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Seniors Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly have received bids to play in the prestigious Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, set for April 6-9 at Churchland High School in Portsmouth, Va. Operating since 1953, the Portsmouth Invitational is one of the preeminent NBA pre-draft camps, with approximately 200 NBA representatives in attendance. The four-day tournament consists of 12 games, with the 64 invited college seniors playing on eight teams of eight players.

Oklahoma fired coach Jeff Capel on Monday after he followed a trip to the NCAA Tournament's regional finals with the program's first back-to-back losing seasons since 1967. Capel was 96-69 in five seasons in charge of the Sooners, but just 17-36 the past two after Blake Griffin entered the NBA draft early and became the No. 1 overall pick.

Kansas State’s NCAA second-round match-up with Utah State will tip at approximately 8:57 p.m. CST Thursday night from the McKale Center and be televised nationally on TruTV, as the NCAA and University of Arizona announced start times and broadcast information for the NCAA second and third rounds in Tucson, Ariz. The Wildcats and Aggies will tip 30 minutes after the Wisconsin-Belmont game, set to begin at 6:27 p.m. CST Thursday. The winners of those two games then will square off with one another on Saturday at a time to be determined. The Turner/CBS broadcast team for the NCAA second and third eounds in Tucson will be Kevin Harlan, former NBA star Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner and Sam Ryan.