2:59 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Reggie Warford, who was Kentucky’s second Black men’s basketball player and the first Black basketball player to graduate from the university, has died. He was 67. Kentucky basketball spokeswoman Deb Moore said Warford’s wife, Marisa, notified coach John Calipari that Warford had died Thursday in Pittsburgh. Warford
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7:16 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 back to our continuing look at one key question in this transfer-obsessed era: Just how important have transfers been — whether due to addition or
11:28 AM ET Top international basketball prospect Henri Veesaar has committed to Arizona, he told ESPN on Wednesday. “I believe in [coach] Tommy Lloyd’s philosophy and how he coaches,” Veesaar said. “I’ve had my eyes on playing college basketball for some time now, and I believe that Arizona is a great fit to make a
8:00 AM ET Ten years ago, nearly 400 men’s college basketball players transferred following the 2011-12 season. With an average of one player per team deciding to transfer, critics within the game began to call the exodus of talent an “epidemic.” This year, that number is over 1,700 — an average of nearly five players
12:27 PM ET Louisville has hired Milt Wagner, former Cardinals star and the grandfather of the No. 1 recruit in the country, as the program’s director of player development and alumni relations. He is the grandfather of No. 1-ranked rising senior D.J. Wagner, who is currently uncommitted but is the subject of an intense recruiting
7:02 AM ET NBA teams and hopeful prospects assembled in Chicago last week for a packed six-day schedule of events, including the NBA draft combine, the G League Elite Camp and the NBA draft lottery — as well as the related scrimmages, agency pro days, interviews, drills, measurements, athletic testing and much more that were
4:33 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama has signed former St. Bonaventure shooting guard Dominick Welch. The Crimson Tide announced the signing Monday of the men’s basketball program’s second transfer this offseason, joining former Ohio point guard Mark Sears. Welch started 105 games in his four-year career at St. Bonaventure and finished third
2:04 PM ET University of Michigan coach Juwan Howard recently declined a Los Angeles Lakers overture for the franchise’s coaching job, electing to remain at his alma mater, where Howard will coach his two sons next season, sources told ESPN. The Lakers have a formal search process in place, but courting college coaches typically requires
3:40 PM ET The ACC and Pac-12 released their financial data for the 2020-21 season on Friday, and most notably, the conferences saw their revenues impacted in a different way during the coronavirus pandemic. While the ACC 990 form shows total revenue was more than $578.3 million, the highest gross revenue in league history, the
12:56 PM ET Indiana star big man Trayce Jackson-Davis announced Friday he is withdrawing his name from the NBA draft and will return to Bloomington for another season, making the Hoosiers a preseason top-15 team nationally — and potentially the Big Ten favorite. Jackson-Davis announced earlier this spring he planned to enter the NBA draft,
3:25 PM ET Associated Press VALPARAISO, Ind. — Valparaiso has hired Charles Small as its athletic director. The former Iowa State administrator will become the first Black athletic director in school history and begins his job July 1. The announcement ends a three-month search after longtime athletic director Mark LaBarbera announced his retirement. “I look
1:01 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University and JMA Wireless on Thursday announced a 10-year partnership for naming rights of the university’s iconic indoor stadium. The agreement means the name Carrier will be replaced for the first time since the venue opened in 1980. It will be called the JMA Wireless Dome.
9:55 AM ET The Basketball Tournament will play one of its eight regionals at historic Rucker Park in New York City, the first time the annual event will hold games outdoors. The TBT announced Thursday that Rucker Park will host games from July 16-20, with the winner moving on to the quarterfinals at the University
7:35 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 back to our continuing look at one key question in this transfer-focused era of ours. Just how important have transfers been — whether due to
12:53 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Ohio State coach Ryan Day is expected to receive a two-year contract extension that will run through the
12:53 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Ohio State coach Ryan Day is expected to receive a two-year contract extension that will run through the
3:33 PM ET Longtime Weber State men’s basketball head coach Randy Rahe, the Wildcats’ all-time wins leader, is retiring after 16 seasons, the school announced Monday. Assistant coach Eric Duft, who spent all 16 seasons under Rahe, will take over as head coach. Rahe has been in charge of the Wildcats since 2006, when he
6:24 PM ET A federal judge on Monday denied a request for a new trial from former aspiring sports business manager Christian Dawkins, who was among those convicted in the college basketball bribery case. Dawkins’ attorney Steven Haney had requested a new trial in February after a former FBI agent admitted to gambling with $13,500