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AP Basketball WriterTOP 25 REWIND: UNC, Kentucky, Miami learning from lossesBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Fifth-ranked North Carolina made use of its few days off to sort out what went wrong during an upset home loss to Wofford. Now sixth-ranked Miami and No. 7 Kentucky have to do...

Griffin scores 20 to help Saint Peter's beat Houston BaptistJERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) Nick Griffin hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points and Samuel Idowu made a late 3 to help Saint Peter's beat Houston Baptist 76-74 on Wednesday night.Davauhnte Turner had 14 points and six assists...

Arizona's Williams to pursue professional opportunitiesTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona sophomore guard Brandon Williams will explore professional opportunities and forego his remaining eligibility.The school announced Williams' decision Friday.A 6-foot-2 guard from Los Angeles, Williams had a solid freshman season in 2018-19, averaging 11.5 points and 3.4 assists in 26...

AP Sports WriterIowa State's Lard hopeful he's turned career, life aroundBy LUKE MEREDITHAMES, Iowa (AP) Cameron Lard would wake up, meditate and do yoga. That was followed by a trip to the gym, a meal, meetings, another meal and more meetings.It was a boring but a clean summer...

Virginia guard Ty Jerome declares for NBA draftCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) Virginia guard Ty Jerome says he is forgoing his final year of eligibility to make himself available for the NBA draft.Jerome made the announcement Monday on his Instagram page. He says he made the decision after talking with...

AP National WriterFor college basketball, a season begins on the brinkBy EDDIE PELLSFor coaches and other leaders in college basketball, the approach of the upcoming season has been nothing like business as usual.Not in Indianapolis, where lawyers at the NCAA are busy trying to circumvent a newly passed law...

Associated PressRutgers overcomes 18-point deficit, beats Northwestern in OTBy MATT SUGAMPISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Geo Baker had 25 points, six rebounds and five assists as Rutgers overcame an 18-point deficit and beat Northwestern 77-73 in overtime on Sunday night and improve to 16-0 at home this season.Baker hit step-back...

Auburn hires Wes Flanigan as men's basketball assistantAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn has hired former Arkansas-Little Rock head basketball coach Wes Flanigan as an assistant.Tigers coach Bruce Pearl announced the hiring of the ex-Auburn point guard on Monday.Flanigan was a four-year starter at Auburn from 1993-97 and led the...

Kentucky's Vanderbilt 'day to day' with unspecified injuryLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky says freshman forward Jarred Vanderbilt is being evaluated on a daily basis after sustaining an unspecified injury in practice.Basketball spokesman Eric Lindsey said via text that the 6-foot-9, 214-pound Vanderbilt is not expected to practice Wednesday after...

The Latest: Stackhouse headlines 4 new SEC head coachesBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The Latest on Southeastern Conference men's basketball media day (all times local):4:40 p.m.Former NBA standout Jerry Stackhouse is back in school - now as a coach.Stackhouse, who played for 18 years in the NBA, is a first-time...

LSU basketball player Wayde Simms shot to deathBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) LSU basketball player Wayde Sims has died after he was shot near the campus of another school in Baton Rouge.Police say in a news release that the 20-year-old Sims was shot around 12:30 a.m. Friday near the...

Associated PressWitness grilled over texts to Kansas college hoops coachBy LARRY NEUMEISTERNEW YORK (AP) Lawyers for a former Adidas executive on trial in New York City have zeroed in on texts sent by a college basketball recruiting fixer and the head coach at Kansas.The jury on Monday was...