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IUPUI gives Jason Gardner contract extension through 2019-20INDIANAPOLIS (AP) IUPUI coach Jason Gardner has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him on the sideline through 2019-20.Terms of the deal were not announced by the school.Gardner is 37-58 in three seasons at the school. But with the...

AP Basketball WriterDuke recruit Bagley hoping to play in the 2017-18 seasonBy JOHN MARSHALLMarvin Bagley III, widely considered the top recruit in the class of 2018, reclassified this week and could be eligible to play for Duke in the upcoming season.His decision immediately thrusts the Blue Devils toward the...

Wake Forest brings in Marshall grad transfer ThompsonWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Wake Forest has added graduate transfer Terrence Thompson from Marshall.Coach Danny Manning announced the addition of Thompson on Monday, calling him ''someone who comes in with a level of maturity and experience'' that can help the program.Thompson started...

George Washington, former coach Lonergan reach settlementWASHINGTON (AP) George Washington and former men's basketball coach Mike Lonergan have reached a settlement a year after he was fired.Lonergan's lawyer, Andy Phillips, released a statement Wednesday about the settlement that was agreed to by George Washington lawyers. The statement says...

Arizona to honor former basketball coach Olson with statueTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona says it will honor former Wildcats basketball coach Lute Olson with a statue on campus.Athletic director Dave Heeke announced Tuesday that the project will cost about $300,000 with most of the money coming from private donations.Construction...

Wake Forest scoring leader Dickie Hemric dies at 83WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Dickie Hemric, the leading scorer and rebounder in Wake Forest history, has died. He was 83.School spokesman Steve Kirkland said family members told the school that Hemric died Thursday in Akron, Ohio. No cause of death was...

AP Sports WriterLouisville places Rick Pitino, AD on administrative leaveBy GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Rick Pitino couldn't survive another scandal, as an angry interim Louisville president Wednesday placed the head men's college basketball coach and his boss on administrative leave amid a federal bribery investigation.President Greg Postel...

AP Sports WriterTommy Hawkins, 1st black basketball star at Notre Dame, diesBy BETH HARRISLOS ANGELES (AP) Tommy Hawkins, the first black basketball player to earn All-America honors at Notre Dame and who played for the Los Angeles Lakers during a 10-year NBA career, died Wednesday. He was 80.Hawkins...

AP Sports WriterPorter Jr., other freshmen, set high hopes at MissouriBy KURT VOIGTCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Kevin Puryear was fresh off welcoming Cuonzo Martin to Columbia when his attention turned to who might be coming to Missouri with his new coach.Little did the junior know at that point that...

AP Basketball WriterRollie Massimino, who led Villanova to '85 NCAA title, diesBy TIM REYNOLDSWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Rollie Massimino, who led Villanova's storied run to the 1985 NCAA championship and won more than 800 games in his coaching career, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer....

Puerto Rico tournament moves to SC due to Hurricane MariaCONWAY, S.C. (AP) The Puerto Rico Tip-Off will be played in South Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The eight-team college basketball tournament will be played at the arena of Coastal Carolina in November.Organizers announced Thursday the event...

AP Sports WriterBasketball ref sues Kentucky media company over harassmentBy ERIC OLSONOMAHA, Neb. (AP) A college basketball referee filed a federal lawsuit against a Kentucky media company on Tuesday, accusing it of creating conditions that led to the harassment of him and his family after he worked an...