College Sports

While Gardner Minshew prepared for the NFL draft, his former team, Washington State, was auditioning potential replacements.

Gameday Glances - Yavapai baseball at Central Arizona College & Scottsdale CC at Yavapai softball April 20.

A proposal to require a graduate transfer to count against a team's scholarship total for two years in football and basketball has been rejected by the NCAA.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Big 12 player of the year Jarrett Culver declared for the NBA draft Thursday after helping lead his hometown Texas Tech Red Raiders on the two deepest NCAA Tournament runs in school history.

PRESCOTT – Even though the Roughriders didn’t get to save 15% or more on their car insurance, they returned to their winning ways by taking a conference doubleheader over the Gateway Geckos Wednesday afternoon.

The Roughrider baseball gameday glance for Wednesday, April 16.

Football and basketball coaches may be less likely to add graduate transfers to their teams under a change being considered by the NCAA.

MINNEAPOLIS — Dick Bennett has a difficult time watching his son, Tony, coach Virginia. He rarely attends games.

MINNEAPOLIS — Now that, Virginia, is the way to close out a season. And quiet those critics, too.

TAMPA, Fla. — Baylor lost a star player, then the rest of its 17-point lead. But the Lady Bears, led by the ever-poised Chloe Jackson, kept their composure.

PRESCOTT — After spending nearly the first two months of the 2019 season on the road because of field-improvement work at Roughrider Park, Yavapai College’s baseball team is at last reaping the benefits of playing at home.

Tournament Most Valuable Player Aari McDonald scored 19 points and added seven rebounds, six steals and two assists to lead the way.

MINNEAPOLIS — For those who thought Texas Tech only plays defense, it's time to meet Matt Mooney.

TAMPA, Fla. — It's been a somewhat difficult road back to the title game for Muffet McGraw and Notre Dame.

MINNEAPOLIS — Hard to call Virginia basketball boring after the last two games. And the Cavaliers have pretty much put the choker label to rest, too.

MINNEAPOLIS — Following an epic Elite Eight and a week of buildup, the Final Four is finally here.

PRESCOTT — It’s not how you start. It’s how you finish. As cliché as that sounds, it’s appropriate for Embry-Riddle’s softball team in 2019.

MINNEAPOLIS — It has been nearly two decades since Mateen Cleaves and the rest of the Flintstones carried Michigan State to the national championship, triumphing over Florida at the long-since demolished RCA Dome in downtown Indianapolis.

PRESCOTT — Phoenix College freshman ace pitcher Brianna Hardy could feel the pain swelling in her back during Game 2 of her Bears softball team’s ACCAC doubleheader at Yavapai College on Thursday, April 4.

The NCAA Tournament needed a little time to warm up. There were a few upsets, some close games and breakout performances, but not the usual wow factor we expect in the early rounds.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Izzo certainly knows his way around the Final Four, even if the longtime Michigan State coach had never toured U.S. Bank Stadium until the Spartans arrived for practice Thursday.

TAMPA, Fla. — Kim Mulkey rejects the notion that being the No. 1 overall seed makes Baylor the team to beat in the women's Final Four.

TAMPA, Fla. — There's a different vibe around Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies at this year's Final Four. Unlike the previous two years, they don't have the burden of a record winning streak or an unbeaten season.

ROUGHRIDER GAMEDAY GLANCE #3 Phoenix College at #7 Yavapai College Thursday, April 4, 2019 Noon, 2 p.m. Bill Vallely Field, Prescott

PRESCOTT — It’s more than a matchup pitting two of the best teams in ACCAC softball. If anything, it’s a battle between a pair of the sport’s finest squads in the NJCAA.