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Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the ACC media days, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

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The Big Ten and SEC are set to gobble up CFP bids. That could squeeze the ACC and other leagues
By AARON BEARD - AP Sports Writer
Fri,12/06/24-1:43PM , 168 Reads
Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips wants clarity on how two-loss Miami sits behind three-loss Alabama in the latest College Football Playoff rankings.
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Notre Dame takes on Chaminade during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Nov. 20, 2017, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

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From Maui to the Caribbean, college hoops' Thanksgiving tournaments a beloved part of the sport
By AARON BEARD - AP Basketball Writer
Sun,11/24/24-1:13PM , 170 Reads
Lea Miller-Tooley hopped off a call to welcome the Baylor women’s basketball team to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, where 80-degree temperatures made it easy for the Bears to settle in on Paradise Island a week before Thanksgiving.
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Pratt, Keys, defense help No. 21 Tulane grind past East Carolina 13-10 in AAC
By AARON BEARD - AP Sports Writer
Sat,11/04/23-5:53PM , 132 Reads
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Tulane went from struggling to hold second-half leads to fiercely protecting one — and the 21st-ranked Green Wave did it well enough to stay unbeaten in the American Athletic Conference.
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- $Then-LSU coach Will Wade gestures during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arkansas, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Fayetteville, Ark. An independent infractions panel handed a two-year show-cause penalty and a 10-game suspension to former LSU and current McNeese State men's basketball coach Will Wade on Thursday, June 22, 2023, for multiple rules violations. (AP Photo/Michael Woods, File)$
Then-LSU coach Will Wade gestures during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arkansas, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Fayetteville, Ark. An independent infractions panel handed a two-year show-cause penalty and a 10-game suspension to former LSU and current McNeese State men's basketball coach Will Wade on Thursday, June 22, 2023, for multiple rules violations. (AP Photo/Michael Woods, File)

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McNeese State coach Will Wade hit with penalties and 10-game suspension for LSU violations
By AARON BEARD - AP Basketball Writer
Thu,06/22/23-11:35AM , 356 Reads
Former LSU and current McNeese State men's basketball coach Will Wade received a two-year show-cause penalty and a 10-game suspension Thursday for multiple rules violations, ending a slow-moving case originally rooted in a federal corruption investigation into the sport.
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