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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...

AAC plan men's basketball tourney at new Texas arena in '20FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) The American Athletic Conference will hold its men's basketball tournament in a new arena in North Texas in 2020.AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco announced Wednesday that Dickies Arena in Fort Worth has been selected to...

AP Sports WriterUS college teams in Barcelona during van attack, players OKBy ANNE M. PETERSONMen's basketball teams from several U.S. universities, including Oregon State, Clemson and Arizona, were in Barcelona, Spain, when a van drove into pedestrians Thursday in a historic district popular with tourists but school officials said...

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...

Arkansas freshman Garland out with medical conditionFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Arkansas freshman guard Khalil Garland has not been cleared to practice to begin the preseason because of an undisclosed health condition.Coach Mike Anderson says Garland is receiving treatment for the condition and that the school's medical staff is ''optimistic''...

UNC team skipping White House visit due to schedule conflictCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina's national championship men's basketball team will not visit the White House because of a scheduling conflict.Team spokesman Steve Kirschner said Saturday that Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams and the players were willing...

AP Basketball WriterCorruption scandal threatens eligibility for college playersBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A federal fraud and bribery scandal shaking college basketball has led to a key question of what will happen to recruits who received money linked to attending certain schools.It could mean the permanent loss of...