The NCAA and Playfly Sports have reached agreement on a deal that will open the door to more marketing opportunities around championship events, including possible NIL deals for student-athletes. The deal calls on Playfly to hire a staff that will work closely with NCAA officials to sell sponsorship packages to local businesses and organizations that are hosting championship events. The new deal will not impact the national sponsors of NCAA-sanctioned events.

Lawyers for former Tennessee basketball player Zakai Zeigler have filed an amended lawsuit over his eligibility. The new complaint uses the NCAA’s recent sweeping changes to its eligibility rules to bolster Zeigler's case challenging the previous policy of limiting athletes to four seasons in five years. The amended lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for Tennessee’s Eastern District cites the new age-based eligibility rules that the NCAA adopted in June. For years, the NCAA allowed athletes five years to complete four years of competition. Zeigler challenged that rule but ultimately dropped his bid to play a fifth season of basketball.

Illinois State and Bradley along with several other MVC programs will have select men's and women's basketball games on COZI 17.2 in central Illinois.