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March Madness bracket anything but sleepy as Auburn, Tar Heels picks highlight wild Selection Sunday
Read full article: March Madness bracket anything but sleepy as Auburn, Tar Heels picks highlight wild Selection SundayAuburn is the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, with Duke, Houston and Florida joining the Tigers on the No. 1 line in the March Madness bracket.
5th anniversary of COVID cancellations brings back painful memories for teams, NCAA officials
Read full article: 5th anniversary of COVID cancellations brings back painful memories for teams, NCAA officialsRobert Morris coach Andrew Toole stood next to the staging area near midcourt Tuesday night, the confetti strewn around him as the Colonials danced, mingled with fans and climbed ladders to cut down the nets.
March Madness selection panel will have to juggle thanks to SEC overload in bracket
Read full article: March Madness selection panel will have to juggle thanks to SEC overload in bracketThe NCAA selection committee will have some juggling to do before the bracket comes out Sunday to keep March Madness from looking like an extension of the Southeastern Conferenceās regular season.
Auburn, Alabama, Florida headline SEC's haul in the NCAA selection committee's early top-16 seeds
Read full article: Auburn, Alabama, Florida headline SEC's haul in the NCAA selection committee's early top-16 seedsAuburn was the No. 1 overall seed in the preliminary rankings unveiled Saturday by the committee that will select the 68-team field for the NCAA Tournament.
North Carolina interviews Bill Belichick for head coaching job, AP sources say
Read full article: North Carolina interviews Bill Belichick for head coaching job, AP sources sayNorth Carolina has interviewed former New England Patriots coach and six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick for its head coaching position.
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Going West: Move toward fall football ramps up in Pac-12, MW
Read full article: Going West: Move toward fall football ramps up in Pac-12, MWFILE - In this Oct. 7, 2019, file photo, Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott speaks to reporters during the Pac-12 Conference women's NCAA college basketball media day in San Francisco. The Mountain West is trying to do the same and there even is some movement in the Mid-American Conference toward reconsidering a fall season. āThe board has asked for a plan,ā Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson said. The San Jose Mercury News reported, citing unidentified sources, that the Pac-12ās athletic directors were targeting Oct. 31 to start football season. But some MAC players have followed the lead of their peers in Power Five conferences by pushing for a fall season on social media.
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Non-revenue sports fret over college athlete compensation
Read full article: Non-revenue sports fret over college athlete compensation(AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)College coaches in non-revenue sports are worried about the impact legislation allowing compensation for athletes could have on their programs. The memo, prepared by North Carolina athletics director Bubba Cunningham and associate athletics director Paul Pogge, was sent last week to a law committee examining whether to craft a standardized athlete-compensation law for states to adopt. The memo focuses on non-revenue sports, many of which are included in Olympic competition. Similarly, lost participation opportunities is a key issue in this case for those non-revenue sports. That committee would likely first meet this fall in a process lasting one to two years, Higer said.