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AP National WriterNCAA on the bubble: Virginia gets top billing for MarchBy EDDIE PELLSFrom the top seed in the NCAA Tournament - Virginia - to those that barely made it into the bracket - Arizona State and Syracuse - it feels as though everyone involved in March Madness is...

AP Sports WriterS-E-C! League lands conference-record 8 teams in NCAAsBy TERESA M. WALKERNASVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Southeastern Conference's push to improve in men's basketball finally has paid off in record fashion.The conference best known for cranking out national champions in football landed a league-record eight teams in the...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia fires Mark Fox after disappointing 9th seasonBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Georgia coach Mark Fox has been fired following a disappointing regular season and a loss to Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.Athletic director Greg McGarity announced the decision in a statement released by...

AP Sports WriterUConn fires coach Kevin Ollie with school under NCAA inquiryBy PAT EATON-ROBBThe combination was too much for UConn: an NCAA investigation and a second straight losing season.All of which left coach Kevin Ollie out of a job. He was fired Saturday four years after leading the Huskies...

Associated PressUMBC beats top-seeded Vermont 65-62, wins America East titleBy BRUCE BOSLEYBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) Jairus Myles hit a long 3-pointer with less than a second left, lifting Maryland Baltimore County over top-seeded Vermont 65-62 Saturday in the America East championship game.Myles scored 27 points to lead the second-seeded...

Missouri's Jordan Barnett arrested on suspicion of DWICOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri forward Jordan Barnett has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.The Missouri University Police Department says Barnett was arrested early Saturday. The report indicated Barnett failed to drive within a single lane.School spokesman Patrick Crawford says...

AP Sports WriterToledo's Fletcher out of MAC title game with knee injuryBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Toledo star guard Tre'Shaun Fletcher will miss the Mid-American Conference championship against Buffalo because of an injured left knee.Fletcher, the conference's player of the year, injured his knee earlier in the tournament and...

Missouri forward Jordan Barnett arrested for DWICOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri forward Jordan Barnett has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.The Missouri University Police Department says Barnett was arrested early Saturday. The report indicated Barnett failed to drive within a single lane.School spokesman Patrick Crawford says the...

Associated PressNo. 25 Rhode Island rallies vs. Saint Joseph's in A10 semisBy PATRICK STEVENSWASHINGTON (AP) Andre Berry scored 18 points, Fatts Russell made two crucial 3-pointers in the final six minutes and No. 25 Rhode Island rallied past Saint Joseph's 90-87 on Saturday in the Atlantic 10 Conference...

Missouri forward Jordan Barnett arrested for DWIBy The Associated PressCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri basketball player Jordan Barnett has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.Spokesperson Brian Weimer of the Missouri University Police Department says Barnett was arrested at 3:26 a.m. Saturday. The report indicated Barnett failed to...

AP Sports WriterUConn fires coach Kevin Ollie with school under NCAA inquiryBy PAT EATON-ROBBUConn fired basketball coach Kevin Ollie on Saturday, with the team under NCAA investigation and the Huskies having completed their second straight losing season.The university said in a statement it has ''initiated disciplinary procedures'' to dismiss...

UConn fires coach Kevin Ollie with school under NCAA inquirySTORRS, Conn. (AP) UConn fired basketball coach Kevin Ollie on Saturday, with the team under NCAA investigation and the Huskies having completed their second straight losing season.The university said in a statement it has ''initiated disciplinary procedures'' to dismiss...