Texas Tech and Chris Beard agreed to a 6-year extension following the school's run to the NCAA championship game.

Beard's annual salary of $4.575 million makes him the 4th highest-paid coach in college basketball.

Beard was named the AP National Coach of the Year for this past season.

"Thank you to our players and staff, both former and current, for your commitment to winning. Special thanks to our fans and our students for your incredible support and passion. Together we have accomplished some great things in the past three years but we are not satisfied and will continue working tirelessly to build one of the best college basketball programs in the nation," said Beard in a statement.

Mark Madsen has been hired as the next head coach at Utah Valley.

Madsen was most recently an assistant on Luke Walton's staff with the Lakers, where he's coached for the last 6 years. 

Madsen replaces Mark Pope as head coach.

Rick Barnes will remain the head coach at Tennessee after turning down a reported offer from UCLA.

"The last few days have been interesting to say the least. One of the nation's most tradition-rich college basketball programs identified what we here at Tennessee already knew -- that Rick Barnes is one the game's elite coaches and a program-changer," said Tennessee A.D. Phillip Fulmer.

UCLA reportedly offered a starting salary of $5 million with incentives.

Tennessee will also restructure Barnes' deal. Barnes has been with the program since 2015. 

Potential WNBA #1 pick Sabrina Ionescu will return to the Oregon Ducks for her senior season.

Ionescu lead the Ducks to their first Final Four appearance. With the announcement, the team returns 4 out of 5 starters from last season's side.

Ionescu currently holds the NCAA record with 18 triple-doubles.

"I couldn't be happier to announce that I'm coming back to the University of Oregon for the 2019-2020 basketball season. I won't predict exactly how far we're going to go ... but I'll just say this. We have unfinished business," wrote Ionescu in an article for The Players' Tribune.

D'Angelo Russell said that the Brooklyn Nets can't relax in their playoff push following their 133-128 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Nets are currently the 6th seed and hold the tiebreaker over the Magic.

"Now, it's one game at a time. I am going to say it after Indiana too, if you ask me the same-ass question: Every game is big. We have to treat it like it's the last one. We can't get comfortable. It's too late," said Russell.

While there are many scenarios in which the Nets could make the playoffs, they would guarantee themselves a spot with a win over the Heat at home in their final game.