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Police: Former Syracuse, Celtics center Fab Melo dead at 26SAO PAULO (AP) Former Syracuse University and Boston Celtics center Fab Melo has died in his native Brazil, military police said Sunday. He was 26.An emergency call Saturday night brought police and paramedics to Melo's house in Juiz de...

Missouri Preview CapsuleBy The Associated PressMissouri Preview CapsuleBy The Associated Press=MissouriLast season: 10-21, including 3-15 in Southeastern Conference.Nickname: TigersCoach: Kim AndersonConference: SECWho's gone: C Ryan Rosburg, G Namon WrightWho's back: F Kevin Puryear. Sophomore forward is the top returning scorer and rebounder with 11.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per...

Maryland basketball coach Turgeon receives 4-year extensionCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Maryland coach Mark Turgeon has received a four-year extension on his contract, which now runs through the 2022-23 season.Turgeon enters his sixth season at the school with a 114-59 record. The Terrapins have reached the NCAA Tournament in...

DALLAS (AP) SMU athletic director Rick Hart has reiterated the school's decision to accept a one-year postseason ban in men's basketball after players released a statement on their own expressing their disappointment over NCAA sanctions.Hart said Wednesday that he shares that disappointment but that the severity of violations...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Indiana coach Tom Crean hired former player Derek Elston as the new director of player development Monday.The native of Tipton, Indiana, will help with mentoring, life skills, administrative operations and support services.Elston played on the Hoosiers' 2012 Sweet 16 team and the 2013 Big Ten...

AP Basketball WriterNCAA rules NC State freshman Yurtseven must sit 9 gamesBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The NCAA has ruled that North Carolina State freshman center Omer Yurtseven must sit the first nine games after examining his amateur status following Yurtseven's overseas career.The school on Monday announced the...

NC State adds forward Ted Kapita to recruiting classRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State has added another player to its men's basketball roster.The Wolfpack on Friday announced the signing of 6-foot-10 forward Ted Kapita.Coach Mark Gottfried calls Kapita ''a versatile and athletic addition who plays with a high...

MAAC hoops tourneys to stay in Albany 3 more yearsALBANY, N.Y. (AP) The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference basketball championships will remain in Albany for another three years.The MAAC Council of Presidents voted Wednesday in New York City to play the postseason tournaments at Times Union Center from 2017-2019.Albany...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee freshman guard Lamonte Turner has been ruled ineligible for the 2015-16 season.Turner tweeted Monday that he'd been ruled ineligible. Tennessee athletic department spokesman Tom Satkowiak confirmed that Turner is unable to compete or travel with the Volunteers this season because he ''was not cleared...

DALLAS (AP) SMU junior guard Keith Frazier is still away from the undefeated No. 15 Mustangs working through personal issues, with the support of coach Larry Brown and the program.Frazier is still on the roster, but will miss his second game Thursday when the Mustangs host Cincinnati.''He's had...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) The NCAA has upheld its nine-game suspension of Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, but he will be allowed to begin serving it immediately.The NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee issued its ruling Thursday, saying Boeheim was not directly involved in underlying violations of academic misconduct, extra benefits and...

AP Basketball WriterBaylor is No. 1 in AP poll for 1st time, 'Nova falls to 3rdBy STEPHEN HAWKINSA decades-long Baylor fan got emotional with coach Scott Drew after the Bears won their last game to remain one of two undefeated teams in the country.The fan told Drew, ''I thought...