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FILE - In this March 18, 2015, file photo, the NCAA logo is displayed at center court as work continues at The Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, for the NCAA college basketball tournament. The NCAA has fallen short of upholding its commitment to gender equity spending more on male athletes on average than female ones according a second review. A law firm hired by the NCAA to investigate equity issues released a 153-page report Tuesday night, Oct. 26, 2021 that includes a series of recommendations to improve the gap. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Second NCAA gender equity report shows spending disparities

By Doug Feinberg And Erica Hunzinger 22 hrs ago

FILE - Hampton guard Davion Warren, right, shoots over Winthrop guard Kyle Zunic in the second half of the Big South tournament championship in an NCAA college basketball game in Rock Hill, S.C., in this Sunday, March 8, 2020, file photo. There are three super seniors making their Tech debuts: guards Davion Warren from Hampton and Adonis Arms from Winthrop, and forward Bryson Williams from UTEP. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
Dream-come-true job for Adams at Texas Tech with new seniors

By Stephen Hawkins Oct. 22, 2021 03:10 AM EDT

Boston College guard Makai Ashton-Langford speaks during NCAA college basketball Atlantic Coast Conference media day, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
BC looks to rebuild again, this time under Earl Grant

By Ken Powtak Oct. 20, 2021 02:40 PM EDT

Clemson head coach Brad Brownell answers a question during NCAA college basketball Atlantic Coast Conference media day, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
Clemson, Brownell look to keep ACC momentum growing

By Pete Iacobelli Oct. 20, 2021 10:38 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, a cellphone is used in New Orleans. A former college basketball player has founded a company called RealResponse, which provides customers, mainly universities and large sports organizations, technology to give athletes and employees a chance to initiate real-time, anonymous complaints by sending a simple text. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
New technology offers anonymous way to report abuse, doping

By Eddie Pells Oct. 18, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

Washington St signs Kyle Smith to extension through '26-27

Sep. 23, 2021 08:00 PM EDT
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Washington State signed coach Kyle Smith to a contract extension Thursday that goes through the 2026-27 season and adds two years to the...

In this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, file photo, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian, center, joins players in singing "The Eyes of Texas" after an NCAA college football against Louisiana-Lafayette, in Austin, Texas. The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of UT students have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Texas for its continued use of “The Eyes of Texas” school song, tune with racist elements in its past. The complaint filed Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, with the U.S. Department of Education alleges that Black students and faculty are being subjected to violations of the Civil Rights Act and a hostile campus environment. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas 9/4/2021

Sep. 08, 2021 06:18 PM EDT

In this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, file photo, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian, center, joins players in singing "The Eyes of Texas" after an NCAA college football against Louisiana-Lafayette, in Austin, Texas. The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of UT students have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Texas for its continued use of “The Eyes of Texas” school song, tune with racist elements in its past. The complaint filed Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, with the U.S. Department of Education alleges that Black students and faculty are being subjected to violations of the Civil Rights Act and a hostile campus environment. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Texas NAACP files federal complaint over "The Eyes of Texas"

By Jim Vertuno Sep. 08, 2021 06:15 PM EDT

Alabama guard Burnett to miss season with knee injury

Sep. 08, 2021 12:51 PM EDT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama transfer guard Nimari Burnett will miss the season after having surgery on his right knee. Coach Nate Oats...

FILE— In this April 3, 2019 file photo, investor John Wilson, left, arrives at federal court in Boston with his wife Leslie to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. The first trial stemming from Operation Varsity Blues, the federal government's crackdown on celebrities and ordinary Americans who paid a middleman to get their kids into prestigious colleges and universities, opens Sept. 8, 2021 with jury selection. While the big names like Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have pleaded guilty and served their time, the upcoming trial will feature lesser known defendants. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
'Varsity Blues' trial promises fresh insights in old scandal

By Alanna Durkin Richer Sep. 08, 2021 01:10 AM EDT

Monmouth gives men's basketball coach Rice 5-year extension

Aug. 30, 2021 04:15 PM EDT
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Monmouth University men's basketball coach King Rice has been given a five-year contract extension through the 2025-26 season. ...

Creighton hires Holy Cross' Marcus Blossom as its new AD

By Eric Olson Aug. 30, 2021 01:16 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton has hired Marcus Blossom away from Holy Cross to be its new athletic director. Blossom replaces Bruce...

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, Harvard players, students and fans celebrate the team's win over Yale in an NCAA college football game at Fenway Park in Boston. The Ivy League was the first Division I conference to suspend fall sports in 2020 because of the COVID-19 virus outbreak. All eight Ivies are requiring that their football teams be vaccinated for COVID-19 — just like the rest of the students on campus. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Ivy League sports return as way they went out: cautiously

By Jimmy Golen Aug. 30, 2021 02:38 AM EDT

Louisville suspends head coach Chris Mack for 6 games

By Dylan Lovan Aug. 27, 2021 02:21 PM EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The University of Louisville said Friday that it is suspending head basketball coach Chris Mack for six games for failing to follow...

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 file photo, Northern Arizona coach Shane Burcar encourages his players during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Gonzaga in Spokane, Wash. Northern Arizona built enough momentum two years ago to get the interim tag removed from coach Shane Burcar's title. A pandemic-altered 2019-20 season filled with stops and starts set the Lumberjacks back, even if they did finish strong. Now that college basketball is headed toward what appears to be a somewhat-normal return, Burcar and the 'Jacks are poised to turn the momentum churning upward again.(AP Photo/Young Kwak, File)
Northern Arizona poised to rekindle momentum under Burcar

By John Marshall Aug. 24, 2021 06:08 PM EDT

Former Loyola NCAA college basketball star Jerry Harkness poses at his home in Indianapolis on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Harkness, who led Loyola Chicago to a barrier-breaking national basketball championship and a was civil rights pioneer, has died. He was 81. The school announced Harkness passed away Tuesday morning, Aug. 24, 2021. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Loyola Chicago basketball pioneer Jerry Harkness dies at 81

By John Marshall Aug. 24, 2021 03:56 PM EDT

Va Tech extends AD Babcock's contract through June 2029

Aug. 09, 2021 02:57 PM EDT
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech has extended the contract of athletic director Whit Babcock for five years, keeping him with the school through June 2029....

Villanova men, South Carolina women part of Jimmy V pairings

Aug. 04, 2021 05:40 PM EDT
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Tennessee will face Texas Tech, and Syracuse will meet former Big East Conference rival Villanova in men’s basketball pairings for the...

FILE - This is a March 12, 2020, file photo showing NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis. The NCAA Board of Governors called for a special constitutional convention in November to initiate dramatic reform in the governance of college sports that could be in place as soon as January. The NCAA said it wants to “reimagine" how to more effectively manage the needs of college athletes.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Report drills NCAA on equity, calls for combined Final Four

By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 03, 2021 03:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2020, file photo, The Red River Showdown logo is displayed on the field of the Cotton Bowl, prior to an NCAA college football game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma, in Dallas. Texas and Oklahoma made a request Tuesday, July 27, 2021, to join the Southeastern Conference — in 2025 —- with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey saying the league would consider it in the “near future.” (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth, File)
Big 12 warns of losing 50% of TV value following UT/OU exit

By Acacia Coronado Aug. 02, 2021 07:43 PM EDT