SPOKANE, Wash. — The University of California basketball team won 23 games this season, earning a No. 4 seed in the N.C.A.A. tournament and a chance to improve the program’s standing on a national stage. But the Golden Bears will arrive here for their opening game expecting uncomfortable questions after the firing of an assistant coach who was accused of pressuring a female journalist for sex.
Yale can relate. The Bulldogs won the Ivy League title this season to end a 54-year tournament drought, but their on-court accomplishments have been overshadowed in recent weeks by anger on campus from students who have criticized the team for publicly supporting its former captain, Jack Montague, after he was expelled after being accused of sexual misconduct involving a fellow student.