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AP Sports WriterCIAA tourney: Balancing basketball, partying for 75 yearsBy STEVE REEDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Bobby Vaughan can't help but smile when he thinks about the tradition of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament.''It's a party where they just happen to play some basketball,'' said the 92-year-old Vaughan,...

Former Oregon guard Victor Bailey Jr. transfers to TennesseeKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Former Oregon guard Victor Bailey Jr. has transferred to Tennessee and will play for the Volunteers in the 2020-21 season.Tennessee coach Rick Barnes announced Tuesday that Bailey will enroll in summer school. Bailey will sit out the...

NEW YORK (AP) The Big East brought its incoming freshman class to New York City for two days and not one basketball was bounced, dunked or dribbled.The 10-member, basketball-centric Big East invited its ''rookies'' for a weekend of discussions of what these athletes were going to find out...

AP Sports WriterNational champion Villanova reloads after 4 key lossesBy DAN GELSTONVILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) The banner for Villanova's 2018 national championship was dropped from the rafters as ''We Are The Champions'' roared during the grand opening of the program's $65 million renovated arena.It couldn't be missed.As for the...

Mississippi's Kermit Davis has 4-year deal worth $12 millionOXFORD, Miss. (AP) Mississippi basketball coach Kermit Davis will earn an average base salary of $3 million over the next four years according to the terms of his new contract.The school originally announced the contract for Davis last month, but...

Edwards brothers, Ross lead Pepperdine past CSUN 94-82NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) Brothers Kameron and Kessler Edwards scored 22 points apiece and Pepperdine defeated CSU Northridge 94-82 on Tuesday night.Kameron Edwards and Colbey Ross had double-doubles of different sorts for the Waves (2-1). Edwards had 22 points, 15 rebounds and...

Tennessee G Shembari Phillips transferring to Georgia TechATLANTA (AP) Tennessee guard Shembari Phillips is returning home to play for Georgia Tech.Yellow Jackets coach Josh Pastner announced the transfer Monday. Phillips, who must sit out 2017-18 season, will have two years of eligibility remaining.The 6-foot-3 Phillips, who graduated from...

West Virginia's trip to Kansas headlines Big 12 playBy The Associated PressA look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12:GAME OF THE WEEKEND: West Virginia at Kansas. The Jayhawks enter the weekend a game behind league-leading Texas Tech with five games left to play. The Mountaineers are two...

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 Basketball WriterVitale preparing 12th annual gala to fight pediatric cancerBy JIM O'CONNELLDick Vitale has a passion that even surpasses his love of college basketball.The 77-year-old bundle of energy says he has turned his life 24/7 into raising money for pediatric cancer research.''I will do this is until my...

Maui Invitational moving to North Carolina during pandemicASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) The Maui Invitational is moving to the mainland during the coronavirus pandemic.One of the premier preseason tournaments on the college basketball schedule, the Maui Invitational will be played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.Dates...

Duke remains No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll; Kentucky rises to 13thNEW YORK (AP) Duke remains atop an AP Top 25 poll with few major changes after a light Christmas week schedule of games.The Blue Devils earned 35 of 64 first-place votes to stay at No. 1...