Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt was admitted to St. Mary's hospital to be treated for dehydration Thursday, according to the Tennessean.

The coach passed out at her home in Alcoa and was taken by ambulance to the hospital.

Debby Jennings, an associate AD for media relations at Tennessee, told the newspaper that Summitt was being treated for dehydration.

UNLV has offered coach Lon Kruger a contract that would guarantee him $5.2 million over the next five years.

The contract extension, which needs approval from the Nevada System of Higher Education regents, comes after Kruger led the Rebels to a 30-7 season. UNLV reached the NCAA tournament's round of 16 for the first time in 16 years.

"This contract is necessary to demonstrate a commitment to our men's head coach," says the document negotiated by UNLV athletic director Mike Hamrick and included in an agenda for the regents' June 21 meeting in Reno.

The new five-year deal would provide a big raise from Kruger's current contract, which had three years remaining.

Rick Pitino knows what it's like to get cold feet after taking a new head coaching job. The coach readily admits he had second thoughts in the days after leaving the comfort of Kentucky for an ill-fated run with the Celtics a decade ago.

Still, Pitino said Wednesday that the outcry following former player and protege Billy Donovan's decision to renege on a contract with the Magic to return to two-time defending national champion Gators was "mind-boggling."

Howard Porter was remembered Saturday as a leader on the basketball court and in the community as more than 500 friends, relatives and former teammates gathered Saturday to memorialize the former Villanova basketball star who was beaten to death.

Porter, 58, died May 26, a week after he was found severely beaten in a Minneapolis alley. His death remains under investigation. No arrests have been made, and $25,000 in rewards has been offered for information leading to an arrest.

Florida hopes to have a new coach in the near future, and it could be a familiar face.

AD Jeremy Foley planned to meet with Virginia Commonwealth coach Anthony Grant on Saturday, a person familiar with the search process told The Associated Press, and likely will offer him the job. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the search is ongoing.  

Grant spent 12 years as one of Billy Donovan's top assistants, including 10 seasons in Gainesville. He left the Gators for VCU in 2006 -- his contract pays $400,000 annually -- and led the Rams to the NCAA tournament in his first season. VCU upset Duke in the opening round.

Junior point guard Brandon Rush of Kansas underwent successful surgery Friday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

Rush, who averaged 13.8 points and helped the Jayhawks win a second straight Big 12 championship, injured his knee in a pickup game last week when he landed awkwardly.

"The surgery couldn't have gone any better," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "Brandon is well on the road to recovery. His rehab will start immediately."

Louisiana Tech hired former Bulldog and NBA star Karl Malone as its director of basketball promotion and assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Malone immediately donated $350,000 to the athletics department Wednesday.

"It felt like the right thing to do," said Malone, who came to Louisiana Tech in 1982 and left as a junior when the Utah Jazz drafted him. "It's very exciting for me to be able to."

The donation includes $300,000 toward a new floor on the basketball court at the Thomas Assembly Center, which opened in 1982, Malone's freshman year.

The other $50,000 is for the volleyball program, to recognize achievement in spite of tight budgets. The volleyball team, 6-28 overall and 0-16 in the Western Athletic Conference last year, is 35-24 and 14-10 this season.