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AP Sports WriterVitale raising millions for pediatric cancer researchBy FRED GOODALLFor all the accolades he's received as a college and professional basketball coach and an even longer career in broadcasting, Dick Vitale insists his greatest accomplishment has been raising money for pediatric cancer research.It's an obsession, he says, that...

Willie Murrell, former K-State basketball star, dead at 78MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Willie Murrell, the former Kansas State basketball star who is one of two Wildcats with career averages of more than 20 points and 10 rebounds, has died. He was 78.Murrell died Dec. 6 in Colorado.The 6-foot-6 forward...

AP Sports WriterTop this: Xavier, Cincinnati share a city, hoops accoladesBy JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) Only 2+ miles apart on the map, Xavier and Cincinnati are separated by one spot in The Associated Press' latest Top 10 - quite a coup for a city that values its college basketball...

Wagner returning to Michigan, Wilson staying in draftANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Moe Wagner is coming back to Michigan, while D.J. Wilson is staying in the NBA draft.The Wolverines announced both decisions Wednesday. The two standouts said last month they were putting their names in the draft without hiring...

Hardaway adds ex-Suns assistant Toppert to Memphis' staffMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Memphis coach Penny Hardaway has added more NBA experience to his staff by hiring former Phoenix Suns assistant Cody Toppert.Toppert spent the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach and director of player development on a Suns staff headed...

Love, Roberts, Westbrook highlight UCLA Hall of Fame classLOS ANGELES (AP) Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook and Dave Roberts highlight the latest class for UCLA's Athletic Hall of Fame.The nine-member class was announced by the university Wednesday.Love was in Westwood for only one season but led the Bruins to...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke's men's basketball team is headed back to the White House next week to celebrate its latest national title.School officials announced Friday that President Barack Obama will honor the Blue Devils on Tuesday for their NCAA Tournament championship.Duke won its fifth NCAA Tournament title in...

AP Sports WriterNCAA hoops game in Baltimore held in empty gym for COVID-19By STEPHEN WHYNOBALTIMORE (AP) In what was believed to be the first U.S. sports event held without fans because of the new coronavirus, a Division III men's basketball NCAA Tournament game was played Friday at an...

AP Sports WriterSyracuse basketball struggles early with 5-4 start to seasonBy JOHN KEKISUNDATED (AP) Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim isn't used to this - nine games into the season his Orange are barely above .500.With no seniors and five freshmen on the roster and apparent weaknesses on the floor,...

Gonzaga's Petrusev will enter NBA draft, but not hire agentSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Gonzaga forward Filip Petrusev has become the third Bulldog to declare for the NBA draft this year without hiring an agent.Gonzaga's leading scorer and the West Coast Conference player of the year, Petrusev made his announcement...

AP Sports WriterSwofford expects 'substantive' findings from Rice commissionBy JOEDY McCREARYGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford says he expects ''substantive'' recommendations from the committee seeking ways to reform college basketball amid a federal investigation of corruption in the sport.Speaking Tuesday at a regional Associated Press...

Memphis' James Wiseman says he has withdrawn from schoolMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Memphis center James Wiseman says he has withdrawn from school as the likely NBA lottery pick gets ready to begin his pro career.The 7-foot-1 freshman said Thursday in an Instagram post that he was leaving school to...