8:30 AM ET Perhaps the wildest tournament in NCAA history concludes Monday night. For the first time since seeding began in 1979, not a single top-three seed reached the Final Four. That leaves 4-seed UConn as an odds-on favorite entering the Final Four. UConn entered the tournament with 15-1 odds, tied for the eighth-shortest odds
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8:00 AM ET Damion Baugh boarded the TCU team bus after the Horned Frogs’ second-round loss to Gonzaga like the rest of his teammates, quiet and dejected. Their season had just ended in an 84-81 defeat, a disappointing close loss to a top-10 team for the second NCAA tournament in a row. Baugh’s mood was
10:16 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — UCLA guard Jaylen Clark has declared for the NBA draft, weeks after a leg injury forced him out of the season’s final six games. The junior from Riverside, California, announced his plans on his Instagram account Wednesday. Editor’s Picks 1 Related “Thank you to UCLA and coach
6:14 PM ET Temple has hired Adam Fisher, who spent the last two seasons on Micah Shrewsberry’s staff at Penn State, as its next head coach. The Owls officially announced the move on Wednesday afternoon and will introduce Fisher next week. “I am truly honored and humbled by the amazing opportunity to become a part
2:31 PM ET Utah Valley‘s Mark Madsen, the former Stanford star and NBA veteran, will be Cal‘s next head coach, sources told ESPN. An official announcement could come as early as Wednesday afternoon. Madsen guided Utah Valley to a regular-season WAC championship this season and the Wolverines advanced to the NIT semifinals before losing 88-86
1:47 PM ET Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. — Duke freshman Dariq Whitehead is entering the NBA draft, he announced Wednesday. The 6-foot-7 wing averaged 8.3 points and shot a team-best 42.9% from 3-point range in 28 games this season. Whitehead missed the first four games while recovering from an offseason foot injury then missed another
1:01 PM ET South Florida is expected to hire Kennesaw State‘s Amir Abdur-Rahim as its next coach, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. An official announcement is expected this week. He will replace Brian Gregory, who was fired this month after six seasons. The Bulls haven’t made the NCAA tournament since 2012 and have yet to
12:19 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Army basketball has reached a five-year deal to hire Butler assistant Kevin Kuwik as the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN. Kuwik brings a long line of strong mentors to the job, as he’s worked for Thad Matta, Bob McKillop, Brad Stevens and Archie Miller. According to sources, one
9:24 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Penn State is working toward a deal to hire VCU‘s Mike Rhoades as the school’s next men’s basketball coach, sources told ESPN. The sides are deep in discussions, according to sources, with clarity on a deal expected Wednesday. Sources told ESPN on Wednesday morning that no deal has been completed,
7:52 AM ET Sam Young had been up before 6 a.m. all week, rebounding for Iowa State players and setting up for the Cyclones’ practices. He was putting in yet another 70-hour work week as Iowa State’s head student basketball manager — coming on top of his full class load. But Young’s turn on the
7:11 AM ET BOCA RATON, Fla. — At the end of their first practice back at home after breaking brackets in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament, members of the Florida Atlantic University men’s team gathered around their coach in the middle of the court. Going around the circle, Dusty May asked each person how he
5:39 PM ET Baylor freshman Keyonte George, a projected top-10 pick, will forgo his college eligibility and enter the 2023 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Tuesday. “Playing for coach Scott Drew was a blessing,” George said. “He’s a coach that not only cares about you as a player but also outside of basketball. He
4:56 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Rodney Terry held Texas together in crisis. Then he took the Longhorns on their deepest NCAA tournament run in 15 years. His reward: Texas removed the interim tag from his title and made him the full-time men’s basketball coach. “I felt confident the whole time, to be
3:28 PM ET NC State sophomore Terquavion Smith, a projected first-round pick, will declare for the 2023 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Tuesday. “I’m forgoing my college eligibility and going all the way in,” Smith said. “I’m thankful for everything the NC State coaching staff and fans have done for me. This is the
10:21 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The U.S. gambling industry is adopting a new responsible marketing code that will ban sportsbooks from partnering with colleges to promote sports wagering, bar payments to college and amateur athletes for using their name, image or likeness, and end the use of the terms “free” or
8:00 AM ET The Final Four is set and it doesn’t resemble last year’s national semifinals. Or any other year’s, honestly. Last year, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas and Villanova all battled for the national title. This year, UConn, SDSU, Florida Atlantic or Miami will leave Houston with a national championship Monday night at NRG Stadium.
8:32 AM ET The McDonald’s All-American Game is the most prestigious postseason all-star event for high school seniors. When this much star power gets together, the in-game matchups are most anticipated. There will be moments of one-on-one isolation that will bring the crowd to its feet and show college basketball coaches and NBA scouts who
10:47 AM ET Kyle SoppeESPN Analytics are a tricky thing and this tournament is proof of it. We saw Gonzaga design a play for a deep 3-pointer late in a one-point game. Watch a game for five minutes and you’ll see a fast break with players stopping at the 3-point line as if stepping inside