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AP Sports WriterLawmaker wants donors to pay for UConn's exit from AACBy PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) The top Republican in the Connecticut Senate wants private donors to pick up the cost of UConn's departure from the American Athletic Conference.Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano wrote on Wednesday to the...

The Latest: Villanova up 13 on Texas Tech at halftimeBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):3:20 p.m.Villanova is 20 minutes away from its second trip to the Final Four in three seasons.The East top-seeded Wildcats lead third-seeded Texas Tech 36-23 at the half, holding...

AP Sports WriterYale alumni contribute to star athlete's sex-expulsion caseBy PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Yale University alumni are helping pay the legal costs of a former basketball star who is fighting his expulsion for sexual misconduct.Jack Montague told attorneys in a court deposition that $25,000 to $30,000 had...

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 WriterDave Odom tied to college basketball's biggest upsetsBy JOHN MARSHALLBOISE, Idaho (AP) Dave Odom sat in the stands as his son, Ryan, and the history-making UMBC Retrievers took down a giant.Thirty-six years earlier, Dave Odom witnessed another David conquer a Goliath from a bench in Hawaii.Father...

Independent panel to rule on N.C. State recruitment caseBy The Associated PressThe NCAA said Monday a case involving alleged recruiting infractions at North Carolina State will go through an independent investigation process created for complex cases.The case involves the recruitment of former Wolfpack one-and-done star Dennis Smith Jr. The...

The Latest: Coach OK with players signing anti-statue letterCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) The Latest on a meeting by a North Carolina statewide university board to consider the fate of a toppled Confederate statue (all times local):4:50 p.m.University of North Carolina's basketball coach says he's OK with several of...

Suspended Missouri St players persons of interest in theftSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Missouri State basketball players Tanveer Bhullar and Darian Scott were suspended for a violation of team rules on the same day that a police report listed them as persons of interest in a $1,500 theft investigation.The suspension...

AP Basketball WriterShowdown: Michigan St-Kentucky, Kansas-Duke tip-off seasonBy AARON BEARDThe nation's top teams don't have to wait long to find out how they measure up against some of the best competition.Answers will come quickly for No. 1 Michigan State, No. 2 Kentucky, No. 3 Kansas and No. 4 Duke...

Great Alaska Shootout will end after 2017ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The University of Alaska Anchorage says the 40th Great Alaska Shootout will be the last edition of the long-running college basketball tournament.Chancellor Sam Gingerich said Thursday that the university can no longer sustain funding for the annual Thanksgiving week...

Portland State transfer Woods headed to Arizona StateTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Portland State transfer Holland Woods is headed home.The junior guard from Glendale announced Saturday on Twitter that he's returning to the Valley of the Sun to play for Arizona State.A 6-foot-1 guard, Woods averaged 17.7 points, 5.2 assists...

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) Dwayne Morton has resigned as an assistant basketball coach at Seton Hall.Coach Kevin Willard announced the resignation Monday, saying Morton intends to return to a teaching job.Prior to coming to Seton Hall last year, Morton was a math teacher at Shirley Tanyhill School and...