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Notre Dame-UNC game headlines this week in ACCBy The Associated PressA look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference:GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 20 Notre Dame at No. 12 North Carolina. The Tar Heels (20-4, 8-2) sit in first place in the league just ahead of No....

Woman who alleged rape by ex-MSU players speaks publiclyEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) A Michigan State University student is speaking publicly a year after suing the school, alleging that three former men's basketball players raped her in 2015 and that she was discouraged by counseling center staff from reporting...

AP Sports WriterWisconsin assistant coach's wife, daughter die in crashBy KEITH JENKINSMILWAUKEE (AP) The University of Wisconsin said Sunday the wife and daughter of men's basketball assistant coach Howard Moore were killed in a Michigan automobile accident.Moore's wife, Jennifer, and daughter Jaidyn were killed early Saturday in the...

HANGZHOU, China (AP) Forty years ago, former basketball star Bill Walton made a decision he still regrets today. His UCLA college team was invited to play an exhibition game in China in 1973, the year it won its second national title with Walton, and he decided not to...

AP Basketball WriterGonzaga, Duke, Kansas stay atop men's Top 25, Butler No. 6By JOHN MARSHALLGonzaga, Duke and Kansas remain atop The Associated Press men's college basketball poll.The rest of the top 10 is a big jumble.The Bulldogs received 54 first-place votes from a 65-member media panel in the poll...

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...

AP Sports WriterKentucky's PJ Washington confident, poised to lead WildcatsBy GARY B. GRAVESLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) PJ Washington flashed a wide, sly grin when asked about plans to make his second season at Kentucky better than the first.It spoke volumes about his confidence before he said a word.But the...

Syracuse coach Boeheim strikes, kills pedestrian on highwayBy JOHN KEKIS and MICHAEL HILLSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Longtime Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man along an interstate late Wednesday night as he tried to avoid hitting the man's disabled vehicle, police say.Syracuse police say 51-year-old Jorge...

AP Sports WriterFlorida gets stranded in St. Louis before NCAA TournamentBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) At least Florida coach Mike White could joke about his team's predicament: Getting stranded about 900 miles from home after the Southeastern Conference Tournament because the team's chartered airplane was on a military...

North Dakota St wins 5th straight, beats Oral Roberts, 83-76FARGO, N.D. (AP) Vinnie Shahid had a career-high 31 points as North Dakota State defeated Oral Roberts 83-76 on Saturday.Rocky Kreuser had 14 points and seven rebounds for North Dakota State (18-7, 9-2 Summit League), which won its fifth...

Rice leads The Citadel over Piedmont 89-64CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Kaiden Rice scored 27 points as The Citadel easily defeated Piedmont 89-64 on Wednesday in a season opener. Hayden Brown added 22 points for the Bulldogs. Brown also had 16 rebounds.Tyler Moffe had 11 points for The Citadel. Brady...

NCAA accepts Missouri's sanctions, adds year of probationCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The NCAA says it has accepted Missouri's self-imposed sanctions over infractions involving its men's basketball program but has tacked on a year of probation though August of next year.The NCAA infractions committee panel announced its findings Tuesday.Missouri has...