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3:38 PM ET Florida transfer Keyontae Johnson, who hasn’t played since collapsing during a game in December 2020, announced Saturday he had committed to Kansas State. Johnson chose the Wildcats over fellow finalists Nebraska, Western Kentucky and Memphis. He took a visit to Kansas State in July, and also went on a visit to Nebraska

4:56 PM ET Associated Press NCAA officials sent a letter to its membership Thursday noting its enforcement staff’s pursuit of “potential violations” of the name, image and likeness compensation policy and emphasizing the need for schools to help investigations. The email came from Stan Wilcox, NCAA executive vice president of regulatory Affairs, and Jon Duncan,

7:20 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 Welcome to the final installment in our series on college basketball’s new era of frequent transfers. First we considered the most significant modern-era transfers into and

9:30 AM ET The Big Ten has completed a new seven-year media rights agreement with Fox, CBS and NBC that is set to bring in more than $7 billion to one of the nation’s most powerful athletic conferences. The deal will begin July 1, 2023, and run through the end of the 2029-30 athletic year.

8:03 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The departures of Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference could mean an estimated loss of around $13 million per year in media rights for each of the remaining schools, according to an interim report issued by University of California Office of the President. The report

1:34 PM ET The Chicago White Sox announced a new name, image and likeness and mentorship program geared toward college student-athletes as White Sox ambassadors. The program, called CHISOX Athlete, will focus on financial and professional marketing opportunities by offering social media promotions, access to professional resources within the organization’s front office and career mentorship

10:40 AM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — Taylor Jacobs is hustling down one of the many purple-and-gold lined hallways inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in early August with a cell phone pinned between her ear and shoulder. She holds another in her hands, thumbing through emails and responding to text messages as she navigates

2:51 PM ET Pete Carril, the Hall of Fame coach who brought notoriety to the “Princeton Offense” during his 30-year tenure with the Tigers, died Monday morning at the age of 92. “We kindly ask that you please respect our privacy at this time as we process our loss and handle necessary arrangements. More information

2:43 PM ET A passionate Mark Stoops defended the Kentucky football program on Saturday after comments earlier in the week from men’s basketball coach John Calipari in which he called the university a “basketball school.” Stoops responded immediately on Thursday, tweeting, “Basketball school? I thought we competed in the SEC?” He spoke publicly for the

3:01 PM ET For just the second and third times since 1938, the NIT semifinals and championship won’t be held at Madison Square Garden. The postseason tournament is moving out of New York, the NCAA announced Friday, with Las Vegas’ Orleans Arena hosting in 2023 and historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in 2024. The NCAA

4:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Michigan State has signed men’s college basketball coach Tom Izzo to a new five-year deal valued at $6.2 million per season, giving him about $2 million more each year. The school announced the deal Thursday, saying the rollover contract will need to be approved by its board next month.

11:00 AM ET The California Basketball Club’s roster features four players whose fathers are NBA legends. Bronny James and his younger brother, Bryce, are the sons of LeBron James. Ashton Hardaway, Bronny’s teammate at Sierra Canyon (California) High School, is the son of Memphis head coach and four-time NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway. And Justin Pippen,

4:35 AM ET The University of Kentucky’s newly-signed center Ugonna Kingsley Onyenso sees parallels between himself and Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose character he auditioned to play in the recently-released Disney+ film Rise. Rise is the dramatised story of the Antetokounmpo brothers’ unlikely ascent to the top of the basketball world, despite having grown up undocumented in

12:53 PM ET The Big Ten is close to finalizing a new media rights agreement that will add both CBS and NBC to the league’s lineup, while ending a long partnership with ESPN, according to sources. Fox will remain the Big Ten’s main media partner, and had representatives attend negotiations with other potential partners during

8:25 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 Scotty Middleton committed

6:51 AM ET Associated Press The NCAA earned praise last year when it agreed to pay referees at its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments equally. The gesture cost about $100,000, a tiny fraction of the roughly $900 million networks pay annually to broadcast March Madness. Now, as the NCAA examines various disparities across men’s and

2:42 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Pac-12 athletes will now be able to get something more than retweets for their highlights. On Thursday, the conference announced an initiative alongside Twitter, NIL marketplace Opendorse and sports technology startup Tempus Ex Machina that will allow football and men’s and women’s basketball players to monetize videos of their top

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 The share of minutes played by transfers at major-conference men’s basketball programs jumped in 2021-22 over the previous season, as both the extra season of eligibility