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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Hayden Graham scored 16 points and Air Force beat NAIA-member McPherson College 88-71 on Friday night. Air Force went on a 19-2 run in the first half to take control and led 45-31 at the break. Frank Toohey and Zach Kocur added 14 points apiece for Air...

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl felt like a winner two days before his team even plays its first game. The Tigers assured themselves one of the nation's top recruiting classes when the early signing period began Wednesday. It is headlined by top-10 prospect Austin Wiley, whose parents both starred for Auburn,...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame coach Mike Brey has signed 6-foot-6 guard D.J. Harvey from Bowie, Maryland, to play for the Fighting Irish next season. Harvey averaged 15.4 points, seven rebounds and four assists last season as a junior at DeMatha High School, the same school Brey attended and...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Oregon State's Tres Tinkle is still learning how to balance basketball and family - no easy task when his dad is his coach. The sophomore forward has his own apartment now, taking those first steps toward independence. He hasn't quite mastered dinner, however. ''I still go home most...

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson guard Shelton Mitchell will miss the Tigers' opener against Georgia on Friday night after a suffering a knee injury at practice. The school announced Tuesday that 6-foot-3 Mitchell had a non-contact knee injury at practice Tuesday. He is expected to undergo a procedure on the knee....

Get ready to learn some new names as the college basketball season tips off this week. The 2015-16 season was billed as ''the year of the senior,'' but newcomers figure to take center stage this season with the arrival of a talented and deep freshman class. Jerry Meyer, the national director...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Yale star Makai Mason will miss the season with a broken right foot. School spokesman Timothy Bennett says the 6-foot-1 guard came down awkwardly on the foot during a closed scrimmage against Boston University on Saturday and will need surgery. Mason averaged 16 points and 3.8 assists...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Miami Hurricanes junior guard Rashad Muhammad has been suspended for the first three games of the season for a violation of team rules. Muhammad will miss games against Western Carolina, North Florida and Penn, the school said Tuesday. He sat out the 2015-16 season after transferring from...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) Northern Arizona coach Jack Murphy had every reason to believe his team would take a big leap in the 2015-16 season. The Lumberjacks returned four players he considered starters from a team that made it to the championship game of the CollegeInsiders.com tournament and had talented newcomers...

SAN DIEGO (AP) With Steve Fisher's coaching career winding down, the San Diego State Aztecs are focused on getting back to the NCAA Tournament after taking an unexpected detour to the NIT last season. Heading into his 18th season at SDSU, Fisher has built the program to the point that...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke says freshman center Marques Bolden will miss the top-ranked Blue Devils' first two games with a leg injury. Team spokesman Cory Walton announced the injury to Bolden's lower left leg on Monday. Bolden will miss the opener against Marist on Friday night and the second game Saturday...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas coach Shaka Smart says sophomores Tevin Mack and Kerwin Roach Jr. remain suspended for the No. 21 Longhorns' season-opener Friday against Incarnate Word. Those players were suspended for last week's exhibition game against Angelo State for an undisclosed violation of team rules during the offseason, but...