Before he became the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Phillips was the director of athletics at Northwestern. Three lawsuits against the school have named him as a defendant.

Athletic director Nina King also announced the salary pool for assistant coaches and support staff would be increased.

The scandal has led to at least three lawsuits and the firing of football coach Pat Fitzgerald. Phillips has been named as a defendant for two of the lawsuits along with other university leaders in their oversight roles.

The Demon Deacons are now in control of their bracket and a win away from the best-of-three finals. Their next game is Wednesday against the winner of a Tuesday elimination game between SEC rivals LSU and Tennessee.

Brock Wilken hit three of Wake Forest鈥檚 record-tying nine home runs, and the Demon Deacons routed Alabama 22-5 to win the Winston-Salem Super Regional.

This weekend, Duke could feel like one of the centers of women鈥檚 college basketball. For the first time since 2017, the Blue Devils will host games during the first weekend of the women鈥檚 NCAA Tournament. Meanwhile, UNC and N.C. State are part of eight ACC teams in the field.

The Blue Devils are North Carolina鈥檚 highest-seeded team in this year鈥檚 tournament, but they鈥檙e joined by 10th-seeded N.C. State, and No. 15 UNC-Asheville.

Elizabeth Kitley and Cayla King, graduates of Northwest Guilford High School, were crucial to Virginia Tech capturing an ACC women's basketball championship win over Louisville.

All three women鈥檚 college basketball teams in the Triangle 鈥� Duke, UNC and N.C. State 鈥� are ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll this week. The success of these teams is driving interest and historic ticket sales among local fans and students.

Packer鈥檚 broadcasting career coincided with the growth of college basketball. He worked as analyst or color commentator on every Final Four from 1975 to 2008.