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12:05 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said further expansion beyond USC and UCLA is possible, if done for the right reasons, and the league will take a “bold” approach toward major changes in college athletics. USC and UCLA, which are set to join the Big Ten for the 2024 season, will

7:30 AM ET On the college basketball calendar, July has long been a month dedicated to recruiting. Rosters are usually set by then, and coaches can begin to turn toward the future of their programs before going all-in on the upcoming season. For obvious reasons, however, 2020 and 2021 brought some changes to the old

7:34 PM ET Five-star small forward Justin Edwards announced his commitment to Kentucky on Monday, becoming the Wildcats‘ second five-star pledge in the 2023 class. Edwards chose the Wildcats over Tennessee, with the two SEC schools vying for his services over the past few months. Kentucky was the early favorite after it extended a scholarship

2:30 PM ET The Las Vegas Big Time Finale allows some of the nation’s elite men’s college basketball prospects to team up and play against the best. It’s a time of the year for gauging progress and matching up against like-minded talent. This event, featuring four 16U teams and four 17U teams, brings together talent

1:00 PM ET For men’s and women’s college basketball, a Thanksgiving weekend showcase in Portland, Oregon, could offer a Final Four preview in a pair of major matchups. A potential title game between new head coach Jon Scheyer and Duke and Drew Timme and Gonzaga could unfold at the Phil Knight Legacy, while women’s basketball

3:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Elite rising senior G.G. Jackson announced his commitment to South Carolina on Saturday, less than two weeks after he decommitted from North Carolina. Jackson announced on Twitter that he will reclassify to the 2022 class and join first-year head coach Lamont Paris’ Gamecocks program for the upcoming season. A

7:47 AM ET Editor’s note: In October 2021, ESPN college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale announced he was diagnosed with lymphoma. He faced six months of chemotherapy, but he continued to be a presence in the sport he loved. In April 2022, Vitale rang the bell. He was cancer-free. At the 2022 ESPYS, 29 years after

7:40 AM ET “I have to re-recruit my entire roster every offseason.” It’s been a common refrain among college basketball coaches since the introduction of the NCAA’s one-time transfer waiver, which grants players immediate eligibility at another school if it’s their first time transferring. Waivers have been consistently granted for second-time transfers this offseason, too.

9:02 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN In the wake of UCLA’s departure to the Big Ten Conference alongside USC, California governor Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that he demands an explanation, on behalf of the public, for just how the move will be beneficial for not just student athletes, but the history of their partnership with UC

5:56 PM ET Associated Press The NCAA has adequately addressed nine of 23 recommendations for creating comparable NCAA tournament experiences for men’s and women’s basketball players, according to a progress report released Wednesday. College sports’ largest governing body hired a third party to evaluate its response to a scathing report issued almost a year ago

5:24 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips opened the league’s annual kickoff event Wednesday by saying he’s exploring all available options to reduce the revenue gap with the SEC and Big Ten, but he argued the arms race in college football risks doing critical damage to the college athletics as a whole.

9:18 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com ESPN and the V Foundation are committed to the fight against cancer. If you are able, please support cancer research by visiting V.org/donate. Art Korney will never forget the day he found out his son Coleton had cancer. Coleton Korney was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a type of tumor that

2:55 PM ET Sidy Cissoko, the No. 25 prospect in the ESPN 2023 mock draft, told ESPN that he has signed with the NBA’s G League Ignite program. “We explored several options with my agents and I was convinced G League Ignite was the best opportunity to achieve my goals,” Cissoko said Tuesday. “The ability

7:08 AM ET MALAGA, Spain — The FIBA U17 World Cup — on hiatus since 2018 due to the COVID pandemic — returned earlier this month and crowned the U.S. as champions for the sixth straight time since the event’s inception. Head coach Sharman White’s American team was dominant, winning every game by 40 points

9:14 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Talks about a partnership between the Big 12 and the Pac-12, which had been discussed extensively the past two weeks, have officially ended, sources told ESPN. Officials from the Big 12 told Pac-12 officials on Monday that they’re no longer interested in exploring the partnership, sources said. A Big 12

6:01 PM ET Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. — Duke and Arizona have agreed to a home-and-home men’s basketball series for 2023 and 2024. The schools announced the agreement Monday. The first meeting comes in November 2023 with the Wildcats visiting the Blue Devils’ famously hostile Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke travels west to Tucson the following

2:29 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson’s top scorer PJ Hall will need right knee surgery, and there’s no timetable yet for when he might return to the court, the school said Monday. Hall is a 6-foot-10 rising junior who averaged 15.5 points and 5.8 rebounds last season, and led Clemson with 38

10:55 AM ET Featuring some of the nation’s most elite men’s college basketball prospects, the Nike EYBL Peach Jam returns Sunday for the 26th time from July 17 to 24 at Riverview Park Activities Center in North Augusta, South Carolina. Future college basketball and NBA stars make up a star-studded group of recruits competing for