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Seton Hall recruits shooting guard Eron GordonSOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) Shooting guard Eron Gordon has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Seton Hall.Pirates coach Kevin Willard announced the signing on Wednesday, about a week after guard Isaiah Whitehead said he was leaving the program to...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Vanderbilt Commodores have heard all the talk about how they should be a very good team this season. They're doing their best to tune out all that chatter and prove how quickly they've grown up.''It's tough to block it out, so we hear it,''...

Auburn sits Wiley, Purifoy indefinitely during investigationAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn will hold out sophomores Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy indefinitely in connection with a federal investigation into associate head coach Chuck Person.The athletic department sent out a statement Thursday announcing the decision was made ''to avoid any potential...

South Carolina Upstate cruises past NAIA Coker, 89-69SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) Malik Moore scored 33 points and grabbed a dozen rebounds as South Carolina Upstate cruised past NAIA Coker, 89-69 on Saturday night.The Spartans close out their nonconference schedule Wednesday when they travel to Georgia Tech and open Big...

AP Sports WriterLivers uncertain for Michigan's matchup with No. 16 SpartansBy NOAH TRISTERANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) As Michigan prepares for another game against rival Michigan State, Isaiah Livers' status is again uncertain.Much like it's been for almost seven weeks now.''You've got to sit there, it's like torture,'' Livers...

Minnesota adds ex-Drexel forward Demir as grad transferMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota has added former Drexel forward Alihan Demir as a graduate transfer for the 2019-20 season.The Gophers announced Tuesday that Demir, a 6-foot-9 native of Turkey, will join their roster in the fall. He played two years for Drexel,...

Duke probe finds no evidence Nike paid Zion WilliamsonDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke University says an investigation has found no evidence that former basketball star Zion Williamson received improper benefits.School spokesman Michael Schoenfeld said in a statement Saturday that a ''thorough and objective'' probe led by investigators outside the...

Former Texas Tech standout Andre Emmett killed in DallasDALLAS (AP) Authorities say former Texas Tech basketball standout Andre Emmett has been shot to death near his home in Dallas.Police say 37-year-old Emmett was sitting in his vehicle outside his home early Monday when he was approached by two...

3 top scorers leaving UW-MilwaukeeMILWAUKEE (AP) The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is losing its three top men's basketball players after coach Pat Baldwin's first year.The leading scorers this season, junior guards Brock Stull and Jeremiah Bell and sophomore forward Bryce Nze, have received releases in order to transfer and...

Powell sorry for Louisville fallout, says ordeal 'worth it'LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Katina Powell says she is ''so sorry'' about the fallout of the sex scandal that resulted in sanctions against Louisville's basketball program, but adds that her experience was ''worth surviving.''In her 2015 book, ''Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball...

Associated PressTrial expected to explore 'underbelly' of college basketballBy TOM HAYSNEW YORK (AP) When Brian Bowen Jr., one of America's brightest high school basketball stars, announced in June 2017 that he would attend the University of Louisville, a school that had not been on anyone's radar as his...

Mass-Lowell downs NAIA Fisher 97-73LOWELL, Mass. (AP) Rinardo Perry scored a career-high 16 points, Tyler Livingston added 13, and UMass-Lowell made 15 of 30 from behind the arc to beat NAIA-member Fisher College 97-73 on Saturday to snap a four-game skid.Ryan Jones, Jahad Thomas and Cameron Wolter scored...