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TEANECK, N.J. (AP) Stephan Jiggetts scored 20 points including a pair of free throws at the end as Fairleigh Dickinson held off a furious second-half rally by Bryant to beat the Bulldogs 87-84 on Saturday. Nisre Zouzoua missed a 3 as time expired. The Knights led 56-34 at halftime and were...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) With speculation about his future increasing, Nebraska coach Tim Miles said Wednesday that his basketball program is moving in a positive direction and he believes he has the support of athletic director Shawn Eichorst and executive associate athletic director Marc Boehm. Miles addressed his situation in advance...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan coach John Beilein got the better of his son Patrick on Friday night when the 25th-ranked Wolverines beat Le Moyne 74-52 in an exhibition game.Patrick Beilein is in his first season as Le Moyne's coach, and he brought his team to Ann Arbor...

NEW YORK (AP) A five-game marathon featuring all of the Big East's teams again highlights the conference's schedule for 2015-16.Conference play for the 3-year-old, basketball-centric league begins Dec. 30 with Seton Hall at Marquette and Georgetown at DePaul. The league will again play an 18-game, double round-robin schedule....

No. 3 Duke figured the best way to win without Ryan Kelly was to play to its other strengths. That meant Seth Curry hitting from long range and Mason Plumlee converting from much closer. Curry scored 24 points and matched a career high with six 3-pointers in the Blue Devils'...

Florida A&M beats Johnson University 100-91TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Desmond Williams and Marcus Barham scored 17 points apiece and Florida A&M beat Johnson University 100-91 on Thursday night.Florida A&M has scored 194 total points in its past two games - both wins - and topped 100 points for the...

WASHINGTON (AP) Kentucky basketball John Calipari was in the House chamber for Pope Francis' speech Thursday as a guest of House Speaker John Boehner.The Hall of Fame coach couldn't contain himself and sent out excited tweets in anticipation. Wednesday night, he tweeted that the speech was going to...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Illinois coach John Groce knows he wants juniors Malcolm Hill and Kendrick Nunn to become the leaders and top performers on a young, relatively inexperienced team.But even as he detailed the list of what he'd like those two to do, Groce had bad news.Sophomore Leron...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville coach Rick Pitino has asked for prayers for Kyle Kuric after the player's Spanish pro team announced that the former Cardinal star has a brain tumor.CB Gran Canaria announced Kuric's diagnosis and said in a statement on its website Tuesday that he has been...

LAS VEGAS (AP) UNLV interim coach Todd Simon wanted to make sure the Runnin' Rebels got right back to work.''It's hard to get back to normalcy as soon as you can,'' said Simon, less than 24 hours after taking over for Dave Rice. ''The best thing we can...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) The United States Basketball Writers Association has chosen one of Dean Smith's close friends - former Georgetown Hall of Fame coach John Thompson - as the first recipient of the award named for the late North Carolina coach.The association will honor Thompson at a...

ATLANTA (AP) The Atlanta Hawks will hold training camp at the University of Georgia for the third year in a row.The Hawks, coming off a 60-win season that set a franchise record, will practice at the Stegeman Coliseum training facility from Sept. 29-Oct. 1 before returning to Atlanta.The...