The committees for men’s and women’s Division I basketball met this week to discuss possible expansion of the March Madness tournaments, but made no immediate decisions or recommendations.
Category: NCAA
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Newton, Darger named ’26-27 committee chairs
The NCAA named the 2026-27 chairs of the Division I men’s and women’s basketball committees on Friday, tabbing Samford AD Martin Newton to lead the men’s committee and BYU senior associate athletic director Liz Darger to lead the women’s.
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Oklahoma AD Castiglione to leave full-time role
Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione will retire from his full-time role during the upcoming school year.
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Trump mulls EO on athletes’ employment status
President Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would require federal authorities to clarify whether college athletes can be considered employees of their schools.
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Princeton’s Pierce to redshirt, then enter portal
Princeton star Caden Pierce plans to redshirt next season in order to finish his degree before entering the transfer portal and playing his final season elsewhere in 2026-27.
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Georgia Tech hires Alpert as new athletic director
Georgia Tech has hired former Tennessee senior deputy AD Ryan Alpert as its new athletic director. The deal is for five years, sources told ESPN.
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What the NCAA tournament could look like with expansion
How would an expanded March Madness work with 72 or 76 teams? Bracketologist Joe Lunardi tries to answer some of your questions.
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Top Georgia high school hoopers since 2000 — Who earned the crown?
As part of SportsCenter’s “50 States in 50 Days” tour, we’re spotlighting the top boys and girls hoopers to come out of Georgia based on high school career achievements.
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Commission rejecting some athlete NIL deals
The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years.
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Louisiana Tech returns to Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt’s CEOs voted to invite Louisiana Tech as the league’s 14th member Monday morning.