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AP Sports WriterEmery, Haws looking to lead BYU back to NCAA TournamentBy KAREEM COPELANDPROVO, Utah (AP) BYU guard Nick Emery seemed to have a different tone on the eve of the 2017-18 basketball season. The young, brash and sometimes defiant personality looks to have mellowed some as he...

AP Basketball WriterVirginia Tech knocks off No. 3 Michigan State 71-66 in MauiBy JOHN MARSHALLLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) Landers Nolley II hit a big 3-pointer in the final minute and scored 22 points, helping Virginia Tech hold off No. 3 Michigan State 71-66 at the Maui Invitational on Monday.The...

Report: Draymond Green's FaceTime caught NCAA's attentionEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) A FaceTime chat a couple years ago involving Draymond Green and a star Michigan State recruit reportedly caught the attention of the NCAA.The Detroit Free Press reported Friday that Green used FaceTime to talk to Miles Bridges from...

Azubuike withdraws from draft, set for junior year at KansasLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas forward Udoka Azubuike withdrew his name from the NBA draft on Wednesday, choosing to return for his junior season after participating in the combine.The 7-footer from Nigeria started 34 games last season, averaging 13 points...

AP Basketball WriterLarry Brown resigning after 4 seasons as SMU's coachBy STEPHEN HAWKINSLarry Brown is leaving SMU after turning down a contract extension, ending a four-year run during which the Mustangs made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1993 and then were banned from postseason play last...

AP Sports WriterBig men in middle is something new at No. 12 Seton HallBy TOM CANAVANSOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) With preseason All-America Myles Powell and three other starters back, it's no surprise Seton Hall is No. 12 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25.The surprise for opponents this...

BC guard Ky Bowman exits NBA draft, returns to schoolBOSTON (AP) Boston College guard Ky Bowman will return to school for his junior year after deciding to withdraw from the NBA draft.Bowman is the Atlantic Coast Conference's top returning scorer, averaging 17.6 points per game last year, when...

AP Basketball WriterBig 12 takes holiday off before more league play in JanuaryBy DAVE SKRETTAA look at the upcoming week around the Big 12 Conference:GAME OF THE WEEKENDAfter a couple of high-profile Big 12 games during the first true week of conference play, the Big 12 steps back for...

AP Sports WriterGophers to send off inspiring seniors McBrayer and MurphyBy DAVE CAMPBELLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The season, let alone Dupree McBrayer's entire college career at Minnesota, hasn't played out the way he planned it.When his mother, Tayra McFarlane, retired from her job as an assistant warden at a notorious...

AP Sports Writer7 people who threatened NCAA ref after Kentucky loss ID'dBy ERIC OLSONOMAHA, Neb. (AP) Seven people who threatened basketball referee John Higgins after an NCAA Tournament game in March have been identified. Information on them will be referred to authorities in their jurisdictions and to the...

Baylor moving forward with plans for new basketball facilityWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor is moving forward with plans to build a new basketball facility on the banks of Brazos River after a $100 million gift to the university.Athletic director Mack Rhoades said Tuesday that a portion of the sum...

No. 3 Kansas lifts suspension of forward Carlton BraggLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas has lifted the indefinite suspension of sophomore Carlton Bragg Jr., who has missed the past three games after he was charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.Bragg was expected to play for the No. 3 Jayhawks...