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AP Basketball WriterBarclays Center, MSG provide impressive college schedulesBy JIM O'CONNELLNEW YORK (AP) It's not quite Tobacco Road but New York City is providing college basketball fans in the Metropolitan Area with plenty of chances to see ranked teams.The two arenas that provide all these opportunities are just...

Interim coach Joseph brings energy to George WashingtonWASHINGTON (AP) Maurice Joseph's first head coaching job comes with an interim tag and after an awkward summer for George Washington's basketball program.The 31-year-old understands his best attributes and is leaning on them as the Colonials' Nov. 11 season opener against...

Boilermakers announce guard Ryan Cline suspended for 3 gamesWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Purdue coach Matt Painter has suspended sophomore guard Ryan Cline for the first three games of the season.In a statement issued by the athletic department, Painter said Cline would sit out for violating team rules. Painter...

Associated PressFormer Yale hoops captain seeks injunction, return to schoolBy PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Lawyers for former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague are seeking a court order that would allow him to return to class while he fights his expulsion for what the university says was sexual misconduct.The...

Former Yale hoops captain seeks injunction, return to schoolNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Lawyers for former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague are seeking a court order that would allow him to return to class while he fights his expulsion for what the university says was sexual misconduct.The senior point...

Associated PressNo. 21 Texas starts season short with injury, suspensionsBy MARK ROSNERAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Shaka Smart will start his second season as Texas coach a bit short-handed.Mareik Isom, a senior forward expected to be an important reserve, will miss a few weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery for a...

AP Basketball Writer=Duke runaway No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25; Kentucky is No. 2By JIM O'CONNELLDuke is in a familiar place to open the college basketball season.The Blue Devils are the runaway choice for No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 on Monday. It is the...

Associated PressNo. 21 Texas starts season short with injury, suspensionsBy MARK ROSNERAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Shaka Smart will start his second season as Texas coach a bit short-handed.Mareik Isom, a senior forward expected to be an important reserve, will miss a few weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery for a...

Associated PressNo. 21 Texas starts season short with injury, suspensionsBy MARK ROSNERAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Shaka Smart will start his second season as Texas coach a bit short-handed.Mareik Isom, a senior forward expected to be an important reserve, will miss a few weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery for a...

AP Basketball WriterNCAA rules NC State freshman Yurtseven must sit 9 gamesBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The NCAA has ruled that North Carolina State freshman center Omer Yurtseven must sit the first nine games after examining his amateur status following Yurtseven's overseas career.The school on Monday announced the...

AP Sports WriterAdding just one transfer isn't enough for some programsBy STEVE MEGARGEEHaving at least one transfer on a roster is common for most Division I programs.And for many schools, one isn't enough.The number of transfers has risen to such an extent that many schools are relying on multiple...

Kentucky routs Clarion 108-51 in exhibition openerLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Malik Monk came off the bench to score 15 points, Derek Willis and Bam Adebayo each added 13 and Kentucky rolled past Clarion 108-51 in an exhibition Sunday night against Wildcats coach John Calipari's alma mater.De'Aaron and Sacha Killeya-Jones...