Latest Bob Huggins News

Column: Bob Huggins still has a job, somehow, despite anti-gay slur
The abhorrent word rolled easily from Bob Huggins' lips. Not once, but twice. That should've been enough to earn an early retirement, but college athletics has no shame. So, Huggins remains the men's basketball coach at West Virginia. A...

West Virginia's Huggins agrees to $1M pay cut, 3-game suspension for homophobic slur
West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has agreed to a three-game suspension, a $1 million salary reduction and sensitivity training for using a homophobic slur during a radio interview, the university announced Wednesday. The agreement allows Huggins to keep his job as the...

Bob Huggins apologizes for homophobic slur during radio show
West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins apologized Monday after using a homophobic slur to refer to Xavier fans while also denigrating Catholics during a radio interview. West Virginia's athletic department called Huggins' comments “offensive" and said it was reviewing the...

No. 1 Alabama readies for NCAA Tournament "home" game
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, (AP) — Alabama has the No. 1 overall NCAA Tournament seed, one of the best players in college basketball and likely a couple of games in its own backyard. For a Crimson Tide team that’s been an easy target for opposing fans over the past two months, playing less...

March Madness: Norse ride again, a KU deja vu for Howard
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Northern Kentucky coach Darrin Horn might be looking forward to his team’s NCAA Tournament appearance even more than his players. The Norse won their fourth Horizon League championship since 2016-17 but will play in March Madness for the first time since...

When filling out March Madness bracket, who should you pick?
If you're like most of the country, you probably didn't count on a No. 8 seed reaching the national title game last year — or a No. 15 seed making it to the Elite Eight. Thank you North Carolina and Saint Peter's, who made sure there's nowhere to go but up trying to pick a winning...

Kansas coach Bill Self sidelined after medical procedure
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just over 20 years ago while on a recruiting trip to Pittsburgh, Bob Huggins collapsed at the airport while catching a flight home, awaking to find himself surrounded by strangers who were lifting him into an ambulance. Then the coach at Cincinnati, Huggins...
