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Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Paul Biancardi 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 Sep 5, 2024, 02:43

Paul Biancardi, Basketball RecruitingSep 5, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Close 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 Open Extended Reactions A busy summer of basketball concluded with updated ESPN player rankings for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 boys’

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Both UConn, the men’s national champion in college basketball, and South Carolina, the women’s national champion, will visit the White House on Tuesday to commemorate last season’s title

Elizabeth Merrill, ESPN Senior WriterSep 5, 2024, 06:30 AM ET Close Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. Open Extended Reactions He doesn’t watch as much football anymore, but Jerry Kramer surely plans to ease into his leather recliner with a glass

Associated Press Sep 4, 2024, 01:41 PM ET A second suspect has been arrested for stealing a ceremonial sword and bullhorn from Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino’s office at St. John’s University, New York City police said. A 17-year-old was arrested Tuesday on burglary and trespassing charges in the Aug. 20 theft, police

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:51 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway announced the firing of four staff members Wednesday, just two months before the start of the season. Assistant coaches Rick Stansbury, Faragi Phillips and

Associated Press Aug 29, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — The Final Four is returning to Atlanta after the pandemic nixed the city’s previous bid four years ago. The NCAA announced Thursday that Atlanta will be the site of the 2031 Final Four, its first time hosting since the 2013 bracket and

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 29, 2024, 03:50 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions SEC schools will provide public reports on player availability for conference games in football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball starting this season, the

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 29, 2024, 08:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tennessee has amended athletic director Danny White’s contract to give him a pay raise, which makes him the highest paid athletic director in the SEC. According to the new terms of the deal in an amended contract, White will jump to an annual base

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 28, 2024, 07:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Northwestern is targeting Villanova athletic director Mark Jackson as the school’s new athletic director, sources told ESPN. Jackson has emerged from a field of three finalists, and a deal is expected to come together in the near future, sources said. Jackson would take over

J.J. Post, ESPNAug 28, 2024, 03:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Iowa State Cyclones‘ Big 12 championship rings include a rather suspicious detail. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The most prominent elements of the hardware highlight all the usual bells and whistles of a team celebrating a title. There are the red and gold colors

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterAug 27, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Gonzaga standout Steele Venters will miss his second consecutive season due to injury after he tore his left Achilles tendon this week, the school said Tuesday. Venters averaged

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 26, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft has received a contract extension that runs through June 30, 2032, and will pay him an average of $2.26 million per year over the

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNAug 26, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Duke forward Cooper Flagg — the No. 1 prospect in ESPN’s 2025 NBA draft class — has signed a significant shoe endorsement deal with New Balance. Flagg joins a New Balance brand tied closely to his home state, including a Skowhegan, Maine, manufacturing factory

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions If you want to bury men’s college basketball news, the first day of the NCAA tournament is a pretty good day to do it. So when the SMU Mustangs

Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 06:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — A 25-year-old man has been arrested for stealing a ceremonial sword and bullhorn from Coach Rick Pitino’s office at St. John’s University, New York City police said Saturday. Emanuel Yakubov was arrested Friday, one day after police released surveillance footage showing

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 23, 2024, 07:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Big 12 is in talks with UConn about joining the league in all sports, sources confirmed to ESPN. No vote has taken place for a potential Huskies membership, nor is one close to happening, as sources cautioned that there has been pushback among

Associated Press Aug 23, 2024, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The NCAA has placed Wofford’s men’s basketball on probation for a year after finding it failed to monitor the program when former coach Jay McAuley regularly made players participate in team activities on days off. Wofford, McAuley and the NCAA reached