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MWC's Thompson added to Division I basketball committeeINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson has been named to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee for the second time.Thompson will serve a one-year term in place of New Mexico athletic director Paul Krebs, who stepped down earlier this...

AP Sports WriterNotre Dame's Brey: Transferring players need 'deterrent'By BEN NUCKOLSWASHINGTON (AP) Notre Dame coach Mike Brey says the NCAA is granting too many waivers that allow players who transfer to compete immediately, calling the requirement that players sit out a year a useful ''deterrent'' to players switching...

AP Sports WriterPac-12 forms task force to seek answers for issues in sportsBy JANIE McCAULEYSAN FRANCISCO (AP) The Pac-12 Conference is launching its own task force to develop reform proposals in the wake of a federal bribery investigation that includes an assistant coach from USC.Commissioner Larry Scott expects...

AP Basketball WriterArizona State's added size ratchets expectationsBy JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Arizona State made its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in four years last season behind a trio of free-wheeling, free-shooting senior guards.The run was a year ahead of schedule, in some respects.The Sun Devils had...

Syracuse guard Tyus Battle to enter name in NBA draftSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Tyus Battle will enter his name in the NBA draft, but he's not hiring an agent.That's according to the school's official Twitter account.Battle had been mulling his decision since the Orange were eliminated by Atlantic Coast...

AP Sports WriterNCAA to form commission in response to bribery schemeBy CLIFF BRUNTThe NCAA said it will form a commission to study the inner workings of college basketball in response a federal investigation into bribery and fraud that rocked the sport and implicated several assistant coaches.The NCAA announced the...

AP Sports WriterUCLA's Chris Smith tears left ACL, out for rest of seasonBy BETH HARRISLOS ANGELES (AP) UCLA guard Chris Smith tore his left ACL and will be out for the rest of the season.Smith hurt his knee late in the first half of the Bruins' 72-70 victory...

AP Sports WriterStruggling Ohio State trying to avoid another January swoonBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann is trying to head off another January swoon.The third-year-Buckeyes coach says he never knows exactly what kind of team he's got until January arrives, bringing the first of...

Associated PressAllen scores 20 as Utah fends off UC Davis 77-73By JOHN COONSALT LAKE CITY (AP) Timmy Allen scored 20 points to help Utah pull away from UC Davis for a 77-73 victory on Friday night.Rylan Jones added 18 points and five assists while Riley Battin chipped in...

Former Colorado State basketball coach Boyd Grant dies at 87FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Boyd ''Tiny'' Grant, the basketball coach who led Colorado State and Fresno State to the NCAA Tournament, died Monday. It was his 87th birthday.Colorado State announced Grant suffered a stroke over the weekend and didn't...

Former Akron coach and SEC assistant Dan Hipsher is retiringROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) Dan Hipsher, the basketball coach at Akron for nearly a decade and also an assistant for two Southeastern Conference schools, is retiring.Oakland University, where Hipsher has been an assistant for the past three seasons, announced the...

AP Basketball WriterArizona has plenty of offseason work after tumultuous seasonBy JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona went through one of the program's most tumultuous seasons in 2017-18.The Wildcats were ensnared in an FBI probe into recruiting before the season started, had a key player go down for a...