NCAABB

9:00 AM ET STORRS, Connecticut — Dan Hurley leans forward in a chair inside his office overlooking UConn’s men’s basketball practice court and smiles. “I’m not the victim,” he said with a laugh. In recent weeks, the fifth-year UConn head coach was shown on camera calling one official a “f—ing clown” in a win over

11:02 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Georgetown snapped a 29-game losing streak against Big East opponents with an 81-76 victory over DePaul on Tuesday night. Georgetown (6-15, 1-9) won its first Big East game since March 13, 2021 — the conference tournament final against Creighton — ending the longest skid in the history

3:59 PM ET Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay fired coach Will Ryan on Tuesday, three days after the Phoenix suffered their 11th consecutive loss. Ryan, the son of former Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan, posted a 15-61 record in 2½ seasons. Freddie Owens, who had been an assistant coach on Ryan’s staff, will

3:43 PM ET 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 Twenty-four

3:45 PM ET Headlined by Bronny James and four Kentucky signees, 22 of the top 23 prospects in the ESPN 100 have been named to the 46th annual McDonald’s All American Game. The rosters were unveiled Tuesday on ESPN’s NBA Today. Kentucky, which has the No. 1 recruiting class in 2023, leads the way with

12:23 AM ET ESPN News Services WACO, Texas — Langston Love came up huge for 17th-ranked Baylor after No. 9 Kansas took its only lead in a matchup of the past two national champions, as the Bears went on to win 75-69 on Monday night. The reigning champion Jayhawks lost their third straight game, tying

4:43 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska’s Emmanuel Bandoumel will require surgery and miss the rest of the season after injuring his knee in a game over the weekend, coach Fred Hoiberg announced Monday. Bandoumel’s knee buckled as he drove to the basket in the first half of the Cornhuskers’ 76-65 loss Saturday

12:13 PM ET Associated Press Purdue is back at No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Alabama is right behind the Boilermakers. Purdue returned to the top spot in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll on Monday, moving up two spots after Temple knocked off No. 1 Houston over the weekend. The Boilermakers received

7:30 AM ET Just when it seemed like the top four or five men’s college basketball teams in the country were separating themselves in the rankings, chaos ensued. Kansas lost two games, including Saturday’s home blowout defeat to TCU, and then Houston lost at home to Temple on Sunday. According to ESPN Stats & Information

8:08 PM ET Coban Porter, a sophomore guard at the University of Denver and brother of Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., was arrested early Sunday in connection with a fatal crash in Denver, according to police there. Coban Porter, 21, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide and reckless driving, police spokesman Kurt Barnes told

6:01 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — Damian Dunn scored 16 points and made the go-ahead free throw, and Kur Jongkuch blocked Houston’s go-ahead attempt in the final seconds, as Temple held on to defeat the top-ranked Cougars 56-55 on Sunday, adding to a weekend of upsets. Coupled with No. 2 Kansas’ loss Saturday

11:07 AM ET NC State basketball star Terquavion Smith was released from the hospital Saturday night and is considered day-to-day following his scary fall during the Wolfpack’s game against North Carolina. Smith, a projected NBA first-round draft pick, reported neck and elbow pain and had numbness in his right arm, and he was stretchered off

7:35 PM ET NC State star Terquavion Smith, a projected first-round NBA draft pick, was stretchered off after a scary fall in the second half of Saturday’s 80-69 loss to North Carolina. Smith suffered elbow and neck injuries, the school said, and didn’t return to the game. With 9:45 left in the second half, Smith

3:49 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Shahada Wells scored 17 points as No. 14 TCU beat No. 2 Kansas 83-60 on Saturday in one of the worst losses in Bill Self’s 20-year coaching career with the Jayhawks. It was Kansas’ second-largest loss at home under Self. The Jayhawks fell 84-59 to Texas on

1:02 PM ET And then there was one. With 5:33 to play in the first half of his team’s matchup against IUPUI on Saturday, Detroit Mercy star Antoine Davis passed former Portland State standout Freeman Williams to become the No. 2 scorer all-time in college basketball history with his 3,250th point and 18th of the

12:20 PM ET Last August, we highlighted the meteoric rise of center Xavier Booker, who went from being on the cusp of the 2023 ESPN 100 to a five-star men’s college basketball recruit ranked inside the top five overall. Not every recruit makes that significant of a jump, however it showcases how much talent is

8:00 AM ET As conference play in the 2022-23 men’s college basketball season continues, we’re seeing some clear separation at the top of many leagues. Others see multiple teams battling for the top bid (see: the Big 12). Every game matters for the tournament selection committee. Some of this weekend’s key matchups are a chance

11:44 PM ET ESPN News Services SPOKANE, Wash. — Cam Shelton banked in a go-ahead runner with 13 seconds left and Loyola Marymount snapped No. 6 Gonzaga’s 76-game home winning streak with a 68-67 victory on Thursday night. The home streak for the Bulldogs (16-4, 5-1 West Coast Conference) had been the eighth-longest in Division