NCAABB

7:31 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN NEW ORLEANS — A canvassing of Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski’s career as an NCAA tournament coach doubles as a historical study of the sport itself. No forum better showcased, defined and occasionally humbled Krzyzewski than the NCAA tournament over the span of 131 games. His rise to the

11:01 AM ET Butler announced Friday it was firing men’s basketball coach LaVall Jordan after five seasons. Jordan met with athletic director Barry Collier multiple times since the Bulldogs’ season ended, sources told ESPN, but the amount of buyout money Jordan would be owed in case of a firing dropped on Friday. “After a thorough

7:56 AM ET William E. Ricks One of college basketball’s most storied rivalries takes center stage in the Final Four as the 2-seeded Duke Blue Devils face the 8-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday in New Orleans. It will be the first time the two schools meet in the NCAA tournament. 2 Related Duke

8:05 AM ET ONE DAY DURING a recent college football bowl season, Las Vegas-based analysts tasked with monitoring for suspicious activity in sports betting noticed a sudden, dramatic change in the line for one of the next day’s games. The odds for a team that had been a significant favorite were dropping rapidly, and money

7:00 AM ET Yuliia Zhytelna woke her dad up with the phone call. Ten hours separate Sacramento, where the redshirt freshman tennis player at Cal State Northridge had just finished a match, and her native Ukraine. She was hoping he could debunk reports she had seen on social media of Russian missiles hitting the airport

10:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jack Nunge made the go-ahead basket with 3.1 seconds left and Xavier won its first NIT championship in 64 years Thursday night, rallying for a 73-72 victory over Texas A&M at Madison Square Garden. Colby Jones scored 21 points for the Musketeers (23-13) and was selected the

10:01 PM ET George Washington is finalizing a deal to hire Miami assistant Chris Caputo as the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Caputo’s representative, Bret Just of WME, spent Thursday negotiating terms on the deal, and an announcement is expected as soon as Friday, sources said. Caputo, the Hurricanes’ associate head

8:47 PM ET WNBA icon Swin Cash, NBA stars Manu Ginobili and Tim Hardaway, former longtime NBA head coach George Karl and West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins are among those reportedly set to be inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2022. A formal announcement of the 16-member 2022 class

6:46 PM 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 Elite 2023 prospect Mookie Cook

6:43 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — NCAA president Mark Emmert said Thursday at the Final Four that the association needs to work with Congress to create a uniform name-image-likeness model across all 50 states in order to properly regulate it moving forward. Beginning last July 1, college athletes have had the opportunity to benefit from

7:52 PM ET NEW YORK — Xavier interim head coach Jonas Hayes led his team to the NIT championship game at Madison Square Garden after Travis Steele was fired a few weeks ago. Per new head coach Sean Miller on Thursday, Hayes will be retained as his new associate head coach, if he wants the

4:59 PM ET Associated Press SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Having coach Shaheen Holloway get the head coaching job at Seton Hall wasn’t a surprise at all. The Pirates’ career assists leader and star of the college coaching scene after taking Cinderella Saint Peter’s to the Elite Eight, was the only person athletic director Bryan Felt

4:34 PM ET ESPN News Services WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue‘s Jaden Ivey has entered his name in the NBA draft, forfeiting his final two seasons of college eligibility. “This has been a lifelong dream of mine and I am beyond excited for this journey,” Ivey posted on social media. 🖤 pic.twitter.com/we2EGvDhrE — Jaden Ivey

3:43 PM ET Wisconsin sophomore guard Johnny Davis 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 Thursday. “After taking some time off and discussing everything with my family and coaches, I have decided to pursue a lifelong dream

1:27 PM ET Kansas State guard Nijel Pack entered the transfer portal Thursday, becoming arguably the best available basketball transfer this spring. Pack, a 6-foot guard from Indianapolis, departs the program two weeks after the school replaced Bruce Weber with longtime Baylor assistant Jerome Tang. Pack led the Wildcats in scoring, averaging 17.4 points, 3.8

10:00 AM ET The Final Four is the deciding weekend of the national championship in college basketball, and while the conclusion is paramount, the event is far more than that. On this fabulous weekend when the game crowns a champion, there is also the largest gathering of the year in fans, media and the game’s

7:27 AM ET Dalen CuffESPN Duke vs. North Carolina, the greatest rivalry in college sports, has produced a plethora of iconic moments. On Saturday night, the two storied schools will meet in the NCAA tournament for the first time in an unlikely clash in the Final Four. Mike Krzyzewski is the greatest college coach of

6:43 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN PHILADELPHIA — North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis exited the collective embrace of his coaching staff, walked down the sideline for the postgame handshake after UNC clinched a Final Four bid on Sunday and began feeling the emotion bubbling up inside of him. As he approached Saint