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AP Basketball WriterLive tweeting replays helping fill the college hoops voidBy JOHN MARSHALLKansas had kept Derrick Rose in check well into the 2008 national championship game when coach Bill Self decided it was time to change defenses against the Memphis star.Bad idea.''Well. They have momentum. I made mistake,'' Self...

AP Was There: Duke ends UNLV's repeat bid in '91 Final FourBy The Associated PressA panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut...

AP Sports WriterLes Hunter, star on Loyola Chicago championship team, diesBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) Les Hunter, a star on Loyola Chicago's barrier-breaking 1963 NCAA championship team, died Friday. He was 77.The university announced Hunter's death, saying he battled cancer.Hunter helped Loyola - with four black starters - break...

WMU promotes assistant Bates to head basketball coachKALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) Western Michigan promoted Clayton Bates to be its basketball coach Saturday, with its athletic director saying the coronavirus crisis impacted the school's search.Bates was previously an associate head coach for WMU. He replaces Steve Hawkins, whose tenure ended...

AP College Sports WriterPandemic fallout: NCAA slashes distribution by $375 millionBy RALPH D. RUSSOCanceling March Madness because of the coronavirus pandemic will cost the NCAA about $375 million that it would have distributed to 350 schools across the nation.Some will be able to absorb the losses better than others.The...

UIC hires former Texas, Michigan assistant Yaklich as coachCHICAGO (AP) Illinois-Chicago hired former Texas and Michigan assistant Luke Yaklich as coach on Thursday.The 43-year-old Yaklich grew up in Illinois, played at Illinois State and coached high school ball in the state before serving as an assistant at his...

AP Sports WriterNCAA's storied party crashers includes 'Dunk City,' LoyolaBy ERIC OLSONIf not for those magical eight days seven years ago, Florida Gulf Coast might still be that upstart school trying to create an identity in the Sunshine State, never mind nationally.Dunk City changed everything.The high-flying Eagles and their...

AP Was There: Chalmers, Jayhawks best Memphis for '08 titleBy The Associated PressEDITOR'S NOTE - A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been...

Vanderbilt's Aaron Nesmith announces he's entering NBA draftNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt guard Aaron Nesmith is forgoing his final two seasons of eligibility to enter the NBA draft.Nesmith was one of the nation's most prolific scorers and 3-point shooters before injuring his right foot in January, knocking him out...

AP College Sports WriterPandemic fallout: NCAA slashes distribution by $375 millionBy RALPH D. RUSSOCanceling March Madness because of the coronavirus pandemic will cost the NCAA about $375 million that it would have distributed to 350 schools across the nation.Some will be able to absorb the losses better than others.The...

K-State's 2nd-leading scorer Cartier Diarra leaves schoolMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State guard Cariter Diarra is leaving the program with the intention of turning professional, though he is leaving open the option of transferring to another school for his senior season.Wildcats coach Bruce Weber said in a statement Thursday...

Former Texas A&M basketball player David Edwards dead at 48COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Former Texas A&M basketball player David Edwards, whose single-season school record for assists has stood for more than 25 years, has died in his home state of New York. He was 48.The school said in...