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Women's spring volleyball season starting with Badgers No. 1

Texas went 14-0 to win the
championship. Four Big 12 Texas enters the spring No. 2
two-game series that were and has locked up an NCAA
postponed because of COV- bid as conference champion.
ID-19 outbreaks will be made As of Wednesday, the Long-
up this spring, and all teams horns were scheduled only
will be allowed to schedule to play two makeup matches
nonconference matches. against TCU before the tour-
nament.
The spring season begins Fri-
day in the Big Ten, Pac-12 Third-ranked Stanford will
and several smaller confer- be going for a third straight
ences. The SEC opens next national title and fifth Final
week and the ACC in mid- Four appearance in a row
February. The Big 12 hasn't without seven of the 10 play-
released a schedule. ers who were on the floor in
the 2019 title match.
The NCAA Tournament
will go from 64 to 48 teams No. 4 Kentucky was the
this year, with selections an- only unbeaten SEC team in
nounced April 4. Results of the fall and posted three-set
teams that played in the fall sweeps in five of its eight
will be considered by the matches, including four in a
selection committee. The row to end the spring.
( AP ) - Wisconsin will 101,” he said. “But it’s not after the COVID-19 pan- national semifinals and fi- No. 5 Nebraska brings back
open the reconfigured something that’s built up, demic prompted most con- nal will be played in Omaha, six starters from the team that
women's volleyball season not something that’s talked ferences to cancel or shorten Nebraska, April 22 and 24. went 28-5 and reached an
ranked first in the nation, down. When you go this long their 2020 fall seasons and NCAA regional final in 2019.
a status that elicited little — 13 months — without the NCAA to call off the na- Wisconsin returns five start- Coach John Cook, who had
more than a shrug from playing a match, there's so tional tournament. The Big ers from the team that was teams win national titles in
coach Kelly Sheffield even much enthusiasm for finally Ten and Pac-12 moved their national runner-up to Stan- 2015 and '17, said the ranking
though it's the first time getting to play it wouldn’t entire seasons to spring; the ford in 2019. Among them are suits him fine.
the Badgers have been a have mattered where our ACC and SEC will pick up middle blocker Dana Rettke,
preseason No. 1. ranking came out.” where they left off. the 2019 Big Ten player of “All I know is the last two
Women's volleyball will be the year and the Badgers' first times we were ranked fifth,”
“You’d certainly rather have the first of the NCAA fall The Big 12 had a conference- three-time first-team All- he said, “we won national
a team ranked No. 1 than sports to play this spring only schedule in the fall and American. championships.”

Lions agree to terms with Saints' Dan Campbell to be coach

( AP ) - The Detroit Li- themselves.” rience in the NFL as a coach and collaboration. The lead- defensive coordinator, was
ons have landed the coach and 11 as a player. ership Dan has exemplified 13-29-1 in two-plus seasons
they coveted from the start While Detroit did make Hol- He was 5-7 as interim coach throughout his football ca- as a first-time NFL head
of their search, agreeing mes one of four Black gener- of the Miami Dolphins in reer has prepared him for this coach.
to terms with Dan Camp- al managers in the NFL and 2015. next step, and we are excited
bell. team president Rod Wood to support him as our new The Lions finished 5-11 last
thanked Rod Graves of the Campbell, who is from head coach.” season — their 13th season
The Lions announced the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which Clifton, Texas, was a stand- with double-digit losses this
agreement with the New Or- champions diversity in the out tight end at Texas A&M Hamp fired general manager century — and have only one
leans Saints tight ends coach NFL, for his assistance on and was drafted in the third Bob Quinn and coach Matt playoff victory since winning
on Wednesday, one day after Tuesday, the franchise fol- round by the New York Gi- Patricia in November. Patri- the 1957 NFL title.
formally introducing Brad lowed a league-wide trend of ants in 1999. He had 91 ca- cia, a former New England
Holmes as their general hiring white head coaches. reer receptions for 934 yards
manager. Campbell will sign and 11 touchdowns with the
a six-year contract, according The Lions were one of sev- Giants, Dallas, Detroit and
to a person familiar with the en teams looking for a head New Orleans.
situation, who spoke to The coach during this hiring cycle
Associated Press on condi- and so far only the New York Campbell, who played for
tion of anonymity because Jets did not pick a white man. the Lions from 2006 to 2008,
terms of the deal were not The Jets hired Robert Saleh, is the first former player to
released. the son of Lebanese parents. lead the franchise since Hall
of Famer and two-time NFL
“With more than 20 years of Philadelphia and Houston, champion Joe Schmidt was
experience as both a coach meanwhile, still have an Detroit's coach from 1967-
and player in the National opening for a head coach. 72.
Football League, Dan knows The NFL has just four mi-
the rigors of professional nority coaches: Pittsburgh's “Dan’s passion for this oppor-
football and what it takes to Mike Tomlin, Washington's tunity was evident through-
be successful,” team owner Ron Rivera, Miami's Brian out our interview process,"
Sheila Ford Hamp said in a Flores and Saleh, who is the Lions president Rod Wood
statement. “He will help pro- first Muslim American coach said. “When we began the
mote the culture we want to in the league. search for a head coach, it
establish across our organiza- was imperative that we find
tion, while also bringing with The 44-year-old Campbell, the right leader who values
him high energy, a respect for who also had the title of as- our commitment to build-
the game and an identity with sistant head coach with the ing a winning culture based
which everyone can align Saints, has 11 years of expe- on organizational alignment