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K-State's Brown returns for senior season, out of NBA draftMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State guard Barry Brown Jr. withdrew from the NBA draft on Friday, deciding instead to return to the Wildcats for his senior season.The 6-foot-3 Brown has started 83 of 105 games during his career, and...

Stanford's Travis transferring to Kentucky as grad studentLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky is adding Stanford graduate transfer Reid Travis to its lineup.Travis, a first-team All-Pac-12 selection twice with the Cardinal, announced Wednesday that he's transferring to Kentucky to pursue a master's degree.Under NCAA graduate transfer rules, Travis will be...

AP Was There: Duke ends UNLV's repeat bid in '91 Final FourBy The Associated PressA panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut...

AP College Sports WriterNCAA approves plan for basketball players to access coachesBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe NCAA Division I Council on Wednesday approved a plan to allow college basketball players to start working with their coaches for the first time since the pandemic wiped out March Madness.The summer access period...

Associated PressNJ financier adviser praised at NCAA scandal sentencingBy LARRY NEUMEISTERNEW YORK (AP) A New Jersey financial adviser was praised for his cooperation and a judge spared him from prison Thursday after he admitted his role in a college basketball scandal.Munish Sood, 47, was fined $25,000 but was...

Joe Ford, member of Vandy's F-Troop team in 1970s, has diedPADUCAH, Ky. (AP) Joe Ford, a member of Vanderbilt's F-Troop team that won the 1974 Southeastern Conference regular season title, has died. He was 64.The McCracken County Sheriff's Department posted on its webpage that Ford was found dead...

AP Sports WriterGeorgetown guard Mac McClung transferring to another schoolBy HOWARD FENDRICHWASHINGTON (AP) Georgetown guard Mac McClung plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal so he can switch schools after taking his name out of consideration for the NBA draft.''Mac was an integral piece of our program, and...

AP Basketball WriterArizona's Miller out against Oregon following wiretap reportBy JOHN MARSHALLArizona's Sean Miller will not coach against Oregon on Saturday night, a day after ESPN reported through anonymous sources that he was heard on an FBI wiretap discussing a $100,000 payment to current Wildcats freshman Deandre Ayton.The school...

Top prospect Maker picks Howard over UCLA, Kentucky, MemphisWASHINGTON (AP) Highly touted prospect Makur Maker verbally committed to Howard University on Friday, picking the Bison over college basketball powerhouses UCLA, Kentucky and Memphis.The five-star recruit is the highest-ranked player to commit to a Historically Black College or University...

Texas Tech fans in Lubbock spill into streets, cause damageLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Police say fans celebrating Texas Tech's Final Four win near the school's Lubbock campus caused damage that included flipping a car and setting several scooters on fire.Lubbock police said Sunday that they're investigating several incidents of...

AP Sports WriterDziagwa’s 7 3s lead Cowboys to 73-54 win over CharlestonBy PETE IACOBELLICHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Thomas Dziagwa had 21 points, all off 3-pointers, as Oklahoma State took control in the second half to beat College of Charleston 73-54 on Wednesday night.The Cowboys (3-0) used a 15-0 run...

Villanova, Duke, Kentucky highlight MSG hoops scheduleNEW YORK (AP) Defending national champion Villanova will play at least three times at Madison Square Garden during the upcoming season, part of a 2018-19 college basketball schedule that also features Duke, Kentucky and Syracuse visiting The World's Most Famous Arena.Florida, Maryland,...