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Florida State extends Hamilton's contract through 2019-20TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State has extended basketball coach Leonard Hamilton's contract through the 2019-20 season.The deal was announced Thursday. The contract had been set to expire after the 2018-19 season.Hamilton has coached the Seminoles for 15 seasons and is the winningest...

Kansas forward Mykhailiuk returning for senior seasonLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas forward Svi Mykhailiuk is returning for his senior season, ending months of speculation about whether he would remain in the NBA draft with a simple Instagram post on Wednesday.The 6-foot-8 Mykhailiuk was among the most noteworthy players weighing...

Presbyterian hires Wofford's Kerns as men's basketball coachCLINTON, S.C. (AP) Wofford associate head coach Dustin Kerns is Presbyterian's new men's basketball coach.The Blue Hose announced the hire Tuesday. Kerns takes over for Gregg Nibert, who resigned last month after 28 seasons as the school's basketball coach.Kerns spent the...

Virginia, Seton Hall, Rhode Island, Vandy in NIT Tip-OffNEW YORK (AP) Virginia and Vanderbilt will meet in one semifinal of the NIT Preseason Tip-Off on Thanksgiving Day at Barclays Center.Rhode Island and Seton Hall face off in the other semifinal with the winners meeting on Friday, Nov. 24.This...

M.J. Walker decides to attend Florida StateTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State has received a significant addition to its recruiting class for the upcoming season.The Seminoles announced on Wednesday that M.J. Walker has signed to attend school and play for coach Leonard Hamilton.Walker, a 6-foot-5 guard from Jonesboro, Georgia,...

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...

BYU forward Eric Mika to remain in NBA draft, hire an agentPROVO, Utah (AP) BYU forward Eric Mika has announced he will remain in the NBA draft and hire an agent, ending his college playing career with two years of eligibility left.The 6-foot-10, 230-pounder averaged team-highs with 20.3...

NCAA denies extra-year request by NC State guard HendersonRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The NCAA has denied North Carolina State guard Terry Henderson's request for another year of eligibility.Henderson announced the decision Friday in a statement issued by the school.The Raleigh native played two seasons at West Virginia before transferring...

AP Basketball WriterUNLV's Menzies signs strong recruiting class for 2017-18By JOHN MARSHALLMarvin Menzies' UNLV rebuilding project has its foundation.A year after scrambling to pull together his first recruiting class, Menzies put together a strong one for his second season in the desert with a six-player class that includes heralded...

Former Howard guard Daniel says he's going to TennesseeKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Former Howard guard James Daniel, the nation's top Division I scorer in 2015-16, says he's heading to Tennessee as a graduate transfer.Daniel tweeted Tennessee's logo with the message #vol4life on Monday and told ESPN that he has...

Redshirt sophomore Samir Doughty transferring from VCURICHMOND, Va. (AP) VCU says rising redshirt sophomore guard Samir Doughty has decided to transfer.New coach Mike Rhoades says the decision came by mutual agreement and he wished Doughty well.The 6-foot-4 guard from Philadelphia was the Rams' fourth-leading scorer last season. He...

No indictment for escort, staffer in Louisville sex scandalLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A Kentucky grand jury declined to indict an escort and former Louisville men's basketball staffer in a sex scandal that engulfed the program.The Jefferson County grand jury decided Thursday there wasn't enough evidence for charges of prostitution...