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The NCAA men's basketball rules committee couldn't get enough support to even vote on reducing the 35-second shot clock but introduced more replay at the end of regulation and overtime for out-of-bounds and shot-clock violation calls.

1. Kentucky's NCAA tournament fate is probably closely related to what happened to Purdue in 2010, when the Boilermakers were headed toward a No. 1 seed before Robbie Hummel tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a late-February game at Minnesota. Th...

Mike Bruesewitz's pass was in stride, perfectly thrown, hitting Ben Brust in motion so all he had to do was think about the shot without collecting the ball first. "Mike put it perfectly. I caught it, squared up right away," Brust said by phone fr...

1. I have written this before and it bears repeating: Wisconsin under Bo Ryan is never going to be a second-division Big Ten team. I can't see it. The Badgers are playing without their point guard in Josh Gasser. Wisconsin didn't look like a contende...

1. The NCAA enforcement process continues to evolve and adjust to the changing time. But the NCAA isn't the law. Yet one of the most consistent constructive criticisms of the process is the glacial speed at which decisions are made -- often pushing t...

Mike Bruesewitz stole the ball and went in for a dunk. Then, just like that -- within a matter of maybe two seconds -- his life and career nearly changed. Inches. Maybe centimeters. He was close, dangerously close, to a plethora of problems facing h...

1. Highly-touted freshman forward Sam Dekker will be a major factor for Wisconsin. But he's not the player who has wowed coach Bo Ryan during the first 10 days of official practice. Sophomore center Frank Kaminsky is the player who has caught Ryan's ...

1. Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said he can go a variety of ways to fill senior forward Mike Bruesewitz's absence. Bruesewitz is out for a month while recovering from a severe cut on his right leg that required surgery after he crashed into the basket sta...

1. UConn coach Kevin Ollie said Wednesday night that his predecessor, Jim Calhoun, has been at most of the individual and team workouts leading up to Friday's start of practice. Ollie, who was at the Jimmy V Classic dinner at New York City's Pier Six...

When and where: Nov. 23-24 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas Semifinal schedule for the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational Nov. 23: Arizona State vs. Arkansas (7 p.m. ET, ESPN3); Creighton vs. Wisconsin (10 p.m. ET, ESPN2) Nov. 24: Third-pl...

1.Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan had a chance to work out newcomer Sam Dekker and is quick to praise his potential; something Ryan rarely does with incoming freshmen. Dekker, who was limited due to a foot injury when playing for the gold medal U18 USA team...

The gold medal won by the USA men's under-18 team in Brazil last week will reverberate across a number of college campuses in the fall. The players who won gold -- the majority of whom are set to begin their freshman seasons -- will benefit from the...

1. Alabama took a hit with both JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell going undrafted Thursday. So too did Georgetown after Hollis Thompson and Henry Sims went unselected. Add New Mexico's Drew Gordon, Xavier's Tu Holloway, Long Beach State's Casper Ware,...

1.The USA men's U18 national team that will play in the FIBA Americas championship in Brazil later this month cut its roster down from 23 to 14 Thursday and there are a few names that fans will come to know next season. The incoming freshmen who wil...

1. The National Association of Basketball Coaches' board of directors is meeting in Indianapolis on Thursday, with the issue of transfers and how to handle the requests as a primary agenda item. The board has some notable names, including Wisconsin c...

The Big Ten altered its transfer rule within the conference for the 2011-12 season and beyond -- and long before this week's Bo Ryan-Jarrod Uthoff controversy. The league is allowing players to receive grant-in-aid, but it is also putting a harshe...