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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Former Georgetown player Isaac Copeland has transferred to Nebraska and expects to be eligible to suit up for the Cornhuskers starting in the middle of the 2017-18 season. Copeland spent the last two-plus seasons at Georgetown before leaving the program in December. In seven games, the 6-foot-9...

Riller scores 31, Charleston tops James Madison 85-69CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Grant Riller poured in a season-high 31 points and Charleston remained unbeaten in Colonial Athletic Association play with an 85-69 victory over James Madison on Saturday.Riller sank 11 of 19 shots from the floor and added nine rebounds,...

Wichita St hires former UCF coach Donnie Jones as assistantWICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita State has hired former Marshall and Central Florida coach Donnie Jones as an assistant for coach Gregg Marshall, filling the spot opened when Chris Jans took the head job at New Mexico State.Marshall announced the...

AP Sports WriterHall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun accused of sex discriminationBy PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Hall of Fame basketball coach Jim Calhoun has been accused of sexual discrimination by a former associate athletic director at the University of Saint Joseph, the Division III school where Calhoun now...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The NCAA has talked with Ohio State freshman JaQuan Lyle, whose recruitment by Louisville is mentioned in a book by an escort alleging that strippers danced and had sex with Cardinals players and prospects.OSU spokesman Dan Wallenberg confirmed via email that Lyle met Tuesday with...

Winthrop pulls away from Campbell for 75-64 winROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) Xavier Cooks scored 21 points and Bjorn Broman scored 18 and Winthrop ended the game with a 16-4 run to beat Campbell 75-64 on Saturday.Josh Ferguson made a layup to put Winthrop out front 56-50 with 9:34...

NCAA to allow UConn and Providence to play for charitySTORRS, Conn. (AP) UConn and Providence will play an exhibition game next week to benefit the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.The schools say the NCAA has granted a waiver to allow the extra exhibition game next Wednesday, provided the...

No. 14 Arizona at No. 3 UCLA highlights week in the Pac-12By The Associated PressA look at things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference:GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 14 Arizona at No. 3 UCLA, Saturday. Two of the conference's most talented teams meet at one of college...

AP Sports WriterBolden leads South Carolina past No. 9 Virginia, 70-59By HANK KURZ Jr.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Jair Bolden scored 15 of his 22 points in the first half and A.J. Lawson had 10 of his 14 in the second to help South Carolina beat No. 9 Virginia 70-59...

AP Was There: Villanova shoots lights out to upend HoyasBy The Associated PressA panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down because...

AP Basketball writerViolation of sports agent laws tough for states to prosecuteBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The complex schemes to get first dibs on teenage athletes with pro potential can resemble the drug trade.There are sophisticated mazes of runners acting as go-betweens separating athletes from unscrupulous sports agents...

AP Sports WriterWashington set for season that includes high expectationsBy TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) This time a year ago, Mike Hopkins was trying to get his inherited team to learn the system he wanted to install in his first season at Washington.The lessons 12 months later are less about...