College Sports

Georgia Tech has dismissed a student manager and is reviewing the status of basketball player Glen Rice Jr. after a shooting shortly before the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Georgia Tech received the highest seed in school history. Now, the Yellow Jackets figure it's time to make their best run in the NCAA tournament.

Mark Richt found himself talking Monday about the latest Georgia player to be arrested instead of the Bulldogs' optimism about next season and his new five-year contract.

North Carolina waited four months to learn whether the NCAA would be satisfied with self-imposed sanctions on the football program after an investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct.

Georgia coach Mark Richt has agreed to a new five-year contract that will carry him through the 2016 season. Georgia also announced a new three-year contract for defensive coordinator Todd Grantham.

Georgia cornerback Branden Smith has been arrested and charged with marijuana possession in Alabama.

The good news is the NCAA tournament starts Tuesday. The great news is the word bracketology now will disappear for 11 months.

Were they minor hiccups or something much bigger? Kentucky, Syracuse and North Carolina will sort that out over the next three weeks. For now, though, they have "No. 1" by their names - top seeds and beneficiaries of a selection committee that all but ignored their weekend losses and put them in prime position for the NCAA tournament.

The Piedmont College Lions beat the top-ranked NCAA D-III team, Marietta, 4-1 on Friday but were outhit in the return match Saturday, losing 9-0 at Loudermilk Field.

In a battle of the top two ranked teams in the country, the Saints were the benefit of a huge error by Alabama-Huntsville and came away with a 8-3 win as part of the Captain D's Classic.