"There's no NCAA Summer League or 3-on-3 tournament to keep college basketball in the picture. "NCAA basketball has to have presence in the summer period," a source told CBS Sports. Locations for the academies will go out to bid in the coming weeks. But instead of holding academies in four locations, the high school boys basketball academy will be at just one location with the girls at another.
Nevertheless, one source said this project remains an important directive for the NCAA. They also drew criticism from many basketball coaches who viewed the NCAA-sponsored events as bland and an unnecessary addition to the recruiting calendar. The academies - which, in effect, function as recruiting events - failed to draw many high-end prospects. The directive came as a recommendation from the Rice Commission. In summer 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA held its first boys basketball academies in four sites across the country. 25.Īs for the academies, they remain a point of controversy in college basketball. The Board of Directors will meet in person in Indianapolis on Oct. The NCAA Board of Directors must approve the multi-million-dollar spending that would come with that tournament. CBS Sports originally reported news of the approvals earlier on Wednesday. The Council also passed a proposal for women's college basketball to have a secondary postseason tournament - "an NIT-level tournament," as one source put it - with a target start date of March 2024. In addition, the creation of a girls high school basketball academy event for the first time was also approved. 1 Baylor 81, No.On Wednesday, the NCAA Division I Council approved bringing back NCAA-sanctioned summer basketball academies and recruiting events for high school boys. LIVE: Follow SN's March Madness bracket for scores and more Elite Eight Think there will be a bit of bad blood? Either way, the battle between Arkansas' Moses Moody (13.7 points, 4.3 rebounds per NCAA Tournament game) and Baylor's Jared Butler (12.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg) promises to be one of the best of the round. 1-seed Baylorįormer Southwest Conference foes meet for the first time since December 2009, and the first time ever in the tournament. Will the Beavers keep dancing, or will Quentin Grimes - 18 points per game, 44.3 3-point percentage - put a stop to their dancing? 3-seed Arkansas vs. They grind out wins with excellent play from Ethan Thompson, who averages 20.3 points per game on 44.4 percent field goal shooting this tournament. Oregon State's run to the Elite Eight is one of the best Cinderella tales in NCAA Tournament history, but their play is anything but pretty. WIth that, here's everything you need to know about Monday's Elite Eight games: What channel is March Madness on today? 12-seed Oregon State vs. Will chalk hold out a little longer, or will the higher seeds face peril once again in one of the craziest NCAA Tournaments to date? Only one way to find out. Whoever wins here will take on the winner of Oregon State-Houston in Saturday's Final Four matchup. This appears to be the better of the two matchups, with elite defense and excellent shooting apparent on both teams. Then there's Arkansas-Baylor, two old teams with quite a history against each other.
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MORE: Watch select March Madness games live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Those aren't scrubs Oregon State beat, and 2-seed Houston would be wary of becoming their latest victim. The Beavers may seem out of place among those Southwest foes, both in geography and seed, but don't discount their path here: Their run to the Elite Eight ranks among the greatest of all time for a 12 seed and includes wins over 5-seed Tennessee, 4-seed Oklahoma State and 8-seed Loyola Chicago. Chalk is heavily represented in the first two games of the round, with No. We have now reached that elite stage of the NCAA Tournament, where no more than two games need to demand your attention at a given time.
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