AUSTIN, Texas - Texas A&M's tight-lipped Billy Gillispie left Wednesday for Final Four activities in Atlanta, but increasing indications are that he will reject overtures from Arkansas and remain the Aggies basketball coach.

A&M regents were arriving for their regularly scheduled two-day meeting that includes a likely agreement with Gillispie.

Gillispie continued to decline to comment about interest from other schools. But Texas A&M's interim president, Dr. Eddie J. Davis, called The Bryan-College Station Eagle on Wednesday to say Gillispie informed him he planned to be back for his fourth season as A&M's coach.

"I talked to coach Gillispie (Wednesday) morning, and he told me that as far as he's concerned, he's the coach at Texas A&M," Davis told the paper.

GEORGIA COACH RE-SIGNED: Georgia gave coach Dennis Felton a two-year contract extension and a small raise.

BENNETT STAYING: Tony Bennett is staying with Washington State, ending speculation he might jump to a more prestigious job.

NEW QUINNIPIAC COACH: Connecticut assistant coach Tom Moore is leaving to become head coach at Quinnipiac University.

WOODEN AWARD: Freshmen Greg Oden of Ohio State and Kevin Durant of Texas are finalists for the John R. Wooden Award, presented to college basketball's outstanding player. Other finalists are North Carolina sophomore Tyler Hansbrough, Texas A&M senior Acie Law and Wisconsin senior Alando Tucker.

LOWE SEEKS UNDERSTANDING: North Carolina State coach Sidney Lowe asked for "support and understanding" after his son was charged with crimes ranging from armed robbery to drug possession.

On Tuesday, University of North Carolina at Greensboro police said 21-year-old Sidney R. Lowe Jr. was charged with nine counts, including a felony of aiding and abetting attempted armed robbery in the shooting of a man in a campus dorm Saturday.