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1. The NCAA's random date of April 16 to declare for the NBA draft isn't pressuring a number of players into making quick decisions. Coaches are now savvy to the date as being meaningless. That's why Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk may wait to decide until th...

The Big Ten dominated the 10-member John R. Wooden All-American team with four players.

1. Oregon's Dana Altman got the Pac-12 coach-of-the-year award, but the honor should have gone to UCLA's Ben Howland. Howland has done his best coaching job since he has been at UCLA -- and that includes the three consecutive Final Four runs. Conside...

The presidents of the Big East's seven Catholic schools met with their athletic directors in New York on Wednesday and will announce new membership for the new Big East within 7-10 days, according to a source.

The race for the Wooden Player of the Year award is probably as wide open as it has ever been heading into the final weekend of the regular season and conference tournament.

1. At least one coach in the new Big East, filled with the Catholic 7 schools and likely Butler and Xavier, has been told to anticipate a 16-game schedule next season, according to one source with knowledge of the situation. That would force the seve...

Andy Katz hits on player of the year candidates, conference races, bubble teams and much more in his Monday musings.

1. The Catholic 7 plus two or three to form the old/new Big East (you following?) needs to apply for new-conference status by June 1 and the NCAA board of directors has to vote the new league in by Sept. 1 so it could get an automatic qualifying spot...

1. The seven non-FBS Big East schools have always wanted to exit for the 2013-14 season if they could get out in time and the TV deal -- with Fox -- was done. The problem is they can't and don't want to leave, according to a high-level source within ...

Everything was slipping away from the Hoyas on Wednesday but they recovered in time to beat UConn in two overtimes.

Andy Katz offers his Monday musings, with thoughts on conference players of the year, Duke's Ryan Kelly, Syracuse's schedule and more from around the college hoops world.

UConn and Cincinnati are the future of the Big East Conference, writes Andy Katz.

1. Miami president Donna Shalala is right. Leave the university alone at this point and let the self-imposed sanctions on the football team and the individual hits to the basketball players stand as punishment from the case. The NCAA case is already ...

1. Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said Sunday he's hopeful the Terps handle the euphoria of a win over Duke better than they did after beating NC State. The Terps lost three of four games after beating NC State. Four of the their next six games are on t...

The Big East is hoping to resolve its divorce with the seven departing Catholic-based basketball schools within the next few weeks in time for a summer 2014 departure, according to a source.

1. Missouri coach Frank Haith has long believed he is innocent and won't face any charges stemming from the investigation into potential violations, unethical conduct or a failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance as CBS Sports reported. If the ...