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AP Basketball WriterCollege hoops' must-watch games to close the regular seasonBy JOHN MARSHALLPHOENIX (AP) The college basketball season has been filled with great games the past four months, from the showdown between Kentucky and North Carolina in Las Vegas to Nevada's miracle comeback against New Mexico.But it's not...

UConn submits perfect APR score for men's basketballSTORRS, Conn. (AP) UConn's men's basketball program has reported another perfect academic progress rate of 1,000 to the NCAA, its third in four years.The women's team reported an APR of 980 out of 1,000 for the 2015-16 school year and UConn's...

Niagara closes our Rider from free throw line, wins 80-67NIAGARA, N.Y. (AP) Matt Scott and Kahlil Dukes combined to score 35 points and Niagara hit 12 straight from the free throw line in the final 2:05 to put away Rider, 80-67 in a Metro Atlantic showdown Saturday afternoon.Xavier...

AP Sports WriterNCAA accuses Louisville, Pitino of violations in escort caseBy GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The NCAA accused Louisville of four serious violations and criticized coach Rick Pitino for failing to monitor a former basketball staffer who hired escorts and strippers for sex parties with recruits and...

Retirement not on Krzyzewski's radar at DukeDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke's Mike Krzyzewski says he isn't even thinking about the end of his Hall of Fame coaching career.Krzyzewski spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since a pair of offseason surgeries and said, ''I don't have plans for the...

UNC: Pinson out for No. 9 Tar Heels' game Saturday at MiamiCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Ninth-ranked North Carolina won't have swingman Theo Pinson for Saturday's game at Miami because of an ankle injury.The school announced Friday that the versatile junior won't play after rolling his right ankle during...

Kentucky's Diallo, who sat out last season, to enter draftLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky guard Hamidou Diallo, a January enrollee who did not play last season for the Wildcats, has submitted his name for the NBA draft, but will not an agent while deciding whether to remain in the...

AP Sports WriterTrevon Bluiett stays at Xavier after considering NBABy JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) Trevon Bluiett decided to stay at Xavier for his senior season instead of entering the NBA draft on Tuesday, a huge boost to a Musketeers team that reached the Elite Eight last season.Bluiett was second...

Final Four to be broadcast in Spanish for 1st timeNEW YORK (AP) Next month's Final Four will be broadcast in Spanish for the first time.Westwood One announced Wednesday that it will produce Spanish-language broadcasts of the national semifinal games on April 1 and the title game on April...

AP Sports WriterWichita State favored as Missouri Valley Tournament beginsBy DAVE SKRETTAWICHITA, Kan. (AP) The favorite to win the Missouri Valley Tournament isn't even the No. 1 seed.That's fine with Wichita State.The Shockers are seeded second for the conference tournament this week in St. Louis behind Illinois State,...

AP Sports WriterKansas coach Self: Josh Jackson will play in NCAA tourneyBy DAVE SKRETTALAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas coach Bill Self had a two-word response when asked Monday whether star freshman Josh Jackson would miss NCAA Tournament games for a lingering off-the-court issue involving a member of the women's...

Kentucky headlines field for Brooklyn Hoops Winter FestivalNEW YORK (AP) Kentucky, the Southeastern Conference regular-season and tournament champion, will face Hofstra, the Colonial Athletic Association regular-season champion, and St. John's will meet LIU Brooklyn in the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival at Barclays Center on Dec. 11.The doubleheader was...