College Basketball Notebook

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The college hoops notebook ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Duke's Jon Scheyer is among the finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the top point guard in college basketball.

The other ACC finalist is Maryland's Greivis Vasquez.

Senior Sherron Collins of top-ranked Kansas and star freshman John Wall of No. 4 Kentucky are also among the names listed.

The 11 finalists come from a list of 73 original nominees from all three NCAA divisions.

The other finalists, all from Division I, are: Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga; Devan Downey, South Carolina; Trevon Hughes, Wisconsin; Jeremy Lin, Harvard; Kalin Lucas, Michigan State; Ronald Moore, Siena; and Scottie Reynolds, Villanova.

The winner will be announced April 5.

STITT UPDATE

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Oliver Purnell says he hopes to have injured point guard Demontez Stitt available to face Virginia Tech today.

The junior has missed the Tigers (16-6, 4-4 ACC) past two game with a foot injury suffered last month in a win at North Carolina State. Stitt is the team's second-leading scorer at 11.2 points a game.

ARRESTEDINDIANAPOLIS — A former Indiana University basketball player accused in connection with an ex-business partner's multimillion-dollar fraud scheme threatened to disclose the partner's embezzlement to get money to hide his own activities, prosecutors say.

Todd Leary, 39, of Carmel, was arrested at Assembly Hall in Bloomington just minutes before he was scheduled to work as an announcer for Thursday's men's basketball game between in-state rivals Indiana and Purdue.

ARIZONA SANCTIONS

TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona has placed its men's basketball program on probation for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons for violations by Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson related to an offseason AAU tournament in 2008.

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