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Tennessee adds junior-college guard Chris DarringtonKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee has added junior-college transfer Chris Darrington to its roster.Darrington, a 6-foot-1 guard, will be a junior for the Volunteers in 2017-18 after spending the last two seasons at Vincennes (Indiana) University.Darrington averaged 20.7 points and 5.1 assists for Vincennes...

Point guard Jordan Walker to attend Seton HallSOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) Point guard Jordan Walker of the Patrick School has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Seton Hall.Pirates coach Kevin Willard announced the decision Thursday.Walker helped the Patrick School win the 2017 New Jersey Tournament...

AP Basketball WriterVitale preparing 12th annual gala to fight pediatric cancerBy JIM O'CONNELLDick Vitale has a passion that even surpasses his love of college basketball.The 77-year-old bundle of energy says he has turned his life 24/7 into raising money for pediatric cancer research.''I will do this is until my...

AP Basketball WriterVitale preparing 12th annual gala to fight pediatric cancerBy JIM O'CONNELLDick Vitale has a passion that even surpasses his love of college basketball.The 77-year-old bundle of energy says he has turned his life ''24-7'' into raising money for pediatric cancer research.''I will do this is until my...

AP Basketball WriterVitale preparing 12th annual gala to fight pediatric cancerBy JIM O'CONNELLDick Vitale has a passion that even surpasses his love of college basketball.The 77-year-old bundle of energy says he has turned his life ''24-7'' into raising money for pediatric cancer research.''I will do this is until my...

Boston College forward AJ Turner transfers to NorthwesternEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Forward A.J. Turner is transferring to Northwestern from Boston College.The 6-foot-7 Turner played two years at Boston College. He averaged 8.4 points while shooting 42.4 percent from the field and 37.4 percent from 3-point range last season. He...

College basketball coach charged with indecent exposurePHILADELPHIA (AP) A former NBA player and current college coach has been arrested on charges he exposed himself on a public trail in Pennsylvania.Doug Overton, coach of Division II Lincoln University, was arrested April 30 on charges of indecent exposure and disorderly...

AP Basketball WriterRichard Pitino signs extension at Minnesota through 2022By JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Guiding Minnesota to the best single-season turnaround in the country last year has earned coach Richard Pitino a contract extension.Pitino's contract was extended by one season and now runs through the 2021-22 season, the university...

Associated PressNew sponsor to get naming rights to The PitBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A home-remodeling business that operates in four states has bought the naming rights for The Pit - the University of New Mexico's famed basketball arena - and the football stadium for $10 million.School...

Former UConn star Toby Kimball dead at 74; played in NBASTORRS, Conn. (AP) Toby Kimball, who starred for the University of Connecticut and played for nine seasons in the NBA, has died. He was 74.Kimball died Tuesday at a hospital near his home in La Jolla, California, of...

AP Basketball WriterRichard Pitino signs extension at Minnesota through 2022By JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Guiding Minnesota to the best single-season turnaround in the country last year has earned coach Richard Pitino a contract extension.Minnesota announced the extension on Wednesday. It runs through the 2021-22 season. Terms were not immediately...

Former UConn star Toby Kimball dead at 74; played in NBASTORRS, Conn. (AP) Toby Kimball, who starred for the University of Connecticut and played for nine seasons in the NBA, has died. He was 74.The school announced that Kimball died Tuesday in California. Kimball's son, Tim, wrote on...