NCAABB

3:52 PM ET Kentucky coach John Calipari says that Shaedon Sharpe has not made a final decision on his playing future and that he is continuing to discuss with the wing player’s family whether Sharpe will stay in the NBA draft or play for the Wildcats next season. “All I can tell you is he

3:07 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — NC State is adding Ole Miss transfer Jarkel Joiner and La Salle transfer Jack Clark to its men’s basketball program. The school announced both additions Friday. Joiner is a 6-foot-1 guard with one year of eligibility remaining. He played two seasons at Cal State Bakersfield, then sat

1:49 PM ET Zach Edey, a second-team All-Big Ten center, will return to Purdue for his junior season, the school announced Friday, ending speculation that the 7-foot-4 talent would enter the NBA draft. Edey averaged 14.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game for a Purdue squad that finished second in adjusted offensive efficiency,

1:08 PM ET Myron Metcalf Before he made the decision to retire after 21 seasons as men’s basketball coach at Villanova, Jay Wright said he lacked the same “edge” this season that he had enjoyed in the past, he said Friday. During his retirement news conference, which also featured new head coach Kyle Neptune, Wright

9:24 AM ET Milwaukee freshman guard Patrick Baldwin Jr. is entering the 2022 NBA draft, he announced on Twitter on Friday. Baldwin entered college as a top-five recruit playing for the Panthers under his father, Pat Baldwin Sr., but injuries limited him to 11 games last season, when he averaged 12.1 points and 5.8 rebounds

9:26 PM ET ESPN News Services Wendell Moore Jr. is the third Duke player this week to announce plans to enter the NBA draft. The school revealed Moore’s decision Thursday night, saying he would hire an agent. The 6-foot-5, 213-pound junior and potential first-round pick won the Julius Erving Award as college basketball’s top small

2:59 PM ET Gonzaga Bulldogs freshman 7-footer Chet Holmgren — the No. 1 prospect in the ESPN Top 100 — will enter the 2022 NBA draft, he told ESPN. Holmgren, considered one of the front-runners to go first overall in the June 23 draft, brings to the NBA a unique skill set of 3-point shooting,

10:49 AM ET Elite guard Shaedon Sharpe plans to stay in the NBA draft and not return to Kentucky, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Sharpe announced earlier this month that he was entering the draft but maintaining his college eligibility. Despite having until June 1 to withdraw from the draft, Sharpe is expected to announce

RK PLAYER POS HOMETOWN HT WT STARS GRADE SCHOOL 1 PG Camden, NJCamden High School 6’2” 175 95 2 PF Baltimore, MDMontverde Academy 6’9” 200 95 3 SF Gladstone, NJGill St. Bernard’s School 6’7” 195 95 DukeCommitted04/08/2022 4 PF Duncanville, TXDuncanville High School 6’8” 200 95 5 SG Simi Valley, CADonda Acaemy 6’1” 170 95

8:46 AM ET Gonzaga senior Andrew Nembhard will declare for the 2022 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Friday. “This is my time,” Nembhard said. “It’s time to let the young guys take over the program. In this draft I feel like I’m among the top. There are not many point guards in this class

10:00 PM ET In 2000, I remember calling then-Delaware head coach Mike Brey and asking him what I might be missing in his league, the America East. Brey said, “You need to check out Hofstra. They have a couple of pros, and their coach is the real deal.” Brey was talking about Speedy Claxton and

8:30 PM ET A quiet Wednesday night in mid-April got very loud in quite a hurry within the world of college basketball, as Villanova men’s basketball coach Jay Wright stunned the industry via word of his imminent retirement after 21 seasons, 520 wins, two national championships and four Final Fours on the Main Line. Wright

7:31 PM ET Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright is expected to retire after 21 seasons as men’s basketball head coach at Villanova, sources confirmed to ESPN. Fordham’s Kyle Neptune, who spent 10 years under Wright as a video coordinator and assistant coach, is expected to be named his successor, sources said. Wright has called

7:37 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Nevada is in the market for a new athletic director. Athletic director Doug Knuth is out at the Mountain West Conference school, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The university was expected to make the change official later in the day. Knuth has been at Nevada since 2013, and his hires

4:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Duke’s Paolo Banchero is leaping to the NBA after one season as a candidate to be the No. 1 overall draft pick. Banchero announced his decision in a social media video Wednesday, with the school saying the freshman planned to hire an agent. “It has always been a dream

3:50 PM ET Associated Press AMES, Iowa — Temple point guard Jeremiah Williams is transferring to Iowa State, Cyclones coach T.J. Otzelberger said Wednesday. The move comes one day after Iowa State’s Tyrese Hunter, the Big 12 freshman of the year, said he would enter the transfer portal. Williams started 21 of 22 games last

1:53 PM ET UCLA guard Johnny Juzang is entering the NBA draft, he announced on Instagram on Wednesday. Juzang was part of the Bruins’ Final Four run in 2021. He then led UCLA with 15.6 points per game last season as the team reached the Sweet 16 before losing to national runner-up North Carolina. “What

1:41 PM ET Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe, the consensus National Player of the Year, announced Wednesday he is returning to Lexington for his senior season. Tshiebwe made his announcement on SportsCenter, saying he came to a decision last week and will look to improve his NBA draft stock next season. He becomes the first Wooden