College basketball notes: Field set for UK's Cancun event

Staff, Wire Reports

All eight participants have been announced for this year's Cancun Challenge, which will be highlighted by Kentucky. The Cats will be joined by Stanford, Virginia, Cleveland State, Florida A&M, Oral Roberts, Rider and Sam Houston State. UK, Stanford, Virginia and Cleveland State will advance to Cancun after hosting two of the other schools.

The Cats will face either Stanford, Virginia or Cleveland State on Nov. 24 in Cancun, and then play one of the other two teams the following day. Organizers did not announce which two teams will play UK in Lexington, but those games will start as early as Nov. 18.

Seating for the Cancun games is limited and tickets are only available through Triple Crown Sports. Call (970) 672-0567 or visit TripleCrownSports.com for ticket information.

Ex-coach Sutton honored

Former Kentucky and Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton will be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame on Oct. 4. Sutton also coached at Creighton and Arkansas before finishing his career at his alma mater. He is the first basketball coach to lead four schools to the NCAA Tournament.

Sutton, who is from Bucklin, Kan., retired from Oklahoma State after the 2005-06 season — his 36th — with a record of 798-315.

UT's Smith, USC's Archie withdraw from NBA Draft

Tennessee forward Tyler Smith and South Carolina forward Dominique Archie will withdraw from consideration for the NBA Draft and return for their senior seasons, both announced Thursday. In his two seasons at Tennessee, Smith has never missed a game and has averaged 15.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists.

The Tennessee native led the Vols in scoring, assists and free-throw percentage last year.

Coach Bruce Pearl said Smith had several impressive workouts but wasn't a first-round NBA lock.

Archie averaged 10.9 points and 6.4 rebounds during his junior season with the Gamecocks.

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