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AP Sports WriterArkansas using overseas trip to help mesh overhauled rosterBy KURT VOIGTFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Mike Anderson hasn't forgotten, and isn't ignoring, a difficult last season at Arkansas.Rather, the Razorbacks coach is simply treating the disappointing 16-16 record as a singular setback in what's been an otherwise growth-filled...

AP Sports WriterInjured Clark ends once-promising career with No. 2 BaylorBy STEPHEN HAWKINSBaylor senior forward Tristan Clark has decided to no longer play for the No. 2 Bears, ending a once-promising career that was sidetracked by knee surgery two seasons ago.Clark was the nation's leading field goal shooter when...

AP Sports WriterHoosiers fans eager to see Langford's long-awaited debutBy MICHAEL MAROTBLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Indiana Hoosiers fans spent years envisioning Romeo Langford wearing a crimson-and-cream uniform and those familiar candy-striped warmup pants.They treated him like Damon Bailey, Jared Jeffries, Eric Gordon, Cody Zeller and Kevin ''Yogi'' Ferrell, searching...

AP Sports WriterHoward scores 36 as No. 10 Marquette beats DePaul 92-73By JAY COHENCHICAGO (AP) Markus Howard scored 36 points, Sam Hauser had 17 and No. 10 Marquette cruised by DePaul for a 92-73 victory on Tuesday night.Howard went 12 for 21 from the field and 8 for...

AP Sports WriterNo. 1 Louisville bounces back to rout Eastern Kentucky 99-67By GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville rebounded from a lackluster defeat that will end its stay at No. 1 with the offensive patience and accuracy that fueled its rise to the top.Jordan Nwora scored 26 points,...

Forward Rui Hachimura will return to Gonzaga next seasonSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Forward Rui Hachimura has decided to return for his junior year at Gonzaga.Hachimura said in a news release Sunday that he was looking forward to improving his game.The 6-foot-8 native of Japan was one of Gonzaga's most...

AP Basketball WriterReport: FBI probe docs list range of payments to top playersBy AARON BEARDNew details of payments to athletes in a federal investigation that has lurked in the shadows since first rocking college basketball last fall mark the latest threat to the sport's basic foundation, showing the breadth...

FSU's trip to Notre Dame headlines weekend ahead in ACC playBy The Associated PressA look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference:GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 14 Florida State at Notre Dame. The Seminoles (21-4, 9-3) went 5-1 through a stretch of six straight games against ranked...

URI, basketball coach agree to contract extensionSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) The University of Rhode Island and its men's basketball coach have agreed to extend his contract.The Kingston school said Tuesday that Dan Hurley will continue to lead the Rams through the 2023-24 season.URI says Rhode Island beat Virginia...

NC Central tops Delaware St. 65-62 behind Jones at FT lineDOVER, Del. (AP) Alston Jones scored 13 points with four free throws in the last 61 seconds and North Carolina Central beat Delaware State 65-62 on Wednesday in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener.Kavon Waller made a 3 and...

Guard 'Ant Man' Edwards heads Georgia's signing classATHENS, Ga. (AP) Highly recruited 6-foot-4 guard Anthony ''Ant Man'' Edwards has signed with Georgia, giving the Bulldogs a headliner of its top recruiting class in at least 25 years.Edwards, from Atlanta's Holy Spirit Prep School, was a McDonald's All-American rated...

Hoover, Murphy rally Wofford past Kennesaw State 83-70By Associated PressKENNESAW, Ga. (AP) Storm Murphy scored 24 points and Nathan Hoover added 23 as Wofford defeated Kennesaw State 83-70 on Sunday.Hoover drained five 3-pointers and scored 21 points in the second half as the Terriers rallied. He and Murphy...