UNDATED (AP) –The NCAA is sending a questionnaire about potential discrimination laws to organizers in cities that will be or are hoping to host sanctioned college sporting events. The NCAA board of governors’ decision comes a day after the NBA announced it would pull its All-Star game from Charlotte, North Carolina, because of its objections to a North Carolina law…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The NCAA has donated $50,000 to the Pat Summitt Foundation in memory of the late Tennessee coach. The foundation announced the donation Wednesday. The money will go toward the Summitt Foundation’s goal of raising $2.5 million for the Pat Summitt Alzheimer’s Clinic at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, which is scheduled to open in December….
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – An attorney for former Southern Mississippi basketball coach Donnie Tyndall says the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions missed its deadline to respond to the coach’s appeal in the case. Attorney Don Jackson said in a motion that because the NCAA missed its Tuesday deadline, any response from the committee should be denied. It also requests that all…
WACO, Texas (AP) – Janiah McKay scored 24 points and Auburn opened its first women’s NCAA Tournament since 2009 with a 68-57 victory over St. John’s in a first-round game Friday night. The ninth-seeded Tigers (20-12) jumped out to a 25-6 lead early in the second quarter, then held on after their lead had been trimmed to 3 in the…
ATLANTA (auburntigers.com) – Annie Lazor said it was “an honor” to race alongside teammate Natasha Lloyd, not just on Friday night at the NCAA Championships but also for the past three years. Lloyd, who was swimming in a NCAA final for the first time in her career, finished 11th in the 100 breaststroke consolation finals and Lazor finished 13th. “That was…
Ben Bolton and Josh Ninke breakdown Alabama’s chances in the NIT, plus the NCAA bracket. Categories: Alabama, Sports Tags: march madness, NCAA
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – The time is almost here. The 2016 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships will begin on Wednesday, March. 23, in Atlanta at the Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center. Auburn, which has won five titles in program history, will send 11 swimmers to the championships. Auburn is coming off of a fourth-place finish at the SEC meet, its…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The NCAA will distribute an extra $200 million to Division I schools in the spring of 2017 to be used by members for funding benefits for athletes. The NCAA announced Thursday that its board of governors had approved the one-time supplemental distribution. Athletics departments can use the money to help pay for full-cost-of-attendance scholarships and provide unlimited…
