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#10: The 16-team 2024 Men’s Ice Hockey National Championship field was announced. Boston College, Boston U., Denver and Michigan State are the top four seeds. Action got under way March 28, culminating with the Frozen Four April 11 & 13 at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, MN. (link)
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#9: Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek squashes rumors of Men’s Basketball HC Eric Musselman’s departure in a 17-second video in which Yurachek hops on a bus to find Musselman behind the wheel yelling “buckle up!” and Yurachek shooting back, “wait a minute, you’re still here?” (link)
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#8: Pepperdine selects Rice Deputy AD for External Affairs Tanner Gardner as its next AD, starting June 1. Pepperdine President Jim Gash: “Tanner brings an impressive breadth of experience in visionary strategic athletic leadership at the collegiate level that will add renewed energy to our outstanding athletics program. Tanner’s track record of leveraging strategic partnerships to enhance the athletic experience for our student-athletes and supporters will help Pepperdine share with the world what it looks like to compete with purpose.” Eastman & Beaudine assisted with the search. (link)
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#7: SMU will hire USC Men’s Basketball HC Andy Enfield for the same post. (link) |
#6: Arizona State President Michael Crow says the Sun Devils are “done with the historical model of athletics being an auxiliary, adjunct enterprise institution where…the athletic department has borrowed money from the University in support of our athletes. We want ASU athletics to be as much a part of the University as any other part of the University – that is, operating the way everything else operates. We’re doing away with a legacy in the design that we think is counterproductive to our success." Crow says ASU’s department will more closely resemble those at Stanford, Vanderbilt and Northwestern, and only after that system is established will the Sun Devils bring in a new AD. “What we're doing is we're changing the financial structure of athletics in the University so that when the new athletic director comes in, the old system won't exist anymore – and we're just about done.” Crow also notes the women’s basketball team loses the most money (roughly $5M) out of any program on campus and remarks: "We have to look at the finances of everything. We're not going to make an immediate assessment. We have to see what’s the solution for…other sports that are emerging. Where we have our most significant issue, relative to the specifics of the issue of sports, is delivering competitiveness at a level that…other fans want to watch. That's really, really important, and then trying to figure out how to pay for it." (link)
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#5: Congrats to Penn State, which took home its third straight and 11th national championship under Head Coach Cael Sanderson since 2011. The Nittany Lions claimed four individual championships in Kansas City, bringing the all-time tally to 59, 38 of which have come under Sanderson’s leadership. (link)
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#4: St. Bonaventure AD Joe Manhertz has resigned after two and a half years, according to multiple sources. The Bona Venture's Allie Elkins reports the move was due, in part, to the Bonnies' decision to preemptively opt out of the NIT, a decision that SBU did not think would become public as it did during an NIT game earlier this week. Manhertz telling the BV Thursday: “For alumni and fans that the NIT means something to, that’s a dichotomy that I didn’t appreciate. What I learned is that [the NIT] means a lot more to the Bonaventure alumni than it does to the Bonaventure players.” (link, link)
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#3: Valparaiso AD Charles Small will step down after nearly two years in the chair "pursue new opportunities for him and his family," per The Victory Bell's Paul Oren. Deputy AD for Revenue Generation/SWA Laurel Hosmer will serve as Interim AD. (link)
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#2: Washington officially announces Washington State AD Pat Chun as its next AD. President Ana Mari Cauce: “Pat has a track record of success and a wealth of experience — from 15 years in the Big Ten and service on national groups guiding the future of college sports, to securing community support and a commitment to the well-being of student-athletes. He knows our state, is highly respected in national athletics circles and has an eye for talent. I’m so happy he’ll be joining us to lead UW Athletics into the future.” (link); ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported it first and notes UW and Chun have agreed to a six-year deal. (link, link)
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#1: American is zeroing in on Boston College Deputy AD JM Caparro for its AD role, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Parker Executive Search is assisting. (link)
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