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AP Baseball WriterFamed basketball coach Roy Williams pays tribute to BudigBy BEN WALKERA Hall of Famer with three national championships and a familiar face at the Final Four, it would seem Roy Williams was destined for big things in basketball.The way the North Carolina coach tells it, a lot...

AP Sports WriterUConn features 8 newcomers, 3 others returning from injuryBy PAT EATON-ROBBSTORRS, Conn. (AP) UConn coach Kevin Ollie says it will take some time to identify specific roles for all the new players on his team.It may also take time for everyone else to identify who those...

AP Basketball WriterUndefeated Auburn, San Diego St rise in Top 25; Butler No. 6By JOHN MARSHALLSan Diego State survived a big test by beating a talented Utah State team on the road. Auburn kicked off the SEC season by winning at Mississippi State for the third time in its...

Associated PressAdidas exec, 4 coaches charged in college bribery schemeBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYSNEW YORK (AP) In one of the biggest crackdowns on the corrupting role of money in college basketball, 10 men - including a top Adidas executive and four assistant coaches - were charged Tuesday...

AP Sports WriterTennessee's Barnes gets 3-year contract extension, a raiseBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes has received a three-year contract extension and raise that will earn him $21 million over the next six years.Athletic director Phillip Fulmer announced Thursday in a university release that...

AP Sports WriterTransfer G Bolton granted '19-20 eligibility at Iowa StateBy LUKE MEREDITHAMES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State transfer guard Rasir Bolton will be eligible for the upcoming season.The Cyclones announced Tuesday that Bolton, who averaged 11.6 points a game last season as a freshman at Penn State, was...

AP Sports WriterNew coach Juwan Howard talks up Michigan at media dayBy NOAH TRISTERANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) When asked if anything about his new job has surprised him, Michigan coach Juwan Howard mentioned recruiting.''I knew you have to recruit, but all the work that comes behind the recruiting....

AP Sports WriterCreighton rides fast start to a 95-76 win over CornhuskersBy ERIC OLSONOMAHA, Neb. (AP) Marcus Zegarowski scored 30 points to lead four Creighton players in double figures, and the Bluejays made fast work of Nebraska in a 95-76 win at the sold-out CHI Health Center on...

Herasme, Jones lift Marist past Niagara 76-54POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) Matt Herasme and Jordan Jones scored 18 points apiece as Marist easily defeated Niagara 76-54 on Sunday.Braden Bell added 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting for the Red Foxes (7-18, 6-10 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), who posted their largest margin...

Butler assistant coach retires amid COVID-19 concernsINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Longtime college basketball coach Jeff Meyer is retiring after 41 seasons on the sideline, most recently at Butler, citing family considerations and COVID-19 concerns.Meyer, 66, spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach at Butler, where he reunited with...

UConn forward Tyler Polley out for season with torn ACLHARTFORD, Conn (AP) UConn forward Tyler Polley suffered a knee injury in practice and will miss the remainder of the season.The junior, who started every game this season, tore the anterior cruciate ligament and medial meniscus in his left...

AP Sports WriterPadgett, Louisville thinking only about present for programBy GARY B. GRAVESDavid Padgett's audition to become the permanent men's basketball coach at Louisville continues as the Cardinals prepare for the NIT.Louisville's interim athletic director Vince Tyra reiterated his plan to wait until after the season before the school...