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Brunson, Mack, Spellman win Big East honorsNEW YORK (AP) Villanova point guard Jalen Brunson, Xavier coach Chris Mack and Villanova freshman Omari Spellman are the Big East award winners.The voting of the conference's coaches was announced Wednesday.Brunson, a junior, led the Wildcats to a 27-4 record, 14-4 in...

AP Sports WriterNo clear answer for Pitt: Keep Stallings or move on?By WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Kevin Stallings expected growing pains. It's part of the territory when rebuilding a basketball program on the fly.Still, the Pittsburgh coach didn't expect this: the worst season even for a program that dates...

AP Sports WriterCoaches on hot seat heading into conference tourneysBy PAUL NEWBERRYMark Fox might need an improbable run through the Southeastern Conference tournament to save his coaching job.He's hardly alone on the college basketball hot seat.From Georgia's Fox to Pittsburgh's Kevin Stallings to UConn's Kevin Ollie, numerous coaches went...

AP Sports WriterCoaches on hot seat heading into conference tourneysBy PAUL NEWBERRYMark Fox might need an improbable run through the Southeastern Conference tournament to save his coaching job.He's hardly alone on the college basketball hot seat.From Georgia's Fox to Pittsburgh's Kevin Stallings to UConn's Kevin Ollie, numerous coaches went...

NYU basketball coach Joe Nesci retires after 30 seasonsNEW YORK (AP) New York University basketball coach Joe Nesci is retiring after 30 seasons at the helm.He guided the Violets to the NCAA Division III championship game in the 1993-94 season. He posted a 512-270 (.654) career record.Nesci's teams...

AP Sports WriterPearl, Auburn players find another source of motivationBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn has found another source of motivation.The 16th-ranked Tigers carry the top seed - and perhaps the biggest chip -on their shoulders into the Southeastern Conference Tournament, facing the Alabama-Texas A&M winner on Friday...

AP Basketball WriterTOP 25 REWIND: Focus turns toward power conference tourneysBy AARON BEARDDURHAM, N.C. (AP) North Carolina's bumpy last week of the regular season ended up leaving the ninth-ranked Tar Heels with a tougher road in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.The Tar Heels lost at home on a...

Duke's Bagley, UVa's Bennett earn top awards from ACCGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Duke freshman Marvin Bagley III is the Atlantic Coast Conference's player and rookie of the year.The ACC announced its all-conference and individual award-winners Sunday as selected by a panel that included the 15 head coaches and 42...

Chealey scores 22, sparks Charleston in CAA quarterfinalsNORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Joe Chealey scored 22 points and top-seeded Charleston defeated No. 8 seed Drexel 66-59 on Sunday to advance to the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament semifinals.Charleston (24-7) will play the winner of Sunday's Towson-William & Mary game on...

Western Carolina basketball coach Larry Hunter steps downCULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) Western Carolina basketball coach Larry Hunter says he is stepping down.Hunter announced the decision Sunday, one day after the Catamounts lost to Furman in the Southern Conference Tournament quarterfinals to finish 13-19.The 68-year-old Hunter said in a statement...

Associated PressBig Ten enjoys week at Madison Square GardenBy MATT SUGAMNEW YORK (AP) When the Big Ten announced it would start playing its men's basketball tournament on the East Coast, the venue that made headlines was clear: Madison Square Garden.From the start of the NIT in the late...

AP Basketball WriterMadness! Lipscomb tops FGCU 108-96, wins NCAA berthBy TIM REYNOLDSFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Lipscomb is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time, after Garrison Mathews scored 33 points and the second-seeded Bisons wasted most of an enormous lead before recovering to beat top-seeded Florida...