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Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)

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ACC to reduce number of games in men's basketball conference schedule from 20 to 18 after multiple down years

The conference is coming off a historically bad season by its standards and is looking to beef up its nonconference performance​

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After more than a half-decade of experimentation with a 20-game schedule in men's basketball, the ACC is moving back to an 18-game conference slate for the 2025-26 season and beyond.

ACC athletic directors approved the switch on a league-wide call Wednesday morning, sources told CBS Sports. The conference played a 20-game schedule since 2019-20 (though it was shortened in 2020-21 due to COVID cancellations). The decision comes after lobbying was made in the past two years by some coaches and athletic directors to go back to 18. The ACC's disappointing 2024-25 season in men's hoops was an obvious catalyst in reversing course, sources said.

The league sent just four of its 18 teams to the 2025 NCAA Tournament, including North Carolina, which was controversially one of the final schools to make the cut. Four out of 18 equates to 22.2%, the lowest percentage of ACC teams to make the Big Dance since the tournament expanded to 64 in 1985.

Some upper-echelon programs — Duke chief among them — wanted to drop two games from the league schedule in an effort to avoid dead weight dragging down NCAA Tournament résumés. (Duke nevertheless overcame this, earning a No. 1 seed last season.) The more Quad 3 and Quad 4 games on a league schedule, the worse a conference's chances at more NCAA Tournament bids. The league expanded to 18 teams last season with the additions of Cal, Stanford and SMU.

Even in reducing the league slate, the solution for the ACC's woes lie in its nonconference performances — not its intra-conference schedule.

"You aren't going to fix the problem by going from 20 to 18," one source told CBS Sports. "The problem for the ACC is, a lot of these teams just haven't been good."

The ACC had the worst nonconference winning percentage of the five high-major leagues last season, and in fact was sub-.500 against top-100 teams for the fourth year in a row.

The ACC now wants to empower its coaches an opportunity to effectively swap out two conference games (whose résumé value is now unknowable) for two non-league contests that could mean more, statistically. Not every ACC team will win all of these games, of course, but the idea is to have ACC schools build up a stronger out-of-conference schedule and increase their chances of earning at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament.
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Just sayin': To accomplish greatness the ACC needs to play more "cupcakes"!!!
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Ohio State Women's Golf (2019 B1G Champions)

Hollenbaugh Punches Ticket to U.S. Open​

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Ohio State women's golf junior Kary Hollenbaugh has punched her ticket to play in the U.S. Women's Open later this month.

Hollenbaugh earned her spot in the U.S. Open with a first-place finish at the U.S. Women's Open Qualifier at New Albany Country Club, Hollenbaugh's home course.

After carding a 73 (+1) in the first round, Hollenbaugh fired a four-under 68 in round two to earn her win with a total score of 141 (-3).

The U.S. Women's Open will take place at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisc. May 29-June 1.
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SF William Buford - 4 BTT Title Games, most Buckeye starts (Virtus Roma - Italy)

William Buford Completes His Degree, Becomes an Ohio State Graduate

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Former Ohio State standout William Buford received his degree on Sunday, officially becoming an Ohio State graduate.

Buford, a three-time All-Big Ten honoree, earned his degree in African American studies and walked as part of the 2025 graduating class.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Official Thread)


BAKER LOVES BRUNCH. When Emeka Egbuka arrived in Tampa, Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield and his wife, Emily, welcomed him and his family to the Sunshine State with a brunch.

“He immediately asked me for Emeka’s number and he said, ‘When is he getting in?” Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht told Adam Schein last week. “He came in – we flew in Emeka and his family on Friday. And on Saturday morning, Baker and his wife picked them all up and took them out to brunch just to show ‘em around and get to know them. He didn’t have to do that. And he probably doesn’t want me even telling anybody that. He does that under the radar without wanting any fanfare for it.”

I'm sorry, Baker, but I’m adding to the fanfare because this kind gesture deserves praise.

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The Mayfields and the Egbukas ate brunch at the Tampa Club. The party included Egbuka’s father Henry, his mother Rhonda Ogilvie and stepfather Eric Ogilvie, along with Buccaneers vice president of player engagement Duke Preston, right tackle Luke Goedeke, right guard Cody Mauch, left guard Ben Bredeson and center Graham Barton.

When asked about Mayfield at his introductory press conference, Egbuka shared his excitement to catch passes from a former Heisman winner.

“There are not too many people who have that achievement, and he’s done great things as well in the league. He’s had successful receivers all the way around him, so I’m just excited to be able to learn and grow with him at the helm of everything I’m doing (with) a seasoned vet like he is,” Egbuka said. “We were able to talk briefly. He texted me here shortly after I got drafted so it’s just good to know that he’s excited with the pick as well and I just can’t wait to get to work.”
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