Virginia sophomore center Assane Sene has been suspended for the first three games of the regular season for conduct detrimental to the team.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Talor Battle had 16 points and 10 rebounds Friday night, leading Penn State to an 82-51 exhibition victory over Division II Slippery Rock.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. For years, everything Duke and North Carolina achieved - the conference championships, Final Four trips and national titles - has been connected in a back-and-forth game of one-upmanship.

Cincinnati Bearcats freshman men's basketball player Lance Stephenson, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound forward who was named the 2009 Big East Conference Preseason Rookie of the Year, has been cleared to play by the NCAA.

ORLANDO, Fla. A fight over the shoes Michael Jordan's son will wear at the University of Central Florida has cost the school any future sponsorship with adidas.

Duke junior guard Nolan Smith was given a two- game suspension by the school because he played in a summer league that wasn't sanctioned by the NCAA.

LAWRENCE, Kan. Sherron Collins scored 19 points and Cole Aldrich had 13 points and 13 rebounds, leading No. 1 Kansas past Fort Hays State 107-68 in an exhibition game Tuesday night.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. Sean Mosley and Landon Milbourne each scored 14 points, Greivis Vasquez added 13, and Maryland breezed past Indiana of Pennsylvania 75-54 in an exhibition game Tuesday night.

DURHAM, N.C. Duke guard Nolan Smith will sit out two games because he played in an unsanctioned summer league.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. Christopher Johnson scored 17 of his 22 points in the second half, including a 3-pointer with 8.3 seconds remaining, and Division II Le Moyne stunned Syracuse 82-79 in an exhibition game Tuesday night.

MINNEAPOLIS Another Minnesota basketball recruit is in trouble: Freshman forward Royce White faces misdemeanor charges of theft and fifth-degree assault for allegedly shoplifting and shoving a security guard at the Mall of America.

Luke Harangody should get used to being on top of lists.

Former University of Kentucky head men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie has pleaded guilty to a DUI charge.

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. Former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence of alcohol and apologized for what he called a mistake.

The University of Kentucky announced Friday that highly touted freshman point guard John Wall has been cleared to play by the NCAA.

LEXINGTON, Ky. Kentucky point guard John Wall has been cleared to play by the NCAA.

Penn State freshman forward Bill Edwards is expected to miss four-to-six weeks with a partial MCL tear in his right knee.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. A federal judge has denied prosecutors' request for a psychiatric evaluation of the woman accused in a plot to extort $10 million from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.

For the second time in its storied basketball history, Kansas is No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason Top 25.

STANFORD, Calif. Johnny Dawkins has little time to ponder the great challenge he faces in rebuilding Stanford's proud basketball program.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. An attorney for a woman who accused three Arkansas basketball players of rape filed papers Tuesday asking a court to appoint a special prosecutor after local authorities chose not to file charges.

LEXINGTON, Ky. University of Kentucky president Lee Todd says he has no problem with the way the school has handled the investigation into freshman point guard John Wall's eligibility.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Bob Knight has two more complaints with Indiana University.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. The meeting was running long, as tends to happen when Louisville coach Rick Pitino and his staff get together.

Hampton University is mourning the loss of basketball player Theo Smalling, who was killed Monday night in an accidental shooting outside a night club.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. Israeli guard Nimrod Tishman is eligible to play for Florida.

HAMPTON, Va. A Hampton University basketball player has died from what police call an accidental shooting outside a nightclub.

LAHAINA, Hawaii Former coach Dave Odom is the new chairman of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.

BERKELEY, Calif. In one year, Mike Montgomery took California from ninth place in the Pac-10 to the NCAA tournament.

GREENSBORO, N.C. Defending national champion North Carolina and Duke are co-favorites to win the Atlantic Coast Conference this season.