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The Bobby Hurley EraatArizona Stateis in limbo.

According to Michelle Gardner of the Arizona Republic,part of the USA TODAY Network, the reports that surfaced Monday afternoon of the Sun Devils and Hurley expected to "part ways" at the end of the season are "premature."

There were multiple reports Monday that mentioned the Sun Devils and Hurley are expected to go their separate ways at the end of the season, which could be as soon as Tuesday afternoonin the Big 12 tournament,after 11 years in Tempe.

Hurley entered the 2025-26 season on the final year of his contract and already under heat after the Sun Devils finished with losing records in back-to-back seasons.

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Hurley's contract, which was obtained by the USA TODAY Sports Network, is set to run through June 30 with the Sun Devils. This means, even if the Sun Devils don't elect to renew Hurley's contract, there will be some money going to him if he is let go by the athletic department. Hurley is owed approximately $900,000 if he is fired.

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The Sun Devils have only made it to the NCAA Tournament three times under Hurley, and have finished with a winning record in four seasons. Hurley, the former Duke guard and brother to Connecticut coach Dan Hurley, has only won 20 or more games four times and has not led the Sun Devils to a conference title.

Since the Sun Devils moved to the Big 12, they are 29-35 overall and 11-27 in Big 12 play. The best win forArizona Stateunder Hurley in the Big 12 came just last week against No. 16 Kansas and Darryn Peterson in Tempe. It marked just the 15th win over a ranked team in his 11-seasons, and the ninth over a top-15 ranked team.

Arizona State opens up Big 12 tournament play on Tuesday, March 10 at 12:30 p.m. ET against Baylor at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri as the No. 12 seed in the bracket.

Bobby Hurley record at Arizona State

Here's a season-by-season breakdown of how Arizona State has fared under Hurley:

• 2015-16: 15-17 overall

• 2016-17: 15-18 overall

• 2017-18: 20-12 overall (NCAA Tournament)

• 2018-19: 23-11 overall (NCAA Tournament)

• 2019-20: 20-11 overall

• 2021-22: 14-17 overall

• 2022-23: 23-13 overall

• 2023-24: 14-18 overall

• 2024-25: 13-20 overall

• 2025-26: 16-15 *

* Denotes season still in progress

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March 10 (Reuters) - America's obsession with weight loss is creating a hot market for makers of condiments and spices, as the surge in GLP-1 drug use has consumers craving more flavor in their food.

The ‌food industry is being upended by consumers' changed eating habits as a result of the 12% of Americans ‌who have used GLP-1 drugs. While fast-food and snack companies are projected to lose billions of dollars in revenue due to the upheaval, peddlers of ​tangy, sweet or fiery sauces are benefiting and fetching more interest in the M&A marketplace, dealmakers say.

Two recent deals stand out: Japanese barbecue sauce Bachan's and hot sauce brand Tapatio. Both companies were sold in the last two months at above-average valuations and in competitive auction processes that attracted multiple bidders, people familiar with the deals said.

Specialty food products maker The Marzetti Company paid ‌approximately $400 million last month for Bachan's, which ⁠generated net sales of $87 million in 2025. On a February 3 earnings call following the announcement, Marzetti CEO David Ciesinski told investors Bachan's was "GLP-friendly."

Dallas-based private equity firm Highlander Partners bought California-based Tapatio ⁠in late January for an undisclosed sum, touting it as the No. 5 hot sauce brand in the U.S.

Highlander Partners President and CEO Jeff Hull said in the announcement that Tapatio was "poised to benefit from several secular trends that are dramatically reshaping consumer food ​choices."

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Among ​those: the rise in healthy, lean protein consumption. GLP-1 drugs can ​cause muscle atrophy, leading some users to bulk up ‌with proteins, which often spurs home chefs to raid the cupboard for dry rubs or marinades.

"The move towards protein, particularly meats and eggs, as well as vegetables and other healthier parts of the food pyramid – they don't always naturally have a lot of flavor. So, as people move away from processed foods to more wholesome areas, those naturally are an opportunity for a lot of these sauces and seasonings," said Justin Craig, managing director and head of food and beverage at investment ‌bank Moelis.

There's some science behind this. Patients taking GLP-1s have, in multiple ​studies, reported the drugs are dulling their taste buds.

Richard L. Doty, a ​professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of ​the Smell and Taste Evaluation Center, found that GLP-1s significantly alter the body's sense of ‌taste, according to a recent study. Researchers led by ​Doty wrote in the March ​2025 ScienceDirect Journal that the medication significantly dulls all five basic tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and savory.

With the emphasis on lean protein in diets, Ciesinski said there's been a rise in chicken consumption.

"And we all know ​that chicken tastes like chicken, so it ‌begs for flavor," he said in a statement to Reuters. Bachan's was "a perfect complement to our other brands," ​he said, which include Caesar Cardini's salad dressing and its own line of condiments.

(Reporting by Abigail Summerville ​in New York; Editing by Dawn Kopecki and David Gaffen)

HAVANA (AP) — An impromptu sit-in protest at the steps of Havana University on Monday drew a small group of students concerned about their education amid an energy crisis worsened by aU.S. oil blockade of the island,which has reduced classes and is paralyzing the country.

Cuba Students Protest

Power outages and transportation shutdowns have forced the university to reduce the number of classes or hold them online, though many students are also struggling with slow and unreliable internet.

"We aren't martyrs for any side; we are university students. So, none of us intended to be here, but there has been no other way," said one of protesters, who didn't want to be identified by name due to fear of government reprisals.

The First Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Modesto Ricardo Gómez, stepped out to speak to the students. He acknowledged the financial difficulties affecting higher education, and said they have been made worse by the current standoff with the Trump administration.

"Today we have been tremendously affected by the criminal and genocidal blockade of the United States government, which, without a thought for the people or our youth, is truly massacring an entire society," Gomez said.

On the main streets of Havana, many people had to walk to work or go shopping Monday. Gasoline is rationed to 20 liters per car, and getting a fill-up involvesan elaborate appointment processthat can take weeks.

During a summit in Florida with conservative Latin American and Caribbean leaders Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. will turn its attention to Cuba after the war with Iran and suggested his administration would cut a deal with Havana underscoring Washington's increasingly aggressive stance against the island's communist leadership.

"Great change will soon be coming to Cuba," Trump said at the summit.

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Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Saturday described the summit as "small, reactionary and neocolonial."

Trump also said there are high-level talks happening between Cuba and the U.S. government.

The Cuban government hasn't confirmed that meetings are happening.

The gathering in Florida, which the White House called the"Shield of the Americas"summit, came just two months after Trump ordered an audacious U.S. military operation to captureVenezuela's then-president, Nicolás Maduro,ending Venezuela's shipment of oil to Cuba.

Following the capture of Maduro, Trump signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that further crippled the island plagued by a deepening energy crisis.

Since then, no oil shipment has arrived in Cuba, which only produces one-third of its own energy needs.

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Northern Arizona University student who drank an excessive amount of vodka at afraternity houseparty died of alcohol poisoning, an autopsy released Monday shows.

Colin Daniel Martinez, 18, was found unresponsive Jan. 31 and couldn't be resuscitated, the report said. His blood-alcohol level was 0.425% — more than five times the state's legal limit for driving and an amount generally considered to be fatal.

Three leaders from the Delta Tau Delta fraternity face charges in Martinez's death.

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The Coconino County Attorney's Office said Monday that it is reviewing the case to determine whether formal charges are appropriate against the three leaders, who were 20 at the time. The three were arrested on suspicion of hazing.

Martinez was among four people who were candidates for the fraternity and shared two bottles of vodka to ensure they vomited, according to court documents released last month. Some witnesses said the bottles might have been diluted with water.

Witnesses reported readjusting his sleeping position, checking his pulse and breathing, and looking up symptoms of alcohol poisoning throughout the night, the documents said.

After Martinez died, the university suspended the fraternity. The national organization later voted to shutter the NAU chapter.

Michiganwas the big winner of the 2025-26 season Big Tenmen's basketballseason. The Wolverines won the league by four games and added to its dominance with Yaxel Lendeborg being namedBig TenPlayer of the Year by a panel of USA TODAY Network voters. It was a near unanimous selection with Lendeborg receiving 15 of 16 votes.

He was, however, the only unanimous first team All-Big Ten selection. Illinois's Keaton Wagler appeared on the first team in 15 of the 16 ballots.

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Lendeborg also took home Big Ten Newcomer of the Year, ahead of Wagler, while Michigan's Aday Mara was voted Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.

Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg edged Michigan'sDusty Mayfor Big Ten Coach of the Year.

TheBig Ten Tournamentbegins Tuesday in Chicago.

Here are the All-Big Ten first and second teams and postseason awards as voted on by USA TODAY Network reporters who cover the conference.

2026 All-Big Ten basketball first, second teams

* denotes unanimous selection

• Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan*

• Keaton Wagler, Illinois

• Jeremy Fears Jr., Michigan State

• Braden Smith, Purdue

• Bennett Stirtz, Iowa

SECOND TEAM

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• Bruce Thornton, Ohio State

• Pryce Sandfort, Nebraska

• Nick Boyd, Wisconsin

• Nick Martinelli, Northwestern

• Lamar Wilkerson, Indiana

Also receiving votes:Hannes Steinbach (Washington), Morez Johnson Jr. (Michigan), Tyler Bildeau (UCLA), David Mirkovic (Illinois), John Blackwell (Wisconsin), Fletcher Loyer (Purdue), Jaxon Kohler (Michigan State).

2026 Big Ten basketball Player of the Year

Michigan's Yaxel Lendeborg was a near unanimous pick for Big Ten Player of the Year. The UAB transfer didn't post monster numbers (14.7 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 3.2 apg), but he's the best player on the conference's best team.

"If he's not Big Ten Player of the Year, then I'll be shocked," Wolverines coach Dusty May said Monday.

Well Dusty, all is right in the world.

Iowa's Bennett Stirtz and Purdue's Braden Smith received the other two votes.

2026 Big Ten basketball Coach of the Year

This was the closest vote as Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg edged Michigan's Dusty May by three votes.

The Cornhuskers (26-5, 15-5) werepredicted to finish 15th in the Big Ten preseason rankingsand will enter the conference tournament as the No. 2 seed.

Nebraska is the only Power conference team to never win a game in the NCAA Tournament, but it looks like Hoiberg's group may be the one to break that duck.

Wisconsin's Greg Gard also received a vote.

2026 Big Ten basketball Newcomer of the Year

Yaxel Lendeborg wins this one, too, though Illinois freshman Keaton Wagler received a decent amount of consideration. Lendeborg arrived via the transfer portal after winning back-to-back American Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors and consecutive first-team all-league picks.

2026 Big Ten basketball Defensive Player of the Year

Michigan's Aday Mara won the vote for Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, with Nebraska's Sam Hoiberg and Mara's Michigan teammates Morez Johnson Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg also receiving votes.

Mara averaged a Big Ten-best 2.6 blocks per game, tied for fifth-best in the nation, and added 6.9 rebounds per game.

Voters for Big Ten postseason awards included:Tony Garcia (Detroit Free Press), Chris Solari (Detroit Free Press), Sam King (Lafayette Journal & Courier), Adam Jardy (Columbus Dispatch), Zach Osterman (IndyStar), Nathan Baird (IndyStar), Tyler Tachman (Des Moines Register), Chad Leistikow (Des Moines Register), John Steppe (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel), Graham Couch (Lansing State Journal), Connor Earegood (Detroit News), James Hawkins (Detroit News), Michael Niziolek (Bloomington Herald-Times),Chris Hansen (Eugene Register Guard),Austin Curtright (USA TODAY Network), John Leuzzi (USA TODAY Network).

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