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Hunter Dickinson returning to Kansas: Why the All-American is the latest offseason win for Bill Self

Kansas coach Bill Self secured his latest offseason win with the announcement that All-American big man Hunter Dickinson would be returning for the 2024-25 season. The announcement of Dickinson's intention to run it back with the program on Friday comes hours after Self received his fourth transfer portal commitment from Alabama star wing Rylan Griffen. (CBS Sports)

Ovies & Giglio Want Triangle Sports Fans to Keep Arguing Forever

It’s a Thursday in February and Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are talking about sports. They’re recording from the headquarters of OG Triangle Media: A tiny office in downtown Raleigh made up to be a podcast studio. The room is decorated with various tchotchkes and sports memorabilia—school pennants, lava lamps, and old media badges. (The Assembly)

One family was first in line to see Mark Pope. Their feelings sum up a Kentucky fan base.

Hours before Mark Pope was officially introduced as the new head men’s basketball coach at the University of Kentucky on Sunday, the sidewalks outside of Rupp Arena were already awash in blue and white. Following 15 years of John Calipari, the fans who lined up outside Rupp on a sunny Sunday afternoon were there to witness a new beginning. (AOL.com)

NC State loses power forward Mohamed Diarra to professional hoops

NC State has a gaping hole at power forward with junior Mohamed Diarra entering the NBA Draft. The 6-foot-10 forward from France was a junior college standout at Dodge City C.C., and a backup for a year at Missouri. He entered the transfer portal a year ago and landed at NC State thanks to assistant coach Levi Watkins, and he exceeded expectations. (Wolfpack Central)

Former UNC center Ali Zelaya transferring to UNCW

Alexandra Zelaya will play her fifth season at UNCW. The 6–4 Zelaya, who entered the transfer portal April 1, is the third of the six UNC Women's Basketball players to enter the portal and commit to a school after commitments by Paulina Paris to Arizona and Teonni Key to Kentucky. Deja Kelly, Anya Poole and RyLee Grays still haven’t announced plans. (Tar Heel Tribune)

Reggie Bush to have Heisman Trophy returned

Reggie Bush is getting his 2005 Heisman Trophy back, as the Heisman Trust announced Wednesday the "reinstatement" of the trophy to Bush amid what it calls "enormous changes in the college football landscape." The Heisman Trust's decision comes after Bush forfeited his Heisman Trophy in 2010 in the wake of significant NCAA sanctions for USC. (ESPN.com)

Virginia law allows schools to pay athletes for NIL

Schools in Virginia will be able to directly pay athletes via name, image and likeness deals thanks to a state law, marking another significant step in the professionalization of college sports. The new law, scheduled to take effect July 1, is the first in any state to make it illegal for the NCAA to punish a school for compensating athletes for their NIL rights. (ESPN.com)

Stanford's Tara VanDerveer on retirement: 'Just felt I'm ready'

For Tara VanDerveer, it all came together after a season in which she didn't necessarily know it would be her last but checked plenty of boxes if it was going to be, especially with the diminishment of the Pac-12. But even with the Pac-12's disintegration and Stanford poised to move to the ACC, she emphasized that didn't play a role in her decision to step away. (ESPN.com)

How the new College Football Playoff format came to be and what it means for the sport's future

After the Pac-12’s collapse, the swelling of other leagues and increasing pressures of athlete revenue sharing, the sport’s two juggernaut conferences negotiated a one-sided deal, in part, by using a lingering belief that they would abandon all others to form their own postseason. Would the SEC have really taken its proverbial ball and left the CFP? (Yahoo! Sports)

Miami Hurricanes football coach Mario Cristobal got paid record amount in 2022

The University of Miami (Fla.) paid football coach Mario Cristobal $22.7 million in 2022, including $7.7 million in base pay and $14.9 million in “other reportable compensation,” according to a federal tax form released by the university Tuesday to USA TODAY sports. Cristobal, 53, went 5-7 in 2022 after being hired away from Oregon in December 2021. (USA Today)

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