Holy Cross has hired Notre Dame associate coach Sean Kearney to be the Crusaders’ next head coach, replacing Ralph Willard, who left in June to become an assistant at Louisville.

Former Virginia Tech point guard Hank Thorns has decided to play for TCU, starting in 2010-11. Thorns left the Hokies after his sophomore season.

The 15th annual Jimmy V Classic will pit Georgetown against Butler and Indiana vs. Pittsburgh Dec. 8 in Madison Square Garden.

New Mexico has replaced former assistant coach Chris Walker with 36-year-old Wyking Jones.

A Kentucky man has been charged with aiding a 49-year-old woman in an alleged attempt to extort millions from Louisville coach Rick Pitino.

North Carolina has signed a 10-year contract retroactive to July 1, 2008, for Nike to supply equipment and apparel, such as shoes, uniforms, balls amd coaching gear.

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith will replace his UCLA counterpart, Dan Guerrero, as chairman of the Division I Committee for 2010-11.

July 1 marks the beginning of a new academic year in the world of collegiate sports. Freshman have becomes sophomores, recruits are preparing for their first season, and 346 Division I teams look forward to unseating North Carolina as national champs.

George Washington has replaced former assistant coach Darrell Brooks with Brian Ellerbe, who was the head coach at Michigan from 1997 to 2001.

With Marquette senior Maurice Acker scheduled to graduate in December with a degree in communications, the guard has decided he will not return to the team.