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The NCAA approved a rule change on Wednesday that will allow active collegiate athletes and athletic department staff members to bet on professional sports. NCAA Athletes Still Banned From Betting On College Sports Two weeks after the Division I cabinet approved the change, Division II and III management councils signed off on it, allowing the […]
The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee on Wednesday introduced a proposal that would change the rules for commercial logos on student-athletes’ equipment, uniforms, and apparel for non-NCAA championship competition. Proposal Calls For Additional Commercial Logos On Uniforms Under existing NCAA rules, the only commercial logo permitted on student-athletes’ equipment or apparel during regular-season games is […]
Former college basketball star Mike Babul passed away on Monday after suffering a heart attack at the age of 47. The University of Massachusetts Amhurst (UMass) said in a heartfelt statement that the Minutemen fanbase is grieving the loss of a legendary member of the community. Mike Babul earned All-Conference, Gatorade Player of the Year, […]
The NCAA has decided on two regionals for the women’s basketball tournament through at least 2028. Las Vegas and Philadelphia will host the two 2027 regionals and Portland, Oregon, and Washington will be the sites for the 2028 Sweet 16. The NCAA switched to a two-region format in 2023. It will be the first time […]
Frank Selvy, an All-America guard at Furman who scored an NCAA Division I-record 100 points in a single game and later played nine NBA seasons (1954-64), died Tuesday at the age of 91. A cause of death was not revealed. Selvy’s family announced that he died at his home in Simpsonville, South Carolina. Frank Selvy […]
Kyle Guy is retiring from basketball at the age of 26 to join the men’s basketball staff at the University of Virginia (UVA) as Athlete Development Mentor and Special Assistant, Dean and Markel Families Head Coach Tony Bennett announced on Wednesday. Kyle Guy returns to the University of Virginia to work on head coach Tony […]
The sixth-seeded Duquesne men’s college basketball team defeated fifth-seeded VCU 57-51 at Barclays Center to earn their first NCAA tournament bid in 47 years. It was the Dukes’ first invite to March Madness since 1977. Duquesne colored red, white and blue streamers fell from the rafters with the Dukes leading by 15 in the second […]
The University of Michigan has fired men’s basketball head coach Juwan Howard after a disappointing 8-24 season (3-17 in Big Ten), the school announced Friday. This ends his five-year run in Ann Arbor. Michigan’s eight-win season was one of its worst in the past 60 years. Not only did the Wolverines finish last in the […]
The No. 15 Creighton Bluejays achieved the impossible on Tuesday night, upsetting the No. 1 UConn Huskies 85-66 at CHI Health Center Omaha, the Bluejays’ home arena, having lost all six of their previous meetings with No. 1-ranked teams and never coming closer than 10 points. Seven times was the charm. The Bluejays built a […]
A wild college basketball handshake brawl broke out following Texas A&M-Commerce’s 76-72 overtime win against Incarnate Word at the Alice P. McDermott Convocation Center in San Antonio on Monday. The postgame handshakes quickly went from sportsmanlike banter to a violent confrontation in one of the craziest men’s college basketball brawls to date. While saying “good […]
