'Coach K' says goodbye as North Carolina downs Duke in Final Four
The pregame focus was the 75-year-old veteran, who had announced this would be his last season and had hoped to lead the Blue Devils to his sixth NCAA title in 42 years at the helm.
The NCAA sees its worst fears realized in a canceled tournament game
It was a Faustian bargain that college basketball made last autumn when it plowed ahead with a season into the headwinds of the coronavirus pandemic. There would be games, college sports administrators declared, because there needed to be a path to the NCAA men’s ...
Indiana to host entire 2021 NCAA men's basketball tournament
The NCAA, in an attempt to limit the threat of coronavirus among teams, announced an agreement Monday to hold its signature men’s basketball tournament entirely in Indiana in March and early April. The tournament consists of 67 games and is usually held at sites across ...
NCAA says loss of tournament will cut school payments by 63%
The NCAA will distribute $225 million to schools this year, about 37 percent of its original projection, after the organization canceled its main source of income, the men's basketball tournament, due to the coronavirus. The NCAA board of governors voted Thursday to approve the distribution. ...
Wisconsin hoop coach Ryan goes way back with MAS
When NCAA March Madness gets underway next week, Bo Ryan-coached Wisconsin will be one of the favorites to win the whole loopy hoopy shebang. And why not? With four starters back from last season's Final Four outfit, UW this campaign has racked up a sensational 28-3 ...
NCAA shamed into feeding their athletes
The debate over paying American college athletes ramped up with basketball's March Madness ,giving the press a perfect opportunity to harp on the unfairness of a billion-dollar business built on the backs of unpaid labor.
Smaller conferences prove they can play with big boys
"Now it’s a disco, but not for Lola . . . She sits there so refined and drinks herself half-blind" — Lyrics from "Copacabana" Hearing Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski's pre-NCAA tourney whine and then seeing his Blue Devils, a third seed, ousted by unheralded No. 14 ...
