Isiah Thomas lost his coaching debut at Florida International on Wednesday night when Northwood, an NAIA school coached By Rollie Massimino, beat the Panthers 71-61 in an exhibition game.

Thomas, the Basketball Hall of Famer and most recently coach of the New York Knicks, faced Massimino, who coached Villanova to the 1985 NCAA title and is entering his fourth season at the West Palm Beach, Fla. school.

Guards Jerome Dyson, Donnell Beverly and Jamal Coombs-McDaniel will not play in UConn's game against American International tonight pending their athletic eligibility, according to the athletic department.

Dyson and Beverly "are not participating pending routine educational document review for eligibility certification," a press release reads.

The two are not ineligible due to grades, according to UConn spokesman Kyle Muncy, though no more specific reason has been given.

Minnesota coach Tubby Smith has suspended two players indefinitely for breaking team rules.

Smith would not say Tuesday why freshman forward Royce White and senior guard Devron Bostick were in trouble. He says they will be held out for at least two games and possibly more until he decides they're ready to return to the No. 25-ranked Gophers.

Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody and Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins are the leading vote-getters on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team.

They are joined by Patrick Patterson of Kentucky and Kyle Singler of Duke on the team selected by a national media panel.

University of Minnesota director of athletics Joel Maturi announced Monday that junior forward Trevor Mbakwe will not play for the Golden Gopher basketball team until his pending legal matter has been resolved in a satisfactory manner.

Maturi said that Mbakwe will continue to attend classes, be a part of the team, and practice with the Gophers. He will not dress for home games nor travel to away competition, according to Maturi.

For the second time in its storied basketball history, Kansas is No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason Top 25.

The Jayhawks were a runaway choice Thursday, receiving 55 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to easily outdistance Michigan State, which was No. 1 on five ballots.

Texas, Kentucky and Villanova rounded out the top five, while North Carolina, a unanimous preseason No. 1 last season, was sixth. Kentucky received three first-place votes and Texas and North Carolina got one each. Purdue, West Virginia, Duke and Tennessee completed the top 10.

There was only so much Keaton Grant's body would let him do last season.

After undergoing knee surgery following his sophomore season, the remnants of that injury marred the Boilermaker guard's junior year.

"You know how you want to play in your mind, but sometimes your body can only do so much," he said. "You look back on film and almost get disgusted and think, 'Man, who was that person?' You just want to redeem yourself and show people you can play."