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Financial penalties will be imposed on schools that do not follow the new player availability reporting process in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, the NCAA said on Wednesday.

For the men's and women's NCAA tournaments, teams must submit initial availability reports the night before a game and provide updates two hours prior to the scheduled tipoff.

A number of prominent basketball coaches, including Steve Kerr and Doc Rivers, signed a public letter released Wednesday contending that political interference in universities threatens to undermine college athletics.

The pressure of expectation derailed the Huskies' bid for a three-peat. Perspective has them back in contention.

Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley tried to keep the focus on his players following an upset win over No. 14 Kansas in his possible final home game with the Sun Devils.

With the opening of the college basketball transfer portal looming, UCLA coach Mick Cronin is advocating for schools to be able to exceed the roughly $20.5 million revenue-sharing cap per school that began this season to retain their players.

No. 19 Miami (Ohio) closed within a victory of a perfect regular season with a 74-72 win over Toledo on Tuesday night that extended the RedHawks' season-opening winning streak to 30 games.

No. 5 Florida was without leading scorer Thomas Haugh for Tuesday's home finale against Mississippi State as a precaution.

Top-10 senior Bruce Branch III has committed to BYU, giving coach Kevin Young his third consecutive recruiting class with a five-star recruit.

Kentucky announced that Mitch Barnhart, who has been AD at Kentucky since 2002, is retiring in June and taking on a new role at the university.