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RENO, Nev. (AP) University of Nevada coach Eric Musselman and his assistants hover around a computer screen, shifting names, categories and columns on spreadsheets that will be part of a PowerPoint presentation.They deliberate over what columns should be named, where names should be placed, the page order, whether...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn freshman guard Bryce Brown has been suspended for the season opener by the NCAA.Auburn announced Thursday that he will be forced to sit out Friday night's game against UAB. Tigers coach Bruce Pearl says the one-game suspension stemmed from Brown playing a game in...

NEW YORK (AP) A former college basketball star from New Jersey has been found slain in the back seat of a vehicle in New York City.Police say Wednesday that 35-year-old Michael Wright, of Closter, was last seen Nov. 5. His body was found Tuesday morning covered in what...

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) At one point last season, Seton Hall was among the very best basketball teams in the nation.The Pirates were ranked as high as No. 19, their highest ranking since 2001, and had a 12-2 record. They had a sensational freshman class and started 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...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) It's unclear if heralded forward Domantas Sabonis will be able to play when No. 9 Gonzaga opens its season Friday against Pittsburgh in the Armed Forces Classic in Okinawa, Japan.Sabonis took a hard fall on his lower back last weekend during an exhibition game against...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Five women have joined a lawsuit filed against escort Katina Powell and say she falsely alleges in her book that they participated in prostitution at the University of Louisville.Jemiah Nash, Marquease Richardson, Precious Burnley, Shinita Martin and Dolly Bolden joined a suit previously filed by...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Miami was picked fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason rankings, is flirting with the Top 25 in the major national polls and is widely expected to be an NCAA Tournament team.Those would all be considered good signs.Here's another: People are actually buying Miami...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) Southern Mississippi says it is self-imposing a postseason ban for the basketball program for a second straight season because of an ongoing NCAA investigation regarding former coach Donnie Tyndall's tenure.Southern Miss received a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA in July that alleged multiple violations,...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan coach John Beilein got the better of his son Patrick on Friday night when the 25th-ranked Wolverines beat Le Moyne 74-52 in an exhibition game.Patrick Beilein is in his first season as Le Moyne's coach, and he brought his team to Ann Arbor...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville Trustee board chairman Larry Benz said there was no discussion about coach Rick Pitino's future at an unscheduled executive meeting on Thursday, nor did they address an escort's allegations that she and other dancers stripped and had sex with recruits and players.Board members were...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) Last season was a big one for Northern Iowa, which won 31 games and the Missouri Valley tournament title in climbing into the Top 10.The Panthers still expect to be good this season, even without All-American Seth Tuttle and three other key seniors.The Panthers...