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Texas Tech signs 7-foot-1 Russian center as 8th additionLUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Texas Tech has signed 7-foot-1 Russian center Vladislav Goldin.Coach Chris Beard announced Goldin's signing Thursday. Goldin is from Nalchik, Russia.Goldin played last season at Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut. He also played for Russia's U18 and U19...

Stackhouse adds pair of 6-10 forwards via transfer, signingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt coach Jerry Stackhouse has added a pair of 6-foot-10 forwards with Quentin Millora-Brown transferring from Rice and Oton Jankovic signing a national letter of intent.Stackhouse announced the additions Tuesday.Millora-Brown of Lorton, Virginia, started 28 of his...

Fields set for 39th annual Great Alaska ShootoutANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Nevada will be among the eight teams in the men's field for the 39th annual Great Alaska Shootout while Southern California will highlight the women's side.Also joining host Alaska Anchorage in the men's bracket will be Buffalo, Oakland,...

SEATTLE (AP) Midway through Lorenzo Romar's news conference on Thursday the Washington coach was asked if he could assess each of his new players.''All nine of them?'' Romar asked incredulously, half-joking.While it may have been a time-consuming answer - one that Romar completed without complaint - it also...

Associated PressVirginia's Diakite started with Jordan videos in AfricaBy BOUBACAR DIALLOCONAKRY, Guinea (AP) There were a few things Virginia forward Mamadi Diakite had to do to have a shot in the world of basketball.He had to listen to his dad. He had to stop kicking a ball around...

BIXBY, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State basketball coach Travis Ford was ejected from his son's basketball game after voicing displeasure with an official.Ford's son, Brooks, plays for Stillwater High. According to the Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/1HYjPRQ), the official told Ford to leave during the third quarter of Stillwater's loss to...

AP Basketball WriterMountain West in discussions with Gonzaga to join leagueBy JOHN MARSHALLThe Mountain West Conference could get a big addition, possibly next season.Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson said he has spoken with six university presidents or athletic directors since August about joining the conference.The only school Thompson identified...

AMES, Iowa (AP) There are times when senior Deonte Burton can be the most spectacular and maddening player on the floor for No. 25 Iowa State - often in the same sequence. Harnessing Burton's strengths and minimizing his weaknesses will be a big challenge for both Burton and coach Steve...

Associated PressFormer Yale hoops captain seeks injunction, return to schoolBy PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Lawyers for former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague are seeking a court order that would allow him to return to class while he fights his expulsion for what the university says was sexual misconduct.The...

NCAA Latest: Loyola Chicago upsets Miami on last-second shotBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):5:30 p.m.Loyola Chicago's Donte Ingram drained a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left to help the 11th-seeded Ramblers defeat No. 6 seed Miami 64-62 in the first round of the NCAA...

Wichita State didn't take care of the ball and Evansville took advantage to hand the 23rd-ranked Shockers their first Missouri Valley Conference loss of the season. The Aces closed the game out by making seven free throws over the final 1:25 on Sunday in their 71-67 victory. "We were sloppy with...

HARRISONBURG, Virginia (AP) Ron Curry scored 23 points with four 3-pointers and the go-ahead basket, and James Madison beat East Carolina 67-61 on Sunday to win its seventh straight.Shakir Brown scored 13 with a career-high four assists, Dimitrije Cabarkapa added 11 points, and the Dukes (9-3) outscored the...