2:13 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger in a star-studded cast of coaches who will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in November, it was announced Wednesday. Another longtime coach, Jerry Krause of Eastern Washington, will join
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8:13 AM ET Multiple Contributors Last June, when the NCAA’s board of directors suspended the organization’s rules prohibiting athletes from selling the rights to their names, images and likenesses, a new era arrived in college sports: College athletes could start making money from endorsements and Olympic athletes could profit from their success and still compete
7:00 AM ET July 1st marks the one-year anniversary of college athletes finally being allowed to monetize their name, image and likeness (NIL), something that literally every other person in America is allowed to do without regulation or restriction. Until a year ago, college athletes were limited to a scholarship and stipend due to the
Jun 28, 2022 ESPN staff The 2022 ESPYS presented by Capital One are finally here. It’s time to decide which of your favorite athletes will win the show’s biggest awards. These are the nominees for Best College Athlete, Men’s Sports: Bryce Young, Alabama football; Dante Polvara, Georgetown men’s soccer; Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga men’s basketball and
7:35 AM ET After a whirlwind few months that saw thousands of players enter the transfer portal and hundreds enter the NBA draft, we finally have some roster stability across the men’s college basketball landscape. The coaching carousel has long since stopped, the NBA draft is in the rearview mirror and the transfer portal has
12:13 AM ET The Big 12 is targeting Brett Yormark to be its next commissioner, sources told ESPN on Monday night, confirming a Sports Illustrated report. Yormark is COO of Jay Z’s Roc Nation, having been promoted in January. He was previously co-CEO of Roc Nation Unified, a global licensing division within the agency, along
6:23 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Former Illinois star and NBA player Dee Brown is the new coach at Roosevelt University in Chicago, the NAIA school announced Monday. The 37-year-old was a McDonald’s All-American and Illinois Mr. Basketball when he played for Proviso East near Chicago in Maywood. He went on to lead Illinois
1:15 PM ET Zacharie Perrin, a top international basketball prospect, has committed to the University of Illinois, he told ESPN on Tuesday. “Coach Underwood and Coach Alexander came up with a very detailed plan for how to take my skillset and body to the next level,” Perrin said via text. “They analyzed my film, figured
7:22 AM ET The headline for ESPN’s first 2022 mock draft last summer posed the question: Will it be Chet Holmgren, Paolo Banchero or someone else at No. 1? Holmgren was projected to go first overall, with Banchero right behind him at No. 2. Jabari Smith was seventh, although he moved up to fourth after
2:46 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 Guard Layden Blocker, the No.
7:02 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-five recruit Robert Dillingham committed
11:04 AM ET Five-star recruit Matas Buzelis — the No. 11 player in ESPN’s Top 100 for the Class of 2023 — has committed to the G League Ignite for the 2023-2024 season, sources told ESPN on Friday. Buzelis, a skilled 6-foot-10 forward, will bypass college basketball and sign into the NBA’s professional pathway program
10:01 AM ET Potential preseason No. 1 North Carolina‘s trip to Big Ten favorite Indiana highlights the 24th annual 2022 ACC/Big Ten Challenge, whose schedule was announced Friday morning. The Tar Heels bring back four starters from the team that made a run to the national championship game before falling to Kansas, and they also
6:35 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York state supreme court judge on Thursday set bail at $100,000 for a Canisius College basketball recruit arrested for having two handguns, a shotgun and numerous high-capacity magazines outside the school’s indoor athletic complex. Judge Debra Givens questioned why 23-year-old Sarion McGee, who majored in
7:08 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 rising senior Ja’Kobe Walter
5:52 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota junior forward Parker Fox, a potential starter in the frontcourt, will miss his second straight season with a knee injury. 1 Related The Gophers announced the diagnosis Wednesday for Fox, who hurt his right knee two days earlier during summer practice. Last year, he tore the ACL
12:00 PM ET Former National Player of the Year Jimmer Fredette and potential top-10 NBA draft picks Ausar and Amen Thompson headline the 2022 field for The Basketball Tournament. The 64-team TBT bracket, which was released on Wednesday, features a record 71 players with NBA experience as well as 29 college alumni teams. For the
7:13 PM ET Shareef O’Neal was barely 6 months old when his father, Shaquille O’Neal, teamed with Kobe Bryant to win the first of three championships together for the Los Angeles Lakers. The elder O’Neal went on to have his No. 34 jersey retired by L.A. in 2013 and was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial