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AP Sports WriterJim Boeheim ready for year No. 43 at SyracuseBy JOHN KEKISSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Jim Boeheim is back in a good place as he begins his 43rd season at Syracuse - all five starters return, he has a much stronger bench, and his youngest son is a...

Purdue, Matt Painter agree on 2-year contract extensionWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Purdue and men's basketball coach Matt Painter have agreed on a two-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season.Athletic director Mike Bobinski said Friday that beginning July 2019, Painter's contract will convert to a rolling five-year term with...

AP Sports WriterCowboys, Wildcats meet in crossroads game on Big 12 scheduleBy DAVE SKRETTAMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Good luck trying to figure out what's going to happen when Oklahoma State visits Kansas State.Both teams have been a mystery this season.The Cowboys (4-2, 1-2) picked up a good non-conference win...

AP Sports WriterK-State looks toward season with Madness in Manhattan eventBy DAVE SKRETTAMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State coach Bruce Weber need only look at how difficult it was to build a schedule this season to know that his team, which returns all six guys who started every game...

Arizona, Illinois agree to home-and-home seriesCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Illinois said Friday it has signed a two-year contract with Arizona for a men's basketball home-and-home series in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.The Illini play in Tucson on Nov. 10, 2019, and the Wildcats will visit Champaign on Dec. 12,...

Sister Jean wins 2018 Illinois Senior Hall of Fame awardCHICAGO (AP) Officials gathered to present Catholic nun and celebrated Loyola-Chicago basketball chaplain Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt with Illinois' 2018 Senior Hall of Fame award.WLS-TV reports Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner helped present the award Friday to the 99-year-old Schmidt...

Associated PressFixer says he made cash payment in college hoops schemeBy TOM HAYSNEW YORK (AP) A government witness at a college basketball corruption trial testified Thursday that he made a secret $40,000 payment to the inner circle of a North Carolina State recruit through an assistant coach at...

Associated PressFixer says he made cash payment in college hoops schemeBy TOM HAYSNEW YORK (AP) A government witness at a college basketball corruption trial testified Thursday that he made a secret $40,000 payment to the inner circle of a North Carolina State recruit through an assistant coach at...

AP Sports WriterBig Ten's Delany: 'Storm clouds' hang over college sportsBy ANDREW SELIGMANROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said Thursday that significant ''storm clouds'' are hanging over college athletics because of a basketball recruiting scandal displaying what many see as the sleazy side of the sport.Delany...

AP Sports WriterBig Ten's Delany: 'Storm clouds' hang over college sportsBy ANDREW SELIGMANROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said Thursday significant ''storm clouds'' are hanging over college athletics because of a basketball recruiting scandal displaying what many see as the sleazy side of the sport.Delany cited...

Associated PressFixer says he made cash payment in college hoops schemeBy TOM HAYSNEW YORK (AP) A government witness at a college basketball corruption trial testified Thursday that he made a secret $40,000 payment to the inner circle of a North Carolina State recruit through an assistant coach...

AP Sports WriterIzzo says he never tried to cover up sex assault allegationsBy ANDREW SELIGMANROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) Michigan State coach Tom Izzo insisted Thursday he was never part of an effort to cover up allegations of sexual misconduct within the school's athletic department.The Hall of Famer said the...