Louisville Transfer Lands at Creighton: Chad Millard, a 6-8, 220-pound forward, has decided to transfer to Creighton, Blue Jays coach Dana Altman announced. Millard averaged 2.3 points and 1.4 rebounds per game last season as a freshman at Louisville. Millard had considered Northeastern and Vanderbilt after making the decision to […]

NCAA Could Expand Rebel Flag Ban: The NCAA will consider expanding its ban of championship events in South Carolina, possibly disallowing baseball and football teams from hosting postseason games, because the Confederate flag is displayed on Statehouse grounds. Robert Vowels Jr., head of the NCAA’s Minority Opportunities and Interest Committee, […]

Ohio State Must Pay O’Brien $2.2 Million: Even though former Ohio State basketball coach Jim O’Brien broke NCAA rules by giving money to a recruit, a judge has ruled that the school must pay O’Brien $2.2 million plus interest because the school failed to follow the terms of his contract. […]

NCAA Ready to Enforce Stiff Penalties: Schools with long-term academic problems will face tough penalties, according to new guidelines set by the NCAA after discussing the issue at its recent meetings. Under the latest proposal, the worst offenders face a ban from post-season play and could lose their conference’s share […]

Jesse Agel Leaves His Alma Mater: After 17 years of working as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Vermont, Jesse Agel will join coach Craig Robinson at Brown. Under head coach Tom Brennan, Agel was key to Vermont’s three consecutive America East titles from 2003-2005, leading the team to […]

NIT Drops Eight Teams: The NIT will more closely resemble the NCAA Tournament next season because the field will include five rounds with 32 teams. That eliminates the somewhat-difficult-to-follow opening and first round format that the NIT has used for the past five years when the field included 40 teams. […]

Guardians Classic Becomes an Experience: The Guardians Classic, which plays its semifinal and championship rounds in Kansas City, Mo., has changed its name to the College Basketball Experience Classic. And the field for this upcoming season will include Duke, Marquette, Stanford and Texas Tech. Those four will host the on-campus […]

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Announces First Class: Kansas City, Mo., will become one of the destinations for Hall of Fame aficionados once the city completes the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame at the Sprint Center. The hall has already selected its first class, which will be inducted […]

Huskers’ Collier Returns to Butler Home: Nebraska coach Barry Collier has left the school to become athletic director at Butler, his alma mater. In six seasons with the Cornhuskers, Collier led the team to an 89-91 record. He had much more success at Butler as a coach because he went […]

Butler’s Ironman Returns: Joel Cornette joins Butler’s in a different position than the one he filled every game for four seasons. The former Bulldog co-MVP was named coordinator of basketball operations. As a player, Cornette led the Bulldogs to four post-season appearances, including a run to the Sweet 16 in […]