2025-26 College Basketball Buzz: Tommy Lloyd Signs New Deal With Arizona

One big performance – or one key injury – can make the difference for teams in March Madness, which is already upon us. We’re tracking notable injuries, news and events in men’s and women’s college basketball as the 2026 NCAA Tournament ensues. April 3 Tommy Lloyd signs new contract with the Arizona Wildcats Lloyd has signed a new contract with the Wildcats that makes him one of the five highest-paid coaches in the sport, according to ESPN. The new deal will pay Lloyd $7.5 million in average annual value over five years. Lloyd had been considered among the candidates to become the new head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels. Arizona is in this year’s Final Four, as they take on the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday night. This season, the Wildcats are 36-2 overall and 148-35 overall under Lloyd since he took over for the 2021-22 season. April 1 Bill Self provides clarity on his future Kansas basketball head coach Bill Self announced he will return to the Jayhawks for his 24th season, according to a post on the team’s social media account. After Kansas’ season ended with a Round of 16 loss to St. John’s on March 22, Self, 63, said he was going to discuss his future with his family. He missed a game against Colorado this season and the Big 12 tournament last season due to health reasons. These questions were part of his thought process, but he decided to return “with renewed clarity and the continued support of our administration,” Self said. Elliot Cadeau treated for allergic reaction before Final Four Michigan point guard Elliot Cadeau is receiving medical treatment for a possible allergic reaction before traveling to Indianapolis for the Final Four, the team announced Wednesday. On Wednesday, Detroit radio station WWJ 950 posted a video on X showing a covered individual being carried out of the Michigan Player Development Center on a stretcher and loaded into a Huron Valley ambulance. Michigan later confirmed that it was Cadeau who complained of a possible allergic reaction. “Before the team left the Player Development Center today, Elliot alerted medical staff that he may have had an allergic reaction to something he ate,” the team said in a statement. “Doctors have evaluated Elliot and he is doing well. Out of an abundance of caution, he is receiving medical monitoring and will travel to Indianapolis later today.” Cadeau will meet the team in Indianapolis, where Michigan is scheduled to face Arizona on Saturday in a Final Four clash between the No. 1 seeds. Andrzejek steps down as Campbell coach John Andrzejek resigned as Campbell men’s basketball coach Wednesday, citing the school’s change in priorities in a social media post. “Over the past six months, it has become clear that Campbell has made the decision to turn away from basketball,” Andrzejek wrote. “Simply put, the institution now has different priorities, and they are not consistent with building the type of team you deserve. As difficult as this is, I respect the decision and understand it as one that the University feels it must make during an unprecedented time in higher education.” Andrzejek joined Campbell in 2025 after a two-year stint as an assistant at Florida, where he helped the Gators win a national title. In his lone season at Buies Creek, he led Campbell’s team to a 16-18 overall record and an 8-10 mark in Colonial Athletic Association play. Campbell was eliminated in the semifinals of the CAA tournament with a 74-64 loss to Monmouth. The coach said he explored several options with the Campbell athletic department in hopes of moving forward with the team, but it became clear the school could not sustain the program. “Despite months of intense work and collaboration with AD Hannah Bazemore and our tremendous athletic administration, and several creative options that have been proposed and explored in depth, there is no path that the institution will support to appropriately fund the program in the future,” he wrote. Andrzejek will join Louisville as associate head coach, under coach Pat Kelsey, Campbell said in a statement. March 31 NC State hires former player Justin Gainey as head coach Will Wade left NC State after one season, leaving the head coaching position open. After a five-day search, the Wolfpack hired Tennessee associate head coach Justin Gainey. Gainey helped Tennessee advance to the NCAA Tournament, where it lost to Michigan in the Elite Eight. Although this is his first coaching stint with the Wolfpack, he previously played with NC State for four seasons as a point guard from 1996 to 2000. He averaged 6.9 points, starting 103 of his 128 games with the Wolfpack. St. Bonaventure hires MacDonald from D-II power Daemen St. Bonaventure has hired Mike MacDonald from Division II Daemen University to succeed retiring Mark Schmidt as men’s basketball coach, the school announced Tuesday. MacDonald returns to his alma mater after leading Daemen, in nearby Amherst, to a 61-3 record over the past two seasons and an appearance in the Division II Elite Eight last week. MacDonald was named the Division II National Coach of the Year in 2025. He was previously the head coach at Division I Canisius and Division III Medaille and is the only coach in college basketball history to win at least 100 games at each NCAA level. “We are extremely excited to bring Mike back to St. Bonaventure,” said athletic director Bob Beretta. “As we sought to identify the next leader of our men’s basketball program, we developed a list of more than 20 characteristics we would look for in the person who would succeed Mark Schmidt as head coach. Mike checked every box.” Schmidt, the Bonnies’ all-time scoring leader with 341, retired after his 19th season. St. Bonaventure finished 17-17 this season after reaching the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament. Daemen went 33-2 in 2025-26, winning the school’s second regional championship against Saint Anselm to reach the Elite Eight. Thirty-one of Daemen’s 33 wins have been by double digits, with 14 winning by more than 20 points and five by more than 30. The Wildcats’ only two losses were to national runners-up Gannon and Lander. March 30 Pitino, St. John’s agree to extension St. John’s says Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino has signed a new deal that will keep him under contract with the school through the end of the decade. Pitino was hired in March 2023 and given a six-year contract through 2029. Multiple media outlets, citing anonymous sources, reported Sunday that his restructured contract included an additional year through the 2029-30 season and a raise that would make him the second-highest paid coach in the Big East behind Dan Hurley at UConn. “We are thrilled that Coach Pitino has signed a new agreement to remain at St. John’s, one that will keep him in Queens through the end of the decade,” athletic director Ed Kull said in a statement. “This extension reflects our great confidence in his leadership, vision and commitment to our student-athletes. “Coach Pitino has changed the culture of our community and we want his presence to be felt on this campus for years to come. We look forward to more Big East championships and NCAA Tournaments with Coach Pitino at the helm.” In three seasons with the Red Storm, Pitino, 73, led a remarkable resurgence for the New York program, coaching the Johnnies to back-to-back Big East regular season and tournament championships. St. John’s reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 27 years before losing 80-75 to Duke, No. 1 seed Pitino earned his 900th career victory on the court this season and said he would like to reach 1,000. He is 81-25 at St. John’s and is coming off 30 consecutive winning seasons Utah State hires Northern Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson. Iowa to serve as its men’s basketball coach, the school announced Monday Jacobson, who agreed to a five-year contract with the Aggies, succeeds Jerrod Calhoun, who left to take over at Cincinnati. Jacobson becomes the fifth head coach in seven seasons at Utah State. He takes over an Aggies program that has reached the NCAA tournament for four straight seasons. chapter of the Pac-12,” Jacobson said in a press release. “I am grateful to Cameron Walker for trusting me to lead such a historic program and continue its tradition as one of the best men’s basketball programs in the West.” Jacobson spent 20 seasons at Northern Iowa and appeared in five NCAA tournaments with the Panthers – highlighted by a Sweet 16 appearance in 2010 as a No. 9 seed. He compiled a 397-259 record at Northern Iowa and earned a school-record 31 wins during the 2014-15 season Jacobson is the all-time leader in conference game wins (220) and conference tournament wins (24) in the Missouri Valley Conference Calhoun guided the Aggies to a 55-15 record and two NCAA Tournament appearances over two seasons before leaving. for Cincinnati, his alma mater Utah State will move from the Mountain West Conference to the Pac-12 Conference, starting in the 2026-27 season March 27 Alabama’s Holloway granted permission to leave the state Alabama guard Aden Holloway, who was arrested on felony drug charges, received permission from a judge to leave the state Friday as his team prepares to face Michigan in the Sweet 16 at. Chicago initially wasn’t clear whether the travel authorization opened the door for Holloway to play in the NCAA Tournament game scheduled to begin at 7:35 p.m. Eastern time, but Alabama released a statement saying “nothing has changed regarding Aden’s status with the team,” according to ESPN. The university removed him from campus last week “pending further investigation by the Office of Conduct.” student.” Holloway, Alabama’s second-leading scorer, was arrested March 16 after authorities found 2.1 pounds of marijuana in his apartment. He was suspended indefinitely following his arrest, but coach Nate Oats did not rule out the possibility of his return to the NCAA tournament. Holloway’s attorney, Jason Neff, had requested that his client be allowed to travel “on an out-of-state trip.” leaving Friday and returning Tuesday Tuscaloosa County District Court Judge Joanne Jannik approved the trip Friday morning, according to UConn court documents since 2021. He helped the Huskies win back-to-back national titles in 2023 and 2024. LSU Tigers hire Will Wade (again) Let Act 2 begin! tenure as head coach of the Tigers on a seven-year contract, according to The Field of 68. The Tigers are coming off a 15-17 overall season (3-15 in SEC, good for last in the conference), which has. marked their second straight losing season and third in four years. LSU head coach Matt McMahon has been fired and must pay more than $8 million, according to ESPN. LSU fired Wade in 2022 after a recruiting scandal came to light, and he subsequently became the head coach of the McNeese Cowboys for the 2023-24 season. He left to become head coach at NC State for the 2025-26 season. The Wolfpack were eliminated by the Texas Longhorns in the first round of the 2026 NCAA tournament last week. In Wade’s five seasons as LSU’s head coach (2017-18 through 2021-22), the Tigers have gone a combined 105-51 on March 25. Chris Mack as the next head coach. Mack had spent the last two seasons at the College of Charleston before being hired at USF. He will succeed Bryan Hodgson, who took the head coaching job at Providence, after one season at USF, during which he led the Bulls to an American Athletic Conference tournament regular and postseason title, and an appearance in the NCAA tournament. Mack will be USF’s fourth coach in four years. Ronald Nored as new head coach, the school announced. “In a rapidly changing college basketball landscape, our priority was to identify the absolute best leader to lead the future of Butler Basketball. Ronald Nored is that leader,” Grant Leiendecker, Butler vice president and director of athletics, said in a statement regarding Nored’s hiring. “Ron is a hard worker with an elite basketball IQ and a proven track record in developing talent at the highest level of basketball. He is the ultimate competitor and he will cultivate that same quality within his team and staff. He I” Nored, who is in his third season as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks, has also served as an NBA assistant coach with the Indiana Pacers, Charlotte Hornets and Boston Celtics under his belt, among other roles; He was the head coach of the Long Island Nets, the G League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets, for the program’s first two seasons (2016-17) and Nored played four seasons at Butler (2008-09 to 2011-12), serving as the primary starter in each of his four seasons with the program. The four-year guard was a two-time Horizon defensive player and earned All-Horizon honors during his senior season on March 24. Syracuse announces hiring of Gerry McNamara less than two weeks after firing Adrian Autry, McNamara spent two seasons at Siena, leading the Saints to a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament title and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2026. McNamara has deep ties to Syracuse, spending 12 years as an assistant with the program (2011-2023) and playing for the school from 2002-2006. highlighted by winning a national championship with the Orange in 2003 as a freshman alongside Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony March 23, Saint Mary’s to promote Associate HC Mickey McConnell After the recent departure of Saint Mary’s head coach Randy Bennett, the team named its next head coach averaged 10 points and four assists on nearly 50% shooting and 46% from 3-point range. His first coaching job was in 2019, where he served as an assistant coach at Saint Mary’s Then, in 2022, he earned his first promotion to associate head coach at Mary’s, Randy Bennett is moving on. The 63-year-old head coach has agreed to a deal to become Arizona State’s next head coach, CBS Sports reported Monday. college basketball conference during his tenure, including each of the last five seasons. Bennett will replace Bobby Hurley, who was fired earlier in March Hurley failed to lead Arizona State to the NCAA tournament in each of the last three seasons and went 185-167 during his 11-year tenure in Cincinnati to hire Utah HC Jerrod Calhoun. coaches in recent years He became head coach at Utah State in 2024 after successful stints at Division II’s Fairmont State and Youngstown State with a 55-15 record during Calhoun’s tenure as head coach, making Calhoun replacing Wes Miller, who failed to make the NCAA Tournament in his five seasons as Cincinnati’s Greg McDermott retires. McDermott announced Monday that he will retire as Creighton’s coach after the Bluejays’ final game in the College Basketball Crown tournament next month Alan Huss, who returned to his alma mater last year as associate head coach and head coach-in-waiting, will succeed McDermott, 61, said in a statement: “I am very proud of the young men who have carried on proudly. Bluejay uniform and represented our first-class program, witnessing their growth and development on and off the playing field was especially rewarding. “I am deeply grateful for the support of my family, our players, coaching staff and support staff, as well as the presidents, athletic directors and all University and athletic administrators. The support of the Omaha community who consistently fills our arena with 17,000 fans has created many. great memories.” McDermott is 365-188 at Creighton and 645-383 in 32 seasons as head coach. He has led Creighton to 14 20-plus win seasons and 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, including the Elite Eight in 2023 and the Sweet 16 in 2021 and 2024. Creighton won the the Big East regular season in 2020. The team is 15-17 this season Huss played at Creighton from 1997-2001, was an assistant under McDermott from 2017-23, then left to become head coach at High Point. He was 56-15 in two seasons and led High Point to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in its Division I history in. 2025. “I am incredibly honored and humbled to be named head men’s basketball coach at Creighton University,” said Huss. “This university has meant so much to me as a former player, as an alumnus and in my seven years of service to this program. Creighton has helped shape who I am, and the opportunity to now lead this program is something I do not take lightly. Florida hired Rhode Island’s Tammi Reiss as the program’s next women’s basketball coach Monday, tasking her with rebuilding the least accomplished program on campus. Reiss, a three-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, spent seven seasons with the Rams and led them to the NCAA women’s tournament for the first time in 30 years earlier this month. Still, the Rams won a school-record 28 games. accompanying a share of the A-10 regular season championship and the league tournament Reiss, 55, played alongside Dawn Staley at Virginia and appeared in three consecutive Final Fours (1990, 1991 and 1992), including the 1991 national title game. She appeared in eight NCAA women’s tournament appearances as an assistant coach, including four at Syracuse, before arriving at Rhode Island. Rae Finley, who was fired two weeks ago as the Gators prepared to miss the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight year, was 93-75 in five seasons in Gainesville, including 30-50 in the Southeastern Conference. She has assembled one of the program’s best collections of talent in recent years, with Liv McGill, Me’Arah O’Neal and Laila Reynolds giving. the team three McDonald’s All-Americans in its starting lineup But the trio failed to earn enough wins in one of the deepest leagues in the country. The Rams tripled their average attendance during Weiss’s tenure and raised the program’s first three conference banners. Her overall record is 138-73, including 96 wins in the last four seasons. She twice set the program record for wins. Cincinnati. The Charlotte 49ers hired Wes Miller as their basketball coach. Miller spent the last five seasons in Cincinnati before being fired on March 13 with three years remaining on his contract after failing to take the Bearcats to the NCAA tournament. The Bearcats finished 18-15 this season. NCAA tournament bubble team ahead of the Big 12 tournament. But the Bearcats lost to UCF 66-65 in overtime in the second round after giving up an eight-point lead in the final two minutes of regulation, paving the way for Miller’s departure. Miller, 43, has strong ties to North Carolina, leading the Tar Heels to a national championship as a player. He also coached for a decade at UNC Greensboro, where he won the. Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2012 and 2018. He helped UNC Greensboro win 25 or more games in three straight seasons, won three conference titles and led the Spartans to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2018 and 2021. He left UNCG for Cincinnati, considered one of the game’s bright young coaches after posting a school-record 185. wins, including an average of 25 wins per season in his last five years. Miller recorded the most wins (217) by a coach at age 40. Athletic director Kevin White called Miller “a proven leader with a deep understanding of the game and strong ties to basketball in our state.” Kansas Jayhawks’ season with a heartbreaking loss to St. John’s in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Self, 63, has won two national championships and built a solid reputation during his 23 seasons at the helm of the Jayhawks, but he has missed several games in recent seasons due to heart problems and other health problems. happens,” Self said. “I have to be able to do it where I feel good and healthy to do it well enough. I’ll come home and everything will be discussed.” Self recently missed a game against Colorado in January after taking a precautionary trip to the hospital. He also had two stents inserted in his heart in 2023, and two more last year. Self has been one of the most successful college basketball coaches since. that he replaced Roy Williams at Lawrence in 2003. He joined the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017 and became the winningest coach in Kansas history in November 2024, passing Phog Allen “My career is not going to be based on one game,” Self said when asked if it would be difficult to end his career with such a crushing loss. “I said I’m going to come back and evaluate my health. March 22 Joshua Jefferson injury update Iowa State star forward Joshua Jefferson was ruled out for the No. 2 seed Cyclones’ second-round game against No. 7 seed Kentucky Jefferson injured his ankle in the game. Iowa State against Tennessee State on Friday and was unable to recover in time for Sunday. If the Cyclones advance to the Sweet Sixteen, Jefferson will have five days to recover and prepare for the next opponent, which would be No. 6 seed Tennessee or No. 3 seed Virginia. March 20 Georgia Tech hires HC Scott Cross The Yellow Jackets announced they have hired Troy and former UT Arlington coach as their new head coach. Cross leaves Troy, which was a No. 13 seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament before losing to No. 4 seed Nebraska on March 18, having posted a combined record of 125-99 over seven seasons at his respective position. He takes over a Georgia Tech program after a season that saw it go 11-20 overall and 2-16 in ACC play; head coach Damon Stoudamire was fired after three seasons on the job, failing to produce a winning season. March 18 Belmont hires Evan Bradds as next head coach Belmont reportedly hired Evan Bradds as its next head coach on Wednesday. Bradds was most recently an assistant coach at Duke, where he spent one season. He played at Belmont for four years from 2013 to 2017, averaging 20 points per game as a senior. Bradds also spent several seasons as a coach with the Boston Celtics and Utah Jazz. Bradds, 31, becomes the second-youngest active head coach in Division I basketball, behind Nicholls coach Tevin Saddler. He succeeds former Belmont coach Casey Alexander, who spent seven seasons at Belmont, leading the Bruins to three Missouri Valley Conference regular season titles, before taking over at Kansas State on March 13. “I just don’t feel 100 percent,” Brown said in the locker room, according to the Associated Press. “I don’t feel like I can play to our level.” Brown hasn’t played since February 28. In 21 games this season, Brown is averaging 18.2 points, 4.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 41.0/34.4/84.4. Louisville is the No. 6 seed in the tournament’s East Region and will face No. 11 seed South Florida in the first round on Thursday. March 16 Aden Holloway, of Alabama, arrested on drug charges. The Crimson Tide’s second-leading scorer was arrested Monday morning, days before the NCAA tournament. He was arrested after agents with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force searched a home near the Alabama campus. That’s where they found and “recovered over a pound of marijuana, paraphernalia and cash” belonging to Holloway, according to police. Email from spokesperson Stephanie Taylor to The Associated Press. Following his arrest, Holloway was reportedly “expelled from campus” and will not be part of the team while the UA Office of Student Conduct investigates his case, the school announced Monday. Holloway had his best season, averaging 16.8 points, with a prolific 43.8% success rate from beyond the arc. That could hurt Alabama in its NCAA Tournament game on March 20 at 12:15 p.m. ET against Hofstra. Matta retires from coaching Longtime college basketball coach Thad Matta announced Monday that he is retiring after a career that included 13 NCAA tournament appearances and an appearance in a national title game with Ohio State. Matta spent the last four seasons at Butler, his second stint at the helm of his alma mater. The Bulldogs suffered a season-ending 91-81 loss to Providence in the Big East tournament. Matta, 58, will remain on staff as a special advisor to President Jim Danko and athletic director Grant Leiendecker. Butler officials said they have begun searching for his successor. “The love that my wife, daughters and I have for Butler is what brought us back four years ago, and it is especially meaningful that I am finishing my coaching career here,” he said in a statement. “Butler has always meant more to us than basketball – and that connection is why I’m grateful to continue working with the university and offering help in any way I can. I want this program to compete at the highest levels in the Big East and national landscape, and I’m excited to be a part of what we continue to build here.” Matta finishes his head coaching career with a 502-223 record, winning eight regular season conference titles at three different stops – Butler, Xavier and Ohio State. He led the Buckeyes to two Final Fours, losing to Florida in the title game in 2007. He is Ohio State’s winningest coach, compiling 337 victories in 13 seasons. March 13 Billikens extend coach Josh Schertz Second-year Saint Louis coach Josh Schertz has agreed in principle to a long-term contract extension, athletic director Chris May announced Friday before the Billikens’ game in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament. The Billikens (27-4) were tied with Virginia Commonwealth for the A-10 regular-season championship and were the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. May locked up Schertz as the coach’s name was being floated for a number of jobs in power conferences. Saint Louis entered Friday one win away from tying its season record, and in January, the Billikens made their first appearance in the Associated Press Top 25 since 2020-21. They were ranked 18th and appeared in seven consecutive polls before dropping out on Monday. Saint Louis hired Schertz away from Indiana State in 2024 after leading the Sycamores to their first Missouri Valley regular-season championship since 2000. The Billikens were 19-15 with an appearance in the National Invitation Tournament last season. Pitt remains struggling Capel Athletic Director Allen Greene announced Friday that Jeff Capel will return for a ninth season with Pitt despite a disappointing 13-20 mark this year, which ended with a 98-88 loss to North Carolina State in the second round of the ACC tournament. “I believe our best path forward is continuity of leadership coupled with clear expectations and a willingness to evolve,” Greene said in a statement. Capel, who has four years remaining on the contract extension he signed in 2024, is 127-127 at Pitt. The Panthers have only made the NCAA Tournament once during Capel’s tenure, when the 2022-23 team won 24 games and advanced to the second round. Pitt narrowly missed the tournament in 2024 and saw a 12-2 start to the 2024-25 season turn into a slow 17-15 finish. Things weren’t any better this winter, leading to dwindling fan support and speculation about Capel’s job security. Greene has put that speculation to rest, for now anyway. He pointed to the way the Panthers have played down the stretch while winning four of their last seven games as proof that all is not lost. “They fought to the end and represented this university with tenacity,” Greene said. “Effort alone is not enough. We have to be better in the future. I know that. Jeff knows that.” March 12 Syracuse introduces Bryan Blair as new AD Syracuse University hired Bryan Blair as athletic director Thursday, at a time when the ACC school is looking to regain relevance and with its once-proud men’s basketball program in transition. Blair, 40, takes over after spending the last four years in the same position at Toledo, where in 2022 he was the nation’s youngest AD. And Syracuse is counting on Blair’s youth and knowledge of the changing NCAA revenue landscape to guide Orange athletics into the future. “Bryan Blair is the athletics leader for now and for the future of Syracuse University,” Syracuse Chancellor-elect Michael Haynie said in a statement. “He is a fierce competitor who knows how to build winning programs, a visionary who approaches college sports with true creativity and ingenuity.” He will replace John Wildhack, who announced his retirement in July after a 10-year term. One of Wildhack’s final decisions was to fire men’s basketball coach Adrian Autry on Wednesday. Autry was fired after three largely unsuccessful seasons in which he struggled to replace Jim Boeheim. Anderson slips injured on glass floor at Big 12 tournament Texas Tech guard Christian Anderson strained a muscle while sliding on the new glass floor at the Big 12 tournament, leaving the all-conference player watching from the bench as No. 7 Iowa State beat the No. 16 Red Raiders 75-53 on Thursday. Anderson was injured on an inside pass when his foot slipped near his own free throw line with about 8 1/2 minutes remaining. He immediately grabbed his groin area as Iowa State began to score a field goal and the game was stopped. Anderson limped to the end of the Texas Tech bench, was examined by a trainer and spent the rest of the game there. “I feel good,” Anderson said afterward. “Obviously the ground is a little bit slippery, so I think I just took a misstep or made a move that caused me to slip and I ended up in a bit of an unnatural position. That’s what it was.” The innovative glass surface drew mixed reviews during the Big 12 women’s tournament last week and during the first two days of the men’s tournament this week. He was praised by coaches and players for his glitzy ability to display graphics and excite fans, but many players at both events complained about his relatively gimmicky nature. March 11 Arizona State parts ways with Bobby Hurley The Sun Devils will pivot in another direction as Bobby Hurley’s coaching tenure at ASU is over after 11 seasons, according to Chris Karpman. He will be placed on paid administrative leave for the remainder of his contract in June. A former NBA player, Hurley took his talents to the whiteboard in 2010, assisting his brother at Wagner College, 12 years after his time in the league. He then moved on to a head coaching position at the University at Buffalo in 2013, before taking his final position with the Arizona State Sun Devils in 2015. With the Sun Devils, Hurley went 185-167 overall and held a conference game record of 90-115. Syracuse fires Adrian Autry The Orange are moving on from head coaching, as they have fired Autry after three seasons at the helm, according to CBS Sports. Syracuse lost to SMU in the first round of the ACC Tournament on Tuesday night, 86-69. This season, they went 15-17 overall and 6-12 in ACC play, good for 14th place in the conference. In Autry’s three seasons at Syracuse, the Orange went a combined 49-48. Autry, who played four seasons at Syracuse (from the 1990-91 season to the 1993-94 season) and was a two-time All-Big East honoree, was an assistant coach at Syracuse under Jim Boeheim for 13 seasons before succeeding his former head coach in 2023. March 10. for the foreseeable future after recent surgery, according to ESPN. Scheyer also announced that sophomore center Patrick Ngongba II will miss this week’s ACC Tournament due to foot soreness. This season, Foster is averaging 8.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, shooting 44.2/40.2/58.5. Meanwhile, Ngongba is averaging 10.7 points, six rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, while shooting 60.2 percent from the field. Duke (29-2, 17-1) is the No. 1 seed in the ACC. March 6 North Carolina star Caleb Wilson’s season is over. UNC’s star freshman forward broke right thumb during a non-contact drill in practice Thursday and will need surgery. As a result, Wilson’s season is officially over. Wilson previously suffered a broken left hand during the team’s loss to Miami (Fla.) on February 10. In 24 games this season, Wilson averaged 19.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocks per game while shooting 57.8 percent from the field. March 3 Tennessee Tech fires coach John Pelphrey Pelphrey is out after ending his seventh straight losing season as the Golden Eagles failed to advance to the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. Pelphrey, 55, was 79-138, including a 13-18 mark this season. Tennessee Tech was the third head coaching stop for Pelphrey, who has an overall record of 228-264 in 16 seasons. He posted a record of 80-67 at South Alabama (2002-07) and 69-59 at Arkansas (2007-11) before his seven-year run at Tennessee Tech. Pelphrey reached the NCAA tournament with South Alabama in 2006 and with Arkansas in 2008. Michigan considering options at point guard Michigan lost the best backup point guard in college basketball, according to coach Dusty May, when LJ Cason tore a knee ligament as the team clinched an outright Big Ten title with a win at then-No. 10Illinois. The Wolverines will certainly miss the smooth-shooting sophomore, who averaged 8.4 points and more than one 3-pointer per game, but May said the injury will give the guards an opportunity to play larger roles. Starting point guard Elliot Cadeau plays around 25 minutes per game, a number that can increase if he can avoid fouls. Freshman Trey McKenney, sixth-year player Nimari Burnett and senior Roddy Gayle each average about 20 minutes per game — and all will have the chance to be on the court more without Cason. Rutgers fires women’s basketball coach Coquese Washington is out after Rutgers finished the season with 11 straight losses and failed to win 10 games for the second time in three years. Rutgers was 9-20 this season; its 1-17 record in the Big Ten was the worst in program history in conference play. Washington succeeded Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer, who retired in 2022. A national search for a new head coach will begin immediately, Rutgers athletic director Keli Zinn said. March 1 USC, Chad Baker-Mazara part ways The USC men’s basketball team announced Sunday that guard Baker-Mazara is no longer a member of the program. He was injured in the Trojans’ loss to Nebraska. It was the fifth straight loss for USC, which continues to drift away from the NCAA Tournament bubble. Baker-Mazara has suffered several injuries this season. He injured his knee in a February 3 game against Indiana, which kept him out of three games. He returned for USC’s games against Oregon and UCLA before getting injured again against Nebraska and parting ways with the team. That said, no specific reason – injury or otherwise – has been revealed as the cause of his departure. Baker-Mazara was a fifth-year senior, so this could mean the end of his college basketball career. His journey included several different places – Duquense, San Diego State, Auburn and one season at the collegiate level. February 27 Tarleton State coach Billy Gillispie will not return. Gillispie, who has been off the bench for more than a month due to medical issues, will not return next season, the school announced Friday. Glenn Cyprien was named interim head coach on January 30, approximately two weeks after Gillispie’s departure. Gillispie, 66, said earlier this month that he suffered from heart and blood pressure problems that had plagued him for years. The former Kentucky coach underwent a kidney transplant in 2018. On February 18, Texas Tech star JT Toppin tore his ACL. Toppin was doing his usual job in the paint Tuesday night, pouring buckets and grabbing rebounds against Arizona State in a tough road environment. Then, late in the second half, the junior forward drove toward the basket before falling in a heap, holding his right leg. Toppin remained on the ground for a few minutes before needing help to carefully limp off the field. The school announced on February 18 that Toppin suffered a torn ACL, ending his season. Toppin finished with 20 points, eight rebounds, four assists and four blocks, and the Red Raiders were visibly shaken when he left the court. He sat on the bench for a brief period before returning to the locker room. Texas Tech trailed 61-56 at the time of the injury and fell behind 67-56 over the next few minutes. The Red Raiders regrouped and pulled within 70-67 in the final seconds, but Christian Anderson turned the ball over, costing them a chance to tie the game with a 3-pointer. San Diego fires Steve Lavin Lavin is no longer the head coach of the Toreros after more than three seasons. In four combined seasons, San Diego went 46-79 under Lavin, including 11-17 this season. He previously served as head coach at UCLA and St. John’s. February 16 Injury update on Gonzaga forward Braden Huff Huff will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 regular season with a left knee injury suffered during practice on January 14. He was given an initial deadline of 4-8 weeks, which meant there was a chance he would return before the end of the regular season. However, on February 16, Bulldogs coach Mark Few said his return would likely last at least eight weeks, meaning he would not return until after the West Coast Conference tournament was over. February 15 Kansas State coach Jerome Tang fired Tang on Sunday “for cause,” according to the athletic department, citing “Tang’s public comments and conduct, in addition to the general direction of the program.” Additionally, athletic director Gene Taylor filed this statement as a reason to fire Tang for cause: “There are provisions in his contract that address some things that could potentially be embarrassing,” Taylor said. “Basically, his comments about student-athletes and the negative reaction to those comments from many sources, both nationally and locally, are where I thought we needed to make a decision.” After K-State’s 91-62 loss to Cincinnati on Feb. 11, Tang said his players “didn’t deserve to wear that uniform.” “There will be very few next year,” Tang added. “I’m embarrassed for the university, and I’m embarrassed for our fans, our student section. It’s just ridiculous. We have a practice at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning, and we’re going to make it right. I have no answers and no words. … Right now, I’m just like pissed.” Tang defended those comments in a statement. “I am deeply disappointed in the university’s decision and strongly disagree with the characterization of my termination,” he wrote. “I have always acted with integrity and faithfully fulfilled my responsibilities as head coach.” Tang coached at K-State for the better part of four seasons. He led the Wildcats to the Elite Eight in 2023, his first season. That year, Kansas State rewarded him with a seven-year contract extension, starting with a base salary of $3.6 million, including a $100,000 raise each year, and an $18.7 million buyout. The Wildcats were 10-15 overall at the time of Tang’s dismissal for cause. February 14 BYU forward Richie Saunders suffers season-ending injury. Saunders suffered a torn ACL during the Cougars’ victory over Colorado on Valentine’s Day. The injury effectively ended the senior’s college basketball career. He played all four seasons at BYU and leads the team with 64 3-pointers this season. The Cougars had lost four of their last five games before a 90-86 overtime victory over Colorado. They also lost senior guard Dawson Baker to a season-ending ACL injury earlier this season. Saunders’ injury is another obstacle contributing to BYU’s diminishing chances of winning a national championship. The Associated Press contributed to this report.