<strong><span class="subhead">Snaer commits to Florida State</span></strong></p><p>Shooting guard Michael Snaer, who took official visits to Kansas and Missouri, announced on ESPNU on Friday that he will play at Florida State next season. Snaer, the No. 11 overall player according to Rivals.com, narrowed his choices to KU and Florida State before deciding on the Seminoles.</p><p>The Jayhawks will sign two players in the early period &#8212; power forward Thomas Robinson and point guard Elijah Johnson &#8212; and KU coach Bill Self said he would like to sign a third in the 2009 class &#8212;probably either Xavier Henry, the No. 3 overall recruit, or Dominic Cheek, the No. 16 overall recruit. Both players are shooting guards and are expected to sign during the late period.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Big 12 loaded with Biletnikoff finalists</span></strong></p><p>Six Big 12 players are among the 10 finalists for college football&#8217;s Biletnikoff Award, given to the top reciever. Mizzou got two finalists &#8212; Jeremy Maclin and Chase Coffman &#8212; and Kansas is represented by Kerry Meier. The other Big 12 players are Texas Tech&#8217;s Michael Crabtree, Oklahoma State&#8217;s Dez Bryant and Texas&#8217; Quan Cosby.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Big win for Bearcats</span></strong></p><p>Tony Pike threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns for No. 22 Cincinnati, which remained in the hunt for the Big East football title with a 28-20 win over Louisville on Friday night in Louisville, Ky.</p><p>The victory gives the Bearcats, 8-2 overall and 4-1 in the conference, a half-game lead over idle West Virginia and No. 21 Pittsburgh in the conference title race. Cincinnati beat the Mountaineers last week and plays host to the Panthers on Nov. 22.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Women&#8217;s Final Fours awarded</span></strong></p><p>The NCAA has selected Denver, New Orleans, Nashville, Tampa and Indianapolis to be the sites of the women&#8217;s basketball Final Fours from 2012 through 2016. Denver and Nashville will be holding the event for the first time in 2012 and 2014, respectively.</p><p>New Orleans will be the host city in 2013, Tampa in 2015 and Indianapolis in 2016.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Gator guard betting online</span></strong></p><p>Florida basketball guard Nick Calathes ran up about $600 in debt playing poker online, but he did not bet on sport events. Betting on sporting events would have been a violation of NCAA rules.</p><p>Florida&#8217;s athletic department questioned Calathes and other basketball players but found no evidence of breaking NCAA rules. Calathes was expected to be in the starting lineup against Toledo on Friday night.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Bowden suspends five receivers</span></strong></p><p>Five Florida State wide receivers involved in a campus brawl will miss the school&#8217;s homecoming game against Boston College tonight. They are Taiwan Easterling, Bert Reed, Corey Surrency, Cameron Wade and Richard Goodman. The police report has not been concluded, but Bowden made his decision based on an independent investigation.</p><p>No arrests are imminent, but police expect multiple charges based on results from the investigation. The fight between the football players and members of a fraternity left a female bystander injured when she was hit by a chair.