UNC relocates intrasquad scrimmage from Cherokee after Hurricane Helene's impact to region

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has relocated its planned intrasquad scrimmage in western North Carolina due to damage from Hurricane Helene in that region and will instead hold it at home. The school had scheduled its Blue-White scrimmage for Oct. 13 at the Harrah's Resort...

Big Ten commissioner says league has 'positive feelings' toward expanding NCAA Tournament

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti joined a chorus of major conference leaders suggesting the NCAA Tournament be expanded beyond the current 68 teams. “I think there are some positive feelings towards expansion in our league,” Petitti said Thursday at Big...

Conference expansion creates intriguing matchups for Big Ten

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Of all the concerns he has about UCLA's move from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten, there was one that clearly topped coach Mick Cronin's list. The Bruins play at Indiana on Feb. 14, and friends and family back home keep asking for tickets. Cronin has bad news for...

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...