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Harvard blows by Montreal-based McGill University 70-45CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) Corey Johnson scored 15 points and Harvard beat Montreal-based McGill University 70-45 on Tuesday night.Chris Egi started the scoring with a dunk and Harvard scored eight of the first 12 points. The Crimson only had a 25-22 lead at...

AP Basketball WriterBig stats, few Ws: NC State star frosh Smith has bumpy rideBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) This wasn't what Dennis Smith Jr. had envisioned for his freshman - and possibly only - season at North Carolina State.The Wolfpack's star freshman point guard is a brilliant individual...

NEW YORK (AP) St. John's junior guard Felix Balamou has been ruled ineligible over an unspecified NCAA rules violation.The announcement came just hours before the Red Storm opened their season Friday night, and two days after freshman guard Marcus LoVett was declared a partial qualifier by the NCAA.LoVett,...

NC State adds 7-foot Turkish center Omer YurtsevenRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State has added center Omer Yurtseven to its basketball roster.Team spokesman Fred Demarest on Monday confirmed that the school had received his signed letter of intent.Yurtseven is a 7-foot center from Turkey who scored 91 points...

Calipari, Kentucky picked to win SEC men's title yet againNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Kentucky is the media favorite yet again to win the Southeastern Conference basketball title.A media panel made the Wildcats as the overall preseason pick for the 12th time since the 1998-99 season in voting announced Wednesday.Florida...

NC State's Anya doesn't travel for game at No. 14 FSURALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State senior big man BeeJay Anya didn't travel for Wednesday night's game at No. 14 Florida State.The school announced Anya wouldn't play in a brief statement released a few hours before tipoff. The...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) Bronson Koenig believes Wisconsin will be a good shooting team this season, even if that wasn't the case Sunday.Koenig scored 14 points to lead all scorers during the Badgers' scrimmage at the Kohl Center, but the junior point guard was one of several players who...

AP Sports WriterAbdul-Jabbar visits Harvard, tells players to stay in schoolBy JIMMY GOLENCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't mention either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton by name, but the presidential election was on his mind when he came to Harvard on Saturday to talk to the players on...

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) At one point last season, Seton Hall was among the very best basketball teams in the nation.The Pirates were ranked as high as No. 19, their highest ranking since 2001, and had a 12-2 record. They had a sensational freshman class and started the...

UNLV adds St. John's transfer Christian JonesLAS VEGAS (AP) UNLV has gained some frontcourt depth with the addition of St. John's transfer Christian Jones.Jones is a graduate transfer and will be eligible to play immediately, according to a release from the school on Tuesday.A 6-foot-7 forward, Jones played...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin freshman Andy Van Vliet was not going to dress for the Badgers' exhibition game on Wednesday against Wisconsin-River Falls because of a pending eligibility issue.According to Wisconsin, NCAA rules state that prospective players have one year to enroll in college following their high school...

AP Basketball WriterGonzaga, Villanova, Kansas on top of AP poll after wild weekBy JIM O'CONNELLGonzaga is No. 1 for a second straight week in The Associated Press college basketball poll following a week in which all but four of the top 10 teams lost at least one game.The Bulldogs...