NCAABB

11:56 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Entering Monday, Kansas had trailed at halftime just once in this year’s NCAA tournament. It was in the Elite Eight against Miami, when the Jayhawks turned a six-point halftime deficit into a 26-point win. They outscored the Hurricanes 47-15 in the final 20 minutes of that game. “I told
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7:38 PM ET Morehead State star Johni Broome entered the transfer portal on Monday, immediately becoming one of the top-five transfers this spring. Broome, a 6-foot-10 sophomore center from Florida, was a first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection in each of the past two seasons. He averaged 16.8 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.9 blocks this past
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4:03 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky forward Keion Brooks Jr. will enter the NBA draft but does not plan on hiring an agent, leaving open the possibility of returning to school. Brooks averaged career bests in several categories as a junior, including 10.8 points per contest on 49% shooting. His best performance
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1:15 PM ET Western Michigan is expected to hire Michigan State associate head coach Dwayne Stephens as the school’s new men’s basketball coach, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. A Michigan State alum, Stephens has worked under Spartans head coach Tom Izzo for 19 years. Before joining Izzo’s staff, Stephens was an assistant at Oakland (1997-99)
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12:54 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse forward Cole Swider will forgo his final year of eligibility and declare for the NBA draft, he announced on social media. “I’ll be forever thankful for the opportunities Syracuse provided. I believe it is time to challenge myself at the next level,” Swider wrote Sunday on
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5:01 PM ET Auburn sophomore Walker Kessler will enter the 2022 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility by hiring an agent, he told ESPN on Sunday. “I am fully committed to the NBA draft,” Kessler said. “I am not planning on returning to college.” Kessler, ESPN’s No. 24 prospect, was awarded both Naismith
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11:57 AM ET Thad Matta is back in coaching — and back at Butler. The Bulldogs announced Sunday they were hiring Matta as their next head coach. Matta, who spent the last year as an associate athletic director at Indiana, replaces LaVall Jordan, who was fired Friday after five seasons as Butler’s head coach. “The
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11:12 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — One could make the argument that no game in college basketball history featured the pregame hype of Saturday night’s Duke vs. North Carolina Final Four contest. Given the historic ramifications of the first NCAA tournament game in the sport’s greatest rivalry — a spot in the title game at
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