege hoops back at MSG with Villanova-Virginia on Dec. 19By MIKE FITZPATRICKNEW YORK (AP) College basketball is coming back to Madison Square Garden this month.In a matchup between the past two NCAA champions, Villanova and Virginia are scheduled to square off Dec. 19 in the heart...

AP Sports WriterPitino: Louisville should consider legal action vs. NCAABy GARY B. GRAVESFormer Louisville coach Rick Pitino believes the school should consider taking legal action against the NCAA after the governing body ordered the vacation of the Cardinals' 2013 men's basketball champion as part of sanctions for a sex...

AP Sports WriterSiena hires Jamion Christian as men's basketball coachBy JOHN KEKISALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Although the search for a new coach took longer than many expected, Siena knew it had the right man for the job as soon as school officials met with Mount St. Mary's coach Jamion...

AP Sports WriterJayhawks preparing for trip to Italy with new-look rosterBy DAVE SKRETTALAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The timing could hardly have been better for Kansas coach Bill Self.Every four years, the NCAA allows schools to embark on a foreign exhibition tour, and along with the games comes an opportunity...

UConn to redshirt freshman forward Richie SpringsHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) UConn freshman forward Richie Springs will sit out this season as an academic redshirt.Springs is a 6-foot-9 power forward from Brooklyn. He graduated this spring from the MacDuffie School in Granby, Massachusetts.The 18-year-old made the decision in August to...

Pitt, No. 17 West Virginia renew Backyard BrawlPITTSBURGH (AP) The ''Backyard Brawl'' memories are well worn and familiar to Bob Huggins. They stretch back decades, the highs and the lows of West Virginia's longtime rivalry with Pittsburgh coming back to him in a rush.How could he not want...

AP Basketball WriterVillanova still at No. 1, top 4 of new AP Top 25 unchangedBy AARON BEARDThe new AP Top 25 poll features the same four teams at the top, led by No. 1 Villanova.The Wildcats (12-0) received 43 of 65 first-place votes to stay at No. 1 for...

Alabama: Riley Norris week to week after heart procedureTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama guard Riley Norris will miss the start of the season after having a procedure done on his heart.Alabama announced Monday that Norris is week to week after having what was deemed a successful cardiac ablation procedure...

AP Basketball WriterA first: Hamilton, Florida State ACC tourney's top seedBy AARON BEARDFlorida State has accomplished several milestones in Leonard Hamilton’s nearly two decades with the Seminoles, from winning an Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament to getting within a game of the Final Four two seasons ago.Yet his fourth-ranked Seminoles...