Former Notre Dame coach Mike Brey is set to be named the next head coach at South Florida, BullsInsider.com reported Monday.

The report comes after Brey’s “retirement” from South Bend, Ind., where he coached the Fighting Irish for 23 seasons and departed as Notre Dame’s all-time winningest coach.

Brey, who turns 64 on Wednesday, would replace Brian Gregory, fired after six seasons and a 79-105 mark leading the Bulls.

Brey and Notre Dame announced Jan. 19 that the 2022-23 season would be his last, with the coach saying the Irish needed a “new voice.”

While many couched his exit as a retirement, Brey told Stadium a month later that he was “definitely not done coaching.”

Brey compiled a 483-280 record at Notre Dame, making him the winningest coach in the program’s 119-year basketball history. He also had a 99-52 record in five seasons at Delaware prior to joining Notre Dame.

Brey guided the Fighting Irish to the NCAA Tournament on 13 occasions, one fewer than Digger Phelps. Brey twice coached Notre Dame to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament (2015, 2016).

USF has had just one winning season in the past decade and has not appeared in the NCAA Tournament since 2012.

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Former St. John’s coach Mike Anderson told ESPN he plans to sue the school over his termination.

Anderson said the school fired him for cause and is denying him the remaining money left on his contract. He will seek payment through an arbitration lawsuit, per ESPN, which said he would have been owed $11 million if not fired for cause.

The network reviewed Anderson’s termination letter, which said he was dismissed for “failure to create and support an environment that strongly encourages student-athletes who are in the men’s basketball program to meet all university academic requirements,” “failure to perform your duties and responsibilities in a manner that reflected positively on St. John’s University … in actions [that] brought serious discredit” to the school, and “failure to appropriately supervise and communicate with your assistant coaches.”

Anderson was let go on March 10 after the Red Storm posted an 18-15 (7-13 Big East) record. Reports over the weekend said Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino, currently at Iona, has been offered the job.

In a statement to ESPN, Anderson said he should not have been fired for cause.

“I vehemently disagree with the university’s decision to terminate my contract for cause,” he said. “The for cause accusation is wholly without merit and I will be aggressively defending my contractual rights through an arbitration process.”

Anderson, 63, was 68-56 (30-46 Big East) in four seasons with the Red Storm and did not reach the NCAA Tournament.

In 21 seasons as a head coach at UAB, Missouri, Arkansas and St. John’s, he has a 437-256 career record.

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Providence coach Ed Cooley is expected to become the head basketball coach at Georgetown, multiple outlets reported Monday.

An announcement, barring an 11th-hour change of heart by Cooley, is expected later Monday.

Cooley, 53, just completed his 12th season at Providence. His Friars were bounced from the NCAA Tournament by Kentucky in the first round. It was the Friars’ seventh trip to the tournament under Cooley.

He is 242-153 at Providence and 334-222 overall in 17 seasons as a head coach. He led Fairfield from 2006-11 before taking the Providence job in 2011.

Cooley would replace Patrick Ewing, who was fired earlier this month after six seasons at his alma mater.

The Hoyas went 7-25 (2-18 Big East) in Ewing’s final season in charge. The program went a combined 75-109 under Ewing, making the NCAA Tournament just once — when Georgetown completed an improbable run through the 2021 Big East tournament as the No. 8 seed to earn the league’s automatic bid.

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Well-traveled coach Rick Pitino could be on the move again.

Pitino, who is listed by NCAA Statistics to have a coaching record of 711-290 and has two national championships in 35 seasons, the last three at Iona, is in talks to take over at St. John’s, ESPN reported Sunday, citing unnamed sources.

The 70-year-old Pitino, who guided Kentucky to the title in 1996 but had his second championship at Louisville in 2013 vacated by a recruiting scandal, met with St. John’s officials on Sunday, according to the report.

St. John’s has not won an NCAA Tournament game since 2000, and last appeared in the tourney in 2019, when it was bounced from the First Four.

The school fired coach Mike Anderson on March 10. In his four seasons, the Red Storm went 68-56 overall and 30-46 in Big East play. Sources said Pitino has been the school’s primary target to replace Anderson, according to the report.

Pitino began his coaching career with Hawaii, Boston University and Providence before Kentucky and Louisville. He also was a head coach for six NBA seasons, spending two with the New York Knicks before four with the Boston Celtics.

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Sophomore Ryan Nembhard poured in a career-high 30 points and No. 6 seed Creighton converted all 22 of its free throw attempts to earn an 85-76 victory over third-seeded Baylor in South Regional second-round play Sunday night in Denver.

Trey Alexander posted 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists while Arthur Kaluma added 11 points for the Bluejays (23-12), who claimed their second Sweet 16 berth in three years.

“It’s been a different person every night,” said Creighton coach Greg McDermott. “And our guys’ unselfishness to understand if somebody has got it going, let’s figure out a way to get him the basketball and get out of his way.

Creighton will face No. 15 seed Princeton Friday night in Louisville. The Bluejays and Tigers have met once previously — a 63-54 Creighton home win on Dec. 29, 1961. LJ Cryer recorded a career-high 30 points to pace Baylor (23-11) while Adam Flagler added 15 and Jalen Bridges scored 12.

East

No. 7 Michigan State 69, No. 2 Marquette 60

Tyson Walker scored 17 of his game-high 23 points in the second half as the Spartans eliminated the Golden Eagles in their second-round game in Columbus, Ohio.

With Michigan State nursing a 56-55 lead, Walker launched a 10-0 run by beating the shot clock on a left-handed layup over Oso Ighodaro with 3:06 left. His two free throws with 48.2 seconds remaining put the Spartans up 64-55, and his steal and dunk moments later all but sealed Michigan State’s first trip back to the Sweet 16 since advancing to the Final Four in 2019.

Joey Hauser had 14 points and 10 rebounds and A.J. Hoggard added 13 points for the Spartans (21-12). Olivier-Maxence Prosper had 16 points and Kam Jones added 14 for Marquette (29-7), the Big East regular-season and tournament champion.

No. 9 Florida Atlantic 78, No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson 70

Johnell Davis scored 29 points and hauled in 12 rebounds to help the Owls end the Cinderella run of the Knights in their second-round game.

Florida Atlantic (33-3) advances to play No. 4 seed Tennessee on Thursday in an East Regional semifinal at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Demetre Roberts had 20 points for Fairleigh Dickinson (21-16), which shocked Purdue 63-58 on Friday to become just the second No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 seed.

No. 3 Kansas State 75, No. 6 Kentucky 69

Markquis Nowell recorded 27 points, nine assists and three steals and Ismael Massoud drained the go-ahead 3-pointer as Kansas State eliminated Kentucky in the second round in Greensboro, N.C.

Keyontae Johnson added 13 points for Kansas State (25-9), which advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2018. Nae’Qwan Tomlin had 12 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots and Desi Sills also had 12 points as Kansas State prevailed in the battle between two schools that go by Wildcats.

Oscar Tshiebwe had a big outing with 25 points and 18 rebounds for Kentucky (22-12). Cason Wallace had 21 points and nine rebounds before fouling out, and Chris Livingston added 11 points and seven rebounds.

Midwest

No. 3 Xavier 84, No. 11 Pitt 73
Jack Nunge led six Musketeers players in double figures with 18 points as they eased past the Panthers in Greensboro, N.C.

Xavier (27-9) advanced to its first Sweet 16 since 2017 and will face second-seeded Texas (28-8) this week in Kansas City, Mo.

Adam Kunkel went 5-for-5 on 3-pointers in the first half to score his 15 points, while Souley Boum tallied 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Xavier. Pitt (24-12) was led by Blake Hinson’s 18 points. Jamarius Burton added 16, and Guillermo Diaz Graham had 11 points and eight rebounds.

No. 5 Miami 85, No. 4 Indiana 69

Isaiah Wong scored 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Miami to a victory over Indiana in a second-round game of the Midwest Region at Albany, N.Y.

Jordan Miller collected 19 points, five rebounds and two blocks for fifth-seeded Miami (27-7) and delivered an emphatic dunk on another fast break score in the closing seconds to punctuate the win.

Fourth-seeded Indiana (23-12) came up short in its bid to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2016 despite 23 points, eight rebounds and five blocks from All-American Trayce Jackson-Davis.

West

No. 3 Gonzaga 84, No. 6 TCU 81

Drew Timme recorded 28 points and eight rebounds and the Bulldogs reached the Sweet 16 for the eighth consecutive time by edging the Horned Frogs in West Region play at Denver.

Rasir Bolton added 17 points for Gonzaga (30-5), which will face second-seeded UCLA (31-5) on Thursday in Las Vegas. Malachi Smith scored 11 points and Julian Strawther had 10 points and nine rebounds for Gonzaga.

Mike Miles Jr. scored 24 points for TCU (22-13). Damion Baugh registered 15 points and eight rebounds, and Emanuel Miller scored 14 points. Both teams shot 44.8 percent from the field. Gonzaga was 8 of 25 from 3-point range, compared to 9 of 25 for TCU.

No. 4 UConn 70, No. 5 Saint Mary’s 55

Adama Sanogo collected 24 points and eight rebounds to lift the Huskies over the Gaels in a second-round game in Albany, N.Y.

Tristen Newton scored 13 points and Jordan Hawkins drained four 3-pointers after intermission to finish with 12 points for UConn (27-8). The Huskies advanced past the second round for the first time since their national title run in 2014.

Aidan Mahaney answered a zero-point performance in the first round by joining Logan Johnson with nine points for the Gaels (27-8). Saint Mary’s guard Alex Ducas scored eight points before sustaining a back injury with 4:52 remaining in the first half. He did not return.

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Drew Timme recorded 28 points and eight rebounds and No. 3 Gonzaga reached the Sweet 16 for the eighth consecutive NCAA Tournament by posting an 84-81 victory over No. 6 TCU on Sunday night in West Region play at Denver.

Rasir Bolton added 17 points for the Bulldogs (30-5), who will face second-seeded UCLA (31-5) on Thursday in Las Vegas. Malachi Smith scored 11 points and Julian Strawther had 10 points and nine rebounds for Gonzaga.

Mike Miles Jr. scored 24 points for the Horned Frogs (22-13). Damion Baugh registered 15 points and eight rebounds and Emanuel Miller scored 14 points.

Gonzaga made 44.8 percent of its field-goal attempts and was 8 of 25 from 3-point range. Anton Watson had 12 rebounds and three steals.

The Horned Frogs shot 44.8 percent from the field, including 9 of 25 from behind the arc.

Baugh’s layup capped a 6-0 run and pulled the Horned Frogs within 73-70 with 2:11 remaining. Timme’s layup gave Gonzaga a five-point edge with 1:43 remaining while Strawther and Watson each split two free throws to make it 77-70 with 1:01 left.

JaKobe Coles drained a 3-pointer with 45.6 seconds left to cut the TCU deficit to four. Bolton made two free throws with 42.5 seconds left and Timme split two free throws with 32.4 seconds remaining to give the Zags a seven-point lead as they closed it out to post their eighth 30-win campaign in the past 11 seasons.

“We cannot be the team that (messes) this one up,” Timme said of the Sweet 16 winning streak. “It’s just a testament to Coach (Mark Few) and the program he had. We got some dogs over here and we fight no matter what happens.”

Gonzaga trailed most of the first half but showed life early in the second when Bolton made two 3-pointers and Strawther hit one during a 9-2 push that gave the Bulldogs a 46-45 lead with 15:52 remaining.

TCU answered with a 10-4 push — Miles scored eight of the points — to take a 55-50 advantage with 12:14 left.

Gonzaga then exploded with 13 consecutive points. Bolton converted a three-point play and Smith and Timme knocked down 3-pointers as the Bulldogs took a 63-55 lead with 8:38 remaining.

The Horned Frogs rattled off the next six points, with Miller’s basket pulling them within two with 7:20 left.

Smith nailed a straightaway 3-pointer with 6:43 left and Timme scored on a putback with 4:52 left to give Gonzaga a 68-61 lead.

Watson’s dunk gave the Zags a 73-64 lead with 3:27 left.

Miles had 10 first-half points as TCU led 38-33 at the break. Timme scored 11 in the half for Gonzaga.

TCU led 25-15 on two free throws by Miles with 7:30 left. The Bulldogs later were within 33-31 after a three-point play by Watson with 2:13 left.

–Field Level Media