12:42 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 Five-star senior Cody Williams committed
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12:05 AM ET On Nov. 27, 1972, John Thompson Jr. made his coaching debut at Georgetown, where he led the program to the 1984 national title and turned the Hoyas into a college basketball powerhouse. On Tuesday, 50 years after Thompson’s reign began, Georgetown snapped a 21-game losing streak. Prior to Georgetown’s 99-89 overtime win
4:06 PM ET Last month, Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari promised to send tickets to the family of a coal miner whose photo had gone viral after he showed up to an exhibition game in his work clothes. 1 Related Now, Michael McGuire — who still had soot on his face after a long
2:31 PM ET Top international basketball prospect Alex Toohey has committed to the Gonzaga Bulldogs, he told ESPN on Tuesday. “Gonzaga stood out with their history of winning and making international players better,” Toohey said. “Being able to learn from a great coach in Mark Few will be special.” Toohey picked Gonzaga over Villanova, Michigan
RULES ESPN’s Bracketology efforts are focused on projecting the NCAA tournament field just as we expect the NCAA Division I basketball committee to select the field in March. ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi uses the same data points favored by the committee, including strength of schedule and other season-long indicators, including the NET and team-sheet data
9:00 AM ET The 2022-23 college basketball season tipped off Monday with a full day of matchups across the country, including all AP Top 25 teams in play. Along with the action, the first in-season edition of Bracketology has been formulated. Gonzaga, Kentucky, Houston and North Carolina haven’t lost their 1-seeds (yet), and we’ve also
1:20 AM ET A decade after he led Florida Gulf Coast to the Sweet 16 and fueled the “Dunk City” craze, Andy Enfield’s USC squad lost to his former team, 74-61, in Los Angeles on Monday night in the season opener for both teams. Florida Gulf Coast’s run at the end of the 2012-13 season
1:00 AM ET For the first time in nearly two years, Keyontae Johnson returned to the basketball court in a competitive game on Monday — and didn’t look too unlike the player who earned preseason SEC Player of the Year and first-round NBA draft hype in 2020. Johnson, now a member of Kansas State after
10:33 PM ET The new eras at Duke and Villanova started in a familiar way to their previous iterations: with a win. Jon Scheyer and Kyle Neptune both earned victories in their first games replacing Mike Krzyzewski and Jay Wright, respectively. No. 7 Duke knocked off Jacksonville, 71-44, while No. 16 Villanova cruised past La
11:30 PM ET With the Champions Classic a week later than usual this year, the 2022-23 men’s college basketball season began Monday without the headline matchups of past campaigns. According to ESPN Stats & Information, however, it was the first time every single AP top 25 team was in action on the same day. As
10:58 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — There was a moment just before halftime Monday night when Kansas forward Jalen Wilson watched an Omaha player bury a 3-pointer at the buzzer, and he looked over at the bench expecting to catch Bill Self’s wrath. Only the Jayhawks’ coach wasn’t there. Self was serving the
7:56 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky senior forward Oscar Tshiebwe, last season’s consensus national player of the year, was sidelined for the fourth-ranked Wildcats’ opener against Howard on Monday. The school announced before the game that the 6-foot-9 Tshiebwe (right knee) and guard Sahvir Wheeler (right leg) were out along with sophomore
5:01 PM ET Arkansas freshman star Nick Smith Jr., arguably the best NBA prospect in men’s college basketball this season, won’t play in the Razorbacks’ season opener against North Dakota State on Monday night because of precautionary measures for his right knee. There is no timetable for his return, the school said. Smith, a 6-foot-5
3:48 PM ET Hartford head coach John Gallagher has resigned, one day before the program’s final season in Division I was set to begin. Gallagher informed school president Greg Woodward on Monday that he was stepping down from his position and accused the university of breaching his contract and jeopardizing player safety and well-being. Hartford
7:00 AM 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 While the college basketball season
7:00 AM ET Seven months ago, Kansas entered the locker room at halftime in the national title game facing a double-digit deficit against North Carolina. Something happened within that room, because Kansas then launched one of the great turnarounds in title-game history, cut down the nets, and the 2021-22 season was over. A lot has
8:36 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Jimmer Fredette now knows what it’s like to win a 3×3 gold medal with USA Basketball. He’s hoping it’s the first of many. Fredette’s 2-pointer — that’s what beyond-the-arc shots are worth in the 3-on-3 game — with 1:07 remaining was the clinching basket in a 21-18 win
11:36 PM ET Mikey Williams, an elite and popular recruit in the 2023 class, committed to Memphis on Saturday night. Williams, a four-star guard ranked 30th in his class by ESPN, posted a picture of himself wearing a Memphis jersey with the caption “committed” on Instagram. Just hours before the start of the 2022-23 college