The athletic director at Connecticut, which faces allegations of NCAA violations in its men's basketball program, has been picked to chair the NCAA Division I men's basketball committee. Hathaway is working on the school's response to NCAA allegations of eight major rules infractions in the Huskies' men's basketball program.

Dean Smith still plays golf, still pops into his campus office and still savors watching the North Carolina program he led for more than three decades take the court under Roy Williams' direction. Yet his family also says that the Hall of Fame coach is also losing some of the remarkable memory that could recall even the smallest details of the past.

The son of former Notre Dame standout Joe Montana was among 11 Fighting Irish athletes arrested on misdemeanor charges of underage drinking at a party Friday night. A total of 44 people were arrested after city police responded to a call about a fight near a roadway and discovered the party, said St.

Former Indiana University basketball player Todd Leary has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an ex-business partner's multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Thirty-nine-year-old Leary of Carmel pleaded guilty in court Thursday to a felony charge of misappropriating title insurance escrow funds.

The University of Oregon hired Rob Mullens as its new athletic director Thursday as it tries to rebound from a tumultuous spring while preparing to move into a $227 million basketball arena. Mullens, 41, arrives from Kentucky, where he was the Wildcats' deputy director of athletics. Oregon had been looking for an athletic director since March, when Mike Bellotti resigned to take a job with...

A second former University of Kansas athletics official admitted in court that he knew about a massive scam that allegedly involved the theft and sale of at least $1 million worth of tickets to sporting events. Brandon Simmons, the school's former assistant athletic director for sales in marketing, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S.

The family of the late John Wooden has agreed to continue the college basketball doubleheader named for him and played in Anaheim, Calif., for the last 16 years. The event will be Dec. 18 at Honda Center and feature UCLA against BYU and St. Mary's against Long Beach State. Jim Wooden and Nancy Muehlhausen, the coach's son and daughter, said in a statement Wednesday that they're proud the...

Prosecutors say they will not file criminal charges against a man accused of trying to blackmail University of Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins. The Douglas County prosecutors disclosed their decision Tuesday. Kansas associate athletic director Jim Marchiony also said Perkins does not plan to pursue the matter against William Dent, a former sports medicine director at Kansas.

The realignment bug has hit Division II. Nine Division II schools in Arkansas and Oklahoma announced plans Tuesday to apply to the NCAA for permission to create a new conference. Arkansas-Monticello, Arkansas Tech, East Central University, Harding, Henderson State, Ouachita Baptist, Southeastern Oklahoma State, Southern Arkansas and Southwestern Oklahoma State must submit a strategic plan,...

John Henson is battling his weight. The lean 6-foot-10 North Carolina forward is desperately trying to bulk up. As one of only two returning Tar Heel big men, he'll need to be able to throw his weight around next season -- instead of being thrown around like he was at times last year. So, Henson tries to eat six to seven meals a day and spends four days a week in the weight room with team...

Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl has added another forward to his squad, senior John Fields from UNC-Wilmington. Fields has one year of eligibility remaining after playing three years at the Division I level, one at UNC-Wilmington and two at East Carolina. He sat out a year after transferring from ECU to the Seahawks.

Anyone from Arkansas to Arkansas-Pine Bluff could kick off March Madness next year. The NCAA's expanded 68-team men's basketball tournament will include a four-game first round involving eight teams from all across the Division I spectrum. Two of those initial games will include the four lowest seeds in the field -- but the other two will include the final at-large qualifiers.

Boise State basketball player La'Shard Anderson has been charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct after police showed up at his residence to investigate a loud party complaint. The senior was charged with the two misdemeanors Saturday night. Boise police say the 21-year-old guard refused to comply with numerous police requests and later engaged officers in a face-to-face...

DePaul has released recruit Walter Pitchford from his national letter of intent after initially denying his request. New coach Oliver Purnell says "there were external circumstances" when DePaul turned down the request, and an NCAA appeal "confirmed what we felt were valid reasons" to so.

Royce White needed a second chance and Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg needed talent. If White can avoid the trouble that plagued him during a short stint at Minnesota, he and the Cyclones could get what they've been looking for. The skilled power forward who left Minnesota under a cloud agreed Monday to play basketball at Iowa State.

A coroner's report says former Kentucky basketball star Melvin Turpin died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The report Friday gave no other information about the investigation, including whether Turpin left a suicide note. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn had said Thursday that Turpin took his own life in his Lexington house, but didn't say how.

Final Four most outstanding player Kyle Singler and Duke teammate Nolan Smith are among 20 players on a select team of college players that will practice against the U.S. national team. USA Basketball named 20 players to the squad Thursday. They will arrive in Las Vegas on July 19 and train with the candidates for the Americans' world championships team from July 20-23.

Army and Penn will play in the first game of a college basketball doubleheader Dec. 4 before Duke faces Butler in a rematch of last season's NCAA championship game. The Army-Penn game at Izod Center starts at noon. Duke-Butler follows, a marquee matchup announced in May. The Blue Devils beat the Bulldogs 61-59 for their fourth national title.

South Florida basketball coach Stan Heath has agreed to a three-year contract extension after leading the Bulls to their most successful season since entering the Big East. USF went 20-13 on the way to earning a spot in the National Invitation Tournament. In three seasons under Heath, the Bulls have a 41-54 record.

Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun is turning to two old friends as he attempts to steer his program through an NCAA recruiting scandal. The school announced Friday that it hired Glen Miller and Kevin Ollie to fill the vacancies left by the resignations of staff members accused of lying to NCAA investigators.