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As the NCAA continues to inch closer to expanding its crown jewel men’s basketball tournament, Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti once again threw the conference’s support behind a widened field and weighed in on the league’s preferred model. Meeting with reporters at the league’s basketball media day event Thursday in the shadow of Chicago O’Hare Airport, Petitti says the conference …

Virginia Tech’s Next Head Coach Faces Portal Pressure Under New NCAA Rules  247Sports NCAA officially adopts Jan. 2-16 portal window  ESPN NCAA officially adopts new transfer portal rules, including major adjustment for players after coaching change  CBS Sports NCAA Approves a Single January Transfer Window in College Football  FOX Sports ESPN analyst, longtime NFL QB calls for drastic change to college football  On3 Source link

The NCAA is reshaping how college football players navigate the transfer process. Following Tuesday’s meeting, the Division I Administrative Committee approved a new structure that condenses the transfer period into a single short window in early January, rather than multiple open windows throughout the year. Starting with the 2026 cycle, players will have from Jan. 2 through Jan. 16 to …

The NCAA moved a step closer Wednesday to allowing athletes and athletic department staff members to bet on professional sports. The Division I Administrative Committee approved the change, which must still be approved by Division II and III for it to go into effect. If approved by all three divisions, it would go into effect Nov. 1. “The Administrative Committee …

David PurdumOct 8, 2025, 01:03 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 The NCAA Division I Administrative Committee on Wednesday adopted a proposal to allow student-athletes and athletic department staff to bet on professional sports, a shift in a long-held policy that had become difficult to enforce with the spread of legal sports betting …

UNC Cornerbacks Coach Hawkins Suspended Over NCAA Violation Amid Program Dysfunction  247Sports UNC CB coach suspended in relation to extra benefits allegations: Source – The Athletic  The New York Times North Carolina Could Have ‘Opening’ to Fire Bill Belichick Without Buyout  Newsweek Report: UNC football suspends assistant coach Armond Hawkins  Raleigh News & Observer Reports: UNC suspends assistant coach, reminds athletes against selling tickets …

Max OlsonOct 7, 2025, 06:14 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska The NCAA is officially moving transfer portal season in college football from December to January. The Division I Administrative Committee voted Tuesday to adopt the proposed dates of Jan. 2-16 as the new transfer portal window for all …

Hope you’re ready for a rebrand, Jeff Goodman and Rob Dauster. All that time you spent pushing for The Field of 68 as the go-to national college basketball talk show — now under the On3 umbrella, thankfully! — has gone to waste. Throw those t-shirts and hats in the dumpster, get a new graphic designer on payroll. Or you can …

March Madness is close to becoming more maddening. The NCAA is moving closer to expanding its 68-team men’s basketball tournament to a 76-team bracket for the 2026-27 season that would feature 12 opening-round games instead of the First Four, according to On3. An agreement has yet to be finalized. The NCAA is close to expanding the men’s March Madness field …

NEW ORLEANS — Someone check the temperature, because this season is heating up. In the past couple of weeks since the last National Coaches’ Poll, we’ve had meets from Tallahassee, Florida, to Columbia, Missouri, and everywhere in between. That meet in CoMo was the biggest of the bunch, as multitudes of ranked teams got a preview of the course that …