NCAABB

7:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — UCLA coach Mick Cronin opened Saturday’s 87-64 win over Denver by calling a lob play named “24 Out” in honor of former player Jalen Hill. Hill, who died in September at age 22, wore the No. 24 when he played parts of three seasons at UCLA before retiring after

5:50 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — No. 8 Alabama could have called it a day when it was trailing by double figures early in the second half. The Crimson Tide didn’t, and earned another marquee win this season. Alabama rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to stun No. 1 Houston 71-65 on Saturday,

11:54 AM ET New Mexico State coach Greg Heiar said he feared possible retaliation in the aftermath of a fatal shooting that involved one of his players, according to New Mexico State Police body camera footage released to ESPN on Friday. Heiar spoke with New Mexico State Police officer David Esquibel hours after Aggies junior

3:55 PM ET Pitt freshman guard Dior Johnson pled guilty to two misdemeanor charges on Friday, for simple assault and strangulation, his lawyer told ESPN. Johnson was sentenced to one year probation, batterers intervention and a mental health evaluation and treatment if necessary. As part of the plea agreement, the strangulation charge was reduced from

3:47 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Hall of Famer Larry Brown is stepping down from his role as a special adviser to Memphis men’s basketball coach Penny Hardaway because of ongoing health concerns, the school announced Friday. “We wish Coach Brown a speedy recovery,” Hardaway said in a statement released by the school,

12:01 PM ET Associated Press GRINNELL, Iowa — Grinnell College set an NCAA men’s basketball record for 3-point attempts when it tried every one of its 111 shots from beyond the arc in the Division III school’s 124-67 victory over Emmaus Bible College. The number eclipsed the 109 3-point shots Troy attempted in its infamous

8:50 AM ET New Mexico State coach Greg Heiar put his team on a bus to return to the Aggies’ Las Cruces campus after police in Albuquerque had asked to interview three of his players as they searched for a weapon used in a fatal shooting and other potential evidence, according to the New Mexico

5:58 PM ET Associated Press VERMILLION, S.D. — South Dakota men’s basketball coach Eric Peterson was hospitalized Thursday after he suffered multiple injuries in a fall at his home and will not be with the Coyotes when they play UC Irvine on Saturday. Peterson was outside his house decorating for the holidays Wednesday when he

7:00 AM ET When the buzzer sounded on North Carolina‘s loss at Virginia Tech on Sunday afternoon, the Tar Heels made history. They became the first preseason No. 1 team to lose four straight games. Less than 24 hours later, when the updated AP poll was released, they were given another dubious distinction: the fastest

6:21 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Outgoing NCAA president Mark Emmert had some advice for his replacement in his first public appearance since announcing in April that he was stepping down from position he has held for the past 12 years. “The job requires a lot of patience. And it requires a lot

5:50 PM ET A local district attorney’s office is investigating the “conduct” of New Mexico State men’s basketball players and staffers in connection with a high-profile shooting last month that involved forward Mike Peake. Peake, a 21-year-old junior on the men’s basketball team, shot and killed Brandon Travis, a 19-year-old University of New Mexico student,

4:27 PM ET Arkansas forward Trevon Brazile, one of the biggest breakout stars of the season’s first month, will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn ACL in Tuesday’s win over UNC Greensboro. Brazile will undergo surgery on his right knee later this month, the school said. A 6-foot-10 sophomore who transferred

3:25 PM ET Michigan starting point guard Jaelin Llewellyn will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn ACL in Sunday’s loss to Kentucky, the school announced. Llewellyn is expected to undergo surgery in early January. “Although this is not how I imagined my season here at Michigan would end, the support and

7:00 AM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal The number of Division I men’s college basketball head coaches is tiny, roughly equivalent to the populations of small towns like Arroyo Alto, Texas; East Germantown,

11:53 AM ET Associated Press LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexico State power forward Mike Peake has been suspended indefinitely from the basketball team in connection with last month’s fatal shooting of a student from the University of New Mexico, athletic director Mario Moccia said. Moccia told reporters Monday night that neither he nor the

8:00 AM ET Kyle SoppeESPN The game of the day sees the Illinois Fighting Illini travel to New York to face the undefeated Texas Longhorns in the Jimmy V Classic, in a battle of two teams who intend to make some serious noise in March. Heading into this matchup, let’s take a look at what

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12:26 PM ET Associated Press Houston and Texas remain firmly entrenched atop the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while preseason No. 1 North Carolina has dropped out entirely after a fourth straight loss. The Cougars earned 37 of 62 first-place votes in Monday’s poll, extending the program’s first stay at No. 1 since the