Associated Press
The college basketball notebook …
CHARLOTTE ó After a rare year coming up without the NCAA tournament, North Carolina will host the event in consecutive years beginning in 2011.
The NCAA announced Monday that Charlotte’s Time Warner Cable Arena will be the site the first and second rounds in 2011. The Greensboro Coliseum will host the opening two rounds in 2012.
Charlotte has hosted 20 times and ranks third among cities for most NCAA games hosted. The East Regional was last held in the city in 2008. The 2011 games will be held on Friday and Sunday, March 18 and 20.
Greensboro has played host 12 times, including the first and second rounds earlier this year. It will host games in 2012 on Friday and Sunday, March 16 and 18.
FINAL FOUR
DAYTON, Ohio ó The University of Dayton Arena will host first- and second-round games of the 2013 men’s basketball tournament as well as the opening-round game of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 tourneys.Four first-round games and two second-round games will be played, with the winners moving on to regional games. The 2013 Final Four will be in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
MARYLAND
COLLEGE PARK, Md. ó Maryland men’s basketball coach Gary Williams has received a one-year extension on his contract, which could keep him at the job into 2013.
Williams’ contract includes automatic extensions for achieving benchmark standards by the Terrapins, both athletically and academically.
Williams is entering his 21st season as head coach at his alma mater.