Category: NCAA Basketball

Bob Hammel, who covered 23 NCAA Final Fours and 29 Indiana high school basketball tournament championships during a 52-year sports writing career that included a close friendship with late Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight, has died. The lifelong Indiana resident spent 40 years with the Bloomington Herald-Telephone and later Herald-Times, including 30 as sports editor. Hammel was a member of several halls of fame, including the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, Football Writers Association of America, Indiana Journalism and Indiana University Athletics.

Athletic director Heather Owen said she believes Herb Sendek is the right person to lead the Broncos’ program.

After debuting in 2025, the College Basketball Crown will return next season, but the field will be cut in half.

Memphis was fined $30,000 as part of the infractions.

Saint Peter’s, Fairleigh Dickinson and Maryland-Baltimore County — three schools that have taken March Madness by storm at various points in the past decade — have declined to opt in to college sports’ new revenue sharing model.

The Players Era announced its full schedule for the 2025 Players Era Men's Championship NIL-driven multi-team men's event in Las Vegas in November.

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Michigan basketball players conduct drills during practice Sunday, July 13, 2025.

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Grand Canyon will be one of 14 schools competing in the conference next season.

The Big East Conference and ESPN announced a six-year digital media rights deal on Tuesday. Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman said in a statement that the agreement gives “all 22 of our sports — especially women’s basketball and Olympic sports — the visibility they’ve earned and the access our fans expect.” “This exciting partnership with ESPN reinforces our commitment to placing Big East teams front and center on the leading digital sports platform,” Ackerman said.

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