Late last season, Dan Gavitt, NCAA senior vice president of basketball, said no vote on expanding the men’s and women’s tourneys was imminent. He said if expansion was approved this spring, a change might be possible as early as the 2026 tourney.

I tend to believe what I hear from people when I speak to them directly,” Baker said Thursday during the Big 12 spring meetings.

Another contender for that award also turned down the NBA. Auburn guard Tahaad Pettiford turned down a potential late first-round draft spot for NIL deal with the Tigers north of $2 million, a source told CBS Sports' Matt Norlander.

Wisconsin adds a neutral-site game against Villanova to their 2025-26 non-conference schedule. The game will be played at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on December 19th, with a return game in Philadelphia during the 2026-27 season. This will be the first meeting between the two teams since Wisconsin's upset win in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

With the Antelopes, Drew has thrived, posting a 120-40 record over five seasons. Grand Canyon has reached the NCAA Tournament in four of Drew's five seasons, winning a first-round game as a No. 12 seed against No. 5 Saint Mary's in 2024.