College Basketball

1. College basketball picks: Sizing up the Big 12/SEC Challenge

   The Big 12 and SEC will engage in their annual fight for bragging rights -- and NCAA tournament position -- in Saturday's daylong extravaganza.

2. Saturday's college basketball best bets: Roll with No. 1 Baylor as an underdog?

   Our experts offer their best bets for Saturday's college basketball slate.

3. Freshman Whitney leaves UK as role diminishes

   Freshman Kahlil Whitney, who averaged 3.3 points and 1.7 rebounds as his role steadily diminished for Kentucky, announced that he will be leaving the program.

4. Emmert notes 'clear consensus' to ease pay rules

   NCAA president Mark Emmert, speaking Thursday at his annual "state of college sports" address, said there is a "clear consensus" for a need to change the rules on athlete compensation.

5. Illini's Griffin gets 2-game unsportsmanlike ban

   Illinois guard Alan Griffin received a two-game suspension for stepping on Purdue's Sasha Stefanovic during Tuesday's game.

6. Four UNC signees dot All American Game rosters

   The nation's top two committed players -- Evan Mobley (No. 2, USC) and Cade Cunningham (No. 3, Oklahoma State) -- will be on opposing teams at the McDonald's All American Game.

7. Big 12 sits De Sousa, 3 others for KU-KSU brawl

   Kansas' Silvio De Sousa (12 games) and David McCormack (two games) and Kansas State's James Love (eight games) and Antonio Gordon (three games) were suspended by the Big 12 for their roles in Tuesday's brawl.

8. NCAA aims to change its sexual violence policies

   The NCAA plans to have a special meeting in the coming weeks to create new rules with the hope of improving the organization's sexual violence policy.

9. Shaq's son Shareef plans to transfer from UCLA

   UCLA freshman Shareef O'Neal, the son of Shaquille O'Neal, is transferring from the school.

10. How college basketball moves on from the Kansas-Kansas State brawl

    There's blame to go around for the Kansas-Kansas State brawl. There's also an opportunity to assess how to avoid such incidents.