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College Basketball

1. Sources: CCU's Ellis, active wins leader, to retire

   Coastal Carolina coach Cliff Ellis, the active leader in career wins with 833, is retiring, sources told ESPN.

2. NCAA pitch: Let D-I schools pay athletes via NIL

   NCAA president Charlie Baker has proposed rule changes that would allow Division I schools to enter into NIL deals directly with their athletes and create a trust fund at the richest tier of athletic departments.

3. Bronny practices with USC, debut coming 'quickly'

   Bronny James, the eldest son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, was cleared by doctors to return to basketball last Thursday, just over four months after he suffered cardiac arrest at a summer workout, was a limited participant at practice Monday.

4. Arizona ascends to No. 1; Zags, Heels into top 10

   Arizona rose to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the first time in nearly nine years, becoming the third team to hold the top spot this season.

5. UNCW's Siddle: UK nemesis as player and coach

   UNC Wilmington coach Takayo Siddle steered his team to an 80-73 upset over No. 12 Kentucky on Saturday, a very familiar feeling for him.

6. TCU stuns G'town as officials can't overturn shot

   Emanuel Miller drained the winner for TCU, but replays showed he stepped out of bounds before shooting -- only by rule officials couldn't overturn the shot.

7. Vermont's last-second four-point play stuns Yale

   TJ Long hit a catch-and-shoot 3-pointer at the buzzer to tie the game then completed a four-point play to give Vermont a 66-65 win over Yale.

8. State of the men's college basketball season, one month in

   Is Zach Edey still the best player? Do we still believe in Duke? What questions remain? We react to the first four(ish) weeks of the 2023-24 season.

9. Is UConn a blue blood? 'We've got five nattys in the last 25 years, man'

   Over the past generation, the Huskies' success -- under three different coaches -- is undeniable. But is it enough to be considered a blue blood?

10. Bracketology: Long live the Pac-12 (ahem!) -- Arizona the new No. 1 overall

    The early NET numbers are akin to April batting averages in Major League Baseball: There can be wild swings the same way a light-hitting shortstop can take a .500 average to the plate.