Kentucky will be looking for lawyers licensed to practice in Texas to help it battle former coach Billy Gillispie’s $6 million lawsuit.

Former Pacific-10 commissioner Wiles Hallock, who oversaw the league from 1971-83, died at his home Monday. He was 91.

Former USC recruit Noel Johnson has decided to play for Clemson after reopening his recruitment when former Trojans coach Tim Floyd resigned.

The attorney for Jefferson County, Ky., said he will not prosecute a sex offense complaint filed by Karen Cunagin Sypher, a woman accused of trying to extort Louisville coach Rick Pitino.

Senior shooting guard Jermaine Dixon, the only returning starter for a Pittsburgh team that went 31-5 and made it into the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight last season, could be sidelined for eight weeks.

The NCAA has granted Louisiana-Monroe senior guard Tony Hooper a medical redshirt for last season, which means the Warhawks will have another returning contributor to a mostly intact squad.

The attorney for Karen Cunagin Sypher, the woman charged with trying to extort Louisville coach Rick Pitino, wants to stop representing her because of “irreconcilable differences.” He didn’t specify the nature of the disagreement, citing attorney/client privilege.

The NCAA approved the addition of Simon Fraser, a university in Burnaby, British Columbia, to DIvision II, the first time that the organization has welcomed a team outside the United States into the fold.