NCAA tournament remains with 68 teams … for now; Texas Tops preseason Coaches polling

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🏀 Good morning for everything, but especially to …

The NCAA tournament and basketball fans of the university

The 68 Team NCAA Tournament format Doesn’t go anywhere … for now. The division I for men and women’s basketball committees decided on Monday to keep the field size like for the 2026 tournaments, although expansion is still looming.

• The committees met in July and did not come to a conclusion with regard to expansion.
• Shortly thereafter, NCAA President Charlie Baker The expansion of this season would therefore be unlikely, although a Decision before 2027 and then could come this fall.
• Indeed, And GavittThe senior vice president of Basketball of the NCAA said that the discussions will continue about the expansion of 72 or 76 “prior to the 2027 championships.”

I don’t want to beat a dead horse, but I am anti-expansion. Matt Norlander has the reasons and the facts About why 68 is the right size. It will stay that way for at least one year.

😁 Honorable mentions

🏈 And not such a good morning for …

Micah Parsons, Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys

The Micah Parsons request Is now four days old, and somehow it seems that passing by every day Jerry Jones digs itself a deeper hole, the most recently say “This is really nothing new, at all, with Micah” In an interview published on Monday.

Technically, he is right. This is nothing new. (And here is the timeline For how we got here.) But this is not something he should be happy with, or something that should be rested Cowboys Fans. Dallas is constantly on the back of the eight ball when it comes to contract extensions for their biggest stars – whether it is now Roof Prescott or Ceedee Lamb Or, now, Parsons and John Stunning Details How this has cost the team more than $ 30 million in recent years.

There are also the non-monetary costs of how you would describe this latest fuss. Parsons is with the team and “very involved” according to Brian SchottenheimerBut this fiasco contract is a distraction. Jones just can’t resist it Respond to every small developmentand even Lamb And Prescott Are you tired of waiting.

But again, this is just the way things are. In the eyes of Jones, Being newsworthy – even for bad news – is of the utmost importanceWrites Cody Benjamin.

• Benjamin: “It is summer, and the best player of the Dallas Cowboys is not happy. Here is a mystery for you: are we talking about 2025? Or 2019? Maybe 1993? Try almost every year under the man who makes life of this stuff: Jerry Jones. … There is a reason why Jones Cowboy fans should not be ‘Loss every sleep’ About the fact that Parsons, a four-fold pro-bowler and one of the most gifted game makers of the game, literally stated that he no longer wants to play for the team after he was misled in contract interviews with Jones this season: the man who was in charge was always interested in making this a spectacle. “

I mean, The Bryant and Nicki Minaj are argue on social media Because of the Parsons -Saga. But hey, it’s cowboys-related news, right?!

Of course there is also contract drama elsewhere. James CookS “Hold-in” bee Accounts Camp is the newest. We stay Tabs every contract conflict – and predicting results.

😓 Not so honorable mentions

🏈 texas tops preseason coaches poll for the first time ever

There is not much Texas football has not completed, with the fifth victories of the program in the history of the University Football, four national championships and a few Heisman Trophy winners with headliner of the legendary past of the Longhorns.

On Monday, however, they received a new award. The Longhorns covered the preseason Coaches pollingthe First time the program was arranged at number 1 in a large preseason (coaches of AP) poll. For what it is worth, they are number 2 in the AP Top 25 five times in the preseason.

Texas still has to turn on the pads and actually take care of business, but it is a nice bit of recognition for the Longhorns, which the Arc era and a charged defense in head Anthony Hill And Colin Simmons.

Some can rank a number 1 preseason as a kiss of death – in fact the Longhorns became one Tough Injury News Monday too – but Steve SarkisianThe team of the preseason is ready at or above the previous season of his team, each of the last three seasons ranks.

Texas closed his week 1 opponent, Ohio StateFor number 1. Here is the top five, with voices in the first place in brackets.

1. Texas (28)
2. Ohio State (20)
3. Penn State (14)
4. Georgia (3)
5. Our Lady

ClemsonSixth arranged, gathered the remaining two votes, and in his Undervalued/overrated listWill Backus says you don’t sleep on the Tigers.

• Backus: “Although there is no doubt that the Bulldogs and Fighting Irish are currently legitimate College Football Playoff chances, there is enough reason to be much higher on the Tigers … Clemson is much better off at Quarterback. GADER CLUB NIK is a first-round NFL design perspective with the potential of Heisman. The Tigers also give back one of the best broad receiver units in the nation, an experienced attacking line and a defense loaded with future professional talent, such as Edge Rusher TJ Parker and defensive lineman Peter Woods. “

In the meantime, 15 of the top 25 teams from the Big Ten or SEC.

🏀 De’aaron Fox, Spurs agrees with four years, $ 229 million maximum extension

The Trail load for the future in the neighborhood Victor WembanyamaAnd De’aaron Fox A lot of that plan seems to be a lot. Fox and San Antonio agreed one Four -year maximum extension worth a maximum of $ 229 million.

• The Koningen Fox, 27, halfway through last season on the Spurs, but he played in just 17 games for San Antonio before he underwent a seasonal operation in March.
• An All-Star and third team All-NBA artist in 2022-23, Fox the inks of a three -year extension of $ 165 With Sacramento last season – a movement he made thanks to a larger potential payment day on the road – and he cashed himself.
• Fox would become an unlimited free agent after this season.

The Spurs have missed the play -offs in six consecutive seasons, but look ready to make a push this year. Wembanyama, 21, has already taken to the star status, the Shoo-in Defensive Player of the Year earlier last season Deep vein thrombosis ended his season in February. San Antonio has also drawn up Dylan Harper No. 2 General this season and returns from the Rookie of the year of last year, Stephon Castleas well as Devin VassellAmong other things.

🏀 WNBA MVP leader Napheeesa Collier to miss at least two weeks

Lynx Star and MVP -Koploper Napheeesa Collier shall Miss for at least two weeks with an ankle diseaseAn important blow like Minnesota hopes to hold the number 1 seed.

• Collier was injured in the third quarter of a 53 -point victory on the Acute On Saturday, the biggest win in the history of WNBA.
• Collier leads the WNBA in points per match (23.5) while shooting 54% out of the field and 37% of 3. She is also in the top 10 in rebounds (7.5 per game), steals (1.8) and blocks (1.6).
• The Lynx (24-5) are 5½ games for the FreedomAlthough the absence of Collier – two weeks would ensure that they miss four games – will certainly be a challenge.

As for another wounded star, Caitlin Clark still has no timetable for a return of a groin injury, but the Fever have won five rights without her and are number 3 in Jack Maloney’s WNBA Power Rankings.

📺 What we view on Tuesday

🏀 Wings at Liberty7 pm on NBA TV
⚾ Reds at Cubs8:05 pm on TBS
⚾ Padres at Diamondbacks9:40 pm on MLB network
🏀 Fever at Sparks10 pm on CBS Sports Network
⚾ Cardinals at Dodgers10:10 pm on MLB network