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SHANGHAI, China (AP) Andrew Andrews scored 23 points to lead the Washington Huskies to a 77-71 victory over the Texas Longhorns on Saturday in the first-ever regular-season men's basketball game played in China.Washington led by as many as 9 in the second half before the Longhorns rallied to...

AP Sports WriterLouisville parts ways with Padgett, begins search for coachBy GARY B. GRAVESLouisville didn't take long to make its first offseason move, parting ways interim men's basketball coach David Padgett less than 24 hours after the Cardinals season ended.The former Cardinals player was brought in to bring calm...

AP Sports WriterPac-12 players, coaches briefed on California likeness lawBy JANIE McCAULEYSAN FRANCISCO (AP) Washington State big man Jeff Pollard is popular all over Pullman and easily recognized back home in Bountiful, Utah.You can't miss him: He's 6-foot-9 and 240 pounds. Pollard realizes he could probably earn some...

HANGZHOU, China (AP) Forty years ago, former basketball star Bill Walton made a decision he still regrets today. His UCLA college team was invited to play an exhibition game in China in 1973, the year it won its second national title with Walton, and he decided not to...

Illinois signs prep forward Anthony Higgs from BaltimoreCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Prep forward Anthony Higgs has signed with Illinois and will join the program next season.Higgs, 6-foot-8 and from Baltimore, led Perry Hall High to back-to-back state title in 2017 and 2018. Higgs averaged 10.5 points, eight rebounds and...

AP Sports WriterUCLA starting rebuild under new coach Mick CroninBy BETH HARRISLOS ANGELES (AP) UCLA faces a rebuilding year under Mick Cronin and the young Bruins are busy adjusting to their new coach's ways.Different drills, different philosophies, different schemes, different personality.The Steve Alford era is a distant memory...

AP Spots WriterBoeheim's 26 lead Syracuse past Virginia Tech, 71-69By HANK KURZ Jr.BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Buddy Boeheim scored 26 points, including 18 in a row for Syracuse at one point, and the Orange stretched their winning streak to three with a 71-69 victory at Virginia Tech on Saturday.Boeheim...

Louisville receives extension to respond to NCAA allegationsLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville has requested and received a 45-day extension to respond to an NCAA Notice of Allegations that accused the men's basketball program of committing a Level I violation for an improper recruiting offer and several Level II violations....

LaRose carries Sacred Heart past St. Francis Brooklyn 73-63FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) Kinnon LaRose had a season-high 21 points as Sacred Heart topped St. Francis Brooklyn 73-63 on Thursday night.E.J. Anosike had 19 points and 14 rebounds for Sacred Heart (18-12, 11-6 Northeast Conference), which matched its program record...

AP Sports WriterNo. 1 KU, No. 18 Villanova set to renew rivalry in PhillyBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) The Kansas vs. Villanova rivalry has become glorious to view for college hoops fans. The two championship programs are intertwined, as much as nonconference teams can be, since the start of...

AP Sports WriterUndefeated Aztecs set to retire Kawhi Leonard's jerseyBy BERNIE WILSONSAN DIEGO (AP) Nine years after Kawhi Leonard helped lead San Diego State to national prominence, the Aztecs will honor the greatest player in program history by hoisting his No. 15 jersey into the rafters at Viejas...

Villanova beat No. 14 Florida State for AdvoCare titleLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Villanova is making a case to get back into the Top-25.Collin Gillespie had a game-high 17 points, including two key late free throws, and the Wildcats won the AdvoCare Invitational by beating No. 14 Florida...