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More than 150,000 ticket holders are expected to pass through the T-Mobile Center during the men's and women's tournaments, and provide a boost for local bars, restaurants and merchandisers.

Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence saw dozens of its employees laid off under the Trump administration's mass cuts. That includes their women's basketball coach, Adam Strom, who's kept coaching as a volunteer to lead the team to the NAIA tournament.

Haskell Indian Nations University women's basketball coach Adam Strom learned he would be laid off in February due to the Trump Administration's federal workforce cuts. He's kept coaching as a volunteer since, leading the team to a conference championship and an NAIA tournament berth.

University of Kansas Athletics hired four law firms to handle an NCAA investigation that dragged on for six years. In one month alone, more than 15 lawyers at four firms around the country worked on the case.

The decision from the NCAA's Independent Accountability Oversight Committee was six years in the making. The Independent Resolution Panel largely accepted the Jayhawks' self-imposed penalties from last season, when coaches Bill Self and Kurtis Townsend sat out the first four games.

Green City's claim to fame used to be the Hollywood actor who traded livestock there. Now, its known more for being home to one of the best female basketball players in college sports.

The self-imposed sanctions stem from an NCAA investigation that began in 2017, but has yet to be resolved. Self and an assistant will miss the team's first four regular-season games.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year opened the path for college athletes to sell their name, image and likeness. The NCAA, universities, boosters and players are still sorting out what this means, but the college game has already been transformed.

Dionnah Jackson-Durrett signed a three-year deal worth at least $1.035 million.

Fentanyl overdose deaths in the Kansas City area have soared recently. But some health care providers say Missouri is unprepared to deal with this new phase of the opioid crisis. Plus, the University of Kansas men's basketball team are NCAA champions.

Fans were loud and elated during the early minutes of a watch party at Allen Fieldhouse, but quieted as the North Carolina Tar Heels stormed to a 15-point first half lead. “Then in the second half. It was insane,” one fan said.

North Carolina and Kansas face off tonight at 8:20 p.m. CST at the Super Dome in New Orleans for a conclusion of college basketball's March Madness tournament.