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AP Baseball WriterFamed basketball coach Roy Williams pays tribute to BudigBy BEN WALKERA Hall of Famer with three national championships and a familiar face at the Final Four, it would seem Roy Williams was destined for big things in basketball.The way the North Carolina coach tells it, a lot...

No. 24 Arizona at No. 9 Oregon highlights Pac-12 weekBy The Associated PressA look at things to watch this week in Pac-12 Conference basketball:GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 24 Arizona at No. 9 Oregon. Two of the West's best teams meet Thursday night in Eugene. The Ducks dropped five...

Texas A&M Preview CapsuleBy The Associated PressTexas A&M Preview CapsuleEds: With BKC-Texas A&M PreviewBy The Associated Press=Texas A&MLast season: 28-9, lost in NCAA round of 16.Nickname: Aggies.Coach: Billy Kennedy.Conference: Southeastern Conference.Who's gone: G Alex Caruso, G Anthony Collins, G Danuel House, F Jalen JonesWho's back: C Tyler Davis. Sophomore...

Rutherford, UC Irvine cruise past CSU Northridge, 77-56IRVINE, Calif. (AP) Tommy Rutherford scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and UC Irvine picked up its sixth win in its last seven games, cruising past CSU Northridge, 77-56 in a Big West Conference battle Wednesday night.The victory was the...

No. 6 Kansas, behind Braun's 30 points, tops St. Joe's 94-72By Associated PressFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Christian Braun scored 30 points and No. 6 Kansas pulled away from St. Joseph's on Friday to win 94-72 in the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off.Braun made 10 of 13 shots, hit...

Alabama hoops transfer cleared to play for No. 5 VirginiaCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Alabama transfer Braxton Key has received a waiver from the NCAA and will be eligible to play for No. 5 Virginia this season.Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett made the announcement Monday. Key, a Charlotte, North Carolina, has...

AP Basketball WriterDuke solidifies No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll after tourney winBy DAVE SKRETTADuke coach Mike Krzyzewski set the record for wins coaching a No. 1 team when his top-ranked Blue Devils knocked off California and Georgetown on back-to-back nights to win the 2K Empire Classic.He will...

Associated PressAdidas exec, 4 coaches charged in college bribery schemeBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYSNEW YORK (AP) In one of the biggest crackdowns on the corrupting role of money in college basketball, 10 men - including a top Adidas executive and four assistant coaches - were charged Tuesday...

AP Basketball WriterLute Olson, Hall of Fame coach, Arizona icon, dies at 85By JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse and led the program to its lone national title in 1997, has died. He was 85.Olson's...

AP Sports WriterEddie Sutton, Hall of Fame basketball coach, dies at 84By CLIFF BRUNTEddie Sutton waited so long to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He couldn't hang on long enough to make it to the ceremony.The man who led three teams to the Final...

AP Sports WriterUCLA routs Denver 81-62 behind Riley's career-high 21 pointsBy BETH HARRISLOS ANGELES (AP) Cody Riley had career-highs of 21 points and 11 rebounds, and UCLA led all the way in routing Denver 81-62 on Sunday in the Bruins' first game in a week.Freshman Jaime Jaquez Jr....

Ed Beck, part of Kentucky's 1958 NCAA title team, dies at 83LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Ed Beck, a fierce rebounder for Kentucky's 1958 NCAA championship team nicknamed the ''Fiddlin' Five,'' has died. He was 83.The school said Beck died Wednesday in Sun City, Arizona. A two-year captain for coach...