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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...
K-State women picked as Big 12 favorite by coaches, Wildcats C Ayoka Lee the top player
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas State graduate center Ayoka Lee has been tabbed the Big 12 women's preseason player of the year, and the Wildcats were picked as the team favored to win the league in a vote of the conference's 16 coaches that was revealed Thursday. In the preseason...
USC's Juju Watkins ready to take college torch with Caitlin Clark in WNBA
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Juju Watkins starred with Joel Embiid in an AT&T commercial and threw out a first pitch at a Dodgers game. Another big opportunity is at hand. Southern California's sensational sophomore has a chance to grab the torch that Caitlin Clark...
Defending national champion South Carolina sells out of season tickets
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is already on the way to leading women's college basketball in average attendance for an 11th straight season. The defending national champion Gamecocks announced Wednesday they had sold out their allotment of season tickets, a program-record...
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...
Affolter, a key in Iowa's run to national title game, is out until early November after knee surgery
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sydney Affolter, who played a key role in Iowa's run to a second straight national championship game last season, underwent knee surgery and will be out until early November, coach Jan Jensen said Tuesday. Affolter started the final nine games in place of the...
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...
