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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...

AP Sports WriterLouisville to announce new athletic director TuesdayBy GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville plans to announce on Tuesday an interim replacement for longtime athletic director Tom Jurich, who has been placed on leave because of a federal bribery investigation.''We don't want to drag this out,'' Greg...

AP Sports WriterReturn of Barford, Macon has Hogs thinking tourney repeatBy KURT VOIGTFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) For much of last season, Arkansas appeared on the verge of missing the NCAA Tournament for a fifth time in six seasons under coach Mike Anderson.A late-season surge landed the Razorbacks in the...

Paradise Jam tourney moved to Liberty due after hurricanesLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) The 2017 Paradise Jam basketball tournament has been moved to Liberty University because of hurricane damage in the U.S. Virgin Islands.Tournament organizers announced the change Friday. The eight-team tournament will be held from Nov. 17-19.The school says...

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

Gonzaga adds transfer player from San Jose StateSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Brandon Clarke, who led San Jose State in scoring last season, is transferring to Gonzaga.Clarke will sit out next season and then have two years of eligibility remaining.Clarke was named first team All-Mountain West Conference last season after...

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...