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AP Sports WriterNo. 24 Florida seeks 'breakthrough win' vs No. 8 KentuckyBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida coach Mike White admittedly checks rankings, ratings and projected NCAA Tournament brackets routinely.Strength of schedule, RPI, wins against top-50 opponents, White knows all the numbers and how the 24th-ranked Gators stack...

Henderson scores 19, IUPUI pulls away from Kokomo 87-76INDIANAPOLIS (AP) T.J. Henderson scored 19 points, Ron Patterson added 16 and IUPUI ended a six-game losing streak with an 87-76 win over NAIA UI-Kokomo on Friday.Kokomo (6-10) led 36-35 at the half and used nine-straight points, six by Trequan...

Arizona State preview capsuleBy The Associated PressArizona State preview capsuleBy The Associated Press=Arizona StateLast season: 15-17, 11th in the Pac-12.Nickname: Sun Devils.Coach: Bobby Hurley.Conference: Pac-12.Who's gone: C Eric Jacobsen, F Willie Atwood, F Savon Goodman, G Gerry Blakes.Who's back: Junior G Tra Holder has established himself as one of...

Riller's double-double sends Charleston past D-II CokerCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Grant Riller had 23 points and 10 rebounds and College of Charleston beat Division II-level Coker 76-50 on Sunday.Jaylen McManus had 11 points for College of Charleston (5-4) and Osinachi Smart added 10 points and nine rebounds.Noel Pinnock had...

AP Basketball WriterRollie Massimino, who led Villanova to '85 NCAA title, diesBy TIM REYNOLDSWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Rollie Massimino, who led Villanova's storied run to the 1985 NCAA championship and won more than 800 games in his coaching career, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer....

Clemson guard Anthony Oliver III decides to transferCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson guard Anthony Oliver II is leaving the men's basketball program.Tigers coach Brad Brownell announced Oliver's intentions Friday.Oliver, from Birmingham, Alabama, is the son of fired Tigers women's basketball coach Audra Smith. The redshirt sophomore played 19...

Xavier suspends Miles DavisCINCINNATI (AP) Xavier men's basketball coach Chris Mack announced Thursday that senior guard Myles Davis has been suspended from the team indefinitely.Myles averaged 10.8 points last season for the Musketeers, who finished ninth in The Associated Press' final poll. He averaged 4.1 assists and was...

UNC Wilmington hires NC State assistant Siddle as coachWILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) UNC Wilmington hired North Carolina State assistant coach Takayo Siddle as basketball coach Friday.Siddle replaces C.B. McGrath, who was fired in January after compiling a 26-58 record midway through his third season. Assistant Rob Burke served as...

AP Sports WriterCoaches on hot seat heading into conference tourneysBy PAUL NEWBERRYMark Fox might need an improbable run through the Southeastern Conference tournament to save his coaching job.He's hardly alone on the college basketball hot seat.From Georgia's Fox to Pittsburgh's Kevin Stallings to UConn's Kevin Ollie, numerous coaches went...

Vitale to receive Sports Emmys lifetime achievement awardNEW YORK (AP) ESPN college basketball commentator Dick Vitale will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports during this year's Sports Emmy Awards ceremony.Vitale joined ESPN shortly after its launch in 1979. He called the network's first significant college basketball game...

Correction: T25-College Bkb Poll storyBy The Associated PressIn a story March 13 about the Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll, the AP wrongly attributed a vote from John Feinstein of National Public Radio to Iowa instead of Iowa State. In correcting Feinstein's ballot and retabulating the results,...

AP College Sports WriterHow will NCAA recoup millions from lost tournament?By RALPH D. RUSSOThe NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men's Division I basketball tournament, and most of that from a massive television rights deal with CBS and Turner that runs through...