Kansas Jayhawks (Basketball)

No. 10 Syracuse, fresh from two exhibition romps, hosts Northern Iowa in a tough season opener. Syracuse easily took care of its two exhibition foes, beating Division II schools Le Moyne and Kutztown by a combined score of 187-108. The season-opener doesn't figure to be so easy.

No. 7 Kansas routs Division II Emporia State 90-59 in exhibition. Until Kansas starts the regular season, the No. 7 Jayhawks don't seem to need Josh Selby.

UP NEXT FOR UNLV

Jayhawks await decision from NCAA on G Selby but will be a force again even without him. They lost two NBA lottery picks and the winningest player in the program's storied history. So, naturally, everyone expects Kansas to take a big tumble in the Big 12 this season.

UCLA looking to return to respectability after missing NCAA tourney. After stumbling through its worst season in seven years, UCLA didn't lose any players to the NBA draft. It just wasn't good enough.

The 2010-11 college basketball starts next week with March Madness just 4 months away. It can't be seven months ago that Gordon Hayward's shot from halfcourt came so close to providing one of the greatest endings in sports history.

Pick Six: North Carolina All-American Barnes highlights freshmen to keep eye on in 2010-11. It's time to tip off the college basketball season, and that means new stars around the nation are ready to break out. The usual elite teams have freshmen that are poised to keep them at the top, and eventually show that a lasting mark comes not with preseason hype, but by making an impact in March.

Bruce Pearl wants talented No. 23 Tennessee focused on hoops, not NCAA investigation fallout. Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl has excelled at leading the Volunteers to success in the face of adversity. The 2010-11 season may be his biggest challenge yet.

Despite never playing a college game, freshman Barnes could hold key to Tar Heels' resurgence. Harrison Barnes hasn't taken a shot or even stepped onto the court as a college player in a real game, yet so much of North Carolina's plan to reverse everything that went wrong last season depends on him.

Duke's Singler leads AP preseason All-America team; UNC's Barnes first freshman selected. Fierce rivals, Duke and North Carolina are all tied up to start the preseason.

Pacers pick up 4th-year option on contract of suspended swingman Brandon Rush. The Indiana Pacers have picked up the fourth-year option on the contract of swingman Brandon Rush despite his recent suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy.

Duke No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 men's basketball poll; San Diego State ranked for first time. Defending national champion Duke was a runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 men's basketball poll.

Naismith's original basketball rules go to auction; expected to raise $2M for youth charity. It's been nearly 119 years since James Naismith wrote down 13 rules for a new game he devised as a way to give youths at a Springfield, Mass., YMCA an athletic activity to keep them busy in the winter.

Naismith's original basketball rules go to auction; expected to raise $2M for youth charity. It's been nearly 119 years since James Naismith wrote down 13 rules for a new game he devised as a way to give youths at a Springfield, Mass., YMCA an athletic activity to keep them busy in the winter.

Naismith's original basketball rules go to auction; expected to raise $2M for youth charity. It's been nearly 119 years since James Naismith wrote down 13 rules for a new game he devised as a way to give youths at a Springfield, Mass., YMCA an athletic activity to keep them busy in the winter.

Most coaches against idea of conference commissioners trying to eliminate summer recruiting. College basketball coaches aren't ready to pack in their summer recruiting road trips.

Kansas State draws the favorite's label in Big 12 basketball race while Kansas drops to second. Instead of shirking from the pressure-causing favorite's label draped around his team, Kansas State coach Frank Martin is wearing it proudly.

Northern Iowa hopes to keep things rolling the year after reaching NCAA's round of 16. For one magical week last March, Cedar Falls was the center of the college basketball world.

Bobcats waive Crittenton, thwarting his comeback plans from Arenas gun flap. The Bobcats waived guard Javaris Crittenton on Friday, sending a short stay in Charlotte as he tries to return to the NBA from an ankle injury and a lengthy suspension for his role in the Gilbert Arenas gun flap.

Tennessee returns focus to court after offseason overshadowed by talk of NCAA investigation. Bruce Pearl was a lot more comfortable addressing the media Wednesday talking about basketball than when he acknowledged lying to NCAA investigators a few weeks ago.