Marketing deals trickle down from NCAA to high school sports
The contracts have begun to emerge at the high school level after the Indianapolis-based NCAA’s decision last year to allow college athletes to monetize their stardom.
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New reality for college sports on full display in Wong case
Leagues, schools and some coaches worry the new free-for-all upends competitive balance, disrupts rosters and pushes more control over NCAA athletic programs to outside forces.
Era of change: Mark Emmert’s tenure at NCAA
The 12-year tenure of President Mark Emmert was one of the most controversial and active tenures in the history of the NCAA.
Mark Emmert to step down as NCAA president in ‘mutual agreement’ with board
The decision comes at a rocky time for the NCAA, which for decades has controlled college sports. But in recent years, universities, athletics conferences and individual athletes have tried to wrest some of that control away, dragging the NCAA into a series of changes.
Jernstedt ‘celebration’ includes unveiling of downtown Indy statue
Tom Jernstedt, long dubbed the “Father of the Final Four,” died in September at age 75. His widow, Kris, has scheduled a “celebration of life” at 2 p.m. at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday.
NCAA has decisions ahead over TV rights to women’s hoops tourney
Ratings were up for this year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament and advertising sold out early, leaving the Indianapolis-based NCAA big decisions to make involving future TV rights for the tourney.
NCAA facing long list of issues as college sports continues transformation
If the nine months leading up to Monday night’s national title game between the universities of Kansas and North Carolina have proven anything, it’s that college basketball and all of college sports are changing.
Mike Lopresti: March in Indianapolis offered bounty of stories
It has been quite the frantic month on Pennsylvania Street. When it comes to high school or college, try 40 games in 29 days. How many fools out there would be obsessed enough to have seen 38 of them?
NCAA president decries pace of basketball investigations
This year’s NCAA Tournament could be tainted should Kansas win the national championship and subsequently have an unfavorable decision come down in a now half-decade-old investigation.
March Madness paying off for players under mishmash of rules
This week, the University of Kansas, Villanova University, the University of North Carolina and Duke University will play in the first Final Four to be held under the new world of “name, image and likeness,” or NIL, endorsements in college sports.
NCAA first round draws sizable crowds to downtown Indianapolis
The four games played in downtown Indianapolis on Thursday drew about 32,610 total spectators throughout the day, split between afternoon and evening sessions that each featured two contests.
Ticket prices on secondary market lower than usual for NCAA games in Indianapolis
The early-round NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament games, which will be played Thursday afternoon and evening and on Saturday, are expected to lure up to 40,000 people to Indianapolis.
Study: Racial gap shrinks in grad rates for NCAA men’s hoops teams
The shrinking gap in average Graduation Success Rate was due to gains by Black players outpacing those by white players.
Congressional leaders call NCAA’s gender-equity efforts ‘inadequate’ on eve of March Madness
The letter faults the NCAA for failing to make several substantive changes—or simply commit to making the changes—recommended by the law firm it retained to conduct a review of its policies and procedures.
IUPUI women get second chance to make first NCAA impression
After qualifying for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament two years ago but not getting to play because of the pandemic, IUPUI is embracing another opportunity.
45M Americans expected to bet on March Madness hoops
The American Gaming Association predicted that $3.1 billion will be wagered on this year’s tournament, a figure that includes legal bets as well as those placed with illegal bookies or offshore web sites.
A bigger bracket? NCAA transformation could lead to changes
College sports leaders are working to transform the top tier of NCAA athletics, from how Division I should be governed to what should be required of schools to compete at the highest level. And changing the NCAA could lead to changes in its crown jewel event—the Division I men’s college basketball tournament.
Three teams from Indiana make NCAA men’s basketball tourney
Purdue University (27-7) claimed a No. 3 seed while Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame squeaked into the First Four play-in round.
After social media shaming, NCAA tries to get gender equity right for 2022 March Madness
The expansion of the field, which was announced in November, is the most notable among a package of upgrades to the women’s event that the Indianapolis-based NCAA will unveil this month during the 40th anniversary of the women’s tournament.
IU athletes gain avenue to use NIL to support not-for-profit groups
Hoosiers For Good Inc. plans to partner with dozens of organizations across the state and help them connect with “community-minded athletes” at Indiana University to amplify fundraising, awareness and volunteerism efforts.