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he NCAA has placed the University of Arizona men's basketball program on two year's probation and vacated 19 wins from the 2007-08 season for violations involving Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson.



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Rick Pitino and the attorney for a woman accused of demanding millions from him to conceal a sexual tryst exchanged heated words before a jury Thursday, as the Louisville basketball coach tried to fend off accusations of rape and lying.



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Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino and the attorney for a woman accused of attempting to extort him have started the trial's fourth day of testimony with a heated exchange.



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No doubt Ohio State is a force. With five straight seasons atop the Big Ten, Jim Tressel's program helped cement Ohio State's spot on our super schools list, Dennis Dodd says.



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Wonder how Ohio State has become a power on the court? Look no further than the talent-rich Buckeye State. It doesn't hurt to have Thad Matta, either, Gary Parrish says in part three of the series ranking the top comibined college basketball/football programs.



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West Virginia University says men's basketball coach Bob Huggins has been released from a Las Vegas hospital.



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Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino has told a jury he had sex with a former model charged with demanding millions from him.



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Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino has told a jury he had sex with a former model charged with demanding millions from him.



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Poor Bill Carmody. The Northwestern coach loses his best player to a lack of interest. It shows why the Wildcats are the only high-major program to never make the big dance, Gary Parrish says.



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Drexel University athletic officials indefinitely suspended two basketball players charged in an armed robbery at a fellow student's apartment last week.



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Drexel University athletic officials indefinitely suspended two basketball players charged in an armed robbery at a fellow student's apartment last week.



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Jurors in the extortion trial of Karen Cunagin Sypher on Tuesday watched an interview she gave to a local TV station describing an alleged sexual assault by Louisville coach Rick Pitino.



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The Pac-10 will become the Pac-12 as soon as Colorado and Utah officially join the league. The 95-year old league announced Tuesday that it would change the conference's name when the two new members join.



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A spokesman for the West Virginia University basketball team says further testing has revealed that coach Bob Huggins broke seven ribs - not four - in a hotel room fall.



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A spokesman for the West Virginia University basketball team says further testing has revealed that coach Bob Huggins broke seven ribs - not four - in a hotel room fall.



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The lawyer for University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino said he may testify Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday in the case of a woman accused of trying to extort him.



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The lawyer for University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino says he may testify Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday in the case of a woman accused of trying to extort him.



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Two Drexel University basketball players face robbery and weapons charges after an armed robbery at a fellow student's apartment in which they went looking for cash but came away only with two cell phones, police said.



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