>>NCAA Men’s Tournament Bracket Unveiled
(Undated) — The bracket for the N-C-double-A men’s basketball tournament is set. Sunday’s selection show revealed the 68 teams that will compete for the national title, starting Tuesday with a couple of First Four matchups in Dayton, Ohio. The Kentucky Wildcats will play Providence Friday night in Greensboro, North Carolina. Our pregame coverage begins at 4:30pm on 98.7 Lite FM. Alabama is the number one overall seed, while Houston, defending champion Kansas and Purdue are the other top seeds. The Big Ten and S-E-C had the most bids with eight teams from each conference making the field. This year’s Final Four will be held in Houston, Texas.
>>Top Seeds Announced For Women’s NCAA Tournament
(Undated) — South Carolina is claiming the Number-1 overall seed in the Women’s NCAA tournament. The undefeated Gamecocks will play in the Greenville One region. Indiana took the top spot in the Greenville Two region while Virginia Tech is the Number-1 seed in Seattle Three. Stanford grabbed the top seed in the Seattle Four region. The tournament begins on Wednesday.
>>Austin Peay Names Gipson Head Coach
Austin Peay Vice President and Director of Athletics Gerald Harrison announced Sunday that Cory Gipson has been named the 14th head men’s basketball coach in Austin Peay State University history.
Austin Peay will welcome Gipson back to Clarksville at an introductory press conference at 4 p.m., Tuesday in F&M Bank Arena.
Gipson, a two-time Austin Peay graduate played at Austin Peay for two seasons (2002-04) and worked as an assistant coach for Dave Loos for three seasons (2012-15), was the head coach at Northwestern State during the 2022-23 season. In his first year as a head coach, Gipson turned around a Demons program that won nine games the year prior his arrival. He led the Demons to a 22-9 record, a win at then-No. 15 TCU, and a No. 2 seed in the Southland Conference Tournament.
>>Rick Stansbury Steps Down as WKU Mens’ Basketball Coach after 7 Seasons
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Rick Stansbury will not be returning as WKU’s head men’s basketball coach.
Over the last seven seasons, Stansbury led the Hilltoppers to a 139-89 (.610) record, an NIT Final Four run, three Conference USA Championship title games and the 2021 C-USA East Division Championship. The stint included four 20-win seasons and an All-American product and NBA Second Round draft choice in Charles Bassey.
Since 2017-18, Stansbury coached the Hilltoppers to 11 wins over Power Five teams. Between the 2017-18 and 2021-22 seasons, Western Kentucky won more Division I games and more conference games than any other member of Conference USA.
>>Bill Self Set To Rejoin Kansas Following Health Scare
(Lawrence, KS) — Kansas basketball head coach Bill Self is set to rejoin the team. The program announced that Self was discharged from the hospital on Sunday and has returned home. The school said that Self is “expected to make a full recovery” after undergoing a “standard procedure that went well.” Self will take over the a Jayhawks team that is setting its sights on the NCAA Tournament after losing in the Big 12 Tournament final to Texas.
Top-25 College Basketball (Coaches’ Poll) ——-
Alabama 82, Texas A&M 63 (SEC Tournament Final)
VCU 68, Dayton 56 (Atlantic 10 Tournament Final)
Memphis 76, Houston 65 (AAC Tournament Final)
Purdue 67, Penn State 65 (Big Ten Tournament Final)