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FILE - In this March 17, 2017, file photo, Creighton assistant coach Preston Murphy, right, stands as players warm up during practice in Omaha, Neb. Creighton has placed Murphy on administrative leave after he was implicated in a sting in which he allegedly took a $6,000 from an aspiring sports agent to send clients his way. Athletic director Bruce Rasmussen said in a statement Friday night, March 8, 2019, that Murphy would be on leave pending an internal review. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Creighton, TCU assistants accused of taking bribe on leave

Mar. 08, 2019 09:45 PM EST

This combo of images shows, from left, amateur basketball league director Merl Code, Former Adidas executive James Gatto, and business manager Christian Dawkins. The three men were sentenced Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in the widespread college basketball recruiting scandal that has tainted two dozen schools. Gatto got nine months in prison. Dawkins and Code got six months each. (AP Photo/Bebeto Mathews, left, Seth Wenig, center and right)
3 get prison in college basketball recruiting scandal

By Larry Neumeister Mar. 05, 2019 01:12 PM EST

FILE - At left, in an Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, Christian Dawkins arrives at federal court in New York. At center, in an Oct. 24, 2018, file photo, former amateur basketball league director Merl Code leaves federal court in New York. At right, in an Oct. 18, 2018, file photo, former Adidas executive James Gatto arrives at federal court in New York. Federal prosecutors have recommended multiyear prison sentences for three men convicted of fraud for channeling secret payments to the families of top-tier basketball recruits to influence where the players went to school. Former Adidas executive James Gatto, business manager Christian Dawkins and amateur league director Merl Code were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in October for funneling recruits to Louisville, Kansas and North Carolina State. On Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, prosecutors in the Southern District of New York recommended a sentence of 46 to 57 months for Gatto and 30 to 37 months in prison for Code and Dawkins. They are scheduled to be sentenced next week. (AP Photo/File)
Feds seek multiyear sentences in college basketball case

Feb. 28, 2019 12:43 PM EST

Michigan head basketball coach John Beilein sits in his office in Ann Arbor, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Beilein and Michigan State's Tom Izzo are friendly rivals, whose highly ranked NCAA college basketball teams will play for the first time this season on Sunday at Crisler Arena. As much as Beilein and Izzo genuinely like and respect each other, the highly competitive coaches want to win. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Friendly rivals: Michigan State's Izzo, Michigan's Beilein

By Larry Lage Feb. 22, 2019 02:49 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2018, file photo, Miami's Dewan Hernandez speaks to the media during a news conference at the Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA college basketball media day in Charlotte, N.C. Miami Hurricanes coach Jim Larranaga says junior forward Dewan Hernandez deserves to be declared eligible by the NCAA because he unwittingly became entangled in a college basketball corruption case when he was duped by an AAU coach. Larranaga spoke at length about Hernandez’s status for the first time Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, as the school awaited an NCAA ruling. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Miami coach says idled Hernandez was 'duped' by AAU coach

By Steven Wine Jan. 18, 2019 04:27 PM EST