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Creighton scores in portal with ex-Big Ten freshman of year Freeman and high-scoring Graves • Apr. 4, 2025, 5:48 PM ET (AP)

More discussions but no vote on potential changes to how 12-team CFP field will be set in 2025 • Apr. 3, 2025, 5:38 PM ET (AP)

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Penn hires former Iowa coach Fran McCaffery to lift fallen program back into Ivy contention • Mar. 27, 2025, 11:08 AM ET (AP)

Niko Medved leaves Colorado State for his native Minnesota after an NCAA tournament run by the Rams • Mar. 24, 2025, 3:05 PM ET (AP)

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