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Maryland reserve Cekovsky to miss rest of season with injuryCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Maryland center Michal Cekovsky will miss the remainder of the season with a fractured left ankle.The injury occurred Sunday in the latter stages of a 71-60 loss to Wisconsin.Cekovsky, a 7-foot-1 junior from Slovakia, played...

AP Basketball WriterPinson set to return for No. 14 UNC against rival NC StateBy AARON BEARDCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina swingman Theo Pinson is finally set to make his season debut after October foot surgery.Coach Roy Williams said Friday he expects to play the junior in the...

Arizona's Trier tested positive for PEDTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona sophomore Allonzo Trier, who has yet to play this season, admitted Wednesday that he tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug.The 6-foot-5 Trier, who came to Arizona as the marquee player in coach Sean Miller's recruiting class, had a...

Radford upends Presbyterian 76-63 behind HicksCLINTON, S.C. (AP) Donald Hicks scored 18 points and had nine rebounds and Justin Cousin finished with 16 points and Radford beat Presbyterian 76-63 on Saturday.Radford (8-8, 3-1 Big South) shot 24 for 47 (51.1 percent) from the floor including 8 for 16...

AP Sports WriterMissouri's Kim Anderson coaches out season after his firingBy DAVE SKRETTAKim Anderson was told more than a week ago this would be his final season leading Missouri, making for an awkward finish to the regular season for the man who called coaching the Tigers his dream job.The...

AP Sports WriterNew coach Underwood leads Oklahoma State back to NCAAsBy CLIFF BRUNTSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Brad Underwood already has led two turnarounds at Oklahoma State.First, the new coach took a team that struggled last season and started 10-2 this season. Then, when things fell apart and the Cowboys...

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 WriterXavier guard Edmond Sumner out for season with torn ACLBy JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) Xavier point guard Edmond Sumner will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury.An MRI on Monday confirmed a tear to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He...

Hoosiers guard Robert Johnson announces return to schoolINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indiana Hoosiers guard Robert Johnson will return for his senior season.The three-year starter made the announcement on his Twitter account two days before the deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft.Johnson was one of four Indiana players to...

AP Basketball WriterAP All-Big 12: Kansas wins another title, sweeps AP awardsBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFor only the second time while winning 13 consecutive Big 12 titles, the Kansas Jayhawks have both The Associated Press conference player and coach of the year in the same season.Kansas senior guard Frank Mason III,...

Associated PressOSU officials: Coger died after 40-minute outdoor workoutBy KEN MILLERSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State basketball player Tyrek Coger died from an enlarged heart after a 40-minute team workout on the football stadium stairs in hot weather, officials said Friday.While the temperature was 99 degrees, it wasn't known...

AP College Sports WriterTobacco Road intersects Flatbush Avenue as ACC comes to NYCBy RALPH D. RUSSONEW YORK (AP) Tobacco Road intersects with Flatbush Avenue this week when the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament comes to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.College basketball's most storied conference begins a two-year run in...