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The Super 16 for?The Basketball Tournament, a $2 million winner-take-all nationwide competition, will be Thursday and Friday at Philadelphia University, with four quarterfinal matchups on Saturday.There are eight teams composed of college basketball alumni remaining and three teams that were in last years semifinals, including defending champions Overseas Elite.The semifinals will be played at Fordham University, and the championship game, with $2 million on the line, will be Aug. 2 at 9 p.m. Both the semifinals and final will be on ESPN.Heres a look at each Super 16 matchups.NortheastNo. 1 City of Gods vs. No. 5 Team FOE, Thursday (4 p.m. on ESPN3)City of Gods features more former NBA players on the roster than just about anyone else in the event, with DerMarr Johnson and Michael Sweetney joining James White and Pops Mensah-Bonsu. They made it to the semifinals a year ago and added the high-flying White. Theres also former Drexel point guard Phil Goss, ex-Georgetown guard Chris Wright and former Maryland big man James Gist. Johnson, the sixth overall pick in the 2000 draft, has averaged 28 points and eight boards in their two wins.Theres a heavy Kansas connection with FOE, beginning at the top with booster?Thomas Robinson, general manager Markieff Morris and coach Marcus Morris. Theres also a pair of former Jayhawks in the backcourt?with Tyshawn Taylor and Elijah Johnson. Ex-Villanova guard Maalik Wayns has been stellar thus far, as has former St. Johns power forward Sean Evans.No. 2 Boeheims Army vs. No. 3 The Untouchables, Thursday (7 p.m. on ESPN2)Boeheims Army is littered with former Syracuse players from the past 15 years, starting with Hakim Warrick, Darryl Watkins and Terrence Roberts. It continues with Eric Devendorf and Rick Jackson and culminates with guys like Brandon Triche, C.J. Fair and Baye Moussa Keita.It will be like an old Big East battle with the Syracuse-laden group going up against The Untouchables, a team filled with former Pittsburgh Panthers. Theres Gilbert Brown, Gary McGhee, Levance Fields, Brad Wanamaker and Antonio Graves along with former UMass guard Ricky Harris and ex-Oklahoma wing Cameron Clark. Thus far, Wanamaker has been the teams top scorer at 20 points per game.MidwestNo. 5 Pedros Posse vs. No. 9 Always a Brave, Friday (9 p.m. on ESPN2)Mike Bibby and Jason Williams have led the way for Pedros Posse for the first two victories. Bibby -- who won a national title with Arizona, was the second overall pick in 1998 and spent more than a decade in the NBA -- almost had a triple-double in the opener while Williams, who is 40 years old, had 17 points and 10 assists in the win. Bibby and Williams have a supporting cast that includes former Florida State guards Deividas Dulkys and Luke Loucks and ex-Chattanooga guard Bryan Richardson, who is 11-of-17 from beyond the arc in the two wins.Always a Brave is full of former Bradley players on the 2006 team that knocked off Kansas and Pittsburgh to reach the Sweet 16. Big man Patrick OBryant was selected ninth overall in the 2006 draft, but its been Marcellus Sommerville who has led the way thus far, averaging 22.5 points and seven boards in the two wins. Other 2006 Braves on the squad include Will Franklin, Daniel Ruffin, Tony Bennett and Jeremy Crouch. Theres also Sam Maniscalco, Matt Salley and Phillip Gilbert.No. 6 Golden Eagles Alumni vs. No. 7 Armored Athlete, Friday (7 p.m. on ESPN2)The Golden Eagles Alumni team has Marquette written all over it, from the booster (Steve Novak) to the coaches (Wesley Matthews and Travis Diener) to the general manager (Dan Fitzgerald) and the players: Darius Johnson-Odom, Dwight Buycks, Jerel McNeal, Joe Chapman, Mo Acker, Dwight Burke, Jamil Wilson, Derrick Wilson and Marcus Jackson make up the roster. Buycks had 27 points in each of the teams two wins while Chapman averaged 18. Jamil Wilson finished with 22 points in a blowout over a Michigan State-filled Spartans Heroes squad.Armored Athlete is best known for its trio of former Indiana Hoosiers: Christian Watford, Jordan Hulls and Will Sheehey. However, its been a pair of ex-Holy Cross standouts, David Dudzinski and Malcolm Miller, who have been just as valuable to their early success. Former Florida State scoring guard Isaiah Swann had 22 points in the last game. This team also features former Butler star Roosevelt Jones.SouthNo. 2 Overseas Elite vs. No. 3 Ram Nation, Thursday (9 p.m. on ESPN3)The core of the defending champion and $1 million winners Overseas Elite is back, a group that includes C.J. McCollums brother, Errick, a pair of ex-St. Johns players in D.J. Kennedy and Paris Horne, former Arizona guard Kyle Fogg as well as Johndre Jefferson and Todd OBrien up front. The big change thus far has been that DeAndre Kane, who played at Marshall and Iowa State, has moved into the spot that was held by Myck Kabongo a year ago. Fogg averaged 22.5 points with Kennedy adding 18.5 in the two victories thus far.Five players on VCUs team that shocked the country and went from the First Four to the Final Four back in 2011 are on this Ram Nation squad. Theres Bradford Burgess, who has averaged 19.5 points in the two wins; point guard Joey Rodriguez; forward Jamie Skeen, who had 26 in the Elite Eight win over Kansas back in 2011; Darius Theus and Brandon Rozzell. Former first-round pick Larry Sanders is on the roster, but his status is uncertain because of an injury.No. 5 TMD vs. No. 8 Trained to Go, Thursday (2 p.m. on ESPN2) Former Ole Miss guard Marshall Henderson is the star attraction of TMD because of his personality, but this team has been led by a pair of other guards, Christopher Warren and B.J. Young. Warren also played at Ole Miss while Young starred at Arkansas. The frontcourt also features a couple of guys who played at prominent programs: Mike Bruesewitz (Wisconsin) and Calvin Godfrey (Memphis).Trained to Go pulled off the upset over the regions No. 1 seed, Bluff City Blues, a team that was loaded with Memphis alumni. Former Clayton State guard Brandon Robinson led the way with 21 points in the win and another less-heralded player, Brent Jennings, scored 32 points in the first-round win over the Primetime Players. The most recognizable name on the team is former Georgia guard Damien Wilkins, the nephew of former NBA star Dominique Wilkins.WestNo. 1 Team 23 vs. No. 5 Team Colorado, Friday (2 p.m. on ESPN3)Team 23 lost in the title game a year ago, and it brings back the core of that team, led by guard Davin White. It was former IPFW guard Frank Gaines, a new addition this year, who erupted for 30 points in the victory to reach the Super 16, while former UConn big man Gavin Edwards had a double-double with 17 points and 12 boards.Team Colorado is full of ex-Colorado Buffaloes, most of whom have spent their professional career overseas. The teams star thus far has been guard Marcus Hall, who averaged 29 points in the two wins. Richard Roby, who played in Boulder from 2004 to 2008, is one of the teams top players. The group also features Marcus Relphorde, Dominique Coleman and Levi Knutson.No. 3 Few Good Men vs. No. 7 Team Utah, Friday (4 p.m. on ESPN3)With Zags coach Mark Few as the booster, Few Good Men is a well-known group full of former Bulldogs. Micah Downs averaged 18.5 points in the two victories, but the former Zags have done it with depth and balance. Jeremy Pargo, Austin Daye, Dan Dickau, Mike Hart, Casey Cavalry and Drew Barham are on the roster. A couple of key pick-ups are former St. Johns big man Justin Burrell and ex-Missouri big man Leo Lyons. Dickau and Blake Stepp have handled the coaching duties thus far, but theres a chance former Bulldog John Stockton might take the reigns at some point.Team Utah is a Utes alumni team led by Tim Drisdom, Shaun Green, Lawrence Borha, Bryant Markson and Dakarai Tucker. 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The Kenyan runner previously lost her 2014 Chicago victory.Jeptoo had been due to earn a $500,000 bonus for leading the World Marathon Majors series standings for the combined 2013 and 2014 seasons. She won back-to-back Boston and Chicago titles in 2013.Now 35, Jeptoo tested positive for EPO in a September 2014 sample given during training for the Chicago race.Last week, Jeptoo spoke of her intention to return to competition once her initial two-year ban expired. But on Wednesday her partner said they were expecting that the punishment might be extended after the IAAF appealed what it felt was a lenient ban imposed by the Kenyan track federation.They had said they would add two years and she was aware of that, said Noah Busienei, Jeptoos partner. There is no other avenue available to appeal the decision and we shall decide the way forward.CAS said it upheld the IAAFs appeal to increase Jeptoos original two-year ban, which was to expire this week. Athletes can be banned for four years over a first offense if there are aggravating circumstances.(It) was obvious to the panel that the athlete used EPO as part of a scheme or plan, the panel ruled, citing evidence including her long relationship with the unidentified doctor and multiple visits to see him which she hid from her manager and coach.The undisputed source of the red blood cell-boosting hormone was an injection by her doctor, the ruling stated.Jeptoo was also criticized for deceptive and obstructive conduct throughout the (CAS) proceedings.The athlete provided vaarious differing accounts of the circumstances leading up to the injection and also regarding her relationship with that doctor, the court said in a statement.ddddddddddddJeptoo is the highest profile of dozens of Kenyan athletes to be banned for doping offenses over the last four years. Her case reflects a common issue in Kenya: Doctors providing athletes with banned substances for cash.Serious problems with Kenyas anti-doping program -- including allegations of corruption among authorities -- led to the country being declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency in the run-up to this years Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.The IAAF gave the East African nation until the end of the year to sort out its problems or face an international ban like Russia.A scheduled two-day court hearing for Jeptoos case in April was postponed and two different lawyers withdrew from representing her. When a hearing in Switzerland was held in July, Jeptoo initially joined by telephone but opted to leave the hearing during the opening statements, the court said.The Kenyan track body also pulled out of the proceedings, CAS said.Although CAS said that Jeptoo hid her EPO use from her coach and manager at the time, Jeptoos former coach is currently facing criminal charges in Kenya, accused of providing Jeptoo and another athlete with banned substances.Jeptoos former manager also faces doping charges, although they relate to him allegedly providing two other athletes, not Jeptoo, with banned substances. Coach Claudio Berardelli and manager Federico Rosa, who are both Italian nationals, deny the charges.---AP Sports Writer Gerald Imray in Somerset West, South Africa, and Associated Press writer Mutwiri Mutuota in Nairobi, Kenya, contributed to this report. ' ' '