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Houston guard Kyler Edwards celebrates after scoring during the second half of a college basketball game against Arizona in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday, March 24, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Top programs leaning on boosts from popular transfer portal

By John Zenor May. 12, 2022 02:49 AM EDT

Johnuel "Boogie" Fland poses for a portrait on the basketball court at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., Monday, May 2, 2022. Fland is among a growing number of high school athletes who have signed sponsorship deals for their name, image and likeness following a Supreme Court decision last year that allowed similar deals for college athletes. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)
Marketing deals trickle down from NCAA to high school sports

By Mark Gillispie May. 09, 2022 02:50 AM EDT

FILE - Ohio State gathers before an NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game against Alabama in Miami Gardens, Fla., Jan. 11, 2021. In 2019, California became the first state to pass a law allowing athletes to earn money on endorsements, autograph signings and other activities, and by July 2021, the NCAA lifted its decades-old ban. Football players earn the most, followed by women’s and men’s basketball players, according to Opendorse. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Miami's Wong shows college sports hurtles toward free market

By Jim Vertuno May. 05, 2022 04:45 PM EDT

Duke's AJ Griffin (21) shoots over North Carolina's Brady Manek during the first half of a college basketball game in the semifinal round of the Men's Final Four NCAA tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Blue Devils' Griffin becomes 5th Duke player to bolt for NBA

By Aaron Beard Apr. 24, 2022 03:07 PM EDT

North Carolina's Caleb Love (2) shoots over the reach of Duke's Trevor Keels (1) during the first half of a college basketball game in the semifinal round of the Men's Final Four NCAA tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Duke's Trevor Keels takes one-and-done leap to NBA draft

By Aaron Beard Apr. 23, 2022 05:06 PM EDT

Gonzaga stars Holmgren, Nembhard declare for NBA draft

Apr. 21, 2022 05:35 PM EDT
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Gonzaga stars Chet Holmgren and Andrew Nembhard announced Thursday that they will enter the NBA draft. Holmgren is expected to...

Alabama head coach Nate Oats, right, talks with guard JD Davison (3) during the first half of a first-round NCAA college basketball tournament game against Notre Dame, Friday, March 18, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Alabama signs Ohio transfer point guard Mark Sears

Apr. 12, 2022 02:30 PM EDT

Duke assistant coach Jon Scheyer and head coach Mike Krzyzewski work during the first half of a college basketball game in the semifinal round of the Men's Final Four NCAA tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Duke's Scheyer promotes Amile Jefferson to assistant coach

By Aaron Beard Apr. 12, 2022 12:59 PM EDT

Cleveland State hires Iowa State assistant Robinson as coach

By Tom Withers Apr. 05, 2022 06:23 PM EDT
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland State is hiring longtime Iowa State assistant Daniyal Robinson as its next coach — its fourth in five years. Robinson, who...

FILE - Michigan State associate head coach Dwayne Stephens watches during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Louisiana-Monroe, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in East Lansing, Mich. In an announcement made Monday, April 4, 2022, Western Michigan has hired longtime Michigan State assistant coach Stephens to lead its basketball program. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Dwayne Stephens leaves Michigan St to lead Western Michigan

Apr. 04, 2022 06:58 PM EDT

North Carolina's Armando Bacot (5) shoots over Duke's Mark Williams (15) during the first half of a college basketball game in the semifinal round of the Men's Final Four NCAA tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Kansas, North Carolina leaning on dynamic duos in title run

By John Marshall Apr. 03, 2022 05:00 PM EDT

FILE -Saint Peter's Doug Edert, right, reaches for a pass past Purdue's Ethan Morton during the first half of a college basketball game in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Philadelphia. Kansas, Villanova, North Carolina and Duke will play in the first Final Four to take place under the new world of “name, image and likeness” endorsements in college sports. It allows college players to earn money through endorsements. And as his team's Cinderella run to the Elite Eight gained steam, Saint Peter's guard Doug Edert got into the act, announcing on Instagram that he'd struck a deal to hawk chicken wings.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
March Madness paying off for players under mishmash of rules

By Eddie Pells Mar. 30, 2022 01:01 PM EDT

Wisconsin's Johnny Davis shoots past Colgate's Oliver Lynch-Daniels during the second half of a first-round NCAA college basketball tournament game Friday, March 18, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Colgate signs men's hoops coach Matt Langel through 2030

Mar. 29, 2022 01:31 PM EDT

Murray State head coach Matt McMahon reacts during the second half of a college basketball game against San Francisco in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
New LSU coach McMahon undaunted by specter of sanctions

By Brett Martel Mar. 23, 2022 06:17 PM EDT

New Mexico State coach Chris Jans watches during the first half of the team's college basketball game against Arkansas in the second round of the NCAA men's tournament Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Jans: Mississippi State hoops will have swagger, confidence

Mar. 23, 2022 02:25 PM EDT

Arizona center Christian Koloko (35) dunks above TCU center Eddie Lampkin (4) during the second half of a second-round NCAA college basketball tournament game, Sunday, March 20, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Arizona's Christian Koloko rises to become dominant force

By John Marshall Mar. 22, 2022 04:28 PM EDT

Murray State head coach Matt McMahon directs his team during the first half of a college basketball game against San Francisco in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
LSU hires Murray State's McMahon to take over for Wade

By Brett Martel Mar. 21, 2022 05:12 PM EDT

Kansas State forward Ismael Massoud (25) shoots under pressure from West Virginia forward Jalen Bridges (11) and guard Taz Sherman (12) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the first round of the Big 12 Conference tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
K-State hires Baylor assistant Jerome Tang as hoops coach

By Dave Skretta Mar. 21, 2022 10:56 AM EDT

St. Mary's guard Logan Johnson (0) dribbles against Indiana during the first half of a first-round NCAA college basketball tournament game, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
Saint Mary's Logan Johnson has the respect of UCLA's Cronin

By Anne M. Peterson Mar. 18, 2022 07:51 PM EDT

LSU forward Darius Days (4) looks for a shot against Missouri forward Trevon Brazile (23) during the first half of an NCAA men's college basketball game at the Southeastern Conference tournament in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Interim coach leads LSU into NCAA tourney against Iowa State

Mar. 17, 2022 07:45 PM EDT