Apr 6, 2022 The 2022 NCAA tournament concluded on Monday as Kansas rallied past North Carolina to capture its fourth men’s basketball championship. With the college basketball season over, the attention now turns to the 2022 NBA draft on June 23. Duke freshman Paolo Banchero was the only projected top-3 draft pick that competed in
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10:56 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Jonas Hayes, who as interim coach led Xavier to its first NIT championship in 64 years, was hired as Georgia State‘s coach Wednesday. Hayes, an Atlanta native and University of Georgia alumnus, replaces Rob Lanier, who left Georgia State to head SMU’s program. Hayes, 40, was an assistant
9:52 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The manufacturer of the court at the men’s college basketball Final Four told ESPN on Tuesday that the spot on the floor where North Carolina star Armando Bacot injured himself during Monday night’s championship game didn’t have any structural issues. “The court’s absorption characteristics are by design, and there were
10:44 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lee Rose, who led Purdue and Charlotte to the men’s Final Four, has died. He was 85. UNC Charlotte said Rose died Tuesday in Charlotte. The school did not provide a cause of death. Rose led the 49ers to the 1976 NIT championship game and to the
7:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kansas‘ comeback victory over North Carolina to win the NCAA basketball championship was the most-viewed men’s title game on cable television. The Jayhawks’ 72-69 win averaged 18.1 million viewers on TBS, TNT and truTV. It is a 4% increase over the numbers for last year’s title game
6:35 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland State is hiring longtime Iowa State assistant Daniyal Robinson as its next coach — its fourth in five years. Robinson, who spent seven seasons over two stints with the Cyclones, will be introduced at a news conference Wednesday on Cleveland State’s campus. Robinson replaces Dennis Gates, who
6:30 PM ET Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe was named the 2022 John R. Wooden Award winner on Tuesday, an award given annually to the nation’s best player. Tshiebwe is the first Kentucky player to win the award since Anthony Davis in 2012. The two Wildcats big men are the only Kentucky players to win the
6:45 PM ET Elon head coach Mike Schrage resigned from his position on Tuesday afternoon, the school announced. He’s expected to join Jon Scheyer’s staff at Duke, sources told ESPN. Schrage was the head coach at Elon for three seasons, leading the Phoenix to a 33-52 record during his time at the helm. His best
6:15 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson point guard Al-Amir Dawes has entered the men’s basketball transfer portal, becoming the second Tigers point guard to do so since the season ended. Team spokesman Ben Winterrowd confirmed Dawes’ decision in a text message Tuesday. Dawes is a 6-foot-2 junior from Newark, New Jersey. He
4:45 PM ET Bob Bowlsby, who has led the Big 12 since 2012, and most recently steered it through the tumultuous announcement of the departures of Texas and Oklahoma, will “step away from the Commissioner’s chair” later this year, the league announced on Tuesday. Bowlsby will remain at the conference helm until a new commissioner
3:44 PM ET Tennessee freshman Kennedy Chandler will enter the 2022 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility by hiring an agent, he told Malika Andrews on ESPN’s NBA Today on Tuesday. “I am staying in the NBA draft and signing with agent Ryan Davis of Rep 1 Sports,” Chandler told ESPN. Chandler, the
3:22 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN La Salle is expected to hire Fran Dunphy as the Explorers’ next coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Dunphy has spent 30 years as a head coach in Philadelphia at both Penn and Temple, taking 17 different teams to the NCAA tournament at the two schools. Dunphy, 73, is
12:50 PM ET Three key members of the Saint Peter’s Cinderella run in the NCAA tournament are leaving the men’s basketball program. Junior guards Doug Edert, Daryl Banks III and Matthew Lee all entered the transfer portal Tuesday morning. The decisions come one week after coach Shaheen Holloway left Saint Peter’s to become the head
1:54 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn freshman Jabari Smith, who led the Tigers to their first No. 1 ranking, is entering the NBA draft. Smith, who is projected as a potential No. 1 overall pick, lived up to his billing as the highest-rated recruit in program history. He announced his decision in
8:41 AM ET The rock chalk champions are the favorites to win it all again next season. Caesars Sportsbook has installed the Kansas Jayhawks as the favorites, at 10-1, to win the 2023 national championship. On Monday, the Jayhawks pulled off the largest comeback in a championship game to nip North Carolina 72-69 to earn
11:56 AM ET Joe DeMartinoESPN Editor Close General Editor Joined ESPN in 2006 Massachusetts native, Northwestern graduate What a first season for Hubert Davis as North Carolina Tar Heels head coach. Roy Williams’ successor brought his squad on an epic run through the NCAA tournament, culminating in a trip to the national championship game. It’s
2:47 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN NEW ORLEANS — A few minutes before midnight in the loading area outside the Caesars Superdome, the police motorcycles roared their engines to life. The flashing lights highlighted the front seats of the North Carolina men’s basketball team bus, which illuminated the emotion of a strange night. UNC star big
2:00 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — As he sat just a few rows behind the Kansas bench at the Caesars Superdome on Monday night, Mario Chalmers tried not to squirm. The program he had led to the 2008 basketball national championship had entered halftime with a 15-point deficit. Chalmers, the hero of that team who