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6:00 PM ET William E. Ricks This weekend in college basketball features multiple top-25 matchups across the nation, along with stellar uniform selections. 1 Related The No. 8 Kansas Jayhawks, No. 2 Virginia Cavaliers, Utah Utes and Northwestern Wildcats will rock eye-catching threads when they take the floor on Saturday. The Cincinnati Bearcats already turned

5:01 PM ET Associated Press SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Richard “Dick” Gaines, who played basketball at Seton Hall and is a member of the school’s athletics hall of fame, has died. He was 86. Gaines died Dec. 10, the school announced Friday. He played at Seton Hall from 1954 to 1957 after a one-year stint

1:36 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Louis Orr, a star forward at Syracuse who played eight NBA seasons before going into a lengthy career in coaching, has died. He was 64. Orr’s family said Friday in a statement through Georgetown that he died Thursday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Orr helped Syracuse make

8:00 AM ET Kyle SoppeESPN Who says we have to wait for March for a little bit of madness? Saturday has not one, not two, but five matchups pairing teams with legitimate national championship hopes in what could be the best day of men’s college hoops this regular season: Indiana at Kansas, Alabama at Gonzaga,

7:16 PM ET Associated Press The NCAA announced penalties for the Memphis men’s basketball program Thursday in a case it said highlights a new approach to resolving infractions allegations much more quickly. The NCAA said it isn’t backing away from enforcing rules and imposing penalties for rules violations amid a host of changes to college

5:52 PM ET An effort to legally recognize college football and basketball players at the University of Southern California as employees of their school, their conference and the NCAA took a significant step forward Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board has directed its Los Angeles regional office to pursue charges of unfair labor practices against

10:53 AM ET The NCAA has selected Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker as its next president, succeeding Mark Emmert. Baker, a Republican who has been governor since January 2015 but will conclude his second term in January, will begin his new post March 1. He played power forward for Harvard’s basketball team during the 1977-78 season,

12:15 AM ET Associated Press OUISVILLE, Ky. — El Ellis had career highs of 30 points and 10 assists and Louisville finally won after opening the season with nine losses, beating Western Kentucky 94-83 on Wednesday night to give Kenny Payne his first win as a head coach. The Cardinals’ nine losses were the most

8:25 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN WESTWOOD, Calif. — UCLA is officially heading to the Big Ten after receiving approval from the University of California regents Wednesday, but the approval comes with stipulations. More than five months after the Bruins, alongside USC, announced their shocking intention to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten in 2024,

7:52 PM ET Associated Press YPSILANTI, Mich. — Eastern Michigan basketball star Emoni Bates was sentenced to 18 months of probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge. The conviction will be expunged from Bates’ record if he completes probation successfully, The Detroit News reported. Washtenaw County Circuit Judge Patrick Conlin waived a

12:02 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Myron Medcalf Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Xavier head coach Sean Miller will not face any sanctions in the Arizona infractions case

7:00 AM ET It took just seven games for the wheels to completely fall off Louisville‘s first season under new coach Kenny Payne. That was when Payne took to the postgame podium to openly — and, one could say, justifiably — question his team’s desire. “We did not compete. We did not fight. We didn’t

10:04 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — The legal process for Texas men’s basketball coach Chris Beard in the wake of his arrest early Monday on a felony family violence charge after a woman told police he strangled and bit her might take more than a year to reach its conclusion, several experts with knowledge of

7:34 PM ET Brianna Williams Monday night’s high school basketball showdown between Christ the King (Queens, N.Y.) and Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) has been in the making for over 20 years. The game, which ended in a 62-51 victory for Sierra Canyon, was headlined by Sierra Canyon senior guard Bronny and sophomore guard/forward Bryce James,

6:44 PM ET ESPN News Services Texas has suspended men’s basketball coach Chris Beard “until further notice” after he was arrested Monday morning on a felony domestic violence charge. “The University takes matters of interpersonal violence involving members of its community seriously,” the school said in a statement. “Given the information available, The University has

12:54 PM ET Associated Press Purdue picked up wins over West Virginia, No. 15 Gonzaga and No. 12 Duke in consecutive weeks to win the Phil Knight Legacy tournament earlier in the season. Wins over Hofstra and Nebraska last week, combined with a loss by Houston, were enough to move the Boilermakers to No. 1

9:34 AM ET Myron Medcalf Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Texas men’s basketball coach Chris Beard was arrested Monday morning on a felony domestic violence

8:00 AM ET It was another week when the No. 1 team in the AP poll went down, with Alabama going to Houston and knocking off the Cougars with a late surge on Saturday. Much like when North Carolina took its first loss, however, last week’s Power Rankings hadn’t had Houston at No. 1. Purdue