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Valparaiso to join Missouri Valley ConferenceVALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) Valparaiso is officially the newest member of the Missouri Valley Conference.The Indiana college accepted the league's invitation on Thursday and will join on July 1. The Crusaders have been part of the Horizon League since 2007.Valparaiso was a rumored finalist...

AP Sports WriterPitino encouraged about hoops program as NCAA decision loomsBy GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Coach Rick Pitino got some good news while Louisville awaits its fate after an NCAA investigation into the men's basketball program.Forward Deng Adel has decided to return to school, withdrawing from consideration...

Former Kentucky player Jerry Bird diesCORBIN, Ky. (AP) Former Kentucky basketball player Jerry Bird, who was a member of the school's Athletics Hall of Fame and had his No. 22 jersey retired to the Rupp Arena rafters, has died.An obituary posted by O'Neil-Lawson Funeral Home says Bird died...

Creighton bringing in grad transfer from Division II AdelphiOMAHA, Neb. (AP) Manny Suarez, who spent the last two seasons at Division II Adelphi University, will play his final season at Creighton as a graduate transfer.Creighton coach Greg McDermott said Tuesday night that Justin Patton's decision to declare for...

Washington hires Cameron Dollar as assistant coachSEATTLE (AP) Washington has hired former Seattle coach Cameron Dollar for a second stint as an assistant coach with the Huskies.New Washington coach Mike Hopkins announced the hiring on Sunday. Dollar was fired at Seattle earlier this month after eight seasons in...

Iowa State adds ODU's Talley as grad transferAMES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State has added Zoran Talley, last season's Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year, as a graduate transfer.The Cyclones announced Thursday that Talley, a 6-foot-7 forward who averaged 11.3 points in 2016-17 for Old Dominion, will join...

Louisville's Jaylen Johnson will stay in draft, hire agentLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville junior forward Jaylen Johnson will hire an agent and stay in the NBA draft.The 6-foot-9 Johnson said Monday in a release that his decision followed a talk with coach Rick Pitino. Johnson added that it was...

AP Sports WriterSeminoles must try to slow down Miami's 'lovable' BrownBy STEVEN WINECORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Boston native and Patriots fan Bruce Brown is also a freshman guard for the Miami Hurricanes, so at the moment he's focused on only one game - Wednesday against No. 15 Florida...

AP Sports WriterHigh-flying Jayhawks present question: Can they be stopped?By DAVE SKRETTAKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Purdue coach Matt Painter stopped short of calling Kansas invincible on Thursday night.Not by much.After watching the top-seeded Jayhawks run roughshod over his overmatched Boilermakers in the Midwest Regional semifinals, Painter was asked...

AP Basketball WriterUNC, Kentucky get rolling with Midnight Madness-style eventsBy AARON BEARDCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) The college basketball season is officially here.From North Carolina's ''Late Night With Roy'' event to Kentucky's ''Big Blue Madness'' that drew a packed crowd to Rupp Arena, Friday night featured a busy schedule...

AP Basketball WriterRichard Pitino signs extension at Minnesota through 2022By JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Guiding Minnesota to the best single-season turnaround in the country last year has earned coach Richard Pitino a contract extension.Minnesota announced the extension on Wednesday. It runs through the 2021-22 season. Terms were not immediately...

AP Sports WriterNCAA suspends Louisville' Pitino after escort investigationBy GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The NCAA has suspended Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino for five Atlantic Coast Conference games following its sex scandal investigation.The governing body also Thursday placed the basketball program on four years' probation, vacated wins...