12:53 PM ET Less than a month after an Alabama football player appeared to strike a fan who stormed the field at Tennessee, the SEC announced Friday that it is forming a working group to address fans’ access to playing fields and courts after games. The event-security working group will review and update field access
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10:05 AM ET Kentucky coach John Calipari said he would be “stunned” if preseason All-American Oscar Tshiebwe, who is recovering from a knee procedure, is available to play in the team’s season opener on Monday against Howard. He also suggested that Tshiebwe, who he said had a “minor” procedure in October, might miss additional time
9:00 AM ET Kevin ConnorsESPN Close ESPN studio anchor Writer, ESPN mid-major college basketball top 10 4-year member of the Ithaca men’s basketball team Last year’s breakout star in college basketball is back. All the buzz, all the accolades, all the attention — it was all warranted — and frankly, all the many imitators are
8:00 AM ET College basketball is played in three chapters. There is the nonconference season, then conference play and finally, the postseason. Because of those stages and the five-plus months they’re spread across, a team that starts strong might not finish that way. And the same is true for teams that might need more time
6:31 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Texas freshman Arterio Morris remains eligible to play while prosecutors decide whether to pursue a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from an alleged summer altercation the player had with an ex-girlfriend, coach Chris Beard said Thursday. Morris was not suspended after his June 2 arrest, and Beard said
5:55 PM ET West Virginia coach Bob Huggins is not convinced that Gonzaga, a powerhouse in recent years, will sustain its success if it makes the move to the Big 12, one of America’s premier leagues in men’s college basketball. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Wednesday that Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark and Gonzaga athletic director
5:14 PM ET The top basketball recruits who were left scrambling after Ye shut down Donda Academy last week are beginning to find new homes. Rob Dillingham, a Kentucky Wildcats commit and the No. 8 recruit in the 2023 ESPN 100, will join Overtime Elite, the league announced Thursday on Twitter. Dillingham will not accept
10:59 AM ET An independent panel has placed Louisville men’s basketball on two years’ probation and fined the program $5,000, but spared the school — and former coaches Rick Pitino and Chris Mack — major penalties from NCAA allegations leveled in the aftermath of a federal investigation of corruption in college basketball. The Independent Resolution
8:00 AM ET If a conference was ever balanced at the top, it’s this year’s Big 12. Defending champion Kansas and 2021 national champ Baylor are tied at No. 5 in the AP’s preseason poll. Both look poised to reach the Final Four. Then again, the Big 12 season has already opened in surprising fashion
8:00 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 Mike Krzyzewski isn’t walking through that door as Duke‘s head coach. Your defending champion is Kansas for the first time in 14 years. When you see
5:02 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Gonzaga’s athletic director met in person with the Big 12 commissioner last week as part of broader discussions about the Zags joining the Big 12, sources told ESPN. The discussions are part of the possibility of a seismic move of the basketball powerhouse leaving the West Coast Conference to a
11:21 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. Kansas basketball coach Bill Self and assistant Kurtis Townsend on Wednesday were suspended for the
9:00 AM ET Preseason rankings have always been reliant on the expected impact of newcomers: a group of players notoriously difficult to predict. And with the introduction of the one-time transfer rule, combined with the passing of name, image and likeness (NIL) legislation and the NCAA’s extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19 still in
4:51 PM ET UCLA legend Bill Walton said Tuesday he does not support the Bruins’ proposed move to the Big Ten, and his “hope and dream” is that the move “will be rescinded.” Walton provided a written statement to longtime Oregon columnist John Canzano. In it, he expressed disappointment at his alma mater’s potential move
2:07 PM ET On paper, Kentucky appears to have it all as it prepares for its season-opening matchup against Howard on Monday. But John Calipari isn’t convinced this team is ready to go — at least not yet. On Tuesday, Calipari tweeted a video that aimed to temper expectations around a Kentucky men’s basketball team
2:15 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Former Kansas and New Mexico forward Gethro Muscadin, who was involved in a rollover crash last December, died late Monday from the injuries he suffered in the crash. Jayhawks coach Bill Self announced the news in a statement Tuesday. “Although only here one year,” Self said, “Gethro
8:00 AM ET The 2022-23 men’s college basketball season is six days away, and ESPN.com’s panel of experts continues to provide everything you need to know about the nation’s top conferences before tip. They’ve squared away the mid-majors, the American, the Pac-12, the Big East, the Big Ten and the SEC. The focus now turns
10:00 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona guard Courtney Ramey will be suspended the first three games of the season for participating in a noncertified pre-draft camp last spring. The school announced Monday that Ramey lost an appeal for taking part in the seniors-only Portsmouth Invitational in April. Ramey will be able to