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Bruiser Flint wants to focus on basketball, not a possible trial. He loved the sights, sounds and competitive basketball Drexel experienced on last week's tour of Turkey that let Flint, the Dragons' 10th-year coach, get an early look at an unexpected new lineup. Drexel's summer vacation in Cesme and Istanbul came at a perfect time for the troubled program.

The NCAA is giving Connecticut another week to respond to allegations that the school's basketball program committed eight major rules violations. The university was expected to respond by Aug. 20, but that deadline was moved last month to Sept. 3 based on requests by the coaches cited in the allegations.

A highly regarded basketball recruit will not start the season for the Missouri Tigers. Tony Mitchell has not enrolled at the university for academic reasons and is currently ineligible to play basketball. Coach Mike Anderson says in a statement that he is hopeful Mitchell can join the program in the spring semester.

Connecticut has added a 19-year-old swingman from Germany a day after announcing that sophomore forward Ater Majok withdrew from school. Niels Giffey will take Majok's spot on the roster, giving the Huskies six freshmen for the upcoming season. The 6-foot-7 Giffey joins guards Shabazz Napier and Jeremy Lamb, along with forwards Roscoe Smith, Tyler Olander and Michael Bradley as newcomers to the...

Former University of Oklahoma basketball player Ken Pryor, whose basket lifted the Sooners into the 1947 NCAA championship game, has died. School spokesman Mike Houck said Thursday that Pryor died on Tuesday at the age of 85. Houck did not know the cause of death, which was first reported by The Oklahoman.

BYU is perfectly happy with "Plan B." Two weeks after BYU's original intention to go independent in football collapsed in a matter of hours, athletic director Tom Holmoe made the announcement Wednesday that has been haunting him for much of the last month: The Cougars are going solo in football, accepting the many risks with the hopes of greater rewards.

Connecticut forward Ater Majok has withdrawn from school after playing just 26 games for the Huskies. The school made the announcement Wednesday. No reason was given. Majok is a former refugee from Sudan who came to UConn from Australia, where his family had relocated after spending years in an Egyptian refugee camp.

As BYU's deadline approached and many speculated it could not pull off a move to be independent in football, the Cougars were keeping hope alive while coming up with a way to revive the dreams that crashed two weeks ago. Turns out the Cougars' statements of reviewing and evaluating all options were accurate, as shown by the school's surprise announcement Tuesday: BYU is going...

Redshirt sophomore forward Chris Clarke and sophomore forward Carmel Bouchman have decided to leave the Temple men's basketball program. The Owls are the three-time defending Atlantic 10 Conference champions. Clarke, who used his redshirt year last season after transferring to Temple from Pensacola Junior College, has decided to transfer to Division II Morehouse College in Atlanta.

Court filings show a plea bargain is in the works for ex-Michigan State basketball star and retired NBA player Jay Vincent, who appeared in court Tuesday on charges in a $2 million Internet scam. Vincent was silent in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids as a not-guilty plea to fraud and tax charges was entered on his behalf.

Michigan State guard Korie Lucious has been charged with drunken driving. The 20-year-old Lucious was pulled over early Monday near the East Lansing campus and his blood-alcohol level was 0.09 percent, according to a police report. The legal limit in Michigan is 0.08 percent. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo issued a statement saying he's aware of the ticket and was still gathering information.

Two West Virginia basketball players have been issued citations on a disorderly conduct charge. Morgantown Municipal Court Clerk Joyce Marshall said Tuesday that police cited guards Joe Mazzulla and Dalton Pepper for allegedly urinating in public Sunday. Marshall says if the pair contest the citations, they'll face a Nov.

MGM Resorts International was under investigation after the underage son of basketball great Michael Jordan bragged on Twitter about partying at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub, Nevada gambling regulators said Monday. Officials were examining whether the casino operator violated laws prohibiting drinking or gambling by minors, Nevada Gaming Control Board enforcement chief Jerry Markling said.

One of the University of Kentucky's all-time leading scorers in basketball has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a ticket scam. Ed Davender received the sentence Friday in a courtroom not far from the Lexington campus. Davender pleaded guilty in Fayette County Circuit Court in May to taking money for Kentucky men's basketball season tickets, but never producing...

Guard C.J. Henry has transferred from Kansas to Southern Nazarene University in the NAIA. The Oklahoma City school announced Friday that Henry was one of three players transferring in from Division I schools. Henry was the New York Yankees' first-round pick in the 2005 draft but returned to playing basketball after three years and signed with Memphis.

Illinois basketball coach Bruce Weber isn't quite predicting a Big Ten title, but he says his team could be "very, very good." Weber talked about this year's team Thursday night. He says he's seen his team picked as high as ninth in the country and he's more excited about Illinois' prospects than he's been in a while.

LeBron James went back to school Thursday, working out against the Miami Hurricanes. The NBA's two-time reigning MVP and some of his new Miami Heat teammates made a surprise stop at the university's basketball facility for some informal scrimmaging against the Hurricanes. James, Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller, Patrick Beverley and New Orleans guard Chris Paul -- a close friend of James --...

Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers, who brought Hall of Famer Bob Knight to the West Texas campus and got caught up in the contentious final year of football coach Mike Leach's tenure, is retiring. The school said Thursday the former Red Raiders basketball coach will step down in May. "Together we have accomplished a lot since the Big 12 started in the fall of 1996 and it has truly...

Jeff Grayer is leaving his job as an administrative assistant to Iowa State basketball coach Fred Hoiberg, saying he wants to return home to Michigan to be closer to his family. Grayer, the Cyclones career scoring leader, was hired as an assistant coach by former head coach Greg McDermott last spring.

Point guard Bo Spencer is transferring to Nebraska after having been declared academically ineligible at LSU. Spencer would have been LSU's top returning scorer this season, with 14.5 points a game, but coach Trent Johnson announced in May that Spencer would be ineligible. Spencer averaged 11.4 points in 2008-09 as LSU won the Southeastern Conference championship and made the NCAA tournament.