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FILE - In this March 30, 1998, file photo, Kentucky's Jeff Sheppard (15) drives against Utah's Drew Hansen at the NCAA men's Final Four championship game in San Antonio. Kentucky defeated Utah 78-69. Sheppard works as a financial planner now and is over two decades removed from the time he helped Kentucky win the NCAA Tournament. Yet he still gets asked regularly about his role in the Wildcats’ 1998 national championship. (AP Photo/Susan Ragan, File)

Final Four stardom not always followed by long NBA career

by Steve Megargee Associated PressMarch 22, 2020

The stands are mostly empty as a small crowd cheers as Arcadia High School is announced before a Div. III semifinal game against Platteville High School at the WIAA girls state basketball tournament Thursday, March 12, 2020, at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, Wis. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers declared a public health emergency, the state Capitol closed to formal tours and the state high school athletics association moved to drastically limit attendance at remaining winter tournaments Thursday as officials scrambled to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus in Wisconsin. (Dan Powers/The Post-Crescent via AP)

High School & Youth

Coronavirus putting a damper on prep tourneys across country

by Steve Megargee Associated PressMarch 15, 2020

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2019, file photo, Ohio State coach Ryan Day, left, and defensive end Chase Young (2) hold the trophy following the team's Big Ten championship NCAA college football game against Wisconsin, in Indianapolis. Ryan Day was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year and Chase Young was selected to The Associated Press All-Big Ten Conference football team, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)

Playoff participants also contend for team recruiting title

by Steve Megargee Associated PressDecember 18, 2019December 18, 2019

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney speaks to officials duriung the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game against Virginia in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Clemson’s recent titles leading to more recruiting victories

by Steve Megargee Associated PressDecember 17, 2019December 17, 2019

Vermont’s Lamb among players to watch from 1-bid conferences

by Steve Megargee Associated PressMarch 19, 2019

Kyle Busch (18) gets past Austin Dillon during the NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Struggles plague Kyle Busch at Bristol

by Steve Megargee Associated PressAugust 19, 2018

Arizona's Deandre Ayton, left, and Rawle Alkins walk off the court after Arizona lost 89-68 to Buffalo in a first-round game of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament Thursday, March 15, 2018, in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Freshmen phenoms bounced early

by Steve Megargee Associated PressMarch 18, 2018

FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2016, file photo, Florida State running back Dalvin Cook (4) runs as head coach Jimbo Fisher looks on during NCAA college football practice in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The two-a-day football practices that coaches once used to toughen up their teams and cram for the start of the season are going the way of tear-away jerseys and the wishbone formation. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Teams must adjust to two-a-day ban

by Steve Megargee Associated PressJuly 26, 2017

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2015, file photo, then-College of Charleston guard Canyon Barry (24) tries to dribble around James Madison guard Ron Curry (2) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Harrisonburg, Va. Barry, the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry, averaged 19.7 points per game last year at College of Charleston before a shoulder injury ended his season prematurely. The 6-foot-6 guard signed with Florida as a graduate transfer and is studying nuclear engineering. (AP Photo/The Daily News-Record, Daniel Lin, File)

List of potential impact transfers includes Rick Barry’s son

by Steve Megargee Associated PressNovember 4, 2016

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2015, file photo, Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight (9) runs as TCU safety Derrick Kindred (26) closes in during an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla. Knight gets a chance to revive his career at Texas A&M, which needed a quarterback following the offseason departures of Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams, File)

Graduate transfers ready to make impact for their new teams

by Steve Megargee Associated PressAugust 19, 2016