The Latest Breaking News from Division I

After the firings in recent seasons of Allen Edwards (Wyoming), Steve Masiello (Manhattan) and Scott Padgett (Samford), the 2022-23 men’s college basketball season tipped off with only four ex-Kentucky Wildcats players serving as NCAA Division I head coaches.

It’s long past time to end the charade and pay ‘‘student-athletes’’ like the employees they are,

Chris Beard’s arrest and subsequent firing rocked the Longhorns, but their interim coach has steadied a season that remains with high hopes.

Jakorian Bennett doesn’t know what his life would be like without football. Maybe he would’ve stuck with track, but his answer didn’t seem definitive. He spent a minute trying to envision a scenario where he wasn’t the starting cornerback at Maryland, and nothing came to mind.

The team with the longest current winning streak in the Chicago area may surprise you.

In a state where college basketball is the top draw, there’s a growing sense none of its seven Division I men’s basketball programs will make the Big Dance.

The 63-year-old Brey arrived in July 2000, taking over a stagnant program and guiding it back to national prominence and title contention in two different conferences.

The annual When Sides Collide Shootout organized by the City/Suburban Hoops Report has provided a platform for players and a big stage for highly-ranked teams for over a decade.

Jakstys, a 6-10 junior, recently visited Illinois and likely will be the first Division I basketball player the school has produced.