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Butler coach hires former assistant as basketball analystINDIANAPOLIS (AP) New Butler coach LaVall Jordan has hired Will Vergollo as the team's basketball analyst.Vergollo was an assistant coach on Jordan's staff at Milwaukee last season. He spent the previous three seasons as the basketball analyst at Michigan, where Jordan...

USC's Bennie Boatwright to skip NBA draft, stay in schoolLOS ANGELES (AP) Bennie Boatwright has withdrawn his name from the NBA draft and will return to Southern California for his junior year.He averaged a team-leading 15.1 points and 4.5 rebounds for the Trojans last season despite missing 17...

'Greek Deac' leaves Wake Forest to play pro ball in EuropeWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Wake Forest says forward Dinos Mitoglou won't return for his senior season and instead will play professionally in Europe.Coach Danny Manning announced Mitoglou's decision Saturday, and the school says the native of Greece is expected...

AP Sports WriterNorthern Arizona trying to fight past injury-plagued seasonsBy JOHN MARSHALLFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) Northern Arizona coach Jack Murphy was excited to put the 2015-16 season behind him, ready to get the Lumberjacks back on an upward trajectory after a series of injuries stalled the program's progress.Instead, more...

AP Sports WriterBanner year for SEC: League lauds recent basketball successBy MARK LONGDESTIN, Fla. (AP) When South Carolina men's basketball coach Frank Martin walked into a Southeastern Conference meeting room earlier this week, his colleagues gave him a standing ovation.Well-deserved recognition for leading the Gamecocks to the Final...

Western Kentucky suspends freshman center Mitchell RobinsonBOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) Western Kentucky coach Rick Stansbury has suspended freshman center Mitchell Robinson indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules.Mitchell, a 7-footer from Chalmette (Louisiana) High School, is a consensus All-American and five-star prospect by several recruiting services. He's...

NC State hires Hamilton as Keatts' 3rd assistant coachRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State has hired A.W. Hamilton as its third assistant coach.The school announced the move Friday to complete the staff for new head coach Kevin Keatts.Hamilton played for Keatts and coached under him at Hargrave Military...

AP Sports WriterOhio State hires Butler basketball coach Chris HoltmannBy BY MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Butler basketball coach Chris Holtmann will replace Thad Matta as the head coach at Ohio State, the school announced Friday morning.Ohio State said Holtmann, the reigning Big East coach of the year, will...

AP Sports WriterLaVall Jordan set to be new basketball coach at ButlerBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) LaVall Jordan is getting another chance to make his imprint at Butler.The Bulldogs' former star player, who started his coaching career at his alma mater, was hired Monday as Butler's new head coach....

Top Texas recruit's brother says he took improper giftsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) The older brother of Texas basketball recruit Mo Bamba says Bamba took improper gifts and money from a Detroit financial adviser that would make him ineligible to play in college.Ibrahim Johnson posted a rambling, profanity-laced, 20-minute Facebook...

AP Sports WriterLaVall Jordan set to be new basketball coach at ButlerBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) LaVall Jordan is getting another chance to make his imprint at Butler.The Bulldogs' former star player, who started his coaching career at his alma mater, was hired Monday as Butler's new head coach....

AP Sports WriterSouth Carolina coach suspends G Rakym Felder indefinitelyBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina guard Rakym Felder has been suspended indefinitely and won't attend classes this fall, another blow to a thinning Gamecock backcourt that reached the Final Four this past April.Felder's status was announced by...