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Wetzel: Please don't expand NCAA basketball tournaments

The most convincing argument against expanding the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments from 68 teams is pretty simple. Almost no one is asking for it. There is no groundswell from fans. There are no massive ratings for the current First Four (i.e., play-in) games that suggest consumer demand. (ESPN.com)

The NBA Won’t Forget About the 2024-25 Indiana Pacers

In the aftermath of watching any group lose in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, appreciation is a distant emotion. But without taking anything away from the Oklahoma City Thunder, a dominant champion that took care of business, if any runner-up in history deserves to be remembered more fondly than the team that just beat it, it’s the Indiana Pacers. (The Ringer)

Rece Davis shreds 'ridiculous' CWS ejection of Coastal Carolina coaches: 'That guy’s got to go'

Game 2 of the College World Series finale between Coastal Carolina and Louisiana State University had some fireworks early in the showdown. Chanticleers head coach Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling were ejected in controversial fashion, and Rece Davis is taking the umpire who made the decision to task. (On3.com)

Louisville center Aly Khalifa eligible for 2025-26 basketball season

A little over a month after being deemed ineligible to compete in the 2025-26 men’s basketball season, Louisville big man Aly Khalifa has now been given the good-to-go by the NCAA. Known as one of the best passing big men in college, Khalifa sat out last season to undergo, and recover from, surgery to repair a hole in the cartilage of his left knee. (Card Chronicle)

LSU has earned title as college baseball's premier program

On a hair dryer of a Sunday afternoon in the town that every June becomes de facto Baton Rouge North, the LSU Tigers didn't merely win a Men's CWS national championship. Nor was it merely their eighth overall. The title they really won was that of Greatest Ever College Baseball Program. "This city feels like home to us," said former LSU coach Skip Bertman. (ESPN.com)

NCAA votes to increase college basketball schedules to 32-game season beginning in 2026-27

College basketball's regular season is expanding. The NCAA Division I Council approved on Wednesday an increase from 31 to 32 games, beginning with the 2026-27 season, sources told CBS Sports. The vote was a rubber-stamp move after the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Oversight Committees voted in favor of the change in late March. (CBS Sports)

Rebuilt Pac-12 announces 5-year deal to make CBS its top media partner

One year ahead of the Pac-12 officially adding six new members, the rebuilt conference has secured a deal to make CBS its top media rights partner for the foreseeable future. On Monday, the league and network announced that they have agreed to terms on a five-year extension of their current partnership, beginning with the upcoming 2025-26 college football season. (Awful Announcing)

How NIL money is reshaping the NBA draft: Fewer early entrants, more college stars staying put

It’s been four years since college athletes were permitted to profit off the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL), opening the door for athlete compensation that was once forbidden by NCAA rules. Next week marks the official start of revenue sharing where schools can begin directly paying athletes following the $2.8 billion House antitrust settlement. (Associated Press)

A New World on July 1

The most well-known aspect of the House legal settlement, whose terms will become the college sports world’s revolutionary new framework on July 1, is that colleges and universities will be permitted to distribute to their own athletes more than $20 million per year for the first time in the 119-year history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. (Chapelboro.com)

Sources: NCAA close to decision on tournament expansion

A decision on whether or not to expand the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments will be made in the upcoming weeks, sources told ESPN. If the decision is made to expand, the expansion would begin in the 2025-26 season, per sources, and the tournament would expand to no more than 76 teams. The NCAA remains in talks with its media partners. (ESPN.com)

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