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FILE - In this March 18, 2015, file photo, a basketball with the NCAA logo goes in on a shot by Northeastern during practice at the NCAA college basketball tournament in Pittsburgh. Coaches did the best they could to prepare for the big moment, yet still find themselves in a scramble once it actually happened. The NCAA announced last month that the season would begin on Nov. 25 and teams are still trying to fill all the holes in their schedules. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

College coaches still scrambling to fill hoops schedules

By John Marshall
Oct. 16, 2020 05:24 PM EDT
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak speaks during the Pac-12 NCAA college basketball media day, in San Francisco. The return of football isn't likely to make much of a dent in the losses athletic departments across the Pac-12 will ultimately incur because of the coronavirus pandemic. Faced with dramatic budget shortfalls, most schools in the league have already resorted to layoffs, furloughs, and cutting some sports entirely. At Utah, football coach Kyle Kyle Whittingham and men's basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak both took salary cuts to help offset up to $60 million in projected losses. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron, File)

Pac-12 football may be back, but not all the revenue will be

By Anne M. Peterson
Oct. 13, 2020 01:34 PM EDT
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 1999, file photo, former Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson addresses the media during a news conference for inductees to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Thompson is being remembered not only as a basketball coach but as someone who reshaped lives. He was recalled during a virtual memorial Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, in which former President Barack Obama was among those who spoke. The 78-year-old Hall of Famer died Aug. 30, (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

John Thompson remembered as builder of young lives

By Bobby Bancroft
Oct. 03, 2020 05:29 PM EDT
FILE - In this April 2, 1984, file photo, Georgetown head coach John Thompson, left, gives a happy pat to the most valuable player Patrick Ewing, after Georgetown defeated Houston 84-75 in Seattle. John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship, has died. He was 78 His death was announced in a family statement Monday., Aug. 31, 2020. No details were disclosed.(AP Photo/File)

Ewing hopes to carry on Thompson's legacy at Georgetown

By Bobby Bancroft
Sep. 04, 2020 01:42 PM EDT
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FILE - In this March 28, 1992, file photo, Duke's Christian Laettner takes the winning shot in overtime over Kentucky's Deron Feldhaus for a 104-103 victory in the East Regional final NCAA college basketball game in Philadelphia. A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Duke vs Kentucky game on March 28, 1992, was voted No. 2. (AP Photo/Charles Arbogast, File)

AP Was There: Laettner's shot stuns Kentucky in OT, 104-103

By The Associated Press
Apr. 04, 2020 11:33 AM EDT
FILE - This April 4, 1983, file photo shows North Carolina State's Lorenzo Charles (43) dunking the ball against Houston in the NCAA Championship game in Albuquerque, N.M. Charles' dunk shot with one second remaining fulfilled North Carolina State's impossible dream, giving the Wolfpack a 54-52 victory over top-ranked Houston for the NCAA basketball championship. (AP Photo/File)

AP Was There: NC State stuns Houston 54-52 for '83 title

By The Associated Press
Mar. 29, 2020 11:13 AM EDT
FILE - In this April 1, 1985, file photo, Villanova's Ed Pinckney (54) and Dwayne McLain celebrate after playing their last college basketball game, upsetting Georgetown 66-64 in the NCAA college basketball Final Four championship game, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/File)

AP Was There: Villanova shoots lights out to upend Hoyas

By The Associated Press
Mar. 28, 2020 12:53 PM EDT
FILE - In this April 2, 1991, file photo, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski finishes the traditional net cutting in the Indianapolis Hoosier Dome after Duke defeated Kansas 72-65 in the NCAA Final Four championship game. Recouping from a 30-point loss in last year's NCAA championship game, Duke beat top-ranked UNLV and then Kansas to win the championship for the first time. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan, File)

AP Was There: Duke ends UNLV's repeat bid in '91 Final Four

By The Associated Press
Mar. 27, 2020 11:55 AM EDT
FILE - In this April 7, 2008, file photo, Memphis' Derrick Rose (23) covers his face in front of Kansas' Sherron Collins (4) and Mario Chalmers, left, late in the overtime period of the championship game at the NCAA college basketball Final Four in San Antonio. Kansas won 75-68. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, FIle)

AP Was There: Chalmers, Jayhawks best Memphis for '08 title

By The Associated Press
Mar. 26, 2020 11:03 AM EDT
FILE - In this April 5, 2010, file photo, Butler's Gordon Hayward (20) shoots over Duke's Nolan Smith (2) during the final seconds of the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game in Indianapolis. Hayward missed the shot and Duke won 61-59. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

AP Was There: Duke hangs on for '10 championship over Butler

By The Associated Press
Mar. 22, 2020 11:54 AM EDT
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A member of the Kansas State marching band plays the trombone while wearing a face mask during the second half of an NCAA football game against Kansas Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

The Latest: Wooden, 2 South Carolina hoop events canceled

By The Associated Press 8 hrs ago

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ESPN won't hold college basketball events in Florida bubble

Oct. 26, 2020 07:36 PM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — ESPN won’t hold college basketball tournaments in a Florida bubble next month.

AP source: Arizona accused of 5 Level I violations by NCAA

By John Marshall Oct. 25, 2020 09:16 PM EDT

Arizona was accused of nine counts of misconduct, including five Level I violations, in a Notice of Allegations sent by the NCAA last week, a person familiar with the situation

More than 30 colleges await Connecticut basketball 'bubble'

By Pat Eaton-Robb Oct. 23, 2020 07:18 PM EDT

UNCASVILLE, Conn.

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