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AP Basketball WriterTop of AP poll steady as Baylor, Kansas set collision courseBy DAVE SKRETTABaylor and Kansas just keep winning, setting up a monumental showdown Saturday between the top-ranked Bears and No. 3 Jayhawks that could help decide not only the Big 12 title but the No. 1 overall...

AP Sports WriterHall of Fame coach assists cast in play about recruitingBy PAT EATON-ROBBWATERFORD, Conn. (AP) Actor Sam Kebede went to rehearsal hoping to get some insights about what it's like to be recruited by a big-time college basketball coach. Hall-of-Famer Jim Calhoun was happy to assist.The coach...

10 years later, Davidson seeks another tourney runBOISE, Idaho (AP) No. 5 seed Kentucky (24-10) vs. No. 12 seed Davidson (21-11)First round, South Region; Boise, Idaho; Thursday, 7:10 p.m. ET.BOTTOM LINE: Ten years ago, Steph Curry became Steph Curry at the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 32 points a...

AP Sports WriterTop-seeded Kansas comes alive, beats Penn 76-60 in NCAAsBy DAVE SKRETTAWICHITA, Kan. (AP) Devonte Graham kept driving to the rim, using his deft crossover and blinding first step to get past Penn's defenders, only to watch every shot he put up bounce out.He turned to teammate...

The Latest: Villanova No. 1 overall, with Duke No. 2 in EastBy The Associated PressThe Latest on Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):---5:35 p.m.Defending national champion Villanova is the No. 1 overall seed, a top seed for the third time in school history. The Wildcats will...

AP Sports WriterMichigan State's Miles Bridges chooses to stay in schoolBy LARRY LAGEEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Miles Bridges has decided to stay at Michigan State for his sophomore season, putting his NBA dreams on hold.Bridges got a roar from a huge crowd gathered at the school's Sparty statue...

The early reviews on 6-foot-11 Kentucky freshman Skal Labissiere has gone something like this: He doesn't like physical contact. Plays too straight up. Won't play near the basket.Some or all of those observations have been evident at one time or another during a four-game slump in which Labissiere has...

No indictment for escort, staffer in Louisville sex scandalLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A Kentucky grand jury declined to indict an escort and former Louisville men's basketball staffer in a sex scandal that engulfed the program.The Jefferson County grand jury decided Thursday there wasn't enough evidence for charges of prostitution...

Georgia is facing the difficult task of finding a way to win without its best player. Coach Mark Fox said the normal ''next man up'' plan doesn't fit the challenge of replacing injured top scorer Yante Maten in the team's final four regular-season games. More than one player will be...

A decades-long Baylor fan got emotional with coach Scott Drew after the Bears won their last game to remain one of two undefeated teams in the country. The fan told Drew, ''I thought we could go to a Final Four, but I never thought I'd see the day when Baylor...

Former Western Kentucky center Jim McDaniels dies at 69BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) Jim McDaniels, a 7-footer who led Western Kentucky to the NCAA Final Four in 1971 and ranks at or near the top of several statistical categories, has died. He was 69.The school said McDaniels died Wednesday...

Myrtle Beach to host college basketball tournament in 2018MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) Wake Forest and West Virginia will compete in the inaugural Myrtle Beach Invitation college basketball tournament next November.ESPN announced the new eight-team tournament on Wednesday. The tournament will take place Nov. 15-16 and Nov. 18 at...