Fewer than 25 percent of all major collegiate athletic departments made money in 2007-08.

INDIANAPOLIS - James Isch wants to fulfill Myles Brand’s unfinished goals at the NCAA. For now, that’s Isch’s job. He was named Brand’s interim replacement yesterday, less than a week after the NCAA president died of pancreatic cancer at age 67. Isch had been serving as the NCAA’s vice president for administration and chief financial officer, overseeing the budget for the premier governing body of college athletics. “We will continue to focus on academic reform, the fiscal stability of our organization and, most importantly, continue to emphasize the student-athlete,“ Isch said.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The men’s Final Four in 2011 will be played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, the NCAA said yesterday. The 2012 Final Four will be played at the Superdome in New Orleans and in the following year - the 75th anniversary of the event - it will be played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The NCAA also chose most of the host sites for the early rounds in 2011-2013:

The NCAA has put the brakes on composite bats. The Playing Rules Oversight Panel last week affirmed a decision made in July to put an immediate and indefinite moratorium on the use of the often-tampered piece of hardware. It will keep examining the issue to see if the moratorium can be lifted. But high schools and youth leagues, where composite bats also are prevalent, aren’t ready to take such decisive action.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez said yesterday that his program has abided by NCAA rules, despite allegations from anonymous players and former players who say the team has practiced far beyond the time allowed. At a news conference in Ann Arbor, Rodriguez became emotional and had to gather himself several times with glassy eyes as he denied any wrongdoing.

Bobby Bowden knows missed tackles, fumbles or superior opponents could send the Florida State Seminoles to defeat. But he never thought a course in music history would cost him so many victories. In the fall of 2006 and spring and summer of 2007, 61 Florida State athletes from 10 sports cheated in their course work. Twenty-five were football players.

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, who proposed sports betting to help solve a budget shortfall, signed legislation authorizing it this year.

In mirrorlike fashion, Ole Miss returned the favor. With Mississippi all but headed for a series-clinching victory, a costly error in the eighth inning opened the door for Virginia to claim a 4-3 come-from-behind victory in the Oxford Super Regional yesterday. The win, which included ninth-inning heroics on the mound, kept Virginia’s season alive and evened the best-of-three event. The Cavaliers (47-13-1) need one win to make their first trip to the College World Series.

The shot heard’round the NCAA baseball tourney—the first-inning home run that San Diego State phenom Stephen Strasburg surrendered Friday night—came off the bat of University of Virginia sophomore Phil Gosselin. Gosselin’s blast made all the highlight reels, and understandably so.

RVINE, Calif. (AP)—Franco Valdes hit a go-ahead triple in the sixth inning to help Virginia beat top-ranked UC Irvine 4-1 on Sunday night and advance to the super regionals for the first time in school history.

Freshly minted Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari hasn’t been accused of wrongdoing, just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Twice. First at UMass, and now Memphis, Calipari walked out on programs ahead of allegations of major NCAA violations. Also coincidentally, both cases involved the best players he ever coached.

The University of Virginia men’s lacrosse team surrendered six goals and scored none in the fourth quarter yesterday. Villanova could have outscored U.Va. 17-0 in the final quarter, and it wouldn’t have changed the outcome. In one of the more dominating performances in NCAA tournament history, top-seeded Virginia humbled Villanova 18-6 before a crowd of 2,291 on a postcard-worthy afternoon at Klockner Stadium.

It may be the NCAA tournament, but the University of Virginia men’s tennis team keeps running into ACC rivals. In its final appearance of the season at the Snyder Tennis Center, top-seeded U.Va. defeated North Carolina 4-0 yesterday to advance to the NCAA tourney’s round of 16 for the sixth straight year. Next for the Cavaliers (31-0) is a third-round date with another familiar foe, Florida State (21-8), on Thursday in College Station, Texas.

ST. LOUIS—With one final blowout, Connecticut’s women grabbed the national title and a piece of basketball history. Tina Charles had 25 points and grabbed 19 rebounds last night as UConn routed Louisville 76-54 and captured the Huskies’ sixth national title. It wasn’t just that UConn claimed another title. It was how the Huskies did it.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—North Carolina saved the last dance for Danny Green. The Carolina blue-clad crowd prodded him, and “Jump Around” blared from the speakers in his honor. So, just as he did before four seasons’ worth of tip-offs at the Smith Center, the senior wiggled his hips, jiggled his arms and cut loose one last time. And why not? He and the Tar Heels had delivered another NCAA championship trophy to Tobacco Road.