Gators reward McElwain, White with extensions

STORRS, Conn. — Men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley said Monday that he’s already seeing benefits on the recruiting trail from UConn’s decision to leave the American Athletic Conference and return to the Big East. Hurley, who is coming off a 16-17 first season with the Huskies, spoke to reporters after

The Arizona Wildcats lost four-star forward Shareef O’Neal to the UCLA Bruins in the wake of ESPN’s Sean Miller wiretap report, but it appears O’Neal might not suit up in Westwood, either. Tracy Pierson of Bruin Report Online is reporting that O’Neal “more than likely won’t qualify academically to enroll� at UCLA. He “has been making an effort to, indeed, become eligible, but recent information leads us to believe it’s unlikely,� Pierson wrote. O’Neal spent his first two years of high school at Windward School in Los Angeles before transferring to Crossroads School in Santa Monica. O’Neal decommitted from Arizona in February then quickly committed to UCLA, but hasn’t signed a National Letter