MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Memphis has hired Tubby Smith as its new men’s basketball coach, choosing to go with a veteran to get the Tigers back to the NCAA Tournament. The university announced the hire Thursday on its athletic department’s website. This is yhe sixth head coaching job for the 64-year-old Smith, who spent the last […]
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Iowa State point guard Monte Morris to return for senior season
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State point guard Monte Morris said Friday he is returning for his senior season. Morris led the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio as a freshman and sophomore, and last season he set career highs with 13.9 points and four rebounds per game. Morris also broke the school record with 6.9 assists […]
Ellis leads No. 1 Kansas to 85-63 rout of K-State in Big 12s
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Not long ago, Kansas coach Bill Self had an official who calls games all over the country pay his team the ultimate compliment while simultaneously offering a somber warning. “He said, `When you’re on, you’re as good as anybody,’” Self recalled after watching his team dismantle Kansas State in the Big […]
Kansas back on top of AP men’s Top 25
LAWRENCE, Kansas (AP) — Kansas is back on top of the men’s college basketball poll by The Associated Press. Villanova had been No. 1 the past three weeks. The Jayhawks are 25-4 and were No. 1 for two weeks in January. On Monday, they were a runaway choice, receiving 63 first-place votes from the 65-member […]