From the Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa basketball player Jordan Bohannon is recovering after sustaining a serious head injury while being assaulted. The university athletic department says the assault occurred early Sunday. Iowa City police did not immediately respond to a request for details. Coach Fran McCaffery says Bohannon is recovering well after being attacked by an individual he did not see coming at him. McCaffery says friends who were with Bohannon at the time kept the incident from escalating. Bohannon announced in April he would return to the Hawkeyes for his sixth season in 2021-22.
UNDATED (AP) — Automatic bids for the NCAA Tournament are on the line as conference baseball tournaments begin in earnest this week. The 16 NCAA regional hosts will be announced Sunday and the rest of the 64-team field next Monday. There are 30 automatic qualifiers instead of 31 this year because the Ivy League canceled its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Top seeds in Power Five conferences are Notre Dame in the ACC, Texas in the Big 12, and Arkansas in the SEC. The Big Ten's Nebraska and Pac-12's Arizona locked up bids by winning regular-season titles.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has moved its football season-opener against Temple to a Thursday night so the game can be seen on prime time television. The Big Ten Conference school made the announcement Monday. The game will be played on Sept. 2, two days earlier than previously announced. Game times and network designations will be announced at a later date. Rutgers will play five other games at SHI Stadium this season, including Delaware, and Big Ten members Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Maryland. The Scarlet Knights posted a 3-6 record in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Greg Schiano’s first year back as coach.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Shannan Lum has been hired as recruiting coordinator for the Nebraska men’s basketball program. Lum will be the second woman to hold the title at a Power Five school. The other is Bailey Bachamp. She's been Kansas State's recruiting coordinator and assistant to the head coach for four years. Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg created the recruiting coordinator job after last season. Lum will monitor the NCAA transfer portal, implement and manage the team’s recruiting database and assist with recruiting research. She also will help the staff with scouting and game preparation.