Gonzaga, Villanova and Kansas are the top three teams in the Associated Press men's college basketball poll for the third straight week.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim will appeal his nine-game ACC suspension Monday and will use the NCAA's penalties against SMU counterpart Larry Brown as part of his case, a source said.
SMU coach Larry Brown emphatically insisted that he never lied after the NCAA issued a scathing report Tuesday that placed the blame on the coach for multiple infractions tied to academic fraud.
The NCAA has banned the SMU men's basketball team from postseason play and has suspended coach Larry Brown for nine games during the upcoming season after finding multiple violations.
Frank Mason III sparked a 9-0 run in the second overtime as a Kansas-led Team USA beat Germany 84-77 to capture the gold medal Monday at the World University Games.
Bryce Alford made four 3-pointers in the final 3:40, his last on a rare goaltending call with 13 seconds remaining, to push 11th-seeded UCLA to a 60-59 upset of sixth-seeded SMU on Thursday in the teams' NCAA opener.
