Coach’s Pact Extended

Villanova University has extended the contract of men’s basketball coach Steve Lappas through the 1999-2000 season.

Lappas, 41, took over for Rollie Massimino following the 1991-92 season and has compiled a 53-39 record. Villanova won the 1994 National Invitation Tournament.

The Wildcats were 25-8 last season, 14-4 in the Big East.

Two Louisville basketball players have been ruled academically ineligible for the coming season.

Jason Osborne, a 6-foot-8 junior forward from Louisville Male High School, and Alex Sanders, a 6-7 sophomore guard from Houston, could be back by January if they meet NCAA academic requirements in the fall.