The NIT added former Purdue coach Gene Keady and retired New Mexico athletic director Rudy Davalos to its selection committee Thursday.

Gene and Rudy bring years of experience and expertise with them," NIT president Greg Shaheen said. "Having gone through both the NIT Season Tip-off and the postseason NIT, we felt it was appropriate to add two more members to the committee to further diversify the geographic reach of the committee."

Doctors removed a bullet fragment Monday from the head of Sam Ashaolu, the most seriously injured of five Duquesne University basketball players shot on campus.

The fragment, initially believed to be an intact slug, was removed from behind his left ear, Duquesne officials said. The player's medical team now believes Ashaolu, a junior forward from Toronto, Canada, has three bullet fragments remaining in his head.

Six years ago, Arizona State met Tennessee in the first outdoor women's college basketball game.

Sun Devils coach Charli Turner Thorne enjoyed it so much she wanted to do it again. And she's convinced perennial power Texas Tech to participate this time.

The Sun Devils will meet the Lady Raiders on Dec. 18 at Chase Field, the Arizona Diamondbacks' retractable-dome stadium in downtown Phoenix.

"Basketball under the stars," Turner Thorne said. "It's going to be a lot of fun."

Former Iowa basketball star Pierre Pierce was released from jail Sunday after an 11-month stay for assaulting and terrorizing his girlfriend.

He will remain on probation for four years and a month, the Iowa Department of Corrections said.

The 23-year-old player said at a parole board hearing in July that he arranged to live with a coach in Iowa City, where he could finish his degree and pursue a pro basketball career.

A week after Ohio State filed an appeal in a bid to overturn a $2.4 million award to Jim O'Brien, the former men's basketball coach says he's planning his own appeal in which he is seeking an additional $1.3 million.

At Duquesne University, this was another routine Saturday at Rooney Field. Football spectators cheered at the game against Sacred Heart, which the Dukes won 24-21. Exuberant cheerleaders rallied the crowd and players pounded each other on the field.

But what happened early Sept. 17 a few yards from the gridiron was not forgotten.

A few minutes before kickoff, players, parents and students observed what the university called "a moment of reflection" to honor the five basketball players shot on campus while walking back from a dance. All Duquesne athletes, including the football players on Saturday, now wear white wristbands with the number 5 printed in black.

Anthony Morrow, Georgia Tech's leading scorer last season, will miss most of preseason practice because of a stress fracture in his back.

Morrow is expected to be out six to eight weeks, with the Yellow Jackets hoping he'll be fully recovered in time for the Nov. 10 opener against Elon.

A federal judge dismissed the last claims in a defamation lawsuit filed two years ago by Jim Harrick and his son after the coaches were fired by the University of Georgia.

U.S. District Judge Richard Story made his ruling Wednesday, having already tossed out most of the suit in March. That decision did away with all the Harricks' claims except one: that the younger Harrick was defamed by the NCAA.

After a solid first season in the Big East Conference, Marquette on Tuesday gave men's basketball coach Tom
Crean a contract extension through the 2016-17 season.

Financial terms of the deal were not released for the
40-year-old, who will be entering his eighth season with the
school.

Duke, Marquette, Stanford and Texas Tech will be the host schools for the opening rounds of the College Basketball Experience Classic, formerly known as the Guardians Classic.

The winners of the four-team regional brackets will advance to the semifinals in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 20. The championship game will be in Municipal Auditorium on Nov. 21.