4:27 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota forward Parker Fox, a potential starter who tore the ACL in his left knee last offseason, has suffered a serious injury to his right knee Monday during summer practice. Gophers coach Ben Johnson said the team was in the process of evaluating the extent of the injury
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10:30 AM ET Former NBA player and Purdue Boilermakers standout Caleb Swanigan is dead at 25. The Purdue men’s basketball program said Swanigan died Monday night, but it did not provide further details. A first-round pick of the Portland Trail Blazers in 2017, the 6-foot-9 Swanigan played three years in the NBA with the Blazers
8:00 AM ET A decade ago, 400 men’s college basketball players decided to find new schools and entered the transfer portal. Then, coaches called it an “epidemic.” Today, with the numbers soaring past 1,700 today — in part because the NCAA is allowing immediate eligibility — some of the game’s top programs see the transfer
6:59 AM ET Chris Harden The battle for the No. 1 position in ESPN Analytics’ NBA draft projections has never been closer, with Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren and Duke’s Paolo Banchero virtually tied for the top spot. Holmgren and Banchero both project to have a 51% chance at becoming an All-Star-caliber player — higher than Anthony
5:26 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The University of Nevada is expected to hire LSU executive deputy athletic director/COO Stephanie Rempe as the school’s new athletic director, sources told ESPN. Rempe is one of the country’s most respected deputy athletic directors, as she played a prominent role in the recent spree of high-profile LSU hires –
1:08 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — A college basketball player was killed and eight other people were wounded Monday in an early-morning shooting at a gathering in Harlem, New York City police said. Officers responded around 12:40 a.m. to reports of a shooting on a footpath along FDR Drive and found several
9:15 AM ET There are moments on the court when Chet Holmgren seems less like a basketball player than a figment of a fevered imagination. These moments generally occur after Holmgren either a) blocks a shot and snatches the ball out of the air with a dismissive nonchalance, or b) grabs a defensive rebound. Following
10:28 PM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Lennie Rosenbluth, who led North Carolina to its first basketball national title in 1957 with a victory over Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas in the championship game, died Saturday. He was 89. The school announced Rosenbluth’s death but did not provide a cause. Rosenbluth and his wife,
1:52 PM ET Potential preseason No. 1 team North Carolina has landed Northwestern transfer Pete Nance, the best available player in the men’s basketball portal. Nance visited Chapel Hill earlier this week and announced his decision via Twitter on Saturday afternoon. Northwestern, thank you for everything. Super excited about the next steps.#gotarheels pic.twitter.com/kBcJBmnKnS — Pete
4:48 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Canisius College basketball recruit Sarion McGee was denied bail on Friday, five days after campus police arrested him for having two handguns, a shotgun and numerous high-capacity magazines outside the school’s indoor athletic complex. Questioning why McGee needed “three guns and hundreds of bullets to go play
2:54 PM ET Bob McKillop is retiring after 33 seasons as Davidson‘s head coach, he announced on Friday. McKillop’s son, Matt, who played at Davidson and has been an assistant coach under his father for the last 14 seasons, is being promoted to replace him. “I think you know how my heart has been touched
2:30 PM ET One day after Stephen Curry added a fourth NBA title and first Finals MVP Award to his illustrious résumé, his alma mater, Davidson, announced that the Golden State Warriors star would have his number retired by the school at an August ceremony. Davidson athletic director Chris Clunie said Friday that Curry’s No.
11:04 AM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — UConn’s men’s basketball program has landed its fourth transfer of the off-season, announcing Friday the addition of Joey Calcaterra, a 6-foot-3 guard who played four years at San Diego. Calcaterra scored 862 career points for the Toreros and shot 36% from 3-point range. He will play as
5:21 PM ET The NCAA’s transformation committee on Thursday announced recommendations that would provide athletes with windows to enter the transfer portal each year, and changes to the current infractions process designed to result in faster outcomes. The proposed transfer recommendations are “intended to stabilize the transfer environment,” according to the NCAA’s news release, and
12:37 PM ET Associated Press Kansas will visit Kentucky and Baylor is set to host Arkansas in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge next season. The leagues on Thursday announced the 10 matchups set for Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. All 10 of the Big 12 members and all but four of the Southeastern Conference teams will participate.
7:00 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 Welcome to our final look at a weighty question in this transfer-heavy era of ours: Just how important have transfers been — whether due to addition
7:47 PM ET Twenty players have received invitations to attend the 2022 NBA draft and sit in the green room, sources told ESPN. Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren, Paolo Banchero, Jaden Ivey, Keegan Murray, Bennedict Mathurin, Dyson Daniels, Shaedon Sharpe, Jalen Duren, AJ Griffin and Johnny Davis received the first batch of 11 invites last Thursday,
7:25 PM ET Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State has hired Murray State athletic director Kevin Saal as its athletic director. Wichita State president Rick Muma announced Wednesday that Saal, a 44-year-old Kansas native, will take over the job in mid-July. Saal replaces Darron Boatright, who was fired in May in part over the