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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) A year ago, the reflection Tacko Fall was seeing wasn't the image everyone else saw in UCF's raw but intriguing 7-foot-6 freshman center. Fast forward to this season, and there is a new coaching staff, a new energy around the Knights program and definitely a different Fall....

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) Landry Shamet is healthy again, and that's only making Wichita State's balanced offense even deeper. The redshirt freshman scored 12 points in the Shockers' 82-47 win against LSU on Wednesday in the opening game of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. That came three days after he...

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) After getting off to a terrible start, Texas Tech coach Chris Beard knew the first possession of the second half carried extra significance. Zach Smith turned it into a highlight, game-shifting dunk and Anthony Livingston took over from there. Livingston had 28 points and nine rebounds, Smith scored...

Associated PressHart, Jenkins lead Villanova past Charleston, 63-47By DAVE ZEITLINVILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) Josh Hart had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Kris Jenkins scored 11 points and No. 2 Villanova rolled past the College of Charleston 63-47 on Wednesday night.Mikal Bridges and Eric Paschall added eight points apiece for...

AP Basketball WriterNo. 20 Baylor holds off VCU 71-63 in Battle 4 AtlantisBy AARON BEARDPARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) Baylor couldn't get Johnathan Motley going early, Manu Lecomte was fighting his shot and the 20th-ranked Bears found themselves trailing for one of the few times this season.Their response? Cut...

Stanley, Magee, Bach win Lapchick Character AwardNEW YORK (AP) Marianne Stanley knew college success as a player and a coach and then earned coaching honors in the WNBA.Stanley joined Herb Magee, who has won more than 1,000 games at Philadelphia University, and the late Fordham coach John Bach...

AP Sports WriterWilkins headlines latest college hoops Hall of Fame classBy DAVE SKRETTAKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Dominique Wilkins still doesn't know how Hugh Durham got him out of North Carolina.He was recruited by every school in the state, the perennial powers and the up-and-coming programs, and wound up...

AP Basketball WriterChaminade in 1982: Witnessing one of sports' greatest upsetsBy JOHN MARSHALLLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) Chaminade's 77-72 victory over Ralph Sampson and top-ranked Virginia in 1982 is widely considered the biggest upset in college basketball history, among the greatest in any sport.Unlike today's world of 24-hour sports networks,...

Associated PressBurnett scores 41 as Ole Miss holds off Oral Roberts in OTBy BILL KISERST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) Deandre Burnett scored a career-high 41 points, and Mississippi pulled away in overtime to hold off Oral Roberts 95-88 Friday on the opening day of the Paradise Jam...

Stanley, Magee, Bach win Lapchick Character AwardNEW YORK (AP) Marianne Stanley knew college success as a player and a coach and then earned coaching honors in the WNBA.Stanley joined Herb Magee, who has won more than 1,000 games at Philadelphia University, and the late Fordham coach John Bach...

AP Sports WriterVirginia coach kicks 6-9 transfer Austin Nichols off teamBy HANK KURZ Jr.Virginia coach Tony Bennett has dismissed forward Austin Nichols from the basketball team.The school announced the move Friday but did not give a specific reason for redshirt junior's dismissal.Bennett said it a release that it is...

Florida A&M beats Johnson University 100-91TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Desmond Williams and Marcus Barham scored 17 points apiece and Florida A&M beat Johnson University 100-91 on Thursday night.Florida A&M has scored 194 total points in its past two games - both wins - and topped 100 points for the...