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Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

PELLA, Iowa (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyle Korver joined his two remaining brothers in comforting their parents during a funeral on Monday for their youngest brother. Kirk Korver died March 20 of a sudden illness. The Des Moines Register reports that Kyle Korver stood at a church in Pella, Iowa, with his brothers and told their parents that life without Kirk will be different but they’ll “always have four sons.”

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Penn State’s Zain Retherford for the second straight year has won the Hodge Trophy, given to the nation’s top college wrestler. The three-time NCAA champion received 35 of 48 votes from a panel of journalists, former winners and retired coaches. Retherford finishes his career with a record of 126-3.

ATLANTA (AP) — Some of the nation’s top recruits gathered in Atlanta to play in the McDonald’s All-American game say they’ve kept a close eye on the FBI investigation that’s rocked college basketball this season. Three Duke signees and one Kansas signee have used a network of family, coaches and friends to avoid unwanted contact from anyone who could possibly put their careers in jeopardy.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The question of who is the best NBA prospect differs from who is considered college basketball’s best player. Freshmen like Duke’s Marvin Bagley III and Arizona’s Deandre Ayton are considered candidates to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft with their size and athleticism. Villanova’s Jalen Brunson is in the Final Four and a leading candidate to be named the national college player of the year. For years, those two things seemed intertwined, but recently that has not been the case.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos says coach Tim Miles will be back for a seventh season and talks about a contract extension will begin after the NCAA Final Four. Miles is 97-97 with one NCAA Tournament appearance in six years. The Huskers went 22-11 and tied for fourth in the Big Ten this season. Moos said he measures the program’s success by how it fares in the Big Ten, not how often it plays in the NCAA Tournament.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Kansas guard Lagerald Vick is part of a group of players who could play critical roles in determining who wins the NCAA title at this weekend’s Final Four. That group of players beyond each team’s top scorers and best talents include Villanova’s Phil Booth, Michigan’s Zavier Simpson and Loyola-Chicago’s Ben Richardson. Vick started fast but slipped during Big 12 play, but he has seven straight double-figure scoring games as the Jayhawks enter their first Final Four since 2012.

UNDATED (AP) — The AP All-America team has three freshmen on the first team for the first time in its 70-year history. Oklahoma’s Trae Young, Deandre Ayton of Arizona and Duke’s Marvin Bagley III were all named first-teamers in the All-America team announced on Tuesday. They were joined by Villanova’s Jalen Brunson and Kansas guard Devonte’ Graham on the team selected by the same 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly AP Top 25.

(Radio Iowa) Iowa State running back David Montgomery says he is still looking to improve even after a sophomore season in which he earned All-Big 12 honors. The native of Cincinnati rushed for more than 11 hundred yards last season and scored 11 touchdowns. He also added 300 yards in receiving as the Cyclones finished 8-5. Montgomery was a quarterback in high school.

As a junior he will also be expected to assume a bigger role.

Cyclone coach Matt Campbell says Montgomery has plenty of room for growth.

It is not just Montgomery. Campbell says running back is one of the deepest positions on the team.

ISU’s spring game is April 14th.

PELLA, Iowa (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyle Korver joined his two remaining brothers in comforting their parents during a funeral for their youngest brother. Twenty-seven-year-old Kirk Korver died March 20 of a sudden illness. The Des Moines Register reports that Kyle Korver stood Monday at a church in Pella, Iowa, with his brothers Klayton and Kaleb and told their parents that life without Kirk will be different but “You will always have four sons.”

All four played basketball at the collegiate level or above: Kyle and Kaleb at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, Klayton at Drake in Des Moines, Iowa, and Kirk at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
It’s unclear whether Kyle Korver will rejoin the team for a game Tuesday night against the Heat in Miami. Cavaliers’ officials didn’t immediately return messages from The Associated Press.

(From Cyclones.com) AMES, Iowa – Iowa State women’s basketball junior guard Bridget Carleton was named an honorable mention All-American, the Associated Press announced Monday. Carleton is the first Cyclone to earn All-America honors by the AP since Hallie Christofferson in 2014 and the ninth all-time.

The junior guard led Iowa State with 19.2 points per game, ranking third all-time in the ISU single-season record book. Her 594 points on the year rank fourth behind Angie Welle’s 2001 campaign. Carleton also set a single-season record in field goal attempts with 520.

In addition to her 19.2 points per game, she averaged 6.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.2 steals. Carleton was also a top-10 finalist for the Cheryl Miller Award, which honors the nation’s top small forward.

Carleton joins Christofferson, Chelsea Poppens (honorable mention), Kelsey Bolte (honorable mention), Lyndsey Medders (honorable mention), Alison Lacey (honorable mention), Anne O’Neil (honorable mention), Angie Welle (second team), Stacy Frese (second team) who were all honored by the AP.

The junior guard and member of the Canadian Senior National Team will enter her senior campaign with 1,382 career points, which ranks 15th in school history.

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Iowa junior Megan Gustafson has been named to another All American squad. She’s been named a second-team All American by the Associated Press, after averaging better than 25.5 points and nearly 13 rebounds. And shooting 67-percent from the field for the Hawkeyes this past season.

She’s the six A-P All American in program history, and the first since Sam Logic was named the third-team All American in 2013. She’s also first Hawkeye ever to be named to the A-P first or second-team.

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Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa point guard Connor McCaffery’s hardship waiver has been approved by the Big Ten, leaving him with four seasons of eligibility remaining. The league announced it had approved McCaffery’s petition after he played just four games as a true freshman. McCaffery is the son of coach Fran McCaffery.

UNDATED (AP) — Loyola-Chicago coach Porter Moser will be the only coach in Saturday’s Final Four in San Antonio who has not previously taken his team to the NCAA Tournament’s national semifinals. He says he is reaching out to his friends and associates looking for any advice on how to handle the week ahead. Michigan coach John Beilein warned about the multitude of media obligations. Villanova coach Jay Wright says the “enormity” of the Final Four can “blow you away.”

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self admits he’s had more talented teams fail to reach the Final Four. And perhaps that’s why this season has been so gratifying. The Jayhawks’ victory over Duke in the regional finals means a spot in San Antonio and a date with Villanova _ and a chance to continue a season few saw coming.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Michael Porter Jr. says he is declaring for the NBA draft. The 6-foot-10 forward made the announcement on Instagram “after talking it over with my coaches and my family.” Missouri was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Florida State in the opening round. The freshman scored 16 points in 28 minutes as a reserve, just his third appearance of the season due to a back injury.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Rick Barnes believes Loyola-Chicago has as good a chance as anybody to win the national championship. Barnes is all too familiar with Loyola after his third-seeded Volunteers lost 63-62 to the 11th-seeded Ramblers in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Loyola (32-5) has continued its run into the Final Four in its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1985.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State eclipsed all expectations by reaching the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament this season. Now, the Wildcats head into next season with nearly their entire roster back for another run, and there’s little chance they will be sneaking up on anybody.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Final Four features favorites in Villanova, Kansas and Michigan along with an upstart in 11-seed Loyola-Chicago. The regional finals ended up providing a bit of stability to a wild and upset-filled NCAA Tournament with two 1-seeds headlining the teams in San Antonio. Meanwhile, the Atlantic Coast Conference missed on the Final Four for the first time since 2014 with Duke’s loss to Kansas.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa point guard Connor McCaffery has been granted a hardship waiver by the Big Ten, leaving him with four seasons of eligibility remaining.

The league announced Monday it had approved McCaffery’s petition after he played just four games as a true freshman.

McCaffery, the son of coach Fran McCaffery, missed two games with a sprained ankle, eight games with mononucleosis and 19 games after undergoing a tonsillectomy in December.

A healthy McCaffery could be in line to start next season and allow Jordan Bohannon to play more off the ball.

Iowa finished 14-19 in 2017-18, pushing Final Four-bound Michigan to overtime in its finale in the Big Ten tournament.

2018 WOMEN’S AP ALL-AMERICA TEAM LIST

Statistics are through March 15

First Team

A’ja Wilson, South Carolina, 6-5, senior, Hopkins, S.C., 22.6 ppg, 11.8 rpg, 55.0 fg pct, 3.2 blocks (32 first-place votes, 160 points)
Katie Lou Samuelson, UConn, 6-3, junior, Huntington Beach, Calif., 17.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.7 apg, 53.1 fg pct, 46.2 3pt fg pct, 83.8 ft pct, 1.3 steals (30, 156)
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon, 5-11, sophomore, Walnut Creek, Calif., 19.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 7.8 apg, 43.7 3pt fg pct, 1.6 steals (21, 134)
Asia Durr, Louisville, 5-10, junior, Douglasville, Ga., 18.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 42.5 3pt fg pct, 1.0 steals (19, 124)
Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State, 6-1, senior, Carthage, Miss., 19.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.5 steals (20, 123)

Second Team

Kalani Brown, Baylor, 6-7, junior, Slidell, La., 20.2 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 66.3 fg pct, 1.2 blocks (13, 118)
Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State, 5-8, senior, Cincinnati, 24.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.2 apg, 40.8 3pt fg pct, 1.5 steals (7, 108)
Gabby Williams, UConn, 5-11, senior, Sparks, Nev., 10.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 5.2 apg, 59.1 fg pct, 2.6 steals (8, 103)
Megan Gustafson, Iowa, 6-3, junior, Port Wing, Wis., 25.6 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 66.8 fg pct, 2.1 blocks (7, 74)
Arike Ogunbowale, Notre Dame, 5-8, junior, Milwaukee, 20.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.6 steals (1, 74)

Third Team

Napheesa Collier, UConn, 6-1, junior, O’Fallon, Mo., 15.4 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.2 apg, 56.5 fg pct, 1.7 steals (1, 59)
Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State, 6-7, junior, Brenham, Texas, 17.7 ppg, 13.2 rpg, 60.2 fg pct, 2.0 blocks (1, 42)
Jordin Canada, UCLA, 5-6, senior, Los Angeles, 16.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 6.9 apg, 3.2 steals (0, 41)
Lexie Brown, Duke, 5-9, senior, Suwanee, Ga., 20.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.4 apg, 3.5 steals (0, 15)
Myisha Hines-Allen, Louisville, 6-2, senior, Montclair, N.J., 13.9 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.1 apg, 53.1 fg pct, 1.1 steals (0, 15)

Honorable Mention (alphabetical order)

Ariel Atkins, Texas; Kenisha Bell, Minnesota; Tashia Brown, Western Kentucky; Natalie Butler, George Mason; Bridget Carleton, Iowa State; Chennedy Carter, Texas A&M; Lauren Cox, Baylor; Sophie Cunningham, Missouri; Loryn Goodwin, Oklahoma State; Marie Gulich, Oregon State; Ruthy Hebard, Oregon; Kaylee Jensen, Oklahoma State; Maria Jespersen, South Florida; Brooke McCarty, Texas; Brittany McPhee, Stanford; Tinara Moore, Central Michigan; Teana Muldrow, West Virginia; Kia Nurse, UConn; Jaime Nared, Tennessee; Shakayla Thomas, Florida State; Imani Wright, Florida State.