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NCAA president touts basketball tournament expansion, saying recent snubs ‘bummed me out’

NCAA president Charlie Baker sees plenty of deserving teams being left out of March Madness, and that’s why he is pushing for expansion beyond the current field of 68. Speaking Monday at an event billed as “The Future of College Basketball” held at the Empire State Building and sponsored by the Big East, Baker declined to give odds on whether the NCAA basketball tournaments would expand by the 2026-27 season. The current format is locked in for the upcoming college basketball season, and ultimat

NCAA president urges conferences and schools to be cautious of equity deals

The president of the NCAA is urging schools and conferences tempted by riches offered through potential deals with new equity sources to think about the long-term repercussions before jumping into the deals. “My message to everybody on this would be really simple: Be really careful,'" Charlie Baker said Monday at a Big East roundtable on the future of college basketball. With schools and conferences under increasing pressure to raise funds to pay their players, reports of them negotiating with new equity sources for college sports are becoming more frequent.

Purdue’s Braden Smith earns unanimous AP preseason All-America honors, joined by Texas Tech’s JT Toppin

Braden Smith played with Zach Edey and followed his large footsteps by becoming an All-American last season. The Purdue guard had a chance to leave for the NBA over the summer, but, like Edey before him, decided to return for another chance at a national championship under coach Matt Painter.

Florida, UConn and Duke highlight MSG college basketball schedule featuring 9 national champs

Reigning national champion Florida is one of 12 teams in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll scheduled to play at Madison Square Garden this season. UConn and Duke will make multiple appearances inside “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” which is set to host seven programs ranked in the top 10 and nine that have won an NCAA title. No. 5 St. John's, the defending Big East champion, will play 12 regular-season home games at MSG in its third year under Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino — the school's most since 1951-52.

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