Tag: Men's College Basketball

Kansas’ Bill Self is expected to return to the NCAA Tournament, assistant coach Norm Roberts said

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Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self is expected to coach him to the NCAA championship, Jayhawks assistant coach Norm Roberts said Saturday. Here’s what you need to know: Self missed the Big 12 tournament due to a health issue. The university said Self did not suffer a heart attack, but spent the night as a patient at the University of Kansas Health System on March 8. Roberts coached in Self’s place at the Big 12 Championships. Kansas lost 76-56 to Texas in the Big 12 championship game on Saturday. background…

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Zack Eddy carried Purdue through the Big Ten. Will you make it to the NCAA Tournament?

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Chicago – No other team in the country has Zack Eddy, which is what makes Purdue such a unique team. Boilermakers preparation is difficult because you can’t replicate what it feels like to climb up against a 7-foot-4 indoor existence. As Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann said after he went out on the wrong side in a game against Purdue for the third time this season, “He just planted there, and he sticks.” The injury-depleted Buckeyes didn’t have enough bodies to throw at him, so they ended up playing him…

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Houston’s Marcus Sasser doubts returning to the AFC Championship semi-finals due to a thigh injury

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Houston guard Marcus Sasser is in doubt about returning to the team’s AAC Championship semifinal game against Cincinnati after a groin strain in the first half. Here’s what you need to know: Sasser walked into the locker room for treatment after slipping while dribbling and falling to the ground with an apparent non-contact injury with about seven minutes left in the first half. He returned to the bench in the second half but did not make it through the warm-up in the first half. The Cougars led 38-23 after the…

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Ohio State’s basketball future began in the Big Ten tournament

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CHICAGO — With losses piling up, starting in early January and continuing with a game of relief through the end of February, Gene Smith called Chris Holtmann into his office for a meeting. In constant touch all season via text, Ohio State’s athletic director thought it was time to chat formally with the men’s basketball coach. He’s already offered a public vote of confidence, but he knows a lot of people read that stuff like the Kiss of Judas, especially since outside heat has been building on Holtmann amid the…

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St. John’s Fires basketball coach Mike Anderson

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St. John’s fired men’s basketball head coach Mike Anderson after losing to Marquette in the second round of the Big East tournament on Thursday, an industry source familiar with the decision confirmed to the athlete Friday. The stadium was the first to publish the news. Here’s what you need to know: The Red Storm went 18-15 overall this season and 7-13 in conference play. Anderson was with St. John’s for four seasons, going 68-56. The veteran coach spent eight seasons at Arkansas, five at Missouri, and four in the Professional…

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Penn State should use the resources to keep Micah Shrewsberry at State College

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CHICAGO — As he walked off the field Thursday, the fight song blaring out triumphantly from a nearby beep band, Micah Shrewsberry stopped to reach a row of media seats. His wife, Molly, handed her mobile phone. The Penn State coach smiled and yelled into the phone, sharing the moment with his sons, Brayden and Nicholas, who were heading home to State College, waiting for a high school state playoff game and unable to share in the Nittany Lions’ joy. ’79-76 defeated Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament. After returning…

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AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco again wants to eliminate the Power 5/Group of 5 split

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Fort Worth, Texas — American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco marked the start of the AAC men’s basketball tournament Thursday by issuing a statement once again opposing what Aresco believes is an unhealthy division between the Power 5 and Group of 5 conferences at the FBS level. “In recent weeks, I’ve seen references to the ‘Powerful Five’ in interviews and public conversations suggesting that the P5 is an almost exclusive focus in college athletics, Aresco wrote in the statement. “This is very misleading, especially in the current environment.” Aresco spoke…

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Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams has resigned after being suspended for a “racially insensitive” comment to a player

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The school announced Wednesday night that Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams has resigned. Here’s what you need to know: The school announced on March 5 that Adams had been suspended for an “inappropriate, inappropriate, and racially insensitive comment” to a player last week. The school said that Adams, in his second year as the program’s head coach, “was encouraging the student-athlete to be more receptive to coaching and pointed to Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters” and “immediately addressed this with the team and…

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Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim Says Future With Program “It Comes To College”

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Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said Wednesday that “it’s up to the university” whether he returns to coach the Orangemen next season. Boeheim told ESPN earlier this season that he would “most likely” return as coach for the 2023-24 season — which would be his 48th leading the program — rather than retire, but he set a different tone in Greensboro. “The university hired me, and it’s their choice that’s what they want to do,” Boeheim told reporters at a news conference Wednesday, after losing the ACC tournament second round to…

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NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Can Gonzaga snatch the second seed?

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The big questions Tuesday night revolved around three of the mid-majors. Can St. Mary’s score an impressive win over Gonzaga in the Football World Cup championship game, confirming that the Gaels’ strong computer numbers deserve a correspondingly high rating? And will Oral Roberts and/or Charleston win their respective conference championships, or will they go to Selection Sunday in hopes of getting a big bid? Consider answering these questions definitively. Charleston outlasted UNC Wilmington in the CAA title game for their 30th win against a Division One. Meanwhile, Oral Roberts completed…

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