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TERESA M. WALKER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brian Kelly and LSU face much higher expectations going into his second season as coach.He can look in the mirror for raising those…

AARON BEARD Associated Press HOUSTON — Everything seemed set for a college basketball season marked by the familiar — right up until the season, anyway.There was North Carolina returning four starters…

AARON BEARD Associated Press Kelvin Sampson has been around college basketball long enough to remember when preseason practices started in October following a true offseason, teams remained largely…

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ASSOCIATED PRESS TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — University of Alabama basketball star Brandon Miller brought a teammate the gun that was used in a fatal January shooting near campus, an investigator testified…

GARY B. GRAVES Associated Press Friends, families and alumni who continue to make the trek to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament often say they remember more about what they did…

EDDIE PELLS Associated Press New Mexico State’s chancellor expressed his confidence in athletic director Mario Moccia on Wednesday, less than a week after the school’s most high-profile sports program —…

I believe in jinxes. Sports jinxes. Do not talk to the pitcher when a no-hitter is in progress. Use the same golf ball marker for eight years after you shoot a 68. Don’t wear jersey No. 13 under any circumstances.Most…

The Star's longtime columnist on what's in story for the next 50 years for McKale Center, the rare air Azuolas Tubelis' 40-point night actually puts him in, UA football's local recruiting efforts, the legacy of former UA…

By JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press Perennial powers frontloaded the final poll of the 2012-13 college basketball season.The top 10 included Louisville, Kansas, Duke, Indiana and Georgetown. Gonzaga was…