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11:00 AM 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 Illinois State transfer Antonio Reeves,

10:28 AM ET Chattanooga guard Malachi Smith, the Southern Conference Player of the Year, entered the college basketball transfer portal Wednesday morning. Smith immediately becomes one of the top players available in the portal. A 6-foot-4 guard from Illinois, Smith was a premier mid-major guard last season for the Mocs. He averaged 19.9 points, 6.7

9:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Mount St. Mary’s is in the process of leaving the Northeast Conference to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, sources told ESPN. The Mount would join the MAAC in July in all sports for the 2022-23 season. The move has been approved by the MAAC presidents and should be formalized

7:30 AM ET As recently as a decade ago, the first few weeks of the college basketball offseason were mostly quiet. NBA draft decisions, a few transfers here and there, the final turns of the coaching carousel. Now? It might be busier than the actual season. Between the one-time transfer waiver and the extra year

9:43 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech coach Mark Adams has a new contract that includes a hefty pay raise and extends his deal through the 2026-27 season after leading the Red Raiders to the Sweet 16 in his first season as head coach. The new contract was announced Tuesday by the

8:33 PM ET Mark Emmert’s 12-year tenure as the head of the NCAA is coming to a close. Emmert and the NCAA’s Board of Governors announced Tuesday that he will be stepping down from his role as president by June 2023, or sooner if his replacement is found before then. Emmert, 69, has spent the

7:57 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota men’s basketball team has finalized the addition of two transfers, forward Dawson Garcia from North Carolina and guard Ta’Lon Cooper from Morehead State. The university announced the addition of Garcia and Cooper on Tuesday. Garcia is a Minnesota native who played his first season at Marquette

6:28 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert will be stepping down when his replacement is selected and in place or on June 30, 2023, the organization announced on Tuesday. An NCAA release said Emmert and the NCAA board of governors reached a mutual agreement to have him step aside. “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the

3:32 PM ET Arkansas State transfer Norchad Omier committed to Miami on Tuesday, giving the Hurricanes men’s basketball program their second top-10 transfer in less than a week. Jim Larranaga’s program added Kansas State transfer Nijel Pack over the weekend. Omier, the Sun Belt Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, chose

10:45 AM ET Less than a week after retiring as head coach at Villanova, Jay Wright is leaving the door open to someday coaching in the NBA. Appearing Tuesday on ESPN’s Keyshawn, JWill & Max, Wright said that he’s not looking to coach right now, but said “I’d be lying” if he said he hadn’t

7:58 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Penn State is targeting Boston College athletic director Patrick Kraft to become the school’s next athletic director, sources told ESPN. The deal is expected to be finalized by the end of the week, sources told ESPN. Kraft will replace Sandy Barbour, who announced her retirement earlier this year. Kraft is

9:44 AM ET Naasir Cunningham, the No. 1 basketball prospect in ESPN’s Class of 2024, is signing with Overtime Elite (OTE), he told ESPN on Monday. “This is best place for me to develop as a player, while getting the right education to fall back on at the same time,” Cunningham said. “Overtime built a

7:20 AM ET As the NBA playoffs continue and we draw ever closer to the NBA draft lottery in Chicago on May 17, matching players with prospective teams has become something more than a theoretical exercise. Teams beyond those in the lottery have established their draft positions ahead of the 2022 NBA draft on June

7:45 PM ET Kansas senior guard Ochai Agbaji, named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four after leading the Jayhawks to their fourth men’s basketball national championship, has declared for the 2022 NBA draft, he announced via social media on Sunday. “‘How did it feel?’ I’ve probably been asked that question a thousand times since

7:42 PM ET Michigan center Hunter Dickinson, one of the most productive big men in the country, announced Sunday he will return to the Wolverines for his junior season. Dickinson, a two-time All-Big Ten selection, had declared for the NBA draft after last season before withdrawing. There was speculation he could enter the draft again

6:10 PM ET North Carolina guard Caleb Love announced Sunday he is returning to Chapel Hill for another season, giving the Tar Heels a legitimate case for the preseason No. 1 ranking. The deadline for underclassmen wishing to declare their intentions to enter the NBA draft is 11:59 p.m. ET Sunday, and Love was one

3:29 PM ET Associated Press Duke freshman A.J. Griffin is heading to the NBA, becoming the fifth Blue Devils player in the past week to declare early for the draft. The school announced Griffin’s decision Sunday, the last day for players to declare themselves eligible for the NBA draft. Duke said the 6-foot-6, 222-pound wing

11:40 AM ET Kansas junior Christian Braun will enter the NBA draft but will maintain his college eligibility, he told ESPN on Sunday. “It is hard to follow a season where you win every championship that’s in front of you, but I’m excited to explore the options in front of me and enjoy this process,”