8:00 AM ET It’s been just over two weeks since UConn was cutting down the nets on the NRG Stadium floor. But given the machinations of the transfer portal, the NBA draft and the extra year of eligibility because of COVID-19, the amount of roster movement has made the national championship game feel like months
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1:52 PM ET Purdue center Zach Edey, the consensus national player of the year in men’s college basketball, announced Tuesday that he plans to enter the NBA draft while maintaining his college eligibility. Edey has until May 31 if he wants to withdraw from the draft and return to the Boilermakers for his senior season.
12:23 PM ET Former VCU guard Jayden Nunn told ESPN he has committed to play at Baylor next season. Nunn picked Baylor over a final list of schools that included Texas, Oklahoma, LSU and Penn State. Nunn, arguably the top NBA prospect in the Atlantic 10 this season, averaged 9.3 points and 1.5 steals per
12:37 PM ET UConn junior Andre Jackson Jr., — a driving force in the Huskies’ national championship run — plans to enter the NBA draft in June but retain his college eligibility, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. As much as any player in the NCAA tournament, Jackson Jr. built momentum to elevate himself to become
11:05 AM ET Major changes to the NBA draft landscape are coming in the new collective bargaining agreement, mutually agreed on by the NBA and players association this month. A 91-page jointly written memo sent out by the NBA and NBPA to teams and players Monday and obtained by ESPN highlights two significant changes to
9:06 PM ET Former Notre Dame men’s basketball coach Mike Brey will join coach Quin Snyder’s staff on the Atlanta Hawks next season, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. No specific role has been finalized, nor will it be until after this season, sources tell Wojnarowski. Brey, who has a 30-year history with Snyder, visited with
5:57 PM ET Utah State transfer Steven Ashworth committed to Creighton on Monday, giving the Bluejays one of the best available guards in the portal. Ashworth chose Creighton over a list of finalists that also included Gonzaga, BYU, Oklahoma State and Washington. He recently visited the Bluejays’ Omaha, Nebraska, campus. “We are excited to add
4:41 PM ET Former Auburn guard Chance Westry has committed to play at Syracuse next season, he told ESPN on Monday. Westry is the second recruit committed to play for incoming head coach Adrian Autry, who replaced Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim after his 47-year tenure at Syracuse. “I believe in what Coach Autry is
4:15 PM ET Dink Pate, a five-star recruit in the 2024 high school class, has signed with the NBA’s G League Ignite program, he told ESPN. “The whole idea of why I started playing basketball was to be a pro,” said Pate, who just turned 17 in March. “G League Ignite brings me one step
3:34 PM ET Montana State has hired Point Loma‘s Matt Logie as its next head coach, the school announced Monday. Logie received a four-year contract, sources told ESPN. Logie replaces Danny Sprinkle, who led the Bobcats to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances before leaving for Utah State earlier this month. Editor’s Picks Logie has been the
1:24 PM ET Miami guard Isaiah Wong, the ACC Player of the Year, announced Monday that he plans to enter the NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility. Wong is ranked as the No. 12 point guard in the draft but No. 71 overall, leaving him in the late-second-round to undrafted range. But he’s
1:12 PM ET Louisville men’s basketball transfer El Ellis announced his commitment to Arkansas on Monday, giving Eric Musselman and the Razorbacks their fifth transfer addition of the offseason. A former junior college transfer, Ellis spent the past two seasons at Louisville and will have one year of eligibility left when he arrives in Fayetteville.
10:17 AM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print STORRS, Conn. — UConn guard Nahiem Alleyne has become the third player to leave the program this month after helping the Huskies win the NCAA tournament. The 6-foot-4 senior announced Sunday night on social media that he is transferring to St. John’s, posting
12:04 PM ET Former Syracuse center Jesse Edwards, ESPN’s No. 3 player in the NCAA transfer portal, has committed to play at West Virginia next season, he told ESPN on Sunday. “I felt it was time for a fresh start,” Edwards said. “I needed a new environment to challenge myself in and I think West
12:05 PM ET Ryan Pannone, an assistant coach with the New Orleans Pelicans, has accepted an offer to become an assistant coach under Nate Oats at Alabama, he told ESPN on Saturday. Pannone comes from a different background than most assistant coaches in the college basketball ranks, previously serving as the head coach of the
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12:31 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Guard Daniss Jenkins is following coach Rick Pitino from Iona to St. John’s and joining the Red Storm as a graduate transfer. St. John’s announced the signing of the Dallas native on Friday. It’s the first since Pitino was hired last month by the Big East school
9:12 AM ET Former Washington State guard TJ Bamba, one of the top college basketball transfers this spring, has committed to play at Villanova next season, he told ESPN on Friday. Bamba said he picked Villanova over a host of schools including Kansas, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia Tech, Auburn, North Carolina and St. John’s. “This gives