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Defending national champion South Carolina to play in eight-team Fort Myers Tip-off in November
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Defending national champion South Carolina will take part in the eight-team, Fort Myers Tip-off tournament over Thanksgiving weekend. The Gamecocks, who at 38-0 became the first undefeated champion in eight seasons, open against Iowa State before taking on...
JuJu Watkins enjoying summer, dreams of playing in 2028 Olympics in hometown Los Angeles
NEW YORK (AP) — JuJu Watkins has already thought about how special it would be to play for the U.S. in 2028 at the Olympics in her hometown of Los Angeles. “That's definitely a long-term goal of mine when I get done with my college career," Watkins said in an interview with The...
Mark Pope looks to veterans and being himself as he adapts to coaching Kentucky after John Calipari
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Meeting one challenge of playing for the Kentucky Wildcats gave Mark Pope a blueprint for the taller task of coaching them after John Calipari. At the very least that has meant pursuing a different path toward reaching the high bar of expectations of following...
Georgetown and Maryland will renew their rivalry in men's basketball
WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgetown and Maryland will renew their men's basketball rivalry with a four-game series starting in the 2025-26 season, the schools announced Tuesday. The teams will alternate hosting the contests, with the Terrapins holding the first and third games on their...
NCAA presents options to expand March Madness tournaments from current 68 teams, AP source says
The NCAA has presented a plan to Division I conference commissioners that would expand the lucrative men's and women's basketball tournaments by four or eight teams alongside an option to leave each field at 68 teams, according to a person familiar with the details. The proposals...
St. John's announces that Mike Cragg is out as athletic director in mutual parting
NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Cragg is out as St. John’s athletic director in what the school described Monday as a mutual parting. Cragg had taken over the role in 2018 and hired Rick Pitino as men’s basketball coach last year. St. John’s, which hasn’t received an NCAA Tournament...
Mississippi State adds former Bulldogs star Victoria Vivians as assistant coach, scouting director
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Sam Purcell has hired former Bulldogs star and WNBA veteran Victoria Vivians as assistant coach and scouting director. The school said in a statement Monday that Vivians, a sixth-year league guard/forward playing...
Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett agrees to extension through at least 2030
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Tony Bennett, who coached Virginia to a national title in 2019, has signed an extension that will keep him with the Cavaliers through at least 2030. Virginia athletic director Carla Williams announced the extension Thursday for the 55-year-old Bennett,...
Ex-Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr., potential first-round NBA draft pick, not guilty of rape
Former Illinois standout Terrence Shannon Jr., a potential first-round NBA draft pick, was found not guilty Thursday on a rape charge after a jury in Douglas County, Kansas, spent less than two hours deliberating the verdict. The 23-year-old Shannon was accused of committing sexual...
Dan Hurley says he belongs at UConn after turning down 'obviously tempting' offer from Lakers
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Dan Hurley considered the opportunity to try and lead UConn to a third consecutive national title or the chance to become coach of one of the NBA's most storied franchises and asked himself one question. “Where do you belong?” Hurley said Thursday at...
