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ESPN News Services Dec 17, 2024, 11:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUBURN, Ala. — No. 2 Auburn beat Georgia State 100-59 on Tuesday night but it came at a cost, as star center Johni Broome left because of a shoulder injury. Broome, who entered the contest averaging 19.7 points and a Division I-leading 12.7

Brianna Williams, ESPNDec 17, 2024, 08:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo and Oakland Golden Grizzlies head coach Greg Kampe decided to showcase their playful side Tuesday night by wearing festive Dr. Seuss-inspired attire. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The longtime friends and frequent rivals spread holiday cheer in matching

Associated Press Dec 17, 2024, 04:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Colorado State and Utah State have filed a lawsuit saying the Mountain West is engaging in “extraordinary and unauthorized actions” to penalize the five schools leaving the conference for the Pac-12. Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Utah

Associated Press Dec 17, 2024, 01:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AMES, Iowa — Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger, whose third-ranked Cyclones have reached the NCAA Tournament each of his first three seasons, has agreed to a new contract through the 2031-32 season, the school announced Tuesday. Otzelberger inherited a program that won two games

Paul Biancardi, Basketball RecruitingDec 17, 2024, 02:30 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 IMG Academy has retaken the No. 1 spot in the ESPN High School Basketball Top 25 team rankings.

Associated Press Dec 16, 2024, 01:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tennessee held onto No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the second consecutive week, though No. 2 Auburn closed the gap as the top five remained unchanged in the men’s college basketball poll Monday. The Volunteers received 50 first-place votes from the national

Dec 16, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dec. 14 was a date college basketball die-hards circled on their calendars before the season started. While some of the luster was taken away given several teams’ poor starts to the campaign, it was still as loaded a nonconference Saturday as we’ve had in some time,

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterDec 14, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions South Carolina Upstate guard Brit Harris was taken to a local hospital after a scary fall in his team’s 73-53 loss at South Carolina on Saturday. Late in

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterDec 14, 2024, 02:35 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions The transfer portal has created constant movement in men’s college basketball in recent years. That reality has stripped the game of the continuity it once enjoyed, so it’s

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterDec 13, 2024, 05:50 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions TCU guard Frankie Collins, the team’s best player through the first month, will miss the rest of the season after suffering a broken foot last weekend, the school said

Paula Lavigne, ESPN Investigative ReporterDec 13, 2024, 03:08 PM ET Close Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Attorneys for two former Indiana University basketball players

Dick Vitale, College Basketball analystDec 13, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Dick Vitale, college basketball’s top analyst and ambassador, joined ESPN during the 1979-80 season. His thorough knowledge of the game is brought forth in an enthusiastic, passionate style. Vitale also contributes columns to ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Hello, college hoops fans! We’re a month

Dec 12, 2024, 09:00 PM ET ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale said Thursday that his most recent scan showed he is cancer-free. Vitale, 85, had surgery this summer after a biopsy of a lymph node in his neck showed cancer. “SANTA CLAUS came early as Dr Rick Brown called & said that my PET

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterDec 12, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions A couple of months ago, hoopheads around the country circled Saturday on their calendars. Or added an alert to their phone, or some other modern-day reminder. It looked to

Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterDec 11, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — NCAA president Charlie Baker is “bullish” on the prospect of the NCAA basketball tournaments expanding to 72 or 76 teams in the near

Associated Press Dec 10, 2024, 09:24 PM ET LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A former New Mexico State basketball player has agreed to a plea deal in a sexual assault case against teammates that led to the shutdown of the team’s 2022-23 season. Kim Aiken Jr. agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to two felony counts of

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterDec 10, 2024, 05:51 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions UC Davis in 2026 will join the Mountain West Conference in several sports, including basketball but not football, it announced Tuesday. The Aggies will continue to play football in the

Dec 10, 2024, 12:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The No. 1 prospect in high school basketball is off the board — and he’s going to BYU. A.J. Dybantsa, who is also the overwhelming favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA draft, chose the Cougars over Alabama, North Carolina and Kansas.