12:14 PM ET Associated Press Houston is back at No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the second time this season, while Kansas State continued its unexpectedly strong start by leaping from unranked to the verge of the top 10. The Cougars received 34 of 60 first-place votes in
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7:30 AM ET We’re essentially starting from scratch this week. Not because college football’s end gives us a chance to reset for the final two months of the regular season of men’s college basketball, but because last week completely blew up the rankings. Nine of the 16 teams in the Power Rankings took at least
8:59 PM ET ESPN News Services TUCSON, Ariz. — The roars from Washington State‘s locker room echoed through a hallway underneath the stands at McKale Center. An understandable celebration after the Cougars had just sent Arizona‘s fans to the exits early with their first road win over a top-5 opponent in 122 years of basketball.
6:03 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Gabe Kalscheur hit a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds remaining and finished with 15 points as No. 25 Iowa State beat No. 17 TCU 69-67 on Saturday. Kalscheur’s winner from way beyond the arc came just after TCU had just claimed the lead for the first time
11:31 AM ET Associated Press RIVER FOREST, Ill. — A suburban Chicago college postponed two men’s basketball games after a rigorous workout sent five players to a hospital. Concordia University Chicago in River Forest also temporarily removed coach Steve Kollar, the Chicago Tribune reported. Athletic director Pete Gnan sent a letter to parents Thursday, explaining
9:00 AM ET Six years ago, Patrick Ewing walked into Madison Square Garden in his first Big East media day as the new head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, whom he’d led to the 1984 national championship as a player. The symbolism of the moment was not lost on him. “It’s great to be back
7:53 PM ET Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire When Texas suspended Chris Beard without pay following his Dec. 12 arrest on a felony family violence charge, it appeared to be the first step toward an eventual parting of ways. That came Thursday, when Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte announced the school was firing Beard
7:37 PM ET Few coaches have risen as quickly as Chris Beard had in recent years. After leading Little Rock, a 12-seed, to a first-round upset over Purdue, a 5-seed, in the 2016 NCAA tournament, he became one of the most coveted coaches in the country. He left a few months later for Texas Tech,
2:47 PM ET ESPN News Services AUSTIN, Texas — Texas fired basketball coach Chris Beard on Thursday while he faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12 incident involving his fiancée. Beard had five years left on a seven-year guaranteed contract that includes a provision he could be fired for cause
1:05 PM ET Associated Press LAKE CHARLES, La. — McNeese has renamed its basketball court for Basketball Hall of Famer Joe Dumars, the two-time NBA champion player who scored a record 2,607 points in his four seasons at the school. Joe Dumars Court was being unveiled Thursday, part of “Joe Dumars Day” at the school.
8:00 AM ET It has been a season of surprises so far in men’s college basketball. The top four teams in the preseason AP poll had 13 combined losses entering Wednesday, while the current top five features two teams that weren’t even ranked in the preseason top 25. As marquee neutral-site games and early-season tournaments
12:50 AM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Texas A&M trailed before the opening tip at Florida, a scenario neither coach had experienced or even knew was a possibility before Wednesday night. Shortly after leaving the court following final warmups, the Aggies realized managers had left their game jerseys at the team hotel. They double-timed
10:28 PM ET Georgetown set a dubious Big East record on Wednesday, losing its 25th straight regular-season conference game to break a tie with DePaul for the longest such streak in the history of the league. The Hoyas were tied with Villanova at halftime but were outscored by 16 in the second half en route
6:50 PM ET Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe will have to fend off serious competition to make history as a two-time men’s college basketball Wooden Award winner. Tshiebwe (16.8 PPG, 13.8 RPG, 1.3 BPG) anchors the John R. Wooden Award Presented by Wendy’s midseason top 25 list for 2022-23 that was released Wednesday. He could become
6:20 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close 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 Top 25 junior Yves Missi
4:14 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing’s loss-filled stint at his alma mater was called a “challenging and frustrating time” by athletic director Lee Reed, who added Wednesday that “no one is more committed” to turning things around than the former star center. Hours before the Hoyas were scheduled to carry
8:00 AM ET Men’s college basketball’s November and December slates were entertaining, intriguing and, in some cases, surprising. North Carolina went from preseason No. 1 to unranked in a few weeks. Kentucky, Duke and Gonzaga — also perennial powers — have wrestled with significant flaws. Purdue star Zach Edey aims to challenge Oscar Tshiebwe for
1:06 AM ET Kansas State not only left Austin, Texas, with a key win on Tuesday night, the program also orchestrated a record-breaking effort. The Wildcats’ 116-103 win at No. 6 Texas set a record for most points combined (219) in regulation of a Big 12 conference game, smashing the previous record of 199 points,