Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 15, 2023, 09:43 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. A familiar name appeared in the NCAA transfer portal Monday night: Seth Towns, the former Ivy League Player of the Year who has missed four of the past five seasons with injuries.
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ESPN News Services May 15, 2023, 07:35 PM ET Duke guard Jeremy Roach will remain with the Blue Devils next season, after entering his name into the NBA draft in April. The 6-foot-2 junior maintained his college eligibility all along, and on Monday, he announced on social media to “Duke nation” that he was to
May 15, 2023, 06:24 AM ET Washington State Cougars‘ 6-foot-11 center Rueben Chinyelu, who is chasing a Basketball Africa League title with Stade Malien, has big dreams — to complete a career double of reaching the NBA and becoming an MD. On the court, Chinyelu dreams of being a basketball star, a mixture of Giannis
Former Oklahoma State center Moussa Cisse, ESPN’s No. 9 available player in the NCAA transfer portal, has committed to play at Ole Miss next season, he told ESPN on Sunday. “I want to be the most complete basketball player I can, and I feel Coach Beard can help me reach that,” Cisse said. Cisse, a
Associated Press May 13, 2023, 04:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Chris Roberts, who worked as UCLA‘s football and basketball play-by-play radio announcer for 23 years, has died. He was 74. He died at his Glendora home east of Los Angeles on Friday from complications of Parkinson’s disease, the school said Saturday. When he retired
Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Paul Biancardi Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State May 12, 2023, 05:54
Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 12, 2023, 09:26 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Penn transfer Jordan Dingle, the Ivy League Player of the Year and nation’s second-leading scorer last season, committed to St. John’s on Friday morning, giving Rick Pitino his best pickup of a
Associated Press May 11, 2023, 02:09 PM ET SECAUCUS, N.J. — A sports integrity monitor launched a tool Thursday to help athletes, coaches and staff to anonymously report suspicions about gambling activity to regulators and law enforcement. The tip hotline “Athlete Alert Powered by RealResponse” was announced by U.S. Integrity, a sports data integrity company
Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMay 11, 2023, 12:54 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Former St. John’s men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson is seeking nearly $46 million from the school after he claims he was fired with cause in March only so the school could
Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 05:41 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Tennessee forward Julian Phillips, a former five-star recruit and McDonald’s All American, plans to enter the transfer portal, sources told ESPN. Phillips also entered the NBA draft earlier this spring and was
Associated Press May 10, 2023, 03:05 PM ET LOS ANGELES — USC’s basketball roster is getting more star-studded by the moment. The Trojans had already landed Bronny James, son of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. Now, DJ Rodman has announced on social media that he’s transferring to USC. The son of NBA rebounding great
Associated Press May 10, 2023, 12:35 PM ET Mike Krzyzewski is coming out of retirement and heading to the NBA — as an adviser, not a coach. The league said Wednesday that Krzyzewski, the Hall of Famer and all-time men’s college Division I coaching wins leader, is its new special adviser to basketball operations. He
Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 10, 2023, 10:41 AM ET West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins is expected to return to the sideline next season in the wake of using an anti-gay slur in a radio interview earlier this week, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The university decision is in the process of being completed Wednesday, and
Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2023, 08:48 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Former Michigan star Hunter Dickinson implied that an increase in his name, image and likeness earnings played a role in his decision to transfer to Kansas. Dickinson, an Associated Press All-American
Associated Press May 9, 2023, 05:34 PM ET NEW YORK — The Big East announced Tuesday that it has hired Southeastern Conference administrator Dan Leibovitz as senior associate commissioner for men’s basketball, replacing Stu Jackson. Jackson, a former NBA and college head coach, was hired away from the Big East to become the commissioner of
May 9, 2023, 12:55 PM ET Denny Crum, the Hall of Fame college basketball coach who led Louisville to a pair of national championships in the 1980s, died Tuesday at the age of 86. Crum played college basketball under John Wooden at UCLA in the late 1950s, then joined the Bruins’ staff as an assistant
Associated Press May 9, 2023, 11:33 AM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson has added four transfers including high-scoring, ex-Syracuse player Joseph Girard III to its men’s basketball roster for next season. The school announced Tuesday that Girard, former North Carolina State forward Jack Clark, ex-Air Force guard Jake Heidbreder and former UNC Greensboro forward Bas
Riley Blanks Reed May 9, 2023, 09:23 AM ET On the morning of May 3, 2023, my father, Lance Blanks, took his life. People will ask, “How did we not see it?” And people will say, “This wasn’t him. Someone like him wouldn’t do this.” People will want more information. But the fact is we