Mailbag: Why the Pac-12 expansion calculation depends on media rights, Stanford’s mess, Whittingham’s place of honor and more
The conference is seeking a media deal before adding a football-playing member but the issues are deeply related.
How the new College Basketball Crown could impact NCAA men’s tourney
It’s not difficult to envision a world in which the CBC thrives over time and the power conferences grow increasingly ...
How Fox Sports’ new event, the College Basketball Crown, eventually could impact the NCAAs
In the past few years, the NCAA has taken operational control of the NIT, the College Insider Tournament (CIT) has been ...
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How Big 12 Conference expansion changed travel for WVU
The Big 12 Conference expanded to 16 teams in 2024, adding the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, the ...
Women’s NCAA Tournament not ready for expansion from competitive or financial standpoint
This year, 37 of the 68 teams came from the Power Four conferences. The Ivy League was the only other conference to get more ...
Dom Amore: The ACC now needs UConn as much as UConn needs the ACC. Oh, how things change
After years of scoffing, the idea of a power conference inviting UConn finally coming from outside CT. Will a change in ...
A big Idaho employer is spending half a billion dollars to expand. What’s coming and why
Chobani opened a yogurt plant in Twin Falls in 2012 that it said (and still says) is the world’s largest. Now, with demand ...
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NCAA tournament expansion? Coaches in Cleveland 1st-round games weigh in on its potential
There's been rampant talk of a potential expansion of at least four teams and ... There were only four at-large teams that ...
Is NCAA Tournament expansion a ‘slam dunk’? Where talks stand as March Madness begins
College sports leaders have been discussing the possibility of allowing more teams to participate in March Madness for about ...
Opinion
A business case for 96-team March Madness, plus Inside the NBA’s strength
Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic ’s weekly sports business cheat sheet. Name-dropped today: Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, JuJu Watkins and Paige Bueckers, Sixth Street, Bill Simmons, Savannah ...
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Arizona State president Michael Crow: Sun Devils 'committed to' Pac-12 despite Big 12 expansion rumors
Arizona State president Michael Crow told The State Press this week that the university is "committed to the Pac-12" and not in contact with the Big 12 about expansion. Crow's comments come in the ...
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Big 12 is getting roasted for its 'assault to the eyes' basketball court
Big 12 basketball has never been this hard to watch. The league insists on playing on a floor that has been likened to a magic eye illusion or a Louis Vuitton handbag. Hoping to modernize its look ...