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5:23 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Time seemingly heals all wounds in the Big Ten, as Michigan men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard and Wisconsin counterpart Greg Gard both said they’ve moved past last season’s confrontation. They even took a photo together at Big Ten media day Wednesday. Making Valentine’s Day date plans pic.twitter.com/oKtGuywg9D — Wisconsin Basketball

5:07 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis has finalized an extension keeping men’s basketball coach Penny Hardaway under contract through April 2028. Wednesday’s announcement updates a memo of understanding agreed to in December 2020. The announcement comes two weeks after the NCAA put Memphis on three years of probation with a public reprimand

7:00 AM ET The big question for Kansas entering the 2021-22 season was consistent point guard play. Bill Self went out and landed transfer Remy Martin, an All-Pac-12 guard at Arizona State who was accustomed to being the focal point of the offense. If Martin wasn’t ready to be more facilitator than scorer, Kansas cutting

4:34 PM ET Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe, last season’s consensus National Player of the Year, will undergo a “minor” knee procedure, according to coach John Calipari. Calipari offered few details on Tshiebwe’s injury, which he posted about on Twitter. “I have good news and bad news,” Calipari wrote in the first of two tweets. “Good

7:00 AM ET The countdown to the 2022-23 college basketball season has begun. As we draw closer to tipoff on Monday, Nov. 7, ESPN’s panel of experts of Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway, Myron Medcalf and Joe Lunardi is ready with predictions. They begin with a look at the mid-major conferences — and the mid-major program

Oct 10, 2022 The 2022-23 men’s college basketball season will begin Nov. 7 with a full day’s slate of games. In preparation for a season that will look very different from the past 47, ESPN will make sure you’re prepared with everything you need to know, from breakdowns of the national picture to the inside

2:48 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Butler forward-center Jalen Thomas will be out indefinitely after being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism. Team officials said Monday the fourth-year player is being treated by the team’s medical staff and local specialists. Doctors believe Thomas can make a full recovery with medication. The Cleveland Clinic website describes

2:02 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Nike has finalized NIL endorsement deals with five top amateur basketball players, headlined by LeBron James‘ son, Bronny James of Sierra Canyon High School. The eldest son of the NBA star turned 18 over the weekend, and has already been incorporated into the rollout of the Los Angeles Lakers forward’s

5:38 PM ET Villanova star freshman Cam Whitmore, a projected top-10 NBA draft pick, will undergo surgery next week on his right thumb after injuring it in practice on Wednesday, the school announced Friday. Whitmore will be reevaluated in early November. “We’re disappointed for Cam,” Villanova first-year coach Kyle Neptune said. “Throughout the preseason he’s

9:09 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 The college basketball season rapidly

7:00 AM ET The 2022-23 men’s college basketball season is fast approaching — and with it, the inevitable lists of best players. Instead of the traditional rankings, however, ESPN’s team of Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway and Myron Medcalf considered a different approach this time around: What if they held a college basketball mock draft, with

7:00 AM ET Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer 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. Dan Murphy Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten

5:45 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Auburn men’s basketball freshman Chance Westry is expected to miss the next three to four weeks after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery Thursday, the school said. Westry and Tigers coach Bruce Pearl both underwent the same procedures Thursday. Pearl will return to practice Monday, per

2:56 PM ET Associated Press ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Three basketball players at Lindenwood University in suburban St. Louis have been charged in connection with an alleged rape. Authorities say 22-year-old Ermias Tesfia Nega of Arlington, Virginia, and 19-year-old Tylan Jamon Birts of Homestead, Florida, were charged Oct. 14 with second-degree rape. A third player,

7:30 AM ET After the calendar adjustments of the last two men’s college basketball offseasons — later NBA drafts, leading to later NBA draft withdrawal deadlines — and a rise in the rate of notable high school reclassifications, the past six months didn’t see too many changes. There were no landscape-shifting moves like in August

1:16 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 Top-40 recruit Wesley Yates committed

7:00 AM ET DURHAM, N.C. — Jon Scheyer had to climb the steps. Not just in his life or career — like getting to where he is now, the new coach of Duke‘s men’s basketball program since Coach K’s retirement in April — but the actual steps that lead to his office on the fifth

1:17 PM ET Congress has allowed another layer of legal antitrust protection related to college athletics to expire this Friday. The law, which is officially removed at the end of the day Friday, previously granted an exemption to Ivy League schools that allowed them to prohibit merit-based scholarships to all students, including their athletes. Without