Former Dutch Bros CEO and family donate $3 million to Oregon State basketball

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Former Dutch Bros CEO Joth Ricci and his family have donated $3 million to the men's and women's basketball teams at Oregon State. The donation establishes endowments managed by the OSU Foundation that will provide annual revenue to both teams, the...

John Calipari is cautious but excited heading into his first season coaching at Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Even if John Calipari wins big at Arkansas, he cautions that he might not win quickly. “It normally takes my programs two or three years to really get stuff established the way you want it,” Calipari said Tuesday. The former Kentucky...

Gonzaga's Mark Few named winner of Legends of Coaching award

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Few of Gonzaga has been named the John R. Wooden Award Legends of Coaching winner. His selection was announced Tuesday by Craig Impelman, Wooden’s grandson-in-law, at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. The award recognizes coaches who exemplify...

Wojnarowski leaves behind high-profile job at ESPN to return to his roots at St. Bonaventure

OLEAN, N.Y. (AP) — Adrian Wojnarowski was dogged in cultivating relationships over the past 37 years that distinguished his peerless basketball reporting. Leveraging those connections with the same drive and passion that introduced the phrase “Woj bomb” into the basketball...

Pac-12 adding Utah State, in talks with Gonzaga, as Mountain West tries to hold UNLV, AP sources say

The Pac-12 is adding Utah State as its seventh member and is in discussions with basketball powerhouse Gonzaga to join the rebuilding conference in 2026, multiple people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. In a whirlwind day of maneuvering by three...

Pac-12 in discussions with basketball powerhouse Gonzaga to join the rebuilding conference in 2026, AP sources say

Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg scheduled to have his pacemaker replaced during medical procedure

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg is scheduled to undergo a medical procedure Friday to have his pacemaker replaced, the athletic department announced Monday. Hoiberg, 51, was born with an abnormal aortic valve and had surgeries in 2005 and 2015. His...

City approves plan for Oklahoma hoops, gymnastics arena in $1.1B entertainment district

The Norman City Council has approved a plan for a $1.1 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for Oklahoma basketball and gymnastics. The City Council voted 5-4 after midnight Wednesday for the district that in addition to Oklahoma athletics, would host...

John Calipari to make Arkansas debut against Kansas in charity exhibition in October

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The debut of John Calipari at Arkansas will come in a charity exhibition game against Kansas next month. The schools announced Wednesday that their men's basketball teams would meet Oct. 25 at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Proceeds from the game...

Wojnarowski is leaving ESPN for alma mater to become GM of St. Bonaventure men's basketball team

ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from broadcasting to return to his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, to take over the newly created position of general manager of the men’s basketball program, the Atlantic 10 school announced Wednesday. Wojnarowski will oversee a wide...