NCAABB

8:59 PM ET The San Diego State Aztecs are off to the 2023 NCAA tournament national championship. They punched their ticket to the title game Saturday in rather dramatic fashion after Lamont Butler‘s buzzer-beater secured a 72-71 win over the Florida Atlantic Owls in Houston. Editor’s Picks 1 Related With the victory, San Diego State

11:50 PM ET ESPN staff The UConn Huskies are headed to the 2023 NCAA tournament national championship game to face the San Diego State Aztecs. The Huskies secured their spot in Monday’s title game with a decisive 72-59 win over the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday. The Aztecs beat Florida Atlantic 72-71 in the other Final

11:31 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — UConn doled out another drama-free basketball beatdown Saturday, getting 21 points and 10 rebounds from Adama Sanogo to dispatch Miami 72-59 and move one win from the school’s fifth national title. Jordan Hawkins overcame his stomach bug and scored 13 for the Huskies, who came into this

11:26 PM ET Providence guard Alyn Breed has been suspended indefinitely after he was charged by local police with multiple crimes for an off-campus incident Saturday, the school said in a statement. Breed, who averaged 4.8 points per game this season, is no longer listed on the team’s website. “It was announced [Saturday] by the

10:24 PM ET HOUSTON — Minutes after a buzzer-beating jump shot by San Diego State‘s Lamont Butler sent his team home in a 72-71 loss in the Final Four on Saturday, Florida Atlantic guard Nick Boyd didn’t pout. Although he said he was “in shock” when Butler made the winner, Boyd spoke positively about his

9:05 PM ET HOUSTON — We have one of our finalists for the 2023 national championship game. San Diego State will play for a national title. After a surprising set of 64 games in the men’s 2023 NCAA tournament, surely things would quiet down and the national semifinal would go exactly as expected, right? The

8:45 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Lamont Butler hit jump shot at the buzzer, sending San Diego State to its first national championship game with a 72-71 win over fellow mid-major Florida Atlantic in the Final Four on Saturday night. With FAU leading by three, San Diego State’s Jaedon LeDee hit a short jumper

7:31 PM ET Delaware transfer Jameer Nelson Jr., son of the former Saint Joseph’s star and NBA veteran, told ESPN he committed to TCU on Saturday night. Nelson Jr. was one of the best guards in the portal. He plans to graduate in the summer, allowing him to be eligible immediately via the graduate transfer

‘Excited for the next steps,’ Houston’s Mark eyes portal, draft Saying that he is “excited for the next steps of my journey” after the Cougars’ elimination from the NCAA tournament, Houston guard Tramon Mark announced Saturday he plans to enter the transfer portal, while also declaring for the NBA draft.

5:34 PM ET Houston guard Tramon Mark announced Saturday he plans to enter the transfer portal, while also declaring for the NBA draft. Mark started all 37 games for the 33-4 Cougars this season, averaging 10.1 points. “I am excited for the next steps of my journey,” Mark said. “I will continue to work to

4:52 PM ET Associated Press Shaka Smart has packed an entire career’s worth of experiences into 14 years as a college head coach. He led VCU to an improbable Final Four as a 30-something wunderkind in 2011, guided mighty Texas to a Big 12 tournament title during six otherwise tepid years in Austin, and now

12:14 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN American University is targeting George Mason assistant Duane Simpkins as the school’s next head coach, and a deal is expected to come together in the near future, sources told ESPN. Simpkins brings deep ties to the area from his time as an assistant, a high school coach and a star

11:31 AM ET Associated Press Tony Parker and Pau Gasol played for him. Becky Hammon coached alongside him. Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade waged battles against him. He is San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. And he, finally, is a Hall of Famer. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame made it official Saturday, with

9:59 AM ET Kentucky freshman Cason Wallace, a projected lottery pick, will forgo his remaining college eligibility and enter the 2023 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Saturday. “I’m all in,” Wallace said. “This season was fun. It had its ups and downs but the best part was having my brothers with me. We stuck

8:00 AM ET Throughout this NCAA Tournament full of historic upsets and unpredictability, UConn has been the lone contender and blue blood to survive the carnage and reach the Final Four. The Huskies are odds-on championship favorites (-130) as they face Miami as 5.5-favorites in the national semifinals. “If you asked 10 college coaches which

3:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Following a record audience for the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament, upsets over the first two weeks have seemingly taken a toll on the ratings. The tournament is averaging 9.11 million viewers through the regional finals, down 6% from 2022. This after the first round on March

4:03 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN HOUSTON — UConn guard Jordan Hawkins, the best NBA prospect in the Final Four, missed the Huskies’ open practice Friday with an illness that teammates and staff are calling a stomach bug. Hawkins stayed at the team’s hotel Friday to rest, and there is a belief throughout the program that

4:03 PM ET HOUSTON — In the minutes leading up to tipoff Saturday night, Adama Sanogo is going to be focused on more than just keeping Miami‘s Norchad Omier off the backboard. The UConn center will be looking to quickly eat food and get fluids before the ball is tipped. Sanogo and teammates Hassan Diarra