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AP Basketball WriterTOP 25 THIS WEEK: League play offers tests in ACC, Big TenBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) It's time to find out just how well the nonconference schedule has prepared AP Top 25 teams for the rigors of league play.Four of the power conferences - the Atlantic...

AP Basketball WriterTOP 25 THIS WEEK: League play offers tests in ACC, Big TenBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) It's time to find out just how well the nonconference schedule has prepared AP Top 25 teams for the rigors of league play.Four of the power conferences - the Atlantic...

Associated PressVanderbilt ends 2018 with win over UNC AshevilleBy CHIP CIRILLONASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Notre Dame transfer Matt Ryan scored a season high with 19 points, including three 3-pointers, to lead Vanderbilt to a 90-59 win over UNC Asheville on Monday.Simi Shittu, projected to go in the first round...

AP Sports WriterUCLA fires Steve Alford as basketball coach after 6 seasonsBy BETH HARRISLOS ANGELES (AP) Steve Alford was fired as UCLA basketball coach in his sixth season on Monday, with the Bruins mired in a four-game skid that included losses at home to Belmont and Liberty.Athletic director...

Bowling scores 17, N Arizona tops Montana State 74-68FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) Chris Bowling scored 17 points, hitting four 3-pointers, and Northern Arizona held off a late charge to defeat Montana State 74-68 on Monday.Bowling scored 14 of his points in the second half to help the Lumberjacks (3-9,...

AP Basketball WriterDuke remains No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll; Kentucky rises to 13thBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) After a light Christmas week schedule, top-ranked Duke and everyone else at the top of the AP Top 25 stayed put in a poll with few major changes.Things could...

AP Sports WriterUCLA fires Steve Alford as basketball coach after 6 seasonsBy BETH HARRISLOS ANGELES (AP) Steve Alford has been fired as UCLA basketball coach after six seasons, with the Bruins mired in a four-game skid that included losses at home to Belmont and Liberty.Athletic director Dan Guerrero...

AP Sports WriterUCLA fires Steve Alford as basketball coach after 6 seasonsBy BETH HARRISLOS ANGELES (AP) Steve Alford has been fired as UCLA basketball coach after six seasons, with the Bruins mired in a four-game skid that included losses at home to Belmont and Liberty.Athletic director Dan Guerrero...

Duke remains No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll; Kentucky rises to 13thNEW YORK (AP) Duke remains atop an AP Top 25 poll with few major changes after a light Christmas week schedule of games.The Blue Devils earned 35 of 64 first-place votes to stay at No. 1...

Duke remains No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll; Kentucky rises to 13thNEW YORK (AP) Duke remains atop an AP Top 25 poll with few major changes after a light Christmas week schedule of games.The Blue Devils earned 35 of 64 first-place votes to stay at No. 1...

AP Basketball WriterTOP 25 REWIND: No. 16 Kentucky finding a groove for SEC playBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) It looks like Kentucky has figured a few things out, just in time for Southeastern Conference play.The 16th-ranked Wildcats won at rival Louisville on Saturday in their first road game...

Gomez scores 29, CSU Northridge beats Morgan State 94-86LOS ANGELES (AP) Terrell Gomez scored a career-high 29 points and made 5 of 9 from 3-point range to help CSU Northridge beat Morgan State 94-86 on Saturday night.Lamine Diane added 16 points and 15 rebounds for the seventh double-double...