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Mississippi State baseball hires Virginia's Brian O'Connor as coach
Mississippi State baseball hired longtime Virginia coach Brian O'Connor to be the program's next coach on June 1. O'Connor, a three-time National Coach of the Year, has been the Virginia coach since 2004 and has made 18 NCAA tournaments, nine super regionals, seven College World Series and won the national championship in 2015. (
Jackson Clarion-Ledger)
Takeaways From Day 3 Of The 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament
Less than 24 hours ago, you could have called the SEC’s performance average. Entering Day 3, the sport’s powerhouse conference was 16-10 in regional play, with only Alabama eliminated. But things look far worse heading into Day 4. Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Florida, Mississippi State, Georgia and Texas have now joined Alabama on the eliminated list. (
Baseball America)
10 Takeaways From Day 2 Of The 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament
UTSA demanded national attention throughout the regular season, turning AAC play into its own playground en route to a regular-season title and comfortable at-large bid as the No. 2 seed in the Austin Regional. After a tournament-opening win over Kansas State on Friday, the Roadrunners stunned national No. 2 seed Texas with a 9-7 victory. (
Baseball America)
10 Takeaways From 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament Opening Night
Selection Monday this year underscored the widening gap between college baseball’s high-major powers and its mid-major programs. Just four at-large bids went to mid-majors—the fewest since the NCAA adopted the super regional format in 1999. But Friday’s opening day proved parity in the sport isn’t dead. Four regional four seeds upset their hosts. (
Baseball America)
NCAA basketball tournament could expand as early as the 2026 season, but the question remains: Why?
The unpopular idea of expanding the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is no longer a distant possibility. College sports administrators appear determined to ram a bigger tournament down fans’ throats as soon as the 2026 season. NCAA president Charlie Baker said Thursday that talks are underway about expanding the NCAA tournament. (
Yahoo! Sports)
Recapping SEC spring meetings: A week of gridlock makes for a murky summer of decision-making
Another SEC spring meetings is in the books. As for how much work actually got done, well, put it like this: A week that began with hope for progress on the conference's touchstone issues of preferred playoff format and future schedule ends with no resolution and perhaps an even murkier timeline than we had thought headed into the heat of summer. (
CBS Sports)
Will NIL deals be better regulated in the future? 'We're all looking for a competitive advantage'
Three days after the settlement is approved — if it is approved — the “NIL Go” clearinghouse is expected to begin processing athlete NIL contracts. Athletes must submit to the clearinghouse all deals valued at more than $600. Deloitte is using a fair market value algorithm to create a “compensation range” for NIL deals. (
Yahoo! Sports)
2025 NBA Draft: Top late decisions of underclassmen deciding if they should withdraw or turn pro
The pool of players for 2025 NBA Draft is taking shape after the deadline for players to keep their names in the draft or return to school for the 2025-26 college basketball season came and went. Players had until Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. ET to withdraw from the draft and maintain college eligibility under the NCAA deadline. (
CBS Sports)
NCAA discussing expanding March Madness tournament as soon as 2026, previously said it was unlikely
The NCAA's college football playoff model is currently being debated, and its college basketball postseason could soon be changed as well. At Big 12 spring meetings this week, NCAA president Charlie Baker revealed that one of his top priorities was to discuss expanding March Madness -- and it could be coming as soon as this year. (
CBS Sports)
Chansky’s Notebook: Transfer Troops
The 2025-26 conference opponents were released this week with the ACC looking less like we ever remember it. I loved the old eight-team ACC when everybody played home-and-home against the others. Yes, the ACC cut its conference schedule to 18 games to provide more chances to schedule important non-conference opponents early in the season. (
Chapelboro.com)