Basketball

Dayton gets first 4 games of 2011 NCAAs (AP)
The University of Dayton will host all four first-round games of the newly expanded men's basketball tournament next March, the NCAA said Thursday. Two games will match the tournament's lowest seeds, Nos. 65 through 68, with the winners advancing as No. 16 seeds to play a top seed. The other two games will match the last four of the 37 at-large qualifiers.
Kansas: Probe not why Perkins retired (AP)
The chancellor at the University of Kansas says the abrupt retirement of athletic director Lew Perkins was not connected with a federal investigation into a ticket scam. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little spoke with The Associated Press on Thursday. Perkins had said he would retire in September 2011. But in a surprise move Tuesday, he and Gray-Little announced that he was retiring immediately.

Lithuania tops Argentina, moves on to semifinals
Lithuania advanced to the semifinals of the World Championship for the first time, hitting nine of its first 11 3-pointers Thursday to beat Argentina 104-85 and set up a meeting with the United States.
Wade named honorary coach in Chicago prep rematch
Dwyane Wade has an NBA championship ring, a league scoring championship, a finals MVP award and more All-Star momentos than he can count.
Buckeyes coach, star QB urge fans to welcome LeBron
With many fans still angry over LeBron James' decision to leave Cleveland for the Miami Heat, Ohio State coach Jim Tressel is calling for calm.

Ex-Cincinnati women's basketball coach dies in SC (PA SportsTicker)
Former Cincinnati women's basketball coach J. Kelley Hall has died at age 51 of a heart attack at his South Carolina home.
Doty's knee surgery deemed successful (AP)
Connecticut says guard Caroline Doty has had successful surgery to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. The school says Doty, who had the surgery Tuesday at the University of Connecticut Health Center, should be able to return for the start of the 2011-12 season. The junior tore her ACL in late July while practicing.