3:24 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Knight Commission on Monday urged the NCAA to act immediately on two proposals to correct racial and gender inequities in NCAA athletics revenue distribution, and was staunch in its belief that the organization doesn’t need to wait for a new NCAA president to do it. According to the
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7:00 AM ET A record 120 players will gather at Wintrust Arena in Chicago for the NBA draft combine and G League Elite camp this week. Chicago will also play host to 17 agency-run pro days, as well as the NBA draft lottery on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN), marking one of the most important
1:19 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry has graduated from Davidson College, the school announced Sunday morning. Curry, who helped lead the Warriors to a 110-96 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 of their second-round series on Friday to advance to the Western Conference finals, will receive a Bachelor
3:41 PM ET Associated Press AMES, Iowa — Two-time Atlantic 10 defensive player of the year Osun Osunniyi on Friday announced he’s transferring to Iowa State. The 6-foot-10 Osunniyi averaged 11.3 points and 7.5 rebounds and ranked eighth nationally with 2.94 blocks for St. Bonaventure last season. He has one season of eligibility. Osunniyi is
3:16 PM ET Five-star senior Julian Phillips, the last remaining available five-star basketball prospect in the 2022 class, announced his commitment to Tennessee on Thursday. Phillips chose the Volunteers over Auburn, although the G League Ignite team had emerged as an option late in the process. He had originally committed to LSU in October but
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
5:50 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson has added Boston College transfer Brevin Galloway to its men’s basketball roster. Galloway is a 6-foot-2, 215-pound guard who is from Anderson, South Carolina. Next year will be Galloway’s sixth in college. Galloway started his career at the College of Charleston and moved as a graduate
5:40 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — Former Texas A&M guard Hassan Diarra announced Wednesday that he is transferring to UConn. Diarra made the decision public on Twitter and later confirmed it in an interview with Hearst Connecticut Media. Diarra, a 6-foot-2 rising junior played 18 games for the Aggies last season, averaging 6.2
8:00 AM ET Eight years before the NCAA introduced the transfer portal amid a growing wave of players flocking to other schools, Fred Hoiberg had a problem. Hoiberg had just been hired by his alma mater, Iowa State, as the head coach, and he didn’t want to wait for a crop of young freshmen to
3:37 PM ET AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — Amid a significant outcry from coaches and a new NCAA push toward regulating name, image and likeness deals, Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey has a message for his colleagues upset with an often chaotic process. “[Coaches] have got to stop complaining,” Brey said Tuesday at the ACC’s
3:41 PM ET Former Michigan State star Adreian Payne was shot and killed in Orlando, Florida, early Monday while trying to help a woman engaged in a domestic dispute, according to court documents released Tuesday. Lawrence Dority, 29, pleaded not guilty after being arrested on a first-degree murder warrant in the shooting. Court documents filed
11:30 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. When legendary men’s basketball coach and broadcaster Jim Valvano died from cancer in 1993, he had already
7:09 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana coach Mike Woodson is bringing back fan favorite Jordan Hulls as the Hoosiers’ team and recruiting coordinator. Hulls, who attended high school at nearby Bloomington South, scored 1,318 career points at Indiana and was part of the team that upset No. 1 Kentucky on Christian Watford’s
6:22 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Butler coach Thad Matta landed his second big man in less than a week Monday, announcing the addition of 6-foot-11 Manny Bates from North Carolina State. The grad transfer had 147 blocks, fourth in school history, and shot 64.7% from the field in two seasons with the Wolfpack.
6:13 PM ET The NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors published new guidelines Monday to clarify that boosters — including recently created companies designed to provide athletes at a particular school with endorsement deals — should not have any contact with prospective college athletes, their family members or their representatives. The guidelines were crafted by
12:54 PM ET Former Michigan State star Adreian Payne was shot and killed in Orlando, Florida, early Monday morning, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said. He was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Payne, who was the 15th pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2014 NBA draft, was 31. Per local
11:00 AM ET ESPN News Services Dick Vitale, the longtime ESPN college basketball broadcaster and Hall of Famer, will be the recipient of the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at this year’s ESPYS. Vitale, 82, announced in August that he had undergone multiple surgeries to remove melanoma. In October, he announced he had been diagnosed
6:02 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin has added former Wofford guard Max Klesmit as the Badgers continue reshaping their men’s basketball roster. Klesmit, who is from Neenah, Wisconsin, scored 14.9 points per game for Wofford this past season and earned third-team all-Southern Conference honors. The 6-foot-3 Klesmit also had 2.8 rebounds, 1.9