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AP Sports WriterTexas senior Kerwin Roach suspended for team rules violationBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas senior guard and leading scorer Kerwin Roach II was suspended Friday for the third time in his career for a violation of team rules and the school has put no timetable on...

UT-Martin beats St. Louis College of Pharmacy 106-48MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) Quintin Dove had 24 points as UT Martin romped past NAIA-member St. Louis College of Pharmacy 106-48 on Tuesday night.Craig Randall had 19 points for UT Martin, Derek Hawthorne, Jr. added 16 points and eight rebounds and Miles...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino remains defiant that his program will survive the allegations in a book by an escort claiming that former Cardinals staffer Andre McGee hired her and other dancers to strip and have sex with recruits and players.Pitino said Tuesday that the...

Murphy leads Rice past St. Thomas (Texas) 103-70HOUSTON (AP) Trey Murphy III made five of Rice’s 14 3-pointers and finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds to help the Owls beat St. Thomas (Texas) 103-70 on Thursday.Robert Martin had 16 points for Rice (8-4), which was coming off...

AP Sports WriterWillis, sharpshooting Minnesota romp past Wisconsin 70-52By DAVE CAMPBELLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota's outside shooting was overdue for a resurgence, and Wisconsin was just as aware.Payton Willis provided the initial spark for the Gophers, and the Badgers never caught up.Willis scored a career-high 21 points on 5-for-7 shooting...

Associated PressGibbs scores game-high 22 points as Irish beat Virginia TechBy JOHN FINERANSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Mike Brey’s Notre Dame basketball team knows the Tobacco Road ahead for an NCAA tournament bid could be a long shot for his team.But T.J. Gibbs believes the Irish are on a...

Associated PressOle Miss players kneel in response to Confederacy rallyBy R.J. MORGANOXFORD, Miss. (AP) Eight University of Mississippi basketball players kneeled during the national anthem Saturday before a victory over Georgia in response to a Confederacy rally near the arena.With the teams lined up across the court at...

AP National WriterScience of upsets: Prof has formula that doubles your shotBy EDDIE PELLSMessage to hoops fans: This story could make you look brilliant.A computer science professor at University of Illinois has created a formula that predicts NCAA tournament upsets at double the success rate of someone picking at...

Duke-Syracuse hoops game expected to set attendance recordSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) The on-campus attendance record for college basketball is expected to be broken when No. 2 Duke visits Syracuse next month.Syracuse University says Friday all available tickets for the Feb. 23 game against the Blue Devils in the Carrier...

AP Sports WriterCreighton rides fast start to a 95-76 win over CornhuskersBy ERIC OLSONOMAHA, Neb. (AP) Marcus Zegarowski scored 30 points to lead four Creighton players in double figures, and the Bluejays made fast work of Nebraska in a 95-76 win at the sold-out CHI Health Center on...

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim gets loud ovation for Duke gameSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Three days after he hit and killed a pedestrian, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim returned to the bench Saturday night to a loud applause from a record Carrier Dome crowd prior to the Orange's game against top-ranked...

McCloud scores 32 to lift Green Bay over N. Illinois 85-84DEKALB, Ill. (AP) JayQuan McCloud had a career-high 32 points as Green Bay edged past Northern Illinois 85-84 on Saturday.Manny Patterson had 15 points for Green Bay (5-8). Cody Schwartz added 11 points and nine rebounds. Amari Davis...