Michigan State guard Russell Byrd expected to have surgery on stress fracture in left foot

Michigan St. guard Byrd likely needs foot surgery

Broken foot sidelines 7-foot Kansas center Jeff Withey for 4 to 6 weeks

Kansas C Jeff Withey has broken foot

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas center Jeff Withey will be out four to six weeks with a broken foot.

All-Star C Yao Ming confident that he’ll be ready for regular season

Doctors clear Yao for basketball activities

Former Missouri State, Saint Louis University coach Charlie Spoonhour awaiting lung transplant

Spoonhour awaiting lung transplant

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Charlie Spoonhour, the popular basketball coach known for his homespun humor and success on the court, is on the waiting list for a lung transplant.

Dean Smith’s family says the North Carolina coaching great is dealing with memory loss

Family letter: Dean Smith having memory issues

Pacers guard A.J. Price has successful surgery on injured knee after getting hurt in New York

Pacers G Price undergoes surgery on injured knee

Nuggets George Karl treated for another blood clot in right leg as he recovers from cancer

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Mark Cuban’s hero: ex-Mavericks point guard fighting against leukemia and for music dream

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Raptors star Chris Bosh sustains facial injury, Toronto loses 113-101 to Cavaliers

Raptors lose game to Cavs, Bosh to injury

CLEVELAND — Flattened by an inadvertent elbow, Toronto All-Star forward Chris Bosh broke a bone in his face Tuesday night as the Raptors’ playoff hopes took a blow with a 113-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have won 11 straight at home.

Toronto star Chris Bosh taken to hospital after being elbowed in the face against Cavaliers

Raptors’ Bosh injured, taken to hospital

CLEVELAND — Toronto All-Star forward Chris Bosh is undergoing tests at a hospital after being accidentally elbowed in the face during Tuesday night’s game.

Duke hangs on _ barely _ to beat Butler 61-59 for 4th national championship

Duke hangs on, beats Butler for 4th national title

Butler and Duke coming down to wire for NCAA championship in Indianapolis

Butler and Duke coming down to wire for NCAA title

Butler trainer says Matt Howard has concussion and will be re-evaluated Monday morning

Butler trainer says Howard has concussion

INDIANAPOLIS — Butler trainer Ryan Galloy says Matt Howard has the “mildest of mild concussions.”

West Virginia point guard Bryant breaks foot in practice, will miss rest of NCAAs

W.Virginia PG Bryant out of NCAAs with broken foot

Pilypaitis scores 25 to lead Vermont to 1st ever NCAA tournament win, 64-55 over Wisconsin

Pilypaitis leads UVM to 64-55 win over Wisconsin

Purdue F Robbie Hummel set for ACL surgery; recovery at least 4 months

Purdue F Hummel set for knee surgery

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue forward Robbie Hummel has scheduled reconstructive surgery on the ACL in his right knee.

Pistons: Stuckey is ‘doing well’ and out of hospital after collapse, tests have been normal

Pistons: Stuckey out of hospital after collapse

Austin Freeman back in starting lineup for Georgetown after being diagnosed with diabetes

Freeman back for Hoyas after diabetes diagnosis

A growing headache: Bigger, faster players leading to more concussions in college basketball

Concussions on the rise in college hoops

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Diving for a loose ball during a summer pickup game, North Carolina center Tyler Zeller knocked heads with another player. It left him with a headache, nothing he was too worried about.

Pistons say Rodney Stuckey is ‘doing well’ after collapse, tests have been negative

Pistons: Stuckey is ‘doing well’ after collapse

Georgetown leading scorer Austin Freeman has diabetes, uncertain to play in upcoming games

Georgetown’s leading scorer Freeman has diabetes

UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun taking a medical leave of absence

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A blow for the 13th-ranked Badgers: Wisconsin F Leuer breaks wrist, no timetable for return

Wisconsin F Leuer breaks wrist, out indefinitely

Eddie House returns to Celtics after illness, but Tony Allen now out with flulike symptoms

Celtics’ Allen out against Hawks with flu symptoms

No. 19 Aggies expecting to welcome Derrick Roland back to Texas on Christmas

Aggies’ Derrick Roland heading home

SEATTLE — Texas A&M senior guard Derrick Roland is heading home for Christmas — with a rod and three screws in his leg.

Oral Roberts scores another upset, handing No. 13 New Mexico its first loss, 75-66

Oral Roberts deals No. 13 New Mexico first loss

No. 19 Texas A&M loses Derrick Roland to gruesome leg injury at No. 22 Washington

No. 19 Aggies lose top defender Roland

SEATTLE — Texas A&M senior Derrick Roland had surgery early Wednesday, hours after the sound of two bones snapping in his right leg echoed throughout a horrified Washington Huskies’ arena and left several teammates in tears.

Quincy Pondexter scores 25 to rally No. 22 Washington past No. 19 Texas A&M 73-64

No. 22 Huskies rally past No. 19 Aggies

SEATTLE — Quincy Pondexter kept sluggish Washington afloat, scoring 16 of his 25 points in the first half, and the 22nd-ranked Huskies beat No. 19 Texas A&M 73-64 on Tuesday night in a game marred — and largely decided — by a gruesome injury to Aggies senior Derrick Roland.

Warriors coach Don Nelson still recovering from bout with pneumonia

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