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Ohio State president Ted Carter resigns after an "inappropriate relationship."

My college sports pyramid theory β€” the people at the top of the food chain (presidents) are the least impressive of this operation, and the people at the bottom (players) are the most impressive β€” continues to hold true.

09.03.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big East, Atlantic 10, American and Mountain West Conference men’s basketball tournament brackets for this week:

09.03.2026 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC men’s basketball tournament brackets for this week:

09.03.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Current MBB head coach openings:

✈️ Air Force
‼️ Ball State
πŸ”΅ Cal State Bakersfield
🐝 Georgia Tech
😈 Kansas State
πŸ”Ί Lamar
πŸ—‘οΈ Little Rock
🐺 Northern Illinois
🦫 Oregon State
⚫️ Providence
🀘 San Diego
🐺 St. Bonaventure
🀠 Tarleton State
πŸ¦… Tennessee Tech
🐴 Western Michigan

08.03.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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UConn coach Dan Hurley has been fined $25,000 by the Big East for unsportsmanlike conduct today at Marquette.

From the conference office:

08.03.2026 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

St. John’s is your back-to-back outright Big East champion.

Starting to think this Rick Pitino guy can coach.

07.03.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oregon will host Western Kentucky on Sept. 18, 2027.

The Ducks’ 2027 nonconference opponents are WKU, Eastern Washington and at Baylor.

06.03.2026 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

UMass and Hawaii have mutually agreed to cancel their 2026 and 2027 football games.

Hawaii will now host Sac State on Nov. 28, 2026 and needs a replacement opponent for the 2027 opener.

06.03.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 6
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Penn State has fired women’s basketball head coach Carolyn Kieger.

Kieger went 84-123 overall and 30-97 in Big Ten play across seven seasons with the Lady Lions.

05.03.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An educated guess here, but Notre Dame-Wisconsin at Lambeau Field that same Sunday sure seems more likely to be a day game now.

05.03.2026 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Louisville-Ole Miss season opener in Nashville has been moved to Sunday, Sept. 6 and will air at 7:30 ET on ABC.

05.03.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

RIP, Coach Lou Holtz, whose family announced his passing today at the age of 89.

04.03.2026 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Clemson has hired Rich Bisaccia as special teams coordinator.

Bisaccia, most recently the Green Bay Packers’ assistant head coach, had coached Tigers running backs from 1994-98.

04.03.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

AJ Redd. Million-dollar moment.

04.03.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo is the ACC player of the year for the second straight season.

Hidalgo has also been named the ACC's defensive player of the year for the third straight season.

03.03.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart will retire in June after 24 years leading the Wildcats.

He is currently the longest-tenured Power 4 AD in the country.

03.03.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Illinois has hired Montana DL coach Mike Linehan as defensive ends coach.

03.03.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Bret Bielema and the Big Ten are arguing for a 24-team College Football Playoff The sixth-year Illinois coach goes long with The Inside Zone: "I think it’s gonna amplify what we’ve already seen to a thousand levels higher."

NEW: Illini coach Bret Bielema goes long on the Big Ten’s 24-team College Football Playoff proposal:

"I think it’s gonna amplify what we’ve already seen to a thousand levels higher."

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02.03.2026 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Big Ten has not had a power like this Michigan team in years The Wolverines are the favorites to win it all. Their dominance in front of an electric Illinois crowd only reinforced that.

"This was never the best chance to win a championship. It was probably, that day, in less position to win a championship than anywhere else of all the schools we talked to at that moment."

Dusty May made a choice two years ago.

Big Ten hoops are better for it.

www.insidezonemf.com/p/the-big-te...

28.02.2026 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Illini coach Brad Underwood on Michigan:

β€œThey took the belt off and beat our behinds with it.”

28.02.2026 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Michigan is your outright Big Ten champion.

The No. 3 Wolverines smoke No. 10 Illinois, 84-70.

28.02.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aday Mara has taken over with 14 points in the first 11 minutes of the second half.

The big has 18 points off 8-9 shooting as Michigan tkaes a 65-52 lead.

28.02.2026 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keaton Wagler with a 4-point play and I think I just ruptured an ear drum

28.02.2026 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Situated for what should be an awesome top-10 battle between Michigan and Illinois.

New Illini QB Katin Houser is here to pump the crowd up pregame.

28.02.2026 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Northern Illinois has hired Elon’s Chris West as defensive ends coach.

27.02.2026 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sources: Penn State assistant QBs coach Trace McSorley is leaving for a job with the Buffalo Bills.

McSorley, the former Nittany Lions standout QB, had joined the staff of his alma mater last season.

@danieljtgallen.bsky.social first.

27.02.2026 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

DePaul coach Chris Holtmann on the Peacock postgame show:

β€œI don’t know who’s the best NIL value in the country, but Brandon Maclin’s gotta be up there. I’m not giving numbers out here, but I’m just telling you, we need to give him a bonus.”

26.02.2026 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NEWS: USC will open the 2026 season on Aug. 29 at home vs. San Jose State, completing the Trojans' full schedule

25.02.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Mountain West Conference has announced an updated opponent list with the addition of North Dakota State.

The league says the full schedule with dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

24.02.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I've found my favorite transfer of the 2026 cycle. Most impressive of all: He's probably about 20 years old, which means he got this name like 3 years into LeBron's career!!

24.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4