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Morris Taft, who helped UCLA to 1st NCAA Tourney win, diesLOS ANGELES (AP) Morris Taft, a guard under coach John Wooden at UCLA from 1954-56 who helped the Bruins win their first NCAA Tournament game, has died. He was 84.The school said Taft died Sunday at his home...

Utah, San Diego St headline field for Diamond Head ClassicHONOLULU (AP) Utah and San Diego State headline the eight-team field for the 2016 edition of the Diamond Head Classic.Hawaii, the host school, announced the bracket on Thursday.The other teams are Illinois State, San Francisco, Southern Miss, Tulsa and...

Kansas and Arizona State agree to home-and-home seriesTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Top-ranked Kansas and Arizona State will play a home-and-home series starting next season in Lawrence.The Sun Devils will play at Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 10 then the Jayhawks will visit Tempe on Dec. 22, 2018.Kansas and Arizona State...

RENO, Nev. (AP) University of Nevada coach Eric Musselman and his assistants hover around a computer screen, shifting names, categories and columns on spreadsheets that will be part of a PowerPoint presentation.They deliberate over what columns should be named, where names should be placed, the page order, whether...

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl felt like a winner two days before his team even plays its first game. The Tigers assured themselves one of the nation's top recruiting classes when the early signing period began Wednesday. It is headlined by top-10 prospect Austin Wiley, whose parents both starred for Auburn,...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Tennessee Tech is picked to finish second in its division of the Ohio Valley Conference, and coach Steve Payne is hopeful that a fifth-year transfer from Tulane will help put the Golden Eagles over the top. He still hates the fifth-year transfer rule. ''As a coach, it...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama signee Kobie Eubanks has not been cleared by the NCAA and won't be allowed to enroll for the upcoming season.Crimson Tide coach Avery Johnson says the school was unable to get Eubanks admitted but says he ''has a bright future.''Eubanks initially signed with Baylor...

Lonergan out as George Washington coach after investigationWASHINGTON (AP) George Washington says it has parted ways with men's basketball coach Mike Lonergan.University provost Forrest Maltzman announced the move in a statement Saturday, saying Lonergan was no longer coach and that the school ''will not tolerate conduct that runs...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) East Tennessee State has added a pair of transfers by bringing in Deuce Bello from Missouri and Tevin Glass from Wichita State.The school announced both additions Tuesday. Bello will be eligible to play for ETSU this season as a graduate transfer. Glass must sit...

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) Laimonas Chatkevicius scored 17 points, Michael Carrera had 16 points and nine rebounds, and South Carolina beat Tulsa 83-75 on Monday night in the championship game of the Paradise Jam.South Carolina led by as many as 16 points in the second half,...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) It's unclear if heralded forward Domantas Sabonis will be able to play when No. 9 Gonzaga opens its season Friday against Pittsburgh in the Armed Forces Classic in Okinawa, Japan.Sabonis took a hard fall on his lower back last weekend during an exhibition game against...

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) James Thompson IV picked up his fifth consecutive double-double, scoring 17 points and collaring 11 rebounds to help lead Eastern Michigan to an 86-58 defeat of NAIA Rochester on Tuesday night.Thompson also blocked three shots. Willie Mangum scored 22 points and made four 3-pointers for...