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AP Sports WriterEx-Tar Heel Woods comfortable back home at South CarolinaBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina guard Seventh Woods can't take a few steps around town these days without someone telling him it is good he came home. The former North Carolina player is happy with his...

Kentucky will play 4 games during trip to Bahamas in AugustLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky will play in the Bahamas for the first time since 2014 during an eight-day August trip featuring four games against professional teams.The Wildcats will arrive Aug. 6 at Atlantis on Paradise Island to train...

AP Basketball WriterNorthern Arizona primed to keep making progressBy JOHN MARSHALLFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) Northern Arizona won just 10 games last season, yet made enough progress for athletic director Mike Marlow to keep coach Jack Murphy in place for the final year of his contract.Murphy knows the upward trend...

Morse with 20 points leads Mt. St. Mary's past Wagner 70-56STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (AP) Vado Morse scored a career-best 20 points as Mount St. Mary's posted its first conference win, beating Wagner 70-56 on Saturday.Damian Chong Qui added 12 points and four assists for the Mountaineers (4-14, 1-4...

LSU basketball player Wayde Simms shot to deathBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) LSU basketball player Wayde Sims has died after he was shot near the campus of another school in Baton Rouge.Police say in a news release that the 20-year-old Sims was shot around 12:30 a.m. Friday near the...

AP Sports WriterBuffalo coach Nate Oates signs extension through 2024By TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Buffalo coach Nate Oats signed a contract extension through 2024 after his team's rout of Akron in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference tournament.Moments after the No. 18 Bulls thrashed the Zips by 36 points...

Grimes' big 1st half helps Houston get past Georgia TechBy KALANI TAKASEHONOLULU (AP) Quentin Grimes scored 23 of his game-high 26 points before halftime and Houston fended off Georgia Tech 70-59 in a Diamond Head Classic semifinal Monday.The Cougars (9-3) never trailed and led by as many as...

AP Sports WriterStifling defense helps Purdue blow out No. 5 Virginia 69-40By MICHAEL MAROTWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Sasha Stefanovic scored a career-high 20 points, Jahaad Proctor had 16 and Purdue routed No. 5 Virginia 69-40 on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.It's the first time the Boilermakers...

AP College Sports WriterAP Exclusive: Inside NCAA's attempt to save March MadnessBy RALPH D. RUSSOAs it became apparent the NCAA basketball tournaments could not be held during their usual three-week window because of concerns about the coronavirus, organizers scrambled to devise a plan for a 16-team event to salvage...

Associated PressNwora leads way, No. 13 Louisville beats Notre Dame 67-64By JOHN FINERANSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Louisville’s Dwayne Sutton came up big when the No. 13 Cardinals needed him the most on the road against Notre Dame.“My teammates did a nice job finding me. It wasn’t my night...

AP Sports WriterEx-Hoya, ex-Knick, current Georgetown coach Ewing has COVIDBy HOWARD FENDRICHWASHINGTON (AP) Georgetown basketball coach Patrick Ewing tested positive for COVID-19 and is being treated at a hospital.''This virus is serious and should not be taken lightly,'' the Hall of Famer as a player for the Hoyas...

NCAA adopts college basketball reforms for draft, recruitingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) College basketball players who go undrafted by the NBA will be allowed to return to school and play as part of sweeping NCAA reforms in the wake of a corruption scandal.The NCAA announced Wednesday that its Board of Governors...