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Undefeated Catamounts! Vermont owns longest current streakBy BRUCE BOSLEYBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) The longest winning streak in the 117-year history of Vermont basketball, 18 games, is now the longest current winning streak in all of NCAA Division I. The Catamounts (26-5) took over the top spot Saturday night after...

Oklahoma F Dante Buford suspended for 3 gamesNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma forward Dante Buford has been suspended for the first three games of the season.The school made the announcement in a news release Saturday.The release said the NCAA suspended Buford after he received an extra benefit for one...

AP Sports WriterJordan Bell declares for the draftBy ANNE M. PETERSONOregon junior forward Jordan Bell has become the latest Ducks player to declare for the NBA Draft.Bell made his announcement on Tuesday on the website riselongbeach.com. The Long Beach, California, native says he plans to hire an agent, which...

Associated PressSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim has a sudden wealth of depthBy MARK FRANKSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Last season, the Syracuse Orange had to sweat out Selection Sunday, then shocked the college basketball world by advancing to the Final Four.This season, despite Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim's attempt to...

AP Sports WriterVillanova raises 2016 national championship bannerBy DAN GELSTONVILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) Ryan Arcidiacono strode into the Pavilion with a national championship trophy raised high over his head and a bold decree for the Villanova fans stuffing the gym.''We're going to go back-to-back,'' Arch told the roaring students....

Final Four time with S Carolina-Gonzaga, Oregon-UNC in semisGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The NCAA Tournament is ready to carve out its finalists from among the Final Four.South Carolina, Gonzaga, Oregon and North Carolina are the last teams standing in a March Madness field that started with 68 teams.There are...

AP Basketball WriterHerb Magee, Marianne Stanley, John Bach win Lapchick AwardBy JIM O'CONNELLNEW YORK (AP) Three basketball legends with ties to the Philadelphia area will receive the Lapchick Character Award.Herb Magee, who has won more than 1,000 games at Philadelphia University, Marianne Stanley, who played on the famed...

AP Sports WriterAttorney: Coach's 10-year show cause penalty upheldBy DAVID BRANDTThe NCAA has upheld a 10-year show cause penalty against Donnie Tyndall for orchestrating academic fraud while he worked at the school, the attorney for the former Southern Mississippi basketball coach said on Wednesday.Don Jackson wrote in a text...

Purdue junior forward Basil Smotherman suspendedWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Purdue junior forward Basil Smotherman has been suspended for the opener against McNeese State, an exhibition game against Southern Indiana and a closed scrimmage with West Virginia.''We have suspended Basil for our first three competitions for a violation of...

AP Basketball WriterThe fabulous freshmen: Talented and preparedBy JOHN MARSHALLPHOENIX (AP) From Lonzo Ball and Markelle Fultz out West to Dennis Smith Jr. and Kentucky's future NBAers back East, the players who will likely be one and done have dominated the college basketball spotlight.So how do freshmen who...

Austin Peay's Loos has malignant tumor removed from colonCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Austin Peay coach Dave Loos will require chemotherapy after having surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his colon.The school announced Loos' condition Monday in a release. School officials said Loos is expected to make a full...

Matchups set for 2K ClassicNEW YORK (AP) Pittsburgh will face SMU and new coach Tim Jankovich, and Michigan meets Marquette in the semifinals of the 22nd annual 2K Classic benefiting Wounded Warrior Project, which returns to Madison Square Garden this year.The semifinals are Nov. 17 with the championship...