5:15 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson led his team to its fifth consecutive AAC tournament title game with a 69-48 win over Cincinnati in the semifinals on Saturday. But the longtime leader of a Cougars program chasing a No. 1 seed on Selection Sunday did it with a heavy
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9:56 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Matt Bradley scored 16 points and Jaedon LeDee added 13 to lead No. 20 San Diego State to a 62-57 victory over Utah State in Saturday’s Mountain West tournament championship game. The Aztecs (27-6) claimed their seventh tournament title and second in three years. This also
6:02 PM ET Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Rick Stansbury has resigned after seven seasons as Western Kentucky’s head coach, citing a need to focus on his health and family. Stansbury missed nine games at midseason with an undisclosed health issue. He was 139-89 with the Hilltoppers, with three Conference USA championship game appearances
4:58 PM ET Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. — Jelani Williams scored 20 points including two free throws with 6.1 seconds left to lead Howard to a 65-64 win over Norfolk State on Saturday in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament championship game and secure the Bison’s first trip to the NCAA tournament in 31 years. This
5:15 PM ET Assocated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Marcus Sasser left the first half of top-ranked Houston’s AAC tournament semifinal game Saturday with an apparent groin injury. The school reported at the start of the second half of the game against Cincinnati that Sasser was doubtful to
5:16 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Wichita State is set to fire coach Isaac Brown, sources told ESPN. School officials are planning to meet with him today to formalize his departure. Wichita State went 17-15 this season after losing to Tulane on Friday in the AAC Tournament. He went 48-34 over his three seasons there, reaching
4:01 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas’ athletic director has apologized after a Kentucky student journalist said his cellphone was grabbed and thrown to the ground by a Razorbacks staffer following an early exit at the Southeastern Conference tournament. Assistants had to restrain Arkansas coach Eric Musselman a couple of times during a
11:50 AM ET Associated Press Jim Whitesell is out as the University at Buffalo men’s basketball coach after his first losing season in four years on the job, the school announced Saturday. “We felt it was necessary to make a change in leadership of our men’s basketball program,” athletic director Mark Alnutt said in a
12:23 AM ET ESPN News Services NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas coach Eric Musselman made it very clear he wasn’t happy with a loss to No. 18 Texas A&M and an early exit at the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Razorbacks assistants had to restrain Musselman a couple times during a 67-61 loss Friday night in the quarterfinals
12:23 AM ET ESPN News Services NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas coach Eric Musselman made it very clear he wasn’t happy with a loss to No. 18 Texas A&M and an early exit at the Southeastern Conference tournament. Razorbacks assistants had to restrain Musselman a couple times during a 67-61 loss Friday night in the quarterfinals
10:42 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas coach Bill Self spoke to his team remotely during breakfast Friday, while the Hall of Famer continued his recovery from an emergency medical procedure earlier this week, and told the Jayhawks that he was proud of their quarterfinal performance in the Big 12 Tournament. Their
8:45 PM ET Missouri head coach Dennis Gates has received a contract extension through the 2028-29 season, the school announced Friday, amid speculation linking him to other coaching vacancies. Gates is nearing the end of his first season in Columbia, guiding the Tigers to an NCAA tournament appearance. Missouri upset Tennessee in the quarterfinals of
8:17 PM ET ESPN News Services GREENSBORO, N.C. — No. 14 Miami lost starting forward Norchad Omier to an ankle injury early in the team’s 85-78 defeat to No. 21 Duke in their Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinal matchup on Friday. Omier was hurt just over a minute into the game when he rebounded a
4:29 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — South Florida basketball coach Brian Gregory was fired Friday, one day after the Bulls lost 73-58 to East Carolina in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference tournament. Gregory went 79-107 over six seasons at USF. The Bulls were 14-18 this season. “Brian has been a
3:51 PM ET St. John’s fired head coach Mike Anderson on Friday, and the Red Storm are expected to make Iona‘s Rick Pitino their top target, sources told ESPN. Anderson failed to reach the NCAA tournament in any of his four seasons at St. John’s, with the Red Storm going 68-56 under his watch. They
2:11 PM ET Pete Thamel Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Georgia Tech is set to fire veteran basketball coach Josh Pastner on Friday, sources told ESPN. Pastner is expected to meet with Tech officials Friday afternoon to formalize the dismissal,
1:42 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Ohio State freshman Brice Sensabaugh will not play in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals against Michigan State on Friday because of knee soreness. Sensabaugh had played in each of the first two days of the tournament. The 6-foot-6 forward had nine points during Wednesday’s 65-57 victory over Wisconsin
1:07 PM ET Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and his friend, Michael Lynn Davis, have been indicted on capital murder charges by a Tuscaloosa County grand jury on Friday, Chief Assistant District Attorney Paula Whitley told ESPN. Davis and Miles were arrested on Jan. 15 and eventually charged with the capital murder of Jamea