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Huskers' Walker to sit 16 games for violation at TennesseeLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) The NCAA has suspended Nebraska's Derrick Walker for the first 16 games of the season for a rules violation while he was at Tennessee in 2018-19.The Nebraska athletic department made the announcement Wednesday shortly before the...

AP Basketball WriterCOVID-19 putting college basketball traditions in quarantineBy DAVE SKRETTAThere is a tradition at Taylor University, a small NAIA school in Indiana, where the entire crowd sits in complete silence until the men's basketball team scores its 10th point of the game and sets off a wild celebration.Thanks...

AP Sports WriterPandemic leaves opening week of college hoops in disarrayBy CLIFF BRUNTWichita State landed in South Dakota on Monday afternoon, masked up and looking forward to playing in the Crossover ClassicAP Photo transref:NYRD215, transref:NYSB745By CLIFF BRUNT=AP Sports Writer=Wichita State landed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Monday afternoon,...

Billy Evans, 88, member of 1956 gold medal U.S. team, diesLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Billy Evans, a member of the 1956 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team and Kentucky Hall of Famer who helped the Wildcats go 25-0 in 1953-54, has died. He was 88.The school announced Evans' death on...

Pearl: Top Auburn recruit not yet declared eligible by NCAAAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn's top recruit, point guard Sharife Cooper, hasn't been cleared to play by the NCAA.Tigers coach Bruce Pearl said Monday on Auburn's weekly radio show that the NCAA is still conducting Cooper's initial eligibility review but...

AP National WriterMore than wins, losses at stake as basketball season arrivesBy EDDIE PELLSAs more than 300 teams prepare to start a season that will look nothing like any before it, the conversation isn't so much about who will be cutting down the nets at the end of March...

AP Sports WriterAuburn imposes postseason ban for former assistant's schemeBy JOHN ZENORAuburn's basketball team won't participate in postseason play this season as a self-imposed penalty stemming from a bribery scheme involving former assistant coach Chuck Person.The university announced the self-imposed postseason ban on Sunday over Person's steering young athletes...

AP Sports WriterAuburn imposes postseason ban for former assistant's schemeBy JOHN ZENORAuburn's basketball team won't participate in postseason play this season as a self-imposed penalty stemming from a bribery scheme involving former assistant coach Chuck Person.The university announced the self-imposed postseason ban on Sunday for rules violations involving Person's...

AP National WriterMore than wins, losses at stake as basketball season arrivesBy EDDIE PELLSAs more than 300 teams prepare to start a season that will look nothing like any before it, the conversation isn't so much about who will be cutting down the nets at the end of March...

AP National WriterMore than wins, losses at stake as basketball season arrivesBy EDDIE PELLSAs more than 300 teams prepare to start a season that will look nothing like any before it, the conversation isn't so much about who will be cutting down the nets at the end of March...

USC guard Drew Peterson eligible this season after transferLOS ANGELES (AP) Drew Peterson will be eligible immediately to play for Southern California this season.Coach Andy Enfield said Friday that the junior guard from Libertyville, Illinois, was granted a legislative relief waiver by the NCAA.Peterson transferred to USC after...

AP Basketball WriterArizona State's Christopher embracing Hurley's intensityBy JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Josh Christopher is blessed with prodigious basketball talent and a strong inner drive, a combination that made him one of that nation's top recruits in the class of 2020.When the five-star guard was choosing where he...