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NC State adds grad transfer guard Sam Hunt to hoop rosterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State has added graduate transfer Sam Hunt to its basketball roster.Coach Kevin Keatts on Monday said Hunt has signed his paperwork and will join the team this summer.Hunt graduated from North Carolina A&T...

Atlanta 2020 Final Four also site of Division II, III finalsATLANTA (AP) The return of the Final Four to Atlanta in 2020 also will bring the Division II and III championships back to the city.Atlanta hosted all three championships in 2013, the last time it was the site...

Louisville interim coach Padgett adds Paulus as an assistantLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville interim coach David Padgett has hired Greg Paulus as an assistant, the latest addition to the men's basketball staff.Padgett said Thursday when introducing Paulus that, ''We're just happy to have Trent (Johnson) and Greg on board...

Robinson, Mount St. Mary's beat St. Francis (Pa.) 59-56EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) Junior Robinson made four 3-pointers and scored 20 on Saturday and Mount St. Mary's beat St. Francis (Pa.) 59-56 to move alone into second in the Northeast Conference.Greg Alexander made a pair of free throws with 39...

Utah guard Timmy Allen declares for NBA draftSALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah sophomore guard Timmy Allen is testing the NBA waters.The do-everything guard from Mesa, Arizona, joined teammate Both Gach among the 205 players on the league's most recent early-entry draft list.Players have until June 3 to withdraw...

AP Basketball WriterTOP 25 REWIND: No. 2 Duke hits from outside to beat VirginiaBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Second-ranked Duke got rolling from 3-point range, then took a big step toward winning the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season race.The Blue Devils beat third-ranked Virginia 81-71 on Saturday night in...

ATLANTA (AP) The Atlanta Hawks will hold training camp at the University of Georgia for the third year in a row.The Hawks, coming off a 60-win season that set a franchise record, will practice at the Stegeman Coliseum training facility from Sept. 29-Oct. 1 before returning to Atlanta.The...

AP Sports WriterPandemic leaves opening week of college hoops in disarrayBy CLIFF BRUNTWichita State landed in South Dakota on Monday afternoon, masked up and looking forward to playing in the Crossover ClassicAP Photo transref:NYRD215, transref:NYSB745By CLIFF BRUNT=AP Sports Writer=Wichita State landed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Monday afternoon,...

California point guard Charlie Moore to transferBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) California point guard Charlie Moore is transferring to play at a school closer to his home in Chicago.Coach Wyking Jones announced the decision Thursday. He said Moore wanted to be closer to his family. Charlie Moore's father, Curtis, had...

NEW YORK (AP) A former college basketball star from New Jersey has been found slain in the back seat of a vehicle in New York City.Police say Wednesday that 35-year-old Michael Wright, of Closter, was last seen Nov. 5. His body was found Tuesday morning covered in what...

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....

AP Basketball WriterNCAA selection committee facing tough choicesBy JOHN MARSHALLThe NCAA Tournament selection committee is meeting in Indianapolis this week to determine the top 16 seeds that will be announced on Saturday.They will have their work cut out for them, trying to sort through a season of parity that's...