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Daniel Webster basketball player charged after fight at gameNASHUA, N.H. (AP) Nashua, New Hampshire, police have charged a member of the Daniel Webster College men's basketball team after a fight that required 25 officers to restore order.Authorities say guard Marquise Caudill assaulted a player from the opposing team...

Former Chicago high school basketball standout gunned downCHICAGO (AP) A former Chicago high school basketball standout who went on to play in college was shot to death Monday on the city's West Side, authorities said.Jonathan Mills suffered several gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead on the scene, police...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Wake Forest guard Codi Miller-McIntyre will miss 4-6 weeks with a broken foot.Coach Danny Manning said Monday that Miller-McIntyre had surgery on his foot during the weekend, but did not specify which foot.Miller-McIntyre averaged a team-best 14.5 points last season while starting all 32 games....

After years of playing in one of the Southeastern Conference's most outdated facilities, Mississippi hosts the first game in its $96.5 million new basketball arena on Thursday night.Now coach Andy Kennedy hopes he has a team that's worthy of the new home.Ole Miss (10-3, 0-1 SEC) faces Alabama (9-3,...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke says freshman center Marques Bolden will miss the top-ranked Blue Devils' first two games with a leg injury. Team spokesman Cory Walton announced the injury to Bolden's lower left leg on Monday. Bolden will miss the opener against Marist on Friday night and the second game Saturday...

AP Basketball WriterVillanova gets top overall seed in NCAA's early rankingsBy JOHN MARSHALLVillanova had a surprising loss to unranked Marquette last month, a setback that bumped the Wildcats from the top spot in the AP Top 25.The NCAA Tournament selection committee was not swayed by one surprising loss. It...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Lorenzo Bonam scored a season-high 20 points to help No. 16 Utah hold off Texas Tech 73-63 on Thursday night in the opening round of the Puerto Rico Tipoff.Jordan Loveridge added 18 points for the Utes (3-0), who squandered much of a 12-point,...

Morgan State builds big lead early, cruises over WilmingtonBALTIMORE (AP) Phillip Carr scored 21 points and pulled down 13 rebounds and Morgan State cruised to an 88-73 win over Division II Wilmington University on Thursday night.It was the Bears first win, following a two-game losing streak to open...

The Latest: UNC's Williams says Pinson has foot surgeryCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Latest from Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball media day on Wednesday (all times local):---4:10 p.m.North Carolina coach Roy Williams says junior swingman Theo Pinson had foot surgery Wednesday.The school announced last week that Pinson was out...

Alabama signs Southern Illinois grad transfer OlaniyanTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama has signed graduate transfer forward Bola Olaniyan from Southern Illinois.Crimson Tide coach Avery Johnson said Monday that Olaniyan adds experience, leadership and rebounding to the Crimson Tide. He averaged 5.2 points and 6.0 rebounds during his career at...

Associated PressIllinois hopes return of old faces bring improved resultsBy DAVID MERCERCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) The Illinois team that takes the court in early November will look a lot different than the one that limped to a 15-19 record last season.Illini fans accustomed to no real point guard and...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Andrew White III began his career at Kansas, then transferred to Nebraska and redshirted a year before playing another, only to wind up at Syracuse to finish off his unique college basketball odyssey. All that moving around hardly makes him unique, though. It's more like the new norm. More...