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AP Basketball WriterBagley chooses Duke, could make Blue Devils preseason No. 1By JOHN MARSHALLTop high school prospect Marvin Bagley III has committed to Duke and reclassified for the 2017-18 season, immediately making the Blue Devils a top national-title contender.Bagley made his announcement on ESPN's SportsCenter on Monday night.The 6-foot-11...

AP Sports WriterXavier adds a year to coach Chris Mack's contractBy JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) Xavier added a year to coach Chris Mack's deal on Tuesday, keeping him under contract through the 2022-23 season.Mack is 17 wins away from becoming Xavier's all-time winningest coach as he enters his ninth...

The Latest: S. Carolina says school not a target in probeLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The Latest on the corruption scandal in college basketball (all times Eastern):2:20 p.m.South Carolina's athletic director says its men's basketball program is not a target of a federal fraud and bribery scandal that led to...

Ousted Louisville coach Pitino texts: 'I miss my players'LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Ousted Louisville coach Rick Pitino tells a radio host in a text message that he is sad and misses his players as they begin practice for a season already marred by a federal probe that alleged corruption...

Storm damage forces Paradise Jam out of Virgin IslandsMIAMI (AP) The Paradise Jam basketball tournament will not be played in the U.S. Virgin Islands this year because of damage caused by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria.The tournament will be played in the U.S., with a new site expected...

Clemson basketball returns home after Barcelona van attackCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson's basketball team arrived back on campus, a day after a deadly van attack in Barcelona that occurred just outside their hotel.The Tigers were preparing to play their fourth and final game of a summer tour of Spain...

AP Sports WriterHall of Fame coach Calhoun unretires for DIII Saint JosephBy PAT EATON-ROBBWEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Jim Calhoun says he tried, but just couldn't get rid of the itch to coach basketball.Almost exactly five years after announcing his retirement from UConn, the 75-year-old Hall of Famer started...

The Latest: Auburn refunds season tickets for 30 fansLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The Latest on a federal fraud and bribery scandal in college basketball (all times local):4:45 p.m.Auburn is refunding season tickets to some fans after a college basketball assistant coach was arrested on fraud charges in a sweeping...

Kentucky hoopster Vanderbilt out 3 months with foot injuryLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky coach John Calipari says that freshman forward Jarred Vanderbilt is expected to miss the next three months after injuring his left foot in practice.A high school All-American who is part of another class of highly praised...

The Latest: OK State fires assistant tied to hoops scandalRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The Latest on the corruption scandal in college basketball (all times Eastern):5 p.m.Oklahoma State has fired Lamont Evans for cause after the top assistant to new coach Mike Boynton was ensnared in the federal investigation of...

AP Sports WriterBasketball ref sues Kentucky media company over harassmentBy ERIC OLSONOMAHA, Neb. (AP) College basketball referee John Higgins has filed a civil lawsuit in federal court against a Kentucky media company, accusing it of creating conditions that led to the harassment of him and his family following...

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 nationwide federal bribery investigation that...