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AP Sports WriterChampagnie pops for 30, Pitt slips by Georgia Tech 73-64By WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Freshman Justin Champagnie poured in a career-high 30 points and Pittsburgh pulled away from Georgia Tech 73-64 on Saturday.Champagnie made 12 of 17 shots, including all three of his 3-point attempts as the...

AP Sports WriterIn hiring DeVries, Drake seeks to emulate CreightonBy LUKE MEREDITHDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) For decades, Drake has watched as Creighton built up its basketball program to the point where NCAA Tournament appearances are an annual expectation.It looks like the Bulldogs are trying to emulate the Bluejays.Drake...

Former UNC player Jalek Felton to play overseas this seasonCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Former North Carolina guard Jalek Felton will play professionally in Slovenia this upcoming season.The Petrol Olimpija team announced Friday that it has signed Felton.Felton withdrew from UNC as a freshman after being suspended at midseason...

AP Sports WriterBeilein: Offer from Pistons would have been tough decisionBy NOAH TRISTERANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) John Beilein says he was never offered the Detroit Pistons' coaching job, but if he had been, it would have been a tough decision.Beilein is now looking ahead to another season of...

Iowa forward arrested for suspected drunken drivingIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa forward Cordell Pemsl has been arrested for suspected drunken driving and suspended from the team.The Hawkeyes say in news release that the team suspended Pemsl indefinitely following his arrest early Friday on a driving under the influence...

Former Western Kentucky star center Chris Marcus, 40, diesBOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) Chris Marcus, a two-time Associated Press All-America honorable mention selection during a decorated career at center for Western Kentucky, has died. He was 40.The school said Marcus died Thursday in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina,...

AP Basketball WriterNo. 19 Kentucky and Louisville renew rivalryBy JOHN MARSHALLThe holidays mark a lull in the college basketball schedule. Players scatter to be with family or head back to school, teams get their last extended break before the conference season starts.The result is a light schedule in The...

AP Sports WriterRivals USC and UCLA highlight week in the Pac-12By JOHN MARSHALLA look at things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference:GAME OF THE WEEK: USC at UCLA. The season has not turned out the way either team expected, but this is a rivalry game and there's...

AP Basketball WriterNCAA clears Division II player after agent-rule mistakeBy AARON BEARDThe NCAA cleared Glenville State's Phil Bledsoe for his senior season after the Division II college basketball player mistakenly used a new rule permitting only Division I players to declare for the NBA draft and sign with an...

Former NC State basketball player Grundy dies after stabbingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Former North Carolina State basketball player Anthony Grundy died Thursday from stab wounds suffered as the result of a domestic dispute in Kentucky, authorities said.Louisville officers found Anthony Grundy, 40, injured while they were responding to a...

AP Sports WriterVillanova stamps itself as nation's elite in Final Four runBy DAN GELSTONVILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) The Final Four had been set for decades: Duke, North Carolina, Kansas and Kentucky were crowned as college basketball's royalty.They are the bluebloods of basketball - where deep NCAA Tournament runs are...

Monmouth basketball coach King Rice signs 5-year contractWEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) King Rice, who has led Monmouth to a 55-15 record over the past two years, has signed a new five-year contract through the 2021-22 season.University vice president and athletic director Dr. Marilyn McNeil announced the deal...