Kentucky coach Mark Pope said Tuesday there is no chance Jayden Quaintance will skip this season to rehab from an ACL tear and prepare for the NBA.
Category: NCAA
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Sources: USC, U-M question Big Ten capital deal
Trustees at Michigan and USC questioned the Big Ten’s proposed $2B-plus private capital deal, with one sticking point during a Tuesday call being it doesn’t address the root issue — soaring costs — that have made the need for cash so imperative.
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Purdue’s Painter to get Legends of Coaching award
Purdue’s Matt Painter will receive the Legends of Coaching award as part of the John R. Wooden Award weekend in Los Angeles next spring.
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Calipari: Will retire before becoming ‘transactional’
John Calipari has no plans to leave college basketball but said if he can no longer build relationships with players and do that job they way he wants, he’ll exit the sport.
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At 66, John Calipari is innovating off the court, too
Arkansas hoops coach John Calipari is still innovating, this time in the insurance business.
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AP men’s hoops preseason poll: Breaking down all Top 25 teams
Here’s what to know about each team in the AP men’s preseason Top 25, from No. 1 Purdue to No. 25 North Carolina.
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Purdue tops preseason AP Top 25 poll for 1st time
Purdue is No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time. The Boilermakers earned 35 of 61 first-place votes to top Monday’s poll to begin the 2025-26 season.
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NCAA: Betting abuse of athletes common online
A study commissioned by the NCAA showed that sports-betting-related abuse is still one of the most common forms of online harassment directed at college athletes, coaches and officials.
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Sister Jean, beloved Loyola-Chicago chaplain, dies
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the longtime chaplain of the Loyola-Chicago men’s basketball team, died Thursday at the age of 106. “[She] was an invaluable source of wisdom and grace for generations of students, faculty, and staff,” the school said.
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Tatum to assist Duke as hands-on player mentor
Duke said Tuesday that former Blue Devils player and Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum would serve in a volunteer advisory role for the program as “chief basketball officer.”