2025 College Basketball Crown highlights: Eric Dixon carries Villanova past USC
The first-ever College Basketball Crown continued on Thursday with the final two quarterfinal games.
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Sports Council allows Olmo and Victor to play for Barca until end of season
BARCELONA: Spain’s National Sports Council (CSD) on Thursday upheld an appeal filed by Barcelona players Dani Olmo and Pau Victor which will allow them to play for the club until the end of the season. LaLiga had lowered Barcelona’s wage cap on Wednesday after it said the club’s recently revised accounts do not match the end-of-year figures from its previous auditor. The previous accounts included proceeds from the sale of VIP seats in the renovated Camp Nou which allowed Barca to comply with LaLiga’s Financial Fair Play rules and extend the registration of Olmo and Victor. LaLiga said Barca did not have the capacity to register the two players based on their accounts, but the CSD annulled the agreement between the Spanish top flight and the country’s football federation (RFEF). The CSD said the two players’ registrations remain valid as the RFEF acknowledged that “there is no federation resolution that agreed to the cancelation of the licenses” and their decision not to grant a license is “null and void.” “In any case, the professional careers of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor have been protected since January 8 by the urgent precautionary measure granted by the CSD, with the sole aim of avoiding irreparable harm until this procedure is resolved,” it said. “In short, for reasons of incompetence, for not having followed the appropriate procedures established in the regulations, and for not being the body authorized to make decisions, the agreement of the Monitoring Committee of the RFEF-LaLiga Coordination Agreement must be considered null and void, and all effects derived from it invalidated.” In January, the CSD had allowed Barcelona to provisionally register the pair, four days after Spanish football authorities rejected
Flau'Jae Johnson will forgo WNBA draft, return to college basketball - ESPN
LSU star guard Flau'Jae Johnson is opting to skip the 2025 WNBA draft and will return to college basketball for her senior season, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.
Who has won the NIT championship? All-time winners list - ESPN
The National Invitation Tournament, or NIT, is an annual postseason knockout tournament featuring 32 Division I basketball teams. The NCAA has held the men's tournament since 1938. Temple defeated Colorado 60-36 in the inaugural NIT championship game on March 16, 1938. St. John's has won the most NIT titles, with five.
USC's JuJu Watkins named 2025 AP Women's Player of the Year
JuJu Watkins, the sensational sophomore who led USC to its best season in nearly 40 years, was honored Thursday as The Associated Press women’s college basketball Player of the Year.
Gamecocks on losses to Final Four opponents: 'We owe them one' - ESPN
TAMPA, Fla. — South Carolina has plenty of familiarity with the other teams in the Final Four — the Gamecocks lost to all of them this season.
Even at No. 1, UCLA understands underdog role vs. UConn - ESPN
TAMPA, Fla. — UCLA women's basketball coach Cori Close said the top-seeded Bruins are being treated as underdogs in their Final Four matchup against UConn on Friday. But they are used to it because they have been seen that way all season long.
USC's JuJu Watkins named AP women's basketball Player of the Year - ESPN
TAMPA, Fla. — JuJu Watkins, the sophomore who led USC to its best season in nearly 40 years, was honored Thursday as The Associated Press women's college basketball Player of the Year.