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AP Basketball WriterKentucky falls out of AP Top 25 poll for 1st time since 2014By AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Kentucky is out of the AP Top 25 for the first time in nearly four years while another bunch of Wildcats - Villanova - maintained their hold on No....

Riller's double-double sends Charleston past D-II CokerCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Grant Riller had 23 points and 10 rebounds and College of Charleston beat Division II-level Coker 76-50 on Sunday.Jaylen McManus had 11 points for College of Charleston (5-4) and Osinachi Smart added 10 points and nine rebounds.Noel Pinnock had...

AP Sports WriterMemphis, Vols face off again with rivalry's future uncertainBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The future of the Memphis-Tennessee men’s basketball series faces uncertainty as the in-state rivals prepare to face off in a Top 25 showdown.Saturday’s matchup between the 13th-ranked Tigers and 19th-ranked Volunteers at Thompson-Boling...

AP Basketball WriterHaliburton, Iowa State beat Alabama 104-89By AARON BEARDPARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) Tyrese Haliburton brought plenty of flair at the helm of Iowa State’s attack, from flashing a hand sign to his ear like he was talking on the phone to another as though he was looking...

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...

Niko Medved returning to Colorado State as head coachFORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Former Colorado State assistant coach Niko Medved is returning to Fort Collins to lead the Rams men's basketball program after spending a year as Drake's head coach.Medved replaces Larry Eustachy, who stepped down last month, ending...

NC State's Lockett facing charge of assault on a femaleRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State backup guard Eric Lockett has been charged with assault on a female.According to court records, Lockett was being held without bond in the Wake County Jail on Thursday following an incident that took...

Students charged with stealing pieces of basketball courtRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Five students are charged with stealing wooden panels of North Carolina State University's former basketball court.News outlets report masked men entered Reynolds Coliseum on Dec. 7 and stole two of the panels from a storage area. Pieces of...

AP Basketball WriterUNC's Johnson ready to 'just do more' after hip surgeryBy AARON BEARDCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Cameron Johnson is grateful for something simple entering his final season at North Carolina: the ability to spread his feet in a wide defensive stance without the mix of pain and...

AP Sports WriterPrep basketball takes backseat to AAU in recruiting gameBy DAVE SKRETTAMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Back when Bruce Weber was an up-and-coming assistant on Gene Keady's staff at Purdue, the coach would spend countless hours on planes and behind the wheel to catch as many high school basketball...

No. 10 LSU holds out Smart in wake of Wade suspensionBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) No. 10 LSU is holding Javonte Smart out of Saturday's season finale against Vanderbilt because the freshman guard was mentioned in a wiretapped phone call about recruiting that resulted in coach Will Wade's suspension.LSU...

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...