NCAA Tournament could expand to 72 or 76 teams
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When DeShaun Foster and the UCLA Bruins traveled down to LSU, little did they know it would be the last time the program would play in SEC country. While that's not the guaranteed reality, the SEC's continual dismissal of the importance of the NCAA and continued grievances against the College Football Playoff selection process have created a path where the SEC breaks away from the rest of college football.
According to commissioner Greg Sankey, some of the SEC’s athletics directors are getting restless. “I’ve shared with the decision-making working group that I have people in my room asking ‘Why are we still in the NCAA?
Three days after taking 3rd in the 200m at the NCAA DII track championships, HBCU freshman phenom Tyson Williams has already signed with an SEC school.
Oklahoma (35-20, 14-16 SEC) makes its 42nd appearance in the NCAA tournament this weekend as the regional No. 2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional.
The college baseball regular season is complete and the NCAA tournament field is due to be announced Monday. Our projection for the field of 64 teams.
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USA TODAY College Sports Wire on MSNSEC Power Rankings: New No. 1 team atop conference entering NCAA TournamentPlaying to make the NCAA Tournament, Texas A&M picked up two upset victories in the first-and-second rounds by defeating Mississippi State and Auburn, 9-0 and 3-2, respectively, prior to falling against LSU in the quarterfinals, 4-3. Now sitting at 30-26 overall (11-19 in SEC), the Aggies will likely miss the NCAA Tournament.
The Commodores have won eight consecutive games, including three straight to capture the SEC tournament title.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey announced the new fine replaces a previous policy that relied on an escalating scale. Schools were previously fined $100,000 for a first offense with penalties capped at $500,000 for each offense beginning with the third.