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AP Basketball WriterAzubuike leads No. 4 Kansas to 75-63 win over E Tennessee StBy DAVE SKRETTALAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Udoka Azubuike pounded home 21 points, Devon Dotson added 19 and fourth-ranked Kansas weathered East Tennessee State’s second-half charge to escape with a 75-63 victory Tuesday night.Marcus Garrett added 13...

Dillard scores 34 points, Presbyterian tops Piedmont 77-60.CLINTON, S.C. (AP) Reggie Dillard hit 6 of 9 3-pointers and scored 34 points, both career highs, leading Presbyterian to a 77-60 win over D-III Piedmont on Thursday.Dillard made all five of his 3s and had 19 points in the first...

AP Basketball WriterArizona State's Christopher embracing Hurley's intensityBy JOHN MARSHALLTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Josh Christopher is blessed with prodigious basketball talent and a strong inner drive, a combination that made him one of that nation's top recruits in the class of 2020.When the five-star guard was choosing where he...

AP Sports WriterExperienced Creighton is looking to build on strong finishBy ERIC OLSONOMAHA, Neb. (AP) A strong finish to the regular season couldn't push Creighton into the NCAA Tournament for a third straight year. The Bluejays are using the disappointment they felt on Selection Sunday for motivation.''We remind...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State director of basketball operations Kevin Pauga is becoming an assistant athletic director.The school announced a number of changes within the athletic department Saturday, including Pauga's move to a position as an assistant athletic director for administration. He has been director of men's...

NCAA to give men's hoops teams scheduling options in 2020-21INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The NCAA is giving teams new scheduling options for the 2020-21 season.The NCAA's Division I Council approved a proposal Friday to give men's basketball programs choices with 28- and 29-game schedules.The council vote still must be reviewed...

AP Sports WriterClemson, hoops assistant parts ways amid corruption trialBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Clemson has parted ways with men's basketball assistant coach Steve Smith after his voice was heard on a federal wiretap involving defendant Christian Dawkins on the ongoing trial into college corruption.The video from 2017...

AP Sports WriterFlorida's Johnson rejoins team, works as coach amid recoveryBy MARK LONGGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Keyontae Johnson is back in Florida's basketball facility, just not on the court. He's scouting opponents, coaching teammates, refereeing scrimmages and even talking trash from afar.Seeing him, hearing him, being able to hug...

AP Basketball WriterLute Olson, Hall of Fame coach, Arizona icon, dies at 85By JOHN MARSHALLTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died. He was 85.Olson's family said he died Thursday evening. The cause of death wasn't...

UNC's Williams aims to coach as long as health remains goodCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina coach Roy Williams says he plans to coach ''as long as I feel good and have my health.''UNC announced Wednesday an eight-year extension for Williams through the 2027-28 season, when he would...

AP Sports WriterFlynn, No. 5 San Diego State rally to beat Rams 66-60By BERNIE WILSONSAN DIEGO (AP) Malachi Flynn scored 10 of San Diego State’s last 17 points and the No. 5 Aztecs rallied from a seven-point deficit to beat Colorado State 66-60 Tuesday night and rebound from...

AP Sports WriterPhiladelphia story: Temple coach Fran Dunphy set for goodbyeBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) Fran Dunphy has a book about Tiger Woods on his night table and piles of books in his office at Temple that are mostly unread.With the Owls on the brink of securing an NCAA...