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AP Sports Writer8th grade hoopster min 3 years away from college signingBy LARRY LAGEEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Emoni Bates is everything any college could want in a prized recruit.He's a 6-foot-7 basketball player who's still growing, a serious student of the game and already and an honor student....

AP Sports Writer8th-grader a minimum 3 years away from college hoops signingBy LARRY LAGEEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Emoni Bates is everything any college could want in a prized recruit.He's a 6-foot-7 basketball player who's still growing, a serious student of the game and an honor student. Moments after...

AP Basketball WriterMichigan State's Bridges tops AP preseason All-America teamBy AARON BEARDMichigan State's Miles Bridges has everyone's attention.The 6-foot-7 sophomore headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team as the leading vote-getter by a wide margin for the five-player squad. Bridges received 61 votes from the 65-member national media panel...

AP Sports Writer8th-grader a minimum 3 years away from college hoops signingBy LARRY LAGEEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Emoni Bates is everything any college could want in a prized recruit.He's a 6-foot-7 basketball player who's still growing, a serious student of the game and an honor student. Moments after...

AP Sports WriterUNC raises money for charity with 4-team hoops jamboreeBy JOEDY McCREARYCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina coach Roy Williams wanted to raise money to help his home state rebuild from a hurricane. He also welcomed the chance to give his defending national champions a taste of...

AP Basketball WriterForeign tours give college hoops teams a boostBy JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Wisconsin's players hung out with koalas and kangaroos, learned the Haka dance, milked a cow and played a prank on former walk-on forward Aaron Moesch to reveal he would be on scholarship this season.While...

Duke PG Trevon Duval suspended for exhibition finaleDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke says freshman point guard Trevon Duval is suspended for the top-ranked Blue Devils' final preseason game because he violated undisclosed team standards.Team spokesman Jon Jackson announced the suspension Friday, one day before Duke plays Bowie State. The...

No. 15 Minnesota, No. 23 Seton Hall highlight Barclays hoopsNEW YORK (AP) Barclays Center hosts five days college basketball in November that will include No. 15 Minnesota, No. 23 Seton Hall and No. 25 Texas A&M, along with four other teams that reached the NCAA Tournament last season.The...

Florida's Chiozza sprains shoulder, could return for openerGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida point guard Chris Chiozza could be back in time for the season opener.Chiozza sprained his left shoulder in the team's exhibition game at Jacksonville on Thursday night. Further tests Friday determined he will miss seven to 10...

CCSU coach Donyell Marshall subject of school investigationNEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) Central Connecticut men's basketball coach Donyell Marshall is the subject of a school investigation, but officials there will not say what is being investigated.Marshall and assistant coach Anthony Anderson were not allowed to coach in Thursday's exhibition...

Florida guard Chris Chiozza sprains shoulder in exhibitionJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida point guard Chris Chiozza sprained his left shoulder in the team's exhibition opener at Jacksonville on Thursday night.Chiozza injured his shoulder in the opening minute of the game, headed to the bench, tried to return and ended...

Auburn sits Wiley, Purifoy indefinitely during investigationAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn will hold out sophomores Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy indefinitely in connection with a federal investigation into associate head coach Chuck Person.The athletic department sent out a statement Thursday announcing the decision was made ''to avoid any potential...