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Elmore, Marshall stop Southern Miss 85-75, reach title gameFRISCO, Texas (AP) Jon Elmore scored 26 points and drained a timely 3-pointer after a seemingly comfortable lead disappeared to hold off Southern Miss 85-75 in the Conference USA semifinals on Friday and advance to the championship game for the...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Dump these conference tourneys, get to real thingBy PAUL NEWBERRYIt's conference tournament time in college basketball.Excuse the yawn.This smorgasbord of unnecessary games has become another blight on a sport that already has enough problems, denying worthy teams their well-earned shot at the NCAA Tournament while taking...

Elmore, Marshall stop Southern Miss 85-75, reach title gameFRISCO, Texas (AP) Jon Elmore scored 26 points and drained a timely 3-pointer after a seemingly comfortable lead disappeared to hold off Southern Miss 85-75 in the Conference USA semifinals on Friday and advance to the championship game for the...

AP College Sports WriterACC loves NYC: Expect tournament to be back in BrooklynBy RALPH D. RUSSONEW YORK (AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference is declaring its two-year run in Brooklyn a success and expects to make New York City a regular destination for the league's men's basketball tournament.''I think...

Iowa sophomore forward Tyler Cook to test NBA draft interestIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa sophomore forward Tyler Cook has submitted paperwork for early entry into the 2018 NBA draft. He has not hired an agent, meaning he could possibly return to the Hawkeyes next season.Cook announced Friday that...

Iowa sophomore forward Tyler Cook to test NBA draft interestIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa sophomore forward Tyler Cook has submitted paperwork for early entry into the 2018 NBA draft. He has not hired an agent, meaning he could possibly return to the Hawkeyes next season.Cook announced Friday that...

K-State's Wade will miss Big 12 tourney showdown with KansasKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas State junior forward Dean Wade will miss Friday night's Big 12 Tournament semifinal game against No. 9 Kansas because of a foot injury.The Wildcats said the move was a precautionary measure after Wade was...

No. 25 Rhode Island holds off VCU in A-10 quarterfinalsBy PATRICK STEVENSWASHINGTON (AP) Jeff Dowtin scored 18 points, Jared Terrell added 16 points and No. 25 Rhode Island survived a challenge from VCU 76-67 Friday in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament quarterfinals.Top-seeded Rhode Island (24-6) snapped a two-game...

AP Basketball WriterCorruption case won't stop the calls on Selection SundayBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) College basketball has spent an entire season operating amid the specter of an FBI corruption investigation that led to criminal charges against assistant coaches, agents, apparel company employees and others.The scandal rocked the...

Arkansas-Little Rock fires coach; 7-25 mark set loss recordLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has fired its basketball coach after his team lost a school-record 25 games.Wes Flanigan's team ended the season with a 29-point loss to Appalachian State in the Sun Belt...

AP Sports WriterLate collapses have Oklahoma, Arizona State feeling nervousBy STEVE MEGARGEEAfter being ranked in the top five earlier this season, Arizona State and Oklahoma suddenly find their NCAA Tournament hopes in question.Both teams continued their late-season collapses Tuesday by losing early in their respective conference tournaments. Arizona State...

AP Basketball Writer2 at a time: C-USA tourney games on 2 courts simultaneouslyBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFRISCO, Texas (AP) Conference USA is playing tournament games two at a time, on opposite sides of a huge black curtain in the facility where the NFL's Dallas Cowboys practice.This is a unique Texas...