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Penn’s Thomas becomes 1st transgender woman to win NCAAs
ATLANTA — Lia Thomas took control in the final 100 yards of the 500-yard freestyle to make history Thursday as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. Thomas, the University of Pennsylvania senior who entered the NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships as the top seed, had...
Brackets busted: Tiny Saint Peter’s shocks No. 2 seed Kentucky in OTVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Saint Peter’s acted like it had been there before. After the 15th-seeded Peacocks bounced storied Kentucky from the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night, they calmly exchanged handshakes with the Wildcats before heading over to the opposite sideline to celebrate with a small contingent of true believers. The tiny...
NCAA Tournament roundup: Top-seeded Gonzaga pulls away from Georgia StateVideo
Drew Timme scored 22 of his 32 points in the second half, and top overall seed Gonzaga struggled to shake No. 16 seed Georgia State for 30 minutes before pulling away late for a 93-72 victory Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Zags (27-3) were sluggish...
Big Ten tourney champ Iowa knocked out early by RichmondVideo
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jacob Gilyard scored 24 points, Tyler Burton added 18 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 12 seed Richmond leaned on its experience to hold off Big Ten tournament champ Iowa, 67-63, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. Nathan Cayo also had 15 points,...
Seldom-used freshman Frankie Collins sparks Michigan to NCAA Tournament winVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Freshman Frankie Collins made a starting debut that Michigan fans won’t soon forget. With starting point guard DeVante’ Jones stuck on campus in concussion protocol and the Wolverines struggling with turnovers, Collins scored 14 points, grabbed six rebounds and helped 11th-seeded Michigan overcome a shaky start to beat...
Ben Howland out as Mississippi State coach after 7 seasons
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State men’s basketball coach Ben Howland is out after seven seasons with the program. A release on Thursday did not provide details about Howland’s departure, and a message left with a basketball spokesman was not immediately returned. Athletic director John Cohen thanked Howland for his devotion...
Loyola Chicago’s Sister Jean still working on Ohio State scouting report
Before he sends his Loyola Chicago team onto the PPG Paints Arena hardwood Friday to face Ohio State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, coach Drew Valentine will step aside for a moment. Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, college basketball’s most celebrated team chaplain, will have a few choice...
Texas Southern outlasts Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in First FourVideo
DAYTON, Ohio — Bryson Etienne scored 21 points, and Texas Southern beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 76-67, on Tuesday night in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament. The Cowboys earned their third NCAA Tournament win in five seasons and will play top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest first round. The First...
Michigan hires Power 5’s 1st female football grad assistantVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan has hired Milan Bolden-Morris to be the first female graduate assistant football coach in the Big Ten. The school said she’s also the first female GA in a Power Five football program. Michigan announced her hire Tuesday. The former college basketball player, who started for...
Expansion: Women’s NCAA field features inaugural First Four
Florida State coach Sue Semrau has always been a fan of adding teams to the women’s NCAA Tournament. She is thrilled it happened this season, giving her late-developing Seminoles the opportunity to be a part of history. Florida State (17-13) is one of the schools participating in the inaugural women’s...
Florida Gulf Coast hires former Penn State coach Pat Chambers as men’s basketball coach
Pat Chambers quickly convinced Florida Gulf Coast that he was the right person to take over its men’s basketball program. It’s a second chance he vowed to not squander. FGCU introduced Chambers on Tuesday as its new coach, a move that came about 18 months after he resigned as coach...
NCAA sets practice times Thursday at PPG Paints Arena for 8 tournament teams
The eight teams competing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament will begin arriving in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, and fans will be able to get a close look Thursday. Practices are open to the public for 40 minutes each at no cost at PPG Paints Arena. The schedule is...
Sister Jean, 102, will be courtside at PPG Paints Arena with Loyola Chicago
Sticking to one of her favorite sayings (“It’s better to wear out than to rust out.”), 102-year-old Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt will accompany the Loyola Chicago Ramblers to Pittsburgh for their first-round game in the NCAA Tournament. Contacted Monday morning, Loyola Chicago associate athletic director Bill Behrns said, “We are...
A closer look at the NCAA Tournament teams coming to Pittsburgh
All games Friday No. 7 Ohio State Tip time: 12:15 p.m. vs. Loyola Chicago Record: 19-11 Coach: Chris Holtmann Leading scorer: E.J. Liddell (19.6) How they got here: A 71-66 victory against Duke on Nov. 30 helped lead Ohio State to a 9-2 start, but the Buckeyes have lost four...
Villanova returns to Pittsburgh for NCAA Tournament
Villanova coach Jay Wright was a frequent visitor to Pittsburgh when Pitt was a member of the Big East. Since then, someone in the NCAA office apparently decided that if the first- and second-round games of the NCAA Tournament come to Pittsburgh, Wright’s Wildcats must be included. Villanova will be...
Kansas beats Texas Tech in Big 12 final, makes case for No. 1 seedVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ochai Agbaji was a lightly regarded three-star prospect when he left his home in Kansas City, Mo., four long years ago to play big-time college basketball just down the road at Kansas. Agbaji returned home this weekend as the Big 12’s player of the year, then...
Villanova tops Creighton to win Big East titleVideo
NEW YORK — Collin Gillespie nailed consecutive 3-pointers late in the game that put No. 8 Villanova ahead for good, and the Wildcats beat Creighton, 54-48, to win the Big East Tournament championship Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Gillespie missed this tournament and the NCAAs last season with a...
LSU fires men’s basketball coach Will Wade, citing NCAA probeVideo
LSU fired men’s basketball coach Will Wade for cause amid “serious” allegations of NCAA violations, the university announced Saturday in a joint statement from its president and athletic director. The firing comes the day after LSU was bounced from the SEC Tournament by Arkansas, 79-67, in a quarterfinal game Friday...
Georgia fires Tom Crean after worst season in program historyVideo
Georgia coach Tom Crean was fired in a much-anticipated announcement a day after the end of a 26-loss season. Georgia announced Thursday night Crean will not return for his fifth season. The quick decision comes less than 24 hours after the Bulldogs’ 86-51 loss to Vanderbilt in the first round...
Badgers’ Johnny Davis, Greg Gard take AP Big Ten top honors
Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis is The Associated Press player of the year in the Big Ten Conference and the Badgers’ Greg Gard is coach of the year. Davis won top honors over Iowa’s Keegan Murray on Tuesday, and both were unanimous picks for spots on the AP All-Big Ten team along...
Wright State rallies past Northern Kentucky to win Horizon TournamentVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Trey Calvin made a jumper from just inside the free-throw line with 10.5 seconds left to complete a late comeback from 16 points down to earn Wright State a 72-71 win over Northern Kentucky on Tuesday night to claim both the Horizon League championship and an automatic berth...
Bellarmine wins Atlantic Sun tourney, giving NCAA bid to Jacksonville StateVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — CJ Fleming scored a career-high 27 points, Dylan Penn added 22 and Division I newcomer Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville, 77-72, in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament on Tuesday, handing the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament to regular-season champion Jacksonville State. The Knights, in the second of a...
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says door closed on return to NFLVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said Tuesday that the door is closed on his potential return to the NFL. Harbaugh said he took a look at possibly coaching the Minnesota Vikings — interviewing with them last month on signing day — to find out if he wanted...
Kansas considered team to beat in wide open Big 12 TournamentVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Big 12 Tournament was the place where Kansas validated its regular-season conference championship each year, and usually confirmed its status as one of the top seeds and heavy favorites for the NCAA Tournament. That’s changed a bit over the years. Five different schools have played...
Hall of Famer, Jackson State coach Deion Sanders has 2 toes amputated after medical setbackVideo
Deion Sanders had two toes on his left foot amputated because of blood clots stemming from a previous surgery. The Jackson State coach and NFL Hall of Famer revealed the severity of his foot injury in an episode of his “Coach Prime” documentary series that will air Tuesday night on...
