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Texas lands top prep recruit Mohamed BambaAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart has won the recruiting sweepstakes for highly-ranked forward Mohamed Bamba.The 6-foot-11 Bamba signed with the Longhorns on Thursday, picking Texas over Duke, Kentucky, Michigan and Harvard. Bamba is ranked by national recruiting services as...

Penn State hires Kevin Freeman as assistant basketball coachSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Penn State has hired Kevin Freeman as an assistant coach on Patrick Chambers' staff.The Nittany Lions announced the move Monday.Freeman spent seven years as the director of basketball administration for Connecticut men's basketball program.''Penn State men's...

Montana wins opening game of Bahamas ShowcaseNASSAU, Bahamas (AP) Michael Oguine made four 3-pointers and scored 25 points, Ahmaad Rorie added three 3-pointers and 18 points and Montana beat Incarnate Word 93-66 on Friday to open the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase.Montana used a 28-6 run early in...

Lyle, De Nicolao lead UTSA to 74-64 win over Louisiana TechSAN ANTONIO (AP) Deon Lyle had 17 points and Giovanni De Nicolai scored nine of his 11 points in the final 5+ minutes to help UT San Antonio pull away for a 74-64 win over Louisiana Tech on...

South Carolina adds grad transfer Campbell from GeorgetownCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina has landed some needed help at point guard with the addition of graduate transfer Tre Campbell of Georgetown.Campbell announced his addition Tuesday on Twitter, posing in a South Carolina uniform while visiting campus.The 6-foot-2 Campbell left...

Tom Moore returns to UConn as assistant to Dan HurleySTORRS, Conn. (AP) Former Quinnipiac coach Tom Moore is returning as an assistant coach at UConn, where he spent 13 years on Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun's staff.Moore was an assistant last year under Dan Hurley at Rhode...

Chattanooga extends coach Lamont Paris' deal by 2 yearsCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) Chattanooga has extended coach Lamont Paris' contract by two years through the 2024-25 season going into his third season of his original deal.Athletic director Mark Wharton announced the extension Thursday.Chattanooga won 88 games over four seasons before...

AP Sports WriterJayhawks once again favored to win Big 12 - and perhaps moreBy DAVE SKRETTALAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The expectations at Kansas begin with conference championships.They hardly end there.The Jayhawks have rattled off a dozen of those in a row, and Big 12 coaches unanimously predicted Thursday that...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas has lost starting center Cameron Ridley indefinitely to a broken left foot.''We are really hopeful that he'll be back this year,'' coach Shaka Smart said Monday. ''That's what we are planning on. ''Ridley, a 6-foot-10, 290-pound senior, suffered the injury during practice Sunday. He...

Purdue's top defender to enter basketball transfer portalWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) First, Nojel Eastern entered his name in the NBA draft. Now the rising senior has put his name into the NCAA's transfer portal.Either way, it sounds as if the Purdue guard could become the second veteran in...

AP Basketball WriterNo. 2 Baylor heads to No. 15 Texas Tech for showdownBy DAVE SKRETTAA look at the upcoming week around the Big 12 Conference:GAME OF THE WEEKENDSecond-ranked Baylor tries to move to 12-0 overall and 5-0 in the league when the Bears visit No. 15 Texas Tech (10-3,...

Cal State Fullerton routs CSU Northridge 102-76LOS ANGELES (AP) Kyle Allman finished with 23 points and Cal State Fullerton scored a season-best 53 in the first half and rolled to a 102-76 victory over Cal State Northridge on Wednesday night.Cal State Fullerton (17-10, 10-5 Big West Conference) shot...