Southern Miss will gain the services of former Kansas State guard Buchi Awaji, who transferred to the Eagles and received a waiver so that he can play this season.

Oklahoma State won’t have the services of recruit Karron Johnson, who will attend a junior college this season.

Florida might enter the season with fewer players available in the frontcourt because Adam Allen had a second leg surgery and Eloy Vargas could be academically ineligible.

Former Cincinnati center Paul “Duke” Hogue died Monday of heart and kidney failure.

The NCAA will force Memphis to vacate the Tigers’ 38 wins from the 2007-08 season, including the team’s run to the national championship game against Kansas. The penalty is a result of a fraudulent SAT score submitted by former Tiger Derrick Rose.

Western Kentucky coach Ken McDonald released freshman guard Terrence Boyd, ending his Boyd’s Hilltopper career before it ever started.

Villanova has suspended senior guard Reggie Redding until the end of the first semester. He could be eligible to play starting with the Wildcats’ Dec. 19 game against Fordham.

Louisville coach Rick Pitino told police that he and Karen Cunagin Sypher, the woman charged with extorting Pitino, had sex Aug. 1, 2003, and that he later gave her $3,000 for an abortion.

Pittsburgh received a boost to its backcourt with the late summer addition of former Centenary guard Chase Adams.

The NCAA cited Connecticut’s athletics programs for 17 minor violations, including one for men’s basketball related to an employee giving an injured Husky a ride.