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No. 7 Duke’s edges N.C. State for Coach K’s 800th win

RALEIGH, N.C.—Duke faced another deep deficit and was staring at yet another road loss, but these Blue Devils had an even bigger problem: They weren’t following the instructions of their Hall of Fame coach.

So during some late breaks, Mike Krzyzewski turned control of the huddle over to the players, and that strategy led to his latest milestone victory.

DeMarcus Nelson capped a remarkable late rally by making two free throws with 1:01 remaining to lift No. 7 Duke past North Carolina State 87-86 on Saturday and give Coach K his 800th career win.

“He kind of let us decide what we were going to do with the game,” guard Jon Scheyer said, “because for a lot of it, we weren’t doing the things that (the coaches) told us to do.”

Nelson and Scheyer both scored 19 points for the Blue Devils (25-3, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who used a game-closing 14-5 run to take their only lead of the half, win their third straight and snap a two-game losing streak away from Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Wooden recovering at hospital from fall

LOS ANGELES—John Wooden remained hospitalized in good condition Saturday, having undergone blood transfusions after the 97-year-old UCLA coaching great broke two bones when he fell at home.

Wooden broke his left wrist and collarbone Thursday night. His wrist was in a cast Saturday and his arm will need to be in a sling when he leaves the hospital, his daughter said.

“Dad has had a couple of blood transfusions because the doctors found he was anemic, but the transfusions will take care of that and Dad will be fine,” daughter Nan Muehlhausen said in a statement. “We expect him to make a full recovery.”

Wooden was in good spirits and doing well enough to be visited by numerous family members Saturday, including son Jim, Muehlhausen said.

“He had a good night, his vital signs are good and his spirits are good,” she said. “He has been joking around with the family.”

Wooden could be released Monday from the hospital, which the family has not identified. Muehlhausen has requested the public not attempt to call or visit Wooden so he can rest.

Wooden has a hairline fracture in his wrist and a fractured collarbone. He also hit his head, but a CT scan of his head and neck was negative.

Wooden coached the Bruins to an unsurpassed 10 NCAA basketball championships in the 1960s and ‘70s, including consecutive titles from 1967-73. His teams also had an 88-game winning streak.

Selig says no ban on Bonds; up to Astros on Clemens

SCOTTSDALE—Bud Selig says he isn’t trying to keep Barry Bonds out of baseball, and the commissioner told the Houston Astros it’s up to them whether to have Roger Clemens in their spring training camp.

Selig made the comments in an informal meeting Saturday with reporters at Scottsdale Stadium, where the San Francisco Giants played the Oakland Athletics.

He also confirmed that he met with Giants owner Peter Magowan and that Major League Baseball investigators spoke with the team’s general manager, Brian Sabean, about the findings in the Mitchell Report on drugs.

Selig and Magowan sat together for the Cactus League game.

The commissioner declined to offer any other information on the talks but said he still hopes to decide on any punishment as a result of the report by the end of spring training.

“The conversations go on and I said I was going to handle all this on a case-by-case basis,” Selig said. “These are very sensitive matters.”

Yao opts for surgery to repair stress fracture in foot

HOUSTON—Yao Ming will have surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot, Houston Rockets officials said Saturday.

The surgery will be performed Monday in Houston by Rockets team doctor Tom Clanton. The team announced the All-Star center’s injury on Tuesday and said he would get a second opinion before deciding whether to have the surgery.

Clanton said last week that the surgery would involve placing screws across the bone to hold it together with a recovery time of about four months. The second option was to treat it with a cast and crutches.

Clanton also said last week that he doesn’t expect the injury to keep Yao from playing for China in the Olympics in Beijing in August.

The Rockets have won 14 straight games, including the two since Yao has been injured.

Yao was averaging 22 points and 10.8 rebounds this season.

Texas Tech takes down No. 5 Texas 83-80

LUBBOCK, Texas—Alan Voskuil scored 18 points, including six straight free throws down the stretch, and Texas Tech held off No. 5 Texas 83-80 on Saturday.

Martin Zeno scored 15 points and Trevor Cook and Charlie Burgess each added 14 for the Red Raiders (15-13, 7-7 Big 12), who made 34 free throws in the game including hitting all its last 10 to stave off the comeback.

Texas Tech fans stormed the court after the win, Pat Knight’s and the Red Raiders’ second over a Top 25 team since he succeeded his father as coach in early February.

D.J. Augustine scored 30 points and A.J. Abrams added 14 for the Longhorns (24-5, 11-3), who had an eight-game winning streak snapped.

Texas Tech, coming off the worst loss in school history, pulled ahead late in the first half and never trailed again.

Jets, Faneca agree to 5-year, $40 million deal

NEW YORK—The New York Jets and Pro Bowl left guard Alan Faneca agreed to terms on a five-year, $40 million contract Saturday, making the former Pittsburgh player the highest-paid offensive lineman in the NFL.

Agent Rick Smith told The Associated Press on Saturday that the 31-year-old Faneca planned to fly to New York on Sunday, take a physical and officially sign the deal Monday. After making nearly $4.4 million in salary and bonuses last season, Faneca got a huge deal that Smith said includes $21 million in guarantees.

A Jets spokesman declined comment on the signing of the seven-time Pro Bowl selection, considered perhaps the league’s best left guard.

Faneca chose New York over San Francisco and St. Louis, all teams that had losing records last season and need help on their offensive lines.

Bode Miller wins World Cup downhill in Norway

KVITFJELL, Norway—Finally, Bode Miller won in Norway.

He skied a nearly flawless run Saturday to capture a World Cup downhill on Kvitfjell’s Olympic course. Miller finished 0.40 seconds ahead of Didier Cuche of Switzerland and increased his lead in the overall standings.

“It was good. I really pushed it hard,” said Miller, who covered the 1.9-mile course in 1 minute, 46.16 seconds.

Werner Heel of Italy was third a day after he edged Miller to win a downhill for his first World Cup victory.

This was Miller’s third downhill win of the season and the 31st World Cup victory of his career — way behind Ingemar Stenmark’s record total of 85.

Miller became the fourth American winner at Kvitfjell since Tommy Moe won gold at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. Kyle Rasmussen won a World Cup downhill and finished third in a super-G in 1995. Daron Rahlves won back-to-back downhills in 2000, a super-G in 2004 and finished third in another super-G in 2005.