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North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough — The Associated Press national player of the year last season — will return for his senior year, the school said Friday. However, sophomores Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington will declare for the NBA draft, but will not hire agents — leaving open the possibility of their return.Hansbrough, a 6-foot-9 forward, averaged 22.6 points and 10.2 rebounds. He led the Tar Heels (36-3) to the winningest season in school history and the Final Four while sweeping the major national player of the year awards. He already has qualified to become the eighth player in school history to have his jersey retired. Hansbrough's return wasn't a big surprise considering he has long talked about his determination to win a ...

Maybe losing Derrick Rose won’t hurt the Memphis Tigers next year so much after all. The superstar freshman point guard is headed to the NBA after leading John Calipari’s club to the brink of a NCAA championship, but Coach Cal already has his replacement: Tyreke Evans, the most valuable player of the McDonald's All-American game last month, announced he is going to Memphis. A three-time Pennsylvania state player of the year, Evans averaged 29 points per game as a senior and capped it off with a 21-point, 10-rebound performance in the McDonald's game, the top event for high school seniors. He seriously considered nearby Villanova as well as Texas. Evans won’t officially sign his letter of ...

After getting turned down twice by other candidates, Providence has hired Drake’s Keno Davs as its new basketball coach. Davis, 36, won the Associated Press' National Coach of the Year award at the Final Four last week after leading Drake to a 28-5 record in his first season as head coach. The Bulldogs were picked to finish ninth in the 10-team Missouri Valley Conference but blossomed into the most surprising team in the nation on the way to a conference title with a 15-3 record. At one point, Drake won 21 games in a row. Drake advanced to the NCAA's for the first time since 1971. The Bulldogs lost to Western Kentucky in the first round on ...

Ex-McDonald’s All-American Taylor King has picked a new home after announcing he would leave Duke: Villanova. King, who had planned to visit Gonzaga and Southern Cal at the end of the month, committed on Sunday to transfer to Villanova after a weekend visit. He will enroll in June. By NCAA rule, King won't be eligible to compete for a year. "It just couldn't be a better fit for me," King said. "It wasn't about getting it over with. I wanted it. This gives me the best opportunity to start right away." King played 9.7 minutes for the Blue Devils this year. However, his minutes dwindled once the ACC season began. King registered 7.1 minutes per-game during ...

Kansas State’s standout freshman Michael Beasley is expected to declare for the NBA draft during a press conference on Monday afternoon. If he does declare he’s turning pro, Beasley is expected by many to be the No. 1 overall draft pick. “I have no idea,,” Beasley’s mother, Fatima Smith, said. Family and friends insist Beasley has yet to make up his mind. However, KSU coach Frank Martin admitted that he doesn't anticipate having Beasley, who will likely be the first or second overall pick in the draft, back in the fold. Beasley averaged 26.2 points and 12.4 rebounds this year, and he regularly carried K-State on his back to lift the Wildcats to their first NCAA ...

Fox Sports is reporting that Kansas coach Bill Self will remain with the Jayhawks, according to a source. An official announcement is expected at a news conference at 5:30 p.m. ET. Terms and length of Self’s new deal were not immediately known. Self led Kansas to the national championship on Monday night and was the top target of his alma mater at Oklahoma State. However, Self met with Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins on Wednesday and again earlier this afternoon. He will put an end to any speculation that will have him leaving Kansas for the huge payday that Oklahoma State billionaire T. Boone Pickens was reportedly offering. Self told ESPN.com that he spoke with OSU ...

If new Indiana coach Tom Crean wasn’t aware of what he’s facing in the short term at Indiana, he got a reminder on Wednesday. Terrell Holloway, 6-foot point guard from Harmony Community School in Roselawn, Ohio, originally committed to Indiana but obtained a release from his letter of intent after Indiana fired coach Kelvin Sampson midseason. He chose Xavier on Wednesday. The 6-1, 175-pound guard is rated as the No. 100 player in his class by Rivals.com. He had mentioned possibly still considering Indiana.With Holloway’s commitment, the competition to be Xavier’s starting point guard next season increased. He, Mark Lyons and Brad Redford are all backcourt specialists who will contend for playing time with sophomore-to-be Dante Jackson.Click here for ...

According to many reports, Oklahoma State and booster T. Boone Pickens are willing to offer Bill Self a 10-year, $40 million contract that includes a $6 million signing bonues, which is unprecedented in NCAA basketball. Self said he will first meet with KU athletic director Lew Perkins about his contract, currently running through 2011 and worth a base salary of $1.375 million plus many incentives. "I would say positively I'm not interested (in OSU)," Self said after a news conference this morning. "I could say that in the next few days, if I met with my administration. "I have not met with them. Lew said we would do it as soon as the season is over. The ...

A night after a thrilling end to the men’s NCAA basketball season, the women take to the floor in Tampa to settle their champion as No. 1 Tennessee (35-2) plays No. 2 Stanford (35-3), with the Vols slight betting favorites at WagerWeb.com. You have to figure the better Candace/Candice will prove the difference tonight: The Vols’ Parker, the two-time Naismith Award winner, or the Cardinal’s Wiggins, the 2008 winner of the Wade Trophy as player of the year. They are good friends, as well. The Vols’ Candace Parker is so good, she’s leaving school early for the WNBA. But she also is fighting through a separated shoulder suffered a week ago. "The stiffness from [Sunday] was tough ...

University of Miami basketball coach Frank Haith, who was rumored to be a hot commodity by other schools with openings this offseason, got a five-year contract extension on Monday. "This contract provides stability for this program and gives my staff and I the opportunity, through our recruiting efforts, to build upon the solid foundation we have in place," Haith said in a statement. "We will continue our hard work in moving this program forward." In his fourth season, Haith led the Hurricanes to a 23-11 record. They reached the NCAA Tournament for first time since the 2001-02 season, falling to Texas in the second round of the South Region. The Hurricanes, picked last in the preseason Atlantic Coast ...