Michael Jordan’s son, Jeff, is leaving the Illinois team after two seasons to focus on his studies. Jordan was a walk-on and earned a scholarship before the 2009 spring semester.

Davidson will play in the 2009 Aeropostale Holiday Festival Dec. 20-21. Joining them in the nation’s longest-running holiday tournament at Madison Square Garden will be Cornell, Hofstra and St. John’s.

The Oklahoma athletic department will assist academic programs at the school with an extra $3 million.

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine feels banning sports betting is unconstitutional and will file a brief supporting an old lawsuit to make it legal. The filing is expected as early as next week.

Appalachian State coach Buzz Peterson has hired Jamie Kachmarik and Jason Capel as assistant coaches to join holdover assistant coach Matt McMahon.

During a press conference June 24, BYU coach Dave Rose said he is hopeful that he will successfully recover from pancreatic cancer, which he was diagnosed with earlier this month.

Steve Henson, a UNLV assistant coach and former Kansas State star, will be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in October.

UPDATE: Prosecutors declined to charge former USC player Stais Boseman (1993-97) with carjacking after he was arrested as a suspect June 21. Boseman averaged 16 points and 4.1 rebounds per game during his senior season at USC.

Tulsa coach Doug Wojcik has agreed to a two-year extension from his original contract and will stay with the Golden Hurricanes through the 2014-15 season.

Freshman center Brett Thompson will leave the Billikens and transfer to another program. He averaged 11 minutes per game in 30 games.