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Funk scores 14 to lead St. Joseph's past Albany (NY) 67-64PHILADELPHIA (AP) Taylor Funk had 14 points as Saint Joseph's snapped its season-opening eight-game losing streak, edging past Albany 67-64 on Saturday night.Jordan Hall had 13 points and nine assists for Saint Joseph's (1-8). Jack Forrest added 12...

No. 5 Indiana will have freshman forward Jeremy Hollowell back Monday night at Iowa. Athletic director Fred Glass issued a statement Sunday saying the NCAA has cleared Hollowell of any potential infractions. On Friday, Glass said Hollowell and his family notified the school of a potential "compliance issue." Glass says...

AP Sports WriterVirginia raises banner, celebrates hoops championshipBy HANK KURZ Jr.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) More than five months after Virginia won its first basketball national championship, the school hosted a celebration Friday night, raising a banner to the rafters of John Paul Jones Arena as thousands of boosters and...

Associated PressFixer says he made cash payment in college hoops schemeBy TOM HAYSNEW YORK (AP) A government witness at a college basketball corruption trial testified Thursday that he made a secret $40,000 payment to the inner circle of a North Carolina State recruit through an assistant coach...

AP Basketball WriterDayton double: Flyers' Toppin, Grant claim AP top honorsBy AARON BEARDObi Toppin and Anthony Grant spent the season transforming Dayton from an unranked team that wasn’t even picked to win its conference into one of the nation's best, complete with the most wins in program history.The pair...

St. John's guard Shamorie Ponds to enter NBA draftNEW YORK (AP) St. John's guard Shamorie Ponds will skip his senior season to enter the NBA draft.The school announced Friday that Ponds intends to hire an agent. He'll leave as the school's fifth all-time leading scorer with 1,870 points...

AP Sports WriterNo. 11 Kansas in a slump as it hosts No. 16 Texas TechBy DAVE SKRETTALAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The preseason prediction atop the Big 12 this year looked much like the final standings for the past 14, with Kansas on top after garnering just about every vote...

Pemsl leaving Iowa to play final season as grad transferIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Cordell Pemsl is planning to leave Iowa and play his final season at another school as a graduate transfer.The 6-foot-8, 248-pound forward from Dubuque averaged 5.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists over 96 career...

Second-half rally lifts Columbia over Marist 69-54NEW YORK (AP) Mike Smith scored 16 points and Columbia pulled away in the second half to beat Marist 69-54 on Saturday in the Red Foxes' final nonconference game of the season.Smith had scored 20 or more points in the previous eight...

Utah guard Timmy Allen declares for NBA draftSALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah sophomore guard Timmy Allen is testing the NBA waters.The do-everything guard from Mesa, Arizona, joined teammate Both Gach among the 205 players on the league's most recent early-entry draft list.Players have until June 3 to withdraw...

AP Sports WriterBig Ten appears resurgent in 1st season of expanded scheduleBy NOAH TRISTERThe Big Ten's expanded schedule is shaping up to be quite a grind.After starting the season with only three teams in the AP Top 25, the league now has six . That's significant at a time...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: A tiny Bible college becomes the Washington GeneralsBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) Carver College has become college basketball's equivalent of the Washington Generals, barnstorming from city to city, playing games almost every night, enduring one enormous beating after another.Appalachian State 105, Carver 23.Wofford 111, Carver 37.Georgia...