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Reuters
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
NCAA rules committee proposes coach's challenges, transition to quarters
May 9 - The NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee proposed the integration of coach challenges on Friday, giving teams one per game to review out-of-bounds calls, basket interference and goaltending as well as determining if a defender was positioned in the restricted area underneath the basket. Under the proposal, coaches would need to have a timeout in order to request a challenge. If successful, coaches will receive another challenge. That is just one of several recommendations made to the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which will review the proposals on June 10 to be implemented during the 2025-26 season. Another recommendation from the rules committee is to create a group to explore a potential change from halves to quarters, falling in line with the NBA, women's college basketball and other global leagues. The committee noted "positive momentum" existed to make the change but cited hurdles in doing so, such as restructuring media timeouts "to accommodate commercial inventory." Hence the suggestion to create a working group to study the topic and provide a report at this time in 2026. Karl Hicks, the rules committee chairman and American Athletic Conference associate commissioner for basketball, said that the committee focused on improving gameflow toward the ends of games, which have seen an increased number of stoppages for official reviews. The proposal would essentially do away with required official reviews unless a coach challenges the call as challenges "were deemed to be the most efficient way to accomplish this goal," Hicks said. Another proposal from the rules committee addressed continuation. The committee recommended that a player who "ends his dribble" as he traveled toward the basket and absorbs defensive contact "would be permitted to pivot or complete the step the player is on and finish the field goal attempt." Overall, Hicks said, the committee aims to align college basketball with other levels of the sport. "When I say other levels," Hicks said, "that includes the high school level. Their rule is more liberal than our college rules when it comes to shooting the ball. Hopefully, we won't see as many officials waiving off baskets that will now be considered part of the shot." --Field Level Media
New York Times
09-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
College basketball considering coach's challenge, whether to use quarters for men
Coach's challenges may be coming to college basketball as soon as next season. The NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee on Friday proposed granting coaches one challenge per game to review 'out-of-bounds calls, basket interference/goaltending and whether a secondary defender was in the restricted-area arc.' Coaches would need to have a timeout to request a challenge, and if a challenge is successful, coaches would be granted another for the rest of the game, including overtime. But if a challenge is unsuccessful, the coach would lose the ability to challenge for the rest of the game. Advertisement That proposal is one of several recommendations the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel will review on June 10 for use during the 2025-26 season. The committee recommended creating a working group to explore a long-discussed change from halves to quarters. It also proposed modifications to continuation rules, and whether officials can review basket interference/goaltending calls in the final two minutes of games. Karl Hicks, the rules committee chairman and American Athletic Conference associate commissioner for basketball, said in a statement that the committee focused on improving the ends of games, which see an increased number of stoppages for official reviews. Under the proposal, officials would no longer review out-of-bounds calls unless a coach challenges the ruling. 'Coach's challenges were deemed to be the most efficient way to accomplish this goal,' Hicks said. Hicks said the committee found a substantial number of the reviews during conference and NCAA Tournament play came on out-of-bounds plays. Ultimately, after studying 'other basketball leagues around the world,' the committee agreed that the NBA coach's challenge system, first adopted in 2019, was the best fit for the college game. Beyond the potential coach's challenge, the committee's most noteworthy recommendation is further exploration of changing men's college basketball games from halves to quarters, which is the standard in the NBA, women's college basketball and many other global basketball leagues. The committee said there was 'positive momentum' to make such a change, but also cited hurdles, including 'the structuring of media timeouts to accommodate commercial inventory.' For that reason, the committee proposed creating a working group to study the issue and report back by this time next year. Regarding continuation, the committee recommended that a player 'who ends his dribble going toward the basket and absorbs contact from the defense, would be permitted to pivot or complete the step the player is on and finish the field goal attempt.' Currently, men's college players are only credited with made shots when fouled while shooting the ball. Such a shift would track more closely with the NBA's continuation rules. Advertisement 'Our players are sophisticated, and the committee felt we were penalizing offensive players who made really good moves,' Hicks said. 'We want to bring our game in line by what other levels of basketball are doing. When I say other levels, that includes the high school level. Their rule is more liberal than our college rules when it comes to shooting the ball. Hopefully, we won't see as many officials waiving off baskets that will now be considered part of the shot.' Another smaller recommendation is the ability for officials to call Flagrant 1 fouls when a player makes contact with another player's groin. Presently, officials must call either a common foul or Flagrant 2, which ejects a player, in such scenarios.
USA Today
29-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Georgia basketball adds transfer portal guard 'Smurf' Millender
Georgia basketball adds transfer portal guard 'Smurf' Millender Following the departure of four guards due to the transfer portal at the end of the 2025 season, the Georgia Bulldogs have now replenished their guard depth with four incoming transfer guard. Former UTSA point guard Marcus "Smurf" Millender has revealed his decision to continue his college basketball career at Georgia. The 5-foot-11 sophomore guard proved to be a standout for the UTSA Roadrunners. Logging an average of 34.5 minutes per game, he demonstrated impressive shooting efficiency, connecting on 43.8 percent of his three-point attempts and over 87 percent of his free throws. Millender also contributed significantly in other areas, averaging 14.9 points, three rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game, all while averaging less than two turnovers per contest. In the final five games of UTSA's season, Millender demonstrated his scoring ability by reaching the 20-point mark four times. This included a notable 24-point performance against East Carolina in the second round of the American Athletic Conference tournament, where he also grabbed seven rebounds. Since the conclusion of the 2024-2025 season, the Bulldogs backcourt has experienced significant turnover with Silas Demary, DeShayne Montgomery, Savo Drezgic, and Jordyn Kee all entering the transfer portal. However, the Bulldogs have actively addressed these departures through the transfer portal, securing commitments from four guards: Marcus Millender (UTSA), Jeremiah Wilkinson (Cal), Justin Bailey (Wofford), and Jordan Ross (Saint Mary's). They have also added Kanon Catchings, a small forward/wing, to their roster. With their revamped roster featuring a blend of returning talent and impactful transfers, the Georgia Bulldogs are setting their sights on a second consecutive appearance in March Madness, building on their breakthrough tournament berth in 2024-2025, which was their first since 2015.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NCAA women's regionals: Full fields, previews for all six sites
Teams can start to book their flights and hotel rooms. The NCAA announced Wednesday afternoon the 72-team field for the 2025 NCAA Division I women's golf regionals. Each of the six regionals will feature 12 teams and six individuals not on advancing teams. Among those teams are 29 conference champions and 43 at-large programs. Advertisement The regionals will be contested May 5-7 with the top five teams from each regional advancing along with the highest finishing individual not on an advancing team. Thirty teams will comprise the field for the NCAA Championship, which begins May 16 at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. Stanford is the No. 1 overall seed this year. The Cardinal, who have won six of their past eight regionals, are joined by five other top seeds – Arkansas, Florida State, South Carolina, Oregon and Texas. Two of the six regionals do not have hosts as Kentucky was among three teams to finish under .500 (Clemson and Alabama are the others) and Texas Tech ended up as the first team out. Here is a look at the full regional fields, plus a breakdown of each site: Norman Jimmie Austin OU GC, Norman, Oklahoma (Oklahoma) 1. Stanford 2. Northwestern 3. North Carolina 4. Michigan State 5. Duke 6. Oklahoma 7. Baylor 8. Oregon State (West Coast) 9. Tulsa (American) 10. Denver (Summit) 11. Furman (SoCon) 12. Southern Miss (Sun Belt) Advertisement Riana Mission, San Francisco Grace Jin, Sam Houston Cynthia Zhang, Boston College Ffion Tynan, Missouri Amelia Guo, Sam Houston Zoe Pinillos, Augusta (Southland) Stanford being sent to Norman is a shocker, as it's more than double the distance of Gold Canyon from Stanford's campus (1,619 miles to 769 miles). The trade-off for not getting eighth-ranked Arizona State as a host in the No. 2 slot is sixth-seeded host Oklahoma. Not that it should matter, as the top-ranked Cardinal have won each of their last 10 stroke-play competitions, including the ACC Championship, where they were upset by Wake Forest in the semifinals. Stanford is looking to advance to its 15th straight NCAA regional. If there's a top-five seed on upset alert it could be Duke, which has dropped seven spots in the rankings since the end of the fall and was just 10th at ACCs. The Sooners are trying to qualify for nationals for the first time since 2018. Baylor squeaked into regionals with exactly a .500 winning percentage. Tulsa, under first-year head coach Mike Roters, added Romaine Masserey midseason and have climbed 35 ranking spots this spring while winning the American Athletic Conference title. The Golden Hurricane are looking for a third straight trip to nationals. Columbus Ohio State University GC (Scarlet), Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State) 1. Arkansas 2. LSU 3. Ohio State 4. Kansas 5. Houston 6. SMU 7. UNLV (Mountain West) 8. Illinois 9. Kent State (MAC) 10. Illinois State (MVC) 11. Xavier (Big East) 12. Oakland (Horizon) Advertisement Isabella McCauley, Minnesota Vanessa Zhang, Harvard (Ivy) Savannah de Bock, Eastern Michigan Mara Janess, Michigan Neeranuch Prajunpanich, Youngstown State (Horizon) Jillian Cosler, Bradley (Missouri Valley) The host Buckeyes should be a lock in this regional as they have won three straight tournaments on the Scarlet course, including an 11-shot victory over Michigan State earlier this spring. Ohio State also finished fourth the last time it played a regional at home, in 2017. Kent State also should feel at home as the Golden Flashes were third this spring at the Buckeyes' home event. Arkansas finished the worst of the No. 1 seeds at conference, placing sixth and losing in the semifinals at SECs. Kansas hasn't played nationals since 2014 while Houston has never advanced through regionals. Illinois is riding momentum after placing third at Big Tens, its third straight top-3 finish of the spring. Lexington Keene Trace GC (Champions), Lexington, Kentucky (Kentucky) 1. Florida State (ACC) 2. USC 3. TCU 4. Vanderbilt 5. Kansas State 6. Georgia Southern 7. Pepperdine 8. Louisville 9. Miami 10. Western Kentucky (CUSA) 11. Morehead State (OVC) 12. Fairleigh Dickinson (Northeast) Advertisement Emma Bunch, New Mexico State Gabi NiCastro, Samford Marta López Echevarría, Kentucky Madison Dabagia, Indiana Caroline Smith, Indiana Jasmine Driscoll, Ball State (MAC) Fresh off its first ACC title, Florida State is the top seed at the home of the PGA Tour's Barbasol Championship. USC has struggled this spring, dropping from fourth to ninth in the country, while one of its top players, Bailey Shoemaker, has battled a right-arm injury. TCU beat Kentucky by 12 shots on this course in the fall, and the Horned Frogs are one of the hotter teams in the country, rising eight spots to No. 15 this spring. Kansas State went from the first team out last season to a fifth seed and eyeing its first NCAA Championship berth. Georgia Southern is the highest-ranked mid-major at No. 34. Pepperdine hasn't made three straight nationals since 2007. Louisville will be the de-factor home favorite, and the Cardinals were fourth here in the fall. Western Kentucky is competing in its first regional, though it has a potential medalist in senior Catie Craig. Charlottesville Birdwood GC, Charlottesville, Virginia (Virginia) 1. South Carolina (SEC) 2. Virginia 3. Ole Miss 4. Florida 5. UCLA 6. UCF 7. College of Charleston (Coastal) 8. North Carolina State 9. BYU 10. Princeton (Ivy) 11. Richmond (A-10) 12. Radford (Big South) Advertisement Pinky Chaisilprungruang, Charlotte Nicha Kanpai, Maryland Isabella Rawl, Clemson Melena Barrientos, Clemson Hannah Altman, UNC Wilmington (Coastal) Paris Fieldings, Howard (Northeast) When Virginia finished second on this course in the fall, it was in rainy conditions caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. The Cavaliers are playing their best golf of the season right now, with three straight seconds, including at ACCs. South Carolina is coming off its first SEC title since 2002 and has been bolstered by the spring arrival of Thai freshman Eila Galitsky. Florida hasn't advanced through a regional since 2019. UCLA got over .500 at Big Tens, though just barely, in what's been a challenging season that has included losing its two best players to the pros. UCF finished ninth at Big 12s and has only finished better than fourth once this season. North Carolina State (fourth) and Richmond (12th) both have experience this season on this layout. BYU was the last team in and is looking for its first NCAA Championship berth since 2016. Gold Canyon Superstition Mountain G&CC, Gold Canyon, Arizona (Arizona State) 1. Oregon (Big Ten) 2. Arizona State 3. Auburn 4. Mississippi State 5. Oklahoma State 6. California 7. Virginia Tech 8. San Jose State 9. Sacramento State (Big Sky) 10. Cal State-Fullerton (Big West) 11. Navy (Patriot) 12. Quinnipiac (MAAC) Advertisement Vivian Lu, Washington Jasmine Leovao, Long Beach State Janae Leovao, Long Beach State Jensen Jalufka, Cal Poly Daniela Campillo, ULM Maddie Montoya, Montana State (Big Sky) Perhaps the most wide open of the regional sites off the tee, Oregon gets to stay closer to home with Stanford being sent to Norman. The Ducks are coming off a Big Ten sweep with Kiara Romero winning the individual title. However, the Ducks are banged up and could be without Karen Tsuru (back). Arizona State has used just five players all season and now play close to home at a course where they finished second earlier this spring; San Jose State was fifth at that event. Auburn missed match play at SECs, and if Anna Davis does not contend, the Tigers could be in trouble, though this program always seems to have a flair of the dramatic this time of year. Mississippi State has dropped 10 spots to No. 20 since the departure of Julia Lopez Ramirez to the LPGA. Oklahoma State is trying to punch its fifth straight ticket to nationals. California could be a spoiler after reaching the semifinals of the ACC Championship. Lubbock The Rawls Course, Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech) 1. Texas 2. Wake Forest 3. Arizona (Big 12) 4. Texas A&M 5. Iowa State 6. Tennessee 7. Purdue 8. Campbell 9. UC Davis 10. Florida Gulf Coast (ASUN) 11. Tarleton State (WAC) 12. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Southland) Advertisement Ryann Honea, Abilene Christian Chantal El Chaib, Georgia Klara Hurtova, Texas Tech Kara Kaneshiro, Colorado State Yvonne Chamness, Texas State Julia McLaughlin, High Point (Big South) Expect it to be windy, which will play into the hands of top-seeded Texas, which has finished outside the top five only twice this season, both sixth-place showings at tough events, Darius and Colonial. Wake Forest upset Stanford in the ACC semifinals and have turned back into an NCAA title contender with the addition of Chloe Kovelesky this spring. Arizona had an up-and-down first year under new coach Giovana Maymon, but the Wildcats did win three events, including Big 12s. Texas A&M also lost its best player to the LPGA in Adela Cernousek and is coming off a 10th-place finish at SECs. No. 4 seeds are the most vulnerable historically as just nine of 18 have advanced in the six-regional format. Iowa State hasn't finished better than sixth in three events in Texas or Oklahoma this season. Tennessee was fourth at Texas' event earlier this spring and made match play at SECs. Campbell was seventh on the Rawls course in the fall. UC Davis is the last at-large team in regionals. FGCU is among the regional first-timers, though the ASUN champs have fallen 17 spots in the rankings this spring.
NBC Sports
23-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
NCAA women's regionals: Full fields, previews for all six sites
Teams can start to book their flights and hotel rooms. The NCAA announced Wednesday afternoon the 72-team field for the 2025 NCAA Division I women's golf regionals. Each of the six regionals will feature 12 teams and six individuals not on advancing teams. Among those teams are 29 conference champions and 43 at-large programs. The regionals will be contested May 5-7 with the top five teams from each regional advancing along with the highest finishing individual not on an advancing team. Thirty teams will comprise the field for the NCAA Championship, which begins May 16 at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. Stanford is the No. 1 overall seed this year. The Cardinal, who have won six of their past eight regionals, are joined by five other top seeds – Arkansas, Florida State, South Carolina, Oregon and Texas. Two of the six regionals do not have hosts as Kentucky was among three teams to finish under .500 (Clemson and Alabama are the others) and Texas Tech ended up as the first team out. Here is a look at the full regional fields, plus a breakdown of each site: Norman Jimmie Austin OU GC, Norman, Oklahoma (Oklahoma) 1. Stanford 2. Northwestern 3. North Carolina 4. Michigan State 5. Duke 6. Oklahoma 7. Baylor 8. Oregon State (West Coast) 9. Tulsa (American) 10. Denver (Summit) 11. Furman (SoCon) 12. Southern Miss (Sun Belt) Stanford being sent to Norman is a shocker, as it's more than double the distance of Gold Canyon from Stanford's campus (1,619 miles to 769 miles). The trade-off for not getting eighth-ranked Arizona State as a host in the No. 2 slot is sixth-seeded host Oklahoma. Not that it should matter, as the top-ranked Cardinal have won each of their last 10 stroke-play competitions, including the ACC Championship, where they were upset by Wake Forest in the semifinals. Stanford is looking to advance to its 15th straight NCAA regional. If there's a top-five seed on upset alert it could be Duke, which has dropped seven spots in the rankings since the end of the fall and was just 10th at ACCs. The Sooners are trying to qualify for nationals for the first time since 2018. Baylor squeaked into regionals with exactly a .500 winning percentage. Tulsa, under first-year head coach Mike Roters, added Romaine Masserey midseason and have climbed 35 ranking spots this spring while winning the American Athletic Conference title. The Golden Hurricane are looking for a third straight trip to nationals. Columbus Ohio State University GC (Scarlet), Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State) 1. Arkansas 2. LSU 3. Ohio State 4. Kansas 5. Houston 6. SMU 7. UNLV (Mountain West) 8. Illinois 9. Kent State (MAC) 10. Illinois State (MVC) 11. Xavier (Big East) 12. Oakland (Horizon) The host Buckeyes should be a lock in this regional as they have won three straight tournaments on the Scarlet course, including an 11-shot victory over Michigan State earlier this spring. Ohio State also finished fourth the last time it played a regional at home, in 2017. Kent State also should feel at home as the Golden Flashes were third this spring at the Buckeyes' home event. Arkansas finished the worst of the No. 1 seeds at conference, placing sixth and losing in the semifinals at SECs. Kansas hasn't played nationals since 2014 while Houston has never advanced through regionals. Illinois is riding momentum after placing third at Big Tens, its third straight top-3 finish of the spring. Lexington Keene Trace GC (Champions), Lexington, Kentucky (Kentucky) 1. Florida State (ACC) 2. USC 3. TCU 4. Vanderbilt 5. Kansas State 6. Georgia Southern 7. Pepperdine 8. Louisville 9. Miami 10. Western Kentucky (CUSA) 11. Morehead State (OVC) 12. Fairleigh Dickinson (Northeast) Fresh off its first ACC title, Florida State is the top seed at the home of the PGA Tour's Barbasol Championship. USC has struggled this spring, dropping from fourth to ninth in the country, while one of its top players, Bailey Shoemaker, has battled a right-arm injury. TCU beat Kentucky by 12 shots on this course in the fall, and the Horned Frogs are one of the hotter teams in the country, rising eight spots to No. 15 this spring. Kansas State went from the first team out last season to a fifth seed and eyeing its first NCAA Championship berth. Georgia Southern is the highest-ranked mid-major at No. 34. Pepperdine hasn't made three straight nationals since 2007. Louisville will be the de-factor home favorite, and the Cardinals were fourth here in the fall. Western Kentucky is competing in its first regional, though it has a potential medalist in senior Catie Craig. Charlottesville Birdwood GC, Charlottesville, Virginia (Virginia) 1. South Carolina (SEC) 2. Virginia 3. Ole Miss 4. Florida 5. UCLA 6. UCF 7. College of Charleston (Coastal) 8. North Carolina State 9. BYU 10. Princeton (Ivy) 11. Richmond (A-10) 12. Radford (Big South) When Virginia finished second on this course in the fall, it was in rainy conditions caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. The Cavaliers are playing their best golf of the season right now, with three straight seconds, including at ACCs. South Carolina is coming off its first SEC title since 2002 and has been bolstered by the spring arrival of Thai freshman Eila Galitsky. Florida hasn't advanced through a regional since 2019. UCLA got over .500 at Big Tens, though just barely, in what's been a challenging season that has included losing its two best players to the pros. UCF finished ninth at Big 12s and has only finished better than fourth once this season. North Carolina State (fourth) and Richmond (12th) both have experience this season on this layout. BYU was the last team in and is looking for its first NCAA Championship berth since 2016. Gold Canyon Superstition Mountain G&CC, Gold Canyon, Arizona (Arizona State) 1. Oregon (Big Ten) 2. Arizona State 3. Auburn 4. Mississippi State 5. Oklahoma State 6. California 7. Virginia Tech 8. San Jose State 9. Sacramento State (Big Sky) 10. Cal State-Fullerton (Big West) 11. Navy (Patriot) 12. Quinnipiac (MAAC) Perhaps the most wide open of the regional sites off the tee, Oregon gets to stay closer to home with Stanford being sent to Norman. The Ducks are coming off a Big Ten sweep with Kiara Romero winning the individual title. However, the Ducks are banged up and could be without Karen Tsuru (back). Arizona State has used just five players all season and now play close to home at a course where they finished second earlier this spring; San Jose State was fifth at that event. Auburn missed match play at SECs, and if Anna Davis does not contend, the Tigers could be in trouble, though this program always seems to have a flair of the dramatic this time of year. Mississippi State has dropped 10 spots to No. 20 since the departure of Julia Lopez Ramirez to the LPGA. Oklahoma State is trying to punch its fifth straight ticket to nationals. California could be a spoiler after reaching the semifinals of the ACC Championship. Lubbock The Rawls Course, Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech) 1. Texas 2. Wake Forest 3. Arizona (Big 12) 4. Texas A&M 5. Iowa State 6. Tennessee 7. Purdue 8. Campbell 9. UC Davis 10. Florida Gulf Coast (ASUN) 11. Tarleton State (WAC) 12. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Southland) Expect it to be windy, which will play into the hands of top-seeded Texas, which has finished outside the top five only twice this season, both sixth-place showings at tough events, Darius and Colonial. Wake Forest upset Stanford in the ACC semifinals and have turned back into an NCAA title contender with the addition of Chloe Kovelesky this spring. Arizona had an up-and-down first year under new coach Giovana Maymon, but the Wildcats did win three events, including Big 12s. Texas A&M also lost its best player to the LPGA in Adela Cernousek and is coming off a 10th-place finish at SECs. No. 4 seeds are the most vulnerable historically as just nine of 18 have advanced in the six-regional format. Iowa State hasn't finished better than sixth in three events in Texas or Oklahoma this season. Tennessee was fourth at Texas' event earlier this spring and made match play at SECs. Campbell was seventh on the Rawls course in the fall. UC Davis is the last at-large team in regionals. FGCU is among the regional first-timers, though the ASUN champs have fallen 17 spots in the rankings this spring.
