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A decades-long Baylor fan got emotional with coach Scott Drew after the Bears won their last game to remain one of two undefeated teams in the country. The fan told Drew, ''I thought we could go to a Final Four, but I never thought I'd see the day when Baylor...

It's basketball's turn to be the focal point of college athletics.No more fields of 100 yards. It's now courts of 94 feet.The only thing basketball and football have in common is a 3-point field goal.The 2015-16 season has been underway for two months and if you've been paying attention...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A change in travel plans for the Mississippi State basketball team proved to be good fortune for a woman who was pulled out of her vehicle after a one-car accident. The Bulldogs were supposed to fly from Columbus, Mississippi, to Baton Rouge for their Southeastern Conference...

AP Basketball WriterNo. 15 Arizona still hoping to get Allonzo Trier backBy JOHN MARSHALLArizona sophomore guard Allonzo Trier could play this season. Then again, he may not.No one's sure what's going to happen, not even his coach.''I hope that Allonzo has an opportunity to play sometime this year. I'll...

Associated PressBurnett scores 41 as Ole Miss holds off Oral Roberts in OTBy BILL KISERST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) Deandre Burnett scored a career-high 41 points, and Mississippi pulled away in overtime to hold off Oral Roberts 95-88 Friday on the opening day of the Paradise Jam...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Bruce Brown finished with a triple double as Miami defeated South Carolina State 82-46 Tuesday night. Brown scored 11 points and finished with 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the Hurricanes. The triple double was Miami's first since Anthony King scored 11 points, had 10 rebounds...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) When it comes to football and politics, Nebraska is as red a state as there is. When it comes to basketball, it's a deep shade of blue, as in Creighton blue. The 10th-ranked Bluejays (8-0) and Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-3) play their annual game Wednesday night at Pinnacle...

PITTSBURGH (AP) The four players tasked with overseeing a transition they never asked for and never saw coming can't quite explain what went wrong. It wasn't, Pittsburgh seniors Jamel Artis, Mike Young, Sheldon Jeter and Chris Jones insist, longtime head coach Jamie Dixon's abrupt departure for TCU last spring or...

AP Basketball WriterChaminade in 1982: Witnessing one of sports' greatest upsetsBy JOHN MARSHALLLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) Chaminade's 77-72 victory over Ralph Sampson and top-ranked Virginia in 1982 is widely considered the biggest upset in college basketball history, among the greatest in any sport.Unlike today's world of 24-hour sports networks,...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Hayden Graham scored 16 points and Air Force beat NAIA-member McPherson College 88-71 on Friday night. Air Force went on a 19-2 run in the first half to take control and led 45-31 at the break. Frank Toohey and Zach Kocur added 14 points apiece for Air...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Latest on the semifinal games in the Final Four: (all times local): 3:35 p.m. Sindarius Thornwell has been red hot for South Carolina in the NCAA tournament. Not so much in the first half against Gonzaga. The SEC player of the year was scoreless through the first 12...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A young Minnesota squad learned some good and bad about itself in the second half Sunday.It resulted in a win.Kevin Dorsey and Joey King keyed a second-half surge and the Gophers lost a double-digit lead but rallied to beat Louisiana-Monroe 67-56.King finished with 20 points, Nate...