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AP Sports WriterNo. 11 Auburn showing penchant for improbable winsBy JOHN ZENORAUBURN, Ala. (AP) The Auburn Tigers were down eight points against LSU with 86 seconds left when J'Von McCormick started sinking 3-pointers.One. Two. Three. In a frenzied 20-second span, the 11th-ranked Tigers' point guard brought them back...

AP Basketball WriterVerge to stay at Arizona State, removes name from NBA draftBy JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Arizona State guard Alonzo Verge Jr. is withdrawing his name from the NBA draft and will return for his senior season.''We are thrilled with Alonzo's decision,'' Sun Devils coach Bobby Hurley...

Charges dismissed against suspended South Carolina guardCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Assault charges against suspended South Carolina guard Rykym Felder have been dismissed.Columbia Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons said Felder's charges were dropped by the city prosecutor. Felder had been charged with third-degree assault and battery stemming from a bar...

AP Basketball WriterNET? Quadrants? Deciphering lingo about NCAA tourney bidsBy AARON BEARDIf the talk about bubble teams and NCAA Tournament bids was just about the number of wins and losses it would be a simple conversation.But the Division I Men's Basketball Committee uses the NET rankings and a four-tiered...

Baylor moving forward with plans for new basketball facilityWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor is moving forward with plans to build a new basketball facility on the banks of Brazos River after a $100 million gift to the university.Athletic director Mack Rhoades said Tuesday that a portion of the sum...

AP Sports WriterWilkins headlines latest college hoops Hall of Fame classBy DAVE SKRETTAKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Dominique Wilkins still doesn't know how Hugh Durham got him out of North Carolina.He was recruited by every school in the state, the perennial powers and the up-and-coming programs, and wound up...

AP College Sports WriterHow will NCAA recoup millions from lost tournament?By RALPH D. RUSSOThe NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men's Division I basketball tournament, and most of that from a massive television rights deal with CBS and Turner that runs through...

Associated PressWitness details secret payments in college hoops recruitingBy TOM HAYSNEW YORK (AP) A New Jersey financial adviser-turned-bag man in a college basketball corruption scandal testified Wednesday about a clandestine mission last year to deliver an envelope with $19,400 in cash to the father of a highly sought-after...

Kennesaw State hires Amir Abdur-Rahim from Georgia as coachATLANTA (AP) Kennesaw State has hired Georgia assistant Amir Abdur-Rahim as the Owls' men's basketball coach.Abdur-Rahim is making the in-state move after agreeing to a four-year contract. The hiring was announced on Thursday by Kennesaw State athletic director Milton Overton.For...

AP National WriterBaby Cats: Even for Cal and Kentucky, this team is youngBy EDDIE PELLSBOISE, Idaho (AP) Even for Kentucky, this team is young.The program and coach that essentially created the term ''One and Done'' have taken the fascination with freshmen to an entirely new place.The fifth-seeded Wildcats...

AP Sports WriterTennessee's Barnes gets 3-year contract extension, a raiseBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes has received a three-year contract extension and raise that will earn him $21 million over the next six years.Athletic director Phillip Fulmer announced Thursday in a university release that...

CINCINNATI (AP) Senior guard Myles Davis was reinstated Saturday, bringing 16th-ranked Xavier back to full strength for the first time this season. Davis was a leader on the Xavier team that was ranked as high as No. 5 last season, averaging 10.8 points per game. He was suspended before the...