UNDATED (AP) — Washington hired Arizona’s Jedd Fisch to succeed Kalen DeBoer as the next coach of the Huskies. A person familiar with the deal said that Fisch had agreed to a seven-year deal that will pay an average of $7.75 million annually. Less than a week after playing for the national championship, the Huskies moved quickly to fill the vacancy created when DeBoer left for Alabama. Washington athletic director Troy Dannen targeted Fisch quickly and flew to Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday to complete the deal, flying back to Seattle later in the day with the Huskies new head coach.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — J.J. McCarthy is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft after leading Michigan to a national championship. McCarthy made the announcement Sunday on social media, a day after being begged by fans to stay. The AP All-Big Ten quarterback completed 72.3% of his passes, ranking sixth. He was ninth in the nation in passing efficiency. McCarthy threw for 2,991 pass yards, ranking fourth in a single season at Michigan. He had 22 touchdown passes for the second straight season. He threw four interceptions, none over the last four games and was picked off only once after Week 3.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Jahmir Young scored 28 points and Julian Reese had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead Maryland to a 76-67 victory over No. 10 Illinois. It was the 10th time this week a team ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll has lost. Maryland outscored Illinois 39-28 in the second half, taking the lead for good on a dunk by Reese with 15:32 to go that made it 47-46. The Terrapins, who were 8 1/2-point underdogs according to FanDuel Sportsbook, won a road Big Ten game for the first time this season. Marcus Domask had 26 points for Illinois
UNDATED (AP) — Jim Harbaugh is set to meet with the Los Angeles Chargers about their head coaching vacancy. That’s according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person wasn’t at liberty to publicly discuss personnel moves. Word of Harbaugh’s plans comes one week after he led the University of Michigan to a national title. A person familiar with Harbaugh’s thinking tells the AP that Harbaugh is also considering staying at Michigan. That person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Malik Hall scored 15 points, Tyson Walker scored 13 and Michigan State ended its two-game losing streak by beating Rutgers 73-55. no basket drew the roar of the home crowd more than Michigan State’s last basket of the game. With 54.3 seconds remaining, fifth-year walk-on senior Steven Izzo, son of Spartans head coach Tom Izzo, checked in. With 36 seconds left, Izzo took a pass on the right wing from Tre Holloman, dribbled to his left, crossed over between his legs and drove 6-foot-4 Scarlet Knights guard Austin Williams right to the baseline. His high-arching floater bounced on the rim twice and fell through while drawing a foul. After being mobbed by his teammates on the baseline, Izzo converted the free throw for the Spartans’ final points.
UNDATED (AP) — Some of the great programs in college basketball have called some of the sport’s iconic venues home. There is Allen Fieldhouse at Kansas, where opponents are warned to “Beware the Phog.” There is Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke, Rupp Arena at Kentucky and the Palestra, the home to Philadelphia’s venerable Big Five. Some of the great stadiums, such as Barnhill Arena at Arkansas, are no longer around, while others are used for other purposes. But all of them have a place in college basketball history.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jacy Sheldon scored 18 points and Taylor Thierry posted a double-double and 17th-ranked Ohio State held off Michigan State for a 70-65 win. Reserve Tory Ozment led Michigan State with 18 points. With the score tied at 50-all entering the fourth, Celeste Taylor made a pair of foul shots, Sheldon and Rebeka Mikukasikova made layups and Thierry made a jump shot — all in succession — and Ohio State banked that 8-0 outburst and led the rest of the way. Moira Joiner made a 3 with seven seconds left to reduce Michigan State’s deficit to 68-65 before Taylor made two foul shots to end it.
