Racial and ethnic discrimination
Gabriel Leifer (4) reacts to the Yeshiva Maccabees' loss to Johns Hopkins University in the first round of the NCAA's Division III basketball tournament, in Galloway Township, N.J., on Friday, March 4, 2022. The Maccabees lost to the Blue Jays, 63-59 at Stockton University Sports Center. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Yeshiva University basketball team ends unforgettable era

By Luis Andres Henao And Jessie Wardarski Mar. 10, 2022 09:46 AM EST

Seattle University players are introduced on Jan. 26, 2022, before an NCAA college basketball game against Stephen F. Austin at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Seattle won the game and went on to join New Mexico State and Stephen F. Austin in March at the end of the season for a three-way tie to share the regular-season Western Athletic Conference championship. More than 50 years since its last NCAA tournament appearance, Seattle now needs just two more wins in the WAC tournament in Las Vegas to once again reach the biggest stage of college basketball. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)
Seattle U's best shot at NCAAs arrives after record season

By Tim Booth Mar. 08, 2022 02:14 AM EST

Seattle U removes interim tag, names Chris Victor head coach

Mar. 01, 2022 04:53 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle University removed the interim tag and made Chris Victor its permanent head coach on Tuesday. Victor took over the Redhawks...

Iowa apologizes to Badgers wrestler who was target of slurs

Feb. 08, 2022 05:40 PM EST
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa athletic department apologized Tuesday to a Wisconsin wrestler who was the target of racially insensitive remarks during a weekend...

Michigan's Eli Brooks (55) moves the ball past Prairie View A&M's Christian Guess (4) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
No. 6 Michigan rolls past Prairie View A&M 77-49

By Patrick Stevens Nov. 13, 2021 10:15 PM EST

Washington St. pulls away in second half, tops Seattle 79-61

Nov. 13, 2021 12:30 AM EST
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Tyrell Roberts scored 17 points and Washington State defeated Seattle 79-61 Friday night for the Cougars' 20th straight nonconference...

Michigan head coach Juwan Howard is seen on the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Buffalo, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Coaches vs. Racism aims to be about more than basketball

Nov. 12, 2021 03:27 PM EST

Seattle University basketball coach Jim Hayford resigns

Nov. 11, 2021 06:33 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle University basketball coach Jim Hayford resigned Thursday, the school's athletic director said. Hayford had been on...

Seattle puts head coach Jim Hayford on administrative leave

Nov. 06, 2021 10:32 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle University has placed basketball coach Jim Hayford on administrative leave. Seattle athletic director Shaney Fink...

FILE - In this March 15, 2018, file photo, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, left, greets the Loyola Chicago basketball team as the Ramblers walk off the court after a win over Miami in a first-round game at the NCAA college basketball tournament in Dallas. Loyola Chicago is back in the tournament. And Sister Jean will be there, too. The 101-year-old team chaplain's lobbying paid off Tuesday, March 16, when the school reversed course and announced she will go. That means she gets to watch her beloved Ramblers in person for the first time this season when No. 17 Loyola meets Georgia Tech in Indianapolis on Friday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
Police contacted after Ohio State's Liddell receives threats

By Charles Odum Mar. 20, 2021 03:42 PM EDT

Creighton's Shereef Mitchell is among a group of players who were broadcast on the scoreboard reading a statement about suspended coach Greg McDermott, at the team's NCAA college basketball game against Butler on Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Omaha, Neb. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
Creighton's McDermott reinstated after 'plantation' remark

By Eric Olson Mar. 08, 2021 04:47 PM EST

FILE - Temple head coach John Chaney reacts to a foul call in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Duke in Durham, N.C., in this Jan. 8, 2005, file photo. John Chaney, one of the nation’s leading Black coaches and a commanding figure during a Hall of Fame basketball career at Temple, has died. He was 89. His death was announced by the university Friday, Jan. 29, 2021.(AP Photo/Sara D. Davis, File)
John Chaney, commanding Temple basketball coach, dies at 89

By Dan Gelston Jan. 29, 2021 03:21 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 1961, file photo, Cleveland Pipers coach John McLendon, right, greets Dick Barnett, in Cleveland. When George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis policeman, Harvard basketball coach Tommy Amaker knew it was time to get to work. Kentucky college basketball coach John Calipari and Harvard coach Tommy Amaker partnered on an internship program named for John McLendon, one of basketball’s first black coaches. (AP Photo/File)
For Harvard coach Tommy Amaker, class is always in session

By Jimmy Golen Nov. 10, 2020 01:41 PM EST

FILE - In this March 12, 2017, file photo, Texas State coach Danny Kaspar reacts during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Troy for the Sun Belt tournament title in New Orleans. Kaspar, the former Texas State basketball coach who resigned while under investigation for allegations he directed racist taunts at Black players, said he holds “only love in my heart for people of all races, colors and creeds” in a resignation letter released Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, by the school. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Former Texas State coach Kaspar denies allegations of racism

By Jim Vertuno Oct. 14, 2020 08:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, South Carolina head coach Frank Martin talks to Jermaine Couisnard (5) and Alanzo Frink (20) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. Martin is joining dozens of college basketball coaches in taking action on racism and diversity. The NABC announced Martin would chair a new committee designed to address issues of race and discrimination and not only within college sports. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
College hoops coaches move to eliminate standardized testing

By Dave Skretta Jul. 16, 2020 03:58 PM EDT

Syracuse University appoints diversity director for sports

By John Kekis Jul. 10, 2020 02:01 AM EDT
Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack has added a position to his department, bucking a trend toward athletic cuts during the coronavirus pandemic. ...

College coaches recommend required Black history courses

Jun. 22, 2020 12:47 PM EDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The new committee formed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to address racism and diversity recommended Monday that high...

FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, South Carolina head coach Frank Martin talks to Jermaine Couisnard (5) and Alanzo Frink (20) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. Martin is joining dozens of college basketball coaches in taking action on racism and diversity. The NABC announced Martin would chair a new committee designed to address issues of race and discrimination and not only within college sports. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
College basketball coaches discuss racism, diversity

By Dave Skretta Jun. 05, 2020 05:25 PM EDT

South Carolina's Martin to chair hoops committee on race

Jun. 04, 2020 02:32 PM EDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — South Carolina coach Frank Martin will chair a new committee formed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to address issues...

South Carolina's A.J. Lawson, right, drives against Vanderbilt's Maxwell Evans (3) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
South Carolina Gamecocks at Vanderbilt Commodores 3/7/2020

Mar. 07, 2020 12:44 PM EST