Basketball Dec 5, 2020
Keisei Tominaga looking forward to taking next step with Nebraska
by Kaz Nagatsuka
The 19-year-old, who verbally committed to Nebraska a year ago, has been public about his future ambitions.
Basketball Nov 18, 2020
Nebraska coaches confident Keisei Tominaga can make big impact
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Hoiberg introduced the 19-year-old as the “Japanese Steph Curry,” a sign of his confidence Tominaga will make a splash in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Sports Apr 1, 2020
NCAA to give spring sport athletes extra year of eligibility
The NCAA will permit spring sport athletes – such as baseball, softball and lacrosse players – who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus outbreak to have an additional year of eligibility. The NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to give spring sport athletes regardless ...
Basketball Mar 27, 2020
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. ...
Basketball Mar 3, 2020
NCAA leaders weighing options for March Madness due to COVID-19 concerns
The NCAA is examining all options for the upcoming 68-team men's basketball tournament, including the possibility of holding games without fans, as the coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S. "If you can think of it, it's something that we've gone through an analysis around," ...
Basketball Mar 6, 2019
Gonzaga's Rui Hachimura named West Coast Conference Player of the Year
Rui Hachimura was named the West Coast Conference 2018-2019 Player of the Year on Tuesday after helping lead Gonzaga University, currently the nation's No. 1 team, to its seventh straight regular-season title and 20th consecutive win. The 21-year-old junior was also named to the All-WCC ...
Sports Mar 12, 2018
College sports reformers stay positive despite setbacks
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Implementing change is often a painful procedure. That is apparently the case for the leaders working to revamp the landscape of college sports in Japan. It has been a couple of years since discussions aimed at forming a Japanese organization similar to the National Collegiate Athletic ...
More Sports Oct 16, 2017
Former Minnesota athletics chief Joel Maturi says Japan can benefit from college sports overhaul
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Joel Maturi, an ex-director of athletics for the University of Minnesota, thinks it is "insane" and "crazy" that some of the major NCAA schools make a large amount of money through sports. But he adds that it is the reality in the United States, and ...
Sports Sep 2, 2017
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Mark Emmert, the National Collegiate Athletic Association president, supports Japan trying to establish its own college sports governing body. Emmert, who stopped here after visiting Taipei for the World University Games, was invited to meet a group of leaders that are studying the U.S. model ...
Sports Jul 28, 2017
Yasuda spearheads University of Tsukuba's efforts to modernize college sports in Japan
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Dome Corporation CEO Shuichi Yasuda says that the country's universities are mostly conservative and reluctant to tackle new initiatives. On the other hand, the University of Tsukuba is trying to be a trailblazer in reforming Japanese collegiate sports. The national university announced on Thursday that it ...
Sports Jun 29, 2017
Plan to reform Japanese college sports greeted with mixture of hope, skepticism
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Discussions over the introduction of a "Japanese version of the NCAA" to oversee this country's collegiate sports have prompted positive and negative reactions since they began last year. Sports management expert and university professor Itaru Kobayashi is one of the scholars who supports the project ...
More Sports Apr 2, 2017
Japanese collegiate sports study ends Phase 1
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Japan is currently working to reform college sports and establish its own version of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), creating athletic departments at universities to help it function more efficiently. When that's accomplished, the hope is that it will benefit universities as a whole, ...