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Cloverdale graduate Jalen Moore was voted as a third-team selection on the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I All-American team, released on Monday. Moore had earlier been named to the all-Region 24 and all-Great Rivers Athletic Conference teams after starring for Olney Central College this winter. He surpassed the 1,000-point mark in career scoring in the second half of the season during his two-year career at Olney...

DePauw senior guard Sydney Kopp of Hinsdale South High School in Burr Ridge, Ill., has added to her long list of honors as she has been selected the 2020 Jostens Trophy winner which recognizes outstanding student-athletes in Division III basketball for excellence in the classroom, on the court, and in their respective communities...

The NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men’s Division I basketball tournament, and most of that from a massive television rights deal with CBS and Turner that runs through the 2032 tournament. The cornonavirus not only wiped out the games, but it will create some unexpected red ink on the NCAA’s balance sheet this year. Exactly how much is to be determined...

DePauw senior guard Sydney Kopp of Hinsdale South High School in Burr Ridge, Ill., has been named the 2019-20 Academic All-America of the Year for NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — Hall of Famer Rick Pitino was named basketball coach at Iona College on Saturday. Pitino coached at Louisville from 2001-17 before being fired in a pay-for-play scandal and had been coaching in Greece. He replaces Tim Cluess, who resigned Friday due to health concerns after 10 years and six NCAA Tournament appearances...

As it became apparent the NCAA basketball tournaments could not be held over three weeks because of concerns about the coronavirus, organizers scrambled to devise a plan for a 16-team event to salvage the postseason in one long weekend. NCAA vice president of men’s basketball Dan Gavitt told AP he started to consider ways of condensing the tournament Wednesday night after the NBA announced one of its players tested positive for the virus and the league suspended its season...

The NCAA canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments on Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The unprecedented move comes a day after the NCAA announced the games that were scheduled to start next week would go on, but played in mostly empty arenas. ...

What a difference a year makes. When DePauw met Loras in the first round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship a year ago, it was the Tigers who were the aggressors and they were rewarded with a 24-point victory. It was another story Saturday, with the Duhawks winning 71-60 on the Tigers’ homecourt in a second-round tournament game...

DePauw held Webster and its ninth-ranked offense to 34 points below its average in routing the Gorloks 71-45 on Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship. DePauw (28-1) will meet Loras (25-3) at 7 p.m. tonight in second-round action. The winner will advance to the “Sweet 16” next weekend at an undetermined location...

DePauw University will serve as the host site for the first two rounds of the NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament this weekend. The No. 3-ranked Tigers (27-1) will meet Webster in tonight’s second game, while Loras plays Wisconsin-La Crosse in the opener...

Kris Huffman knew she was getting a good player for her DePauw University women’s basketball team when she signed a high school senior named Sydney Kopp from Hinsdale South High School in Burr Ridge, Ill., four years ago. But today, as Kopp leads the Tigers into the NCAA tournament for the 17th straight year, Huffman admits Kopp has even surpassed her expectations in destroying the school’s record book...

Fresh off the program's seventh North Coast Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament championship in nine years in the league, DePauw (27-1) opens NCAA Division III Championship play with a 7 p.m. first-round game on Friday in Neal Fieldhouse against Webster (20-7)...

Imagine an NCAA Tournament with no fans in the arenas. What normally would be thought an impossibility isn’t so far-fetched as the United States and the rest of the world attempt to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. An advocacy group for college athletes has urged the NCAA to consider holding its winter sports championships with no fans, and the idea has not been dismissed out of hand...

The DePauw University women's basketball team had four individuals named to the 2019-20 All-NCAC selections, with Sydney Kopp and Kris Huffman taking top honors. Senior guard Sydney Kopp (Burr Ridge, Ill./ Hinsdale South) has been named the Player of the Year, garnering a first-team selection for the third-straight season. ...

Fresh off the program’s seventh North Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament championship in nine years in the league, DePauw (27-1) opens NCAA Division III Championship play with a first-round game on Friday in Neal Fieldhouse against Webster (20-7)...

Third-ranked DePauw held Ohio Wesleyan to 10 second-half points and advanced to the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship game with a 62-38 semifinal win over the Battling Bishops. The Tigers, 26-1 and winners of 22 straight, face Denison in today’s 4 p.m. title game after the Big Red topped Ohio Wesleyan 60-52 in the evening’s other semifinal contest...

The top four seeds all posted victories on Tuesday night in the quarterfinal round of the 2020 North Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament. As a result, top-seeded and No . 3-ranked DePauw (25-1) will host the “final four” today and Saturday at Neal Fieldhouse in Greencastle...

WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) — Trevion Williams scored 19 points and Eric Hunter Jr. added 17 on Thursday to held Purdue hold off a late charge from Indiana 57-49. The Boilermakers (15-14, 8-10 Big Ten) snapped a four-game losing streak by winning a seventh straight against their in-state rival...

The DePauw University men’s basketball season was cut short Tuesday after falling to the Yeomen of Oberlin College 63-75 in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals. From tip-off, the Yeomen played with energy, flying around the court, stretching the Tigers defense, and finding success in both the paint and around the arc early in the matchup...

Led by Sydney Kopp’s 30-point performance including 27 in the first half, third-ranked DePauw advanced to the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals following an 89-48 quarterfinal win over Hiram Tuesday. The Tigers improved to 25-1 with their 21st straight win, while the Terriers concluded their season at 7-19...

WOOSTER, Ohio — Third-ranked DePauw pushed its win streak to 20 and finished North Coast Athletic Conference play at 16-0 with a 78-53 win at Wooster on Saturday. The Tigers moved to 24-1 overall and finished with a perfect NCAC record for the fifth time in nine seasons in the conference. Wooster finished its season at 7-18 overall and 3-13 in the league. DePauw enters the NCAC Tournament with the top seed and hosts Hiram tonight at 6 p.m...

DePauw will host two different schools on Tuesday night in North Coast Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinal action. The No 3-ranked DePauw women, the tournament's top seed, will host No. 8 seed Hiram at 6 p.m. The Tiger men's team, seeded fourth, will host No. 5 seed Oberlin at 8 p.m...

The NCAA moved back the 3-point line this season to create more room in the lane and cut down on the barrage of 3s in college basketball. Shooting percentages are down, historically low. Attempts also have dropped, slightly. Clogged lanes? Depends on who you ask...

GRANVILLE, Ohio — DePauw shot over 57 percent from the field in the first half in building a 24-point lead and the Tigers collected their 19th straight win with a 70-52 North Coast Athletic Conference victory at Denison on Wednesday night. The Tigers moved to 23-1 overall and 15-0 in the NCAC, while the Big Red dropped to 16-8 overall and 10-5 in the conference...

Third-ranked DePauw outscored Ohio Wesleyan 28-6 in the fourth quarter and clinched the outright North Coast Athletic Conference title with a 77-56 win over Ohio Wesleyan. The Tigers moved to 22-1 overall and 14-0 in the conference with their 18th straight win, while the Battling Bishops dropped to 12-11 overall and 7-7 in conference play...

CRAWFORDSVILLE — The DePauw University men’s basketball team falls 64-71 to Wabash College on Wednesday night in a physical back-and-forth battle in game two of the rivalry series. After beating Wabash in Neal Fieldhouse just a few weeks earlier, the Tigers took to the floor determined to sweep the series and move up the NCAC standings late in the season...

BLOOMINGTON (AP) — Devonte Green scored 18 of his 27 points in the first half and Trayce Jackson-Davis added 17 on Thursday, helping the Indiana Hoosiers close out an 89-77 victory over No. 21 Iowa. The Hoosiers (16-8, 6-7 Big Ten) snapped a four-game losing streak overall and a two-game skid in the series...

Two DePauw basketball players have been named as the North Coast Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week. For the third time this season and sixth in her career, DePauw senior guard Sydney Kopp has received the award. In road wins at Allegheny (73-69/OT) and Hiram (65-62), Kopp totaled 48 points and 18 rebounds. ...

MEADVILLE, Pa. -- The Allegheny women’s basketball team took No. 4 DePauw to overtime before falling to the Tigers by a 73-69 margin at James H. Mullen, Jr. Arena on Wednesday. After trailing by seven, 34-27, at halftime, the Gators battled back to knot the game through three periods with a 19-12 advantage in the third quarter. ...

BLOOMINGTON — Three games in seven days. Three losses, two of them on the road, and those two road defeats were all but over midway through the second half. The week that was for the Hoosiers flipped IU’s record last week from a robust 15-4 overall and 5-3 in Big Ten play to a more down-to-earth 15-7 and 5-6. ...

After trailing by as many as 10 in the opening half, fourth-ranked DePauw battled back for a 71-61 North Coast Athletic Conference win over visiting Oberlin on Saturday. The Tigers improved to 19-1 overall and 11-0 in the NCAC with their 15th straight win, while the Yeowomen dropped to 7-12 overall and 4-6 in conference play...

GAMBIER, Ohio — Fourth-ranked DePauw opened the second period with a 19-2 run to wipe out a 3-point deficit on the way to a 59-42 North Coast Athletic Conference win at Kenyon on Saturday. The Tigers moved to 17-1 overall and 9-0 in the NCAC with their 13th straight win, while the Ladies dropped to 6-12 overall and 3-7 in the conference...

The DePauw University men’s basketball team beat the Wabash Little Giants 58-53 on Wednesday night in front of a packed arena. The atmosphere of Neal Fieldhouse was electric with both DePauw and Wabash fans filling the stands as the two rival schools went head to head for the first time this season...

BLOOMINGTON (AP) — Joey Brunk scored 14 points, including a key layup with 1 minute left to play, and Jerome Hunter made two late free throws Thursday night to close out Indiana’s 67-63 victory over No. 11 Michigan State. The Hoosiers (15-4, 5-3 Big Ten) have won two straight and four of their last five. It was coach Archie Miller’s 50th win since taking the job three seasons ago...

DePauw will host Wabash on Wednesday night as the two North Coast Athletic Conference schools renew their bitter rivalry on the hardwood. Game time is 7 p.m., and admission is free. The Tigers enter the game 7-8 overall and 4-4 in the NCAC after Saturday’s 77-55 loss at Ohio Wesleyan...

DELAWARE, Ohio - DePauw senior Sydney Kopp scored 15 straight points for the Tigers in a 3:06 stretch of the third period and finished with a school-record 42 as DePauw won its 12th straight with a 73-53 North Coast Athletic Conference victory at Ohio Wesleyan...

The DePauw University men’s basketball team earned its first conference game win at home in an 89-79 victory over Denison University on Wednesday night. The Tigers got on the board first with an early steal by Nolan Ginther, who passed it out to Elijah Hales for a three, taking a lead DePauw would keep for the rest of the game...

Seventh-ranked DePauw University’s women’s basketball extended its win streak to 10 and improved to 14-1 overall and 6-0 in North Coast Athletic Conference play with an 82-44 win over visiting Wooster on Saturday. The Fighting Scots dropped to 4-10 overall and 0-5 in conference play...