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6:48 PM ET Seton Hall has hired Shaheen Holloway — fresh off leading Saint Peter’s on its historic Elite Eight run — as its next head coach, the school announced Wednesday. Holloway, who will be introduced as the Pirates’ new coach on Thursday, agreed to a six-year deal, sources told ESPN. “Life has a way

7:00 PM ET Five men’s college basketball players were named finalists for the John R. Wooden Award on Wednesday, with Kansas junior guard Ochai Agbaji among the five standouts on the list. Agbaji, who will lead the Jayhawks in a Final Four matchup with Villanova on Saturday, joins Wisconsin‘s Johnny Davis, Iowa‘s Keegan Murray, Gonzaga‘s

7:41 PM ET ESPN News Services WACO, Texas — Baylor standout freshman Kendall Brown and point guard James Akinjo both announced Wednesday they are entering their names into the NBA draft. The players revealed their decisions individually on their social media accounts. Akinjo still had another season of eligibility at Baylor, where he transferred last

6:20 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Three Georgetown players — Timothy Ighoefe, Tyler Beard and Jalin Billingsley — entered the NCAA transfer portal Wednesday, the latest in a series of members of coach Patrick Ewing’s team to leave the Hoyas. Ighoefe is a 7-foot junior center who averaged 2.6 points and 4.1 rebounds across

4:06 PM ET Notre Dame freshman Blake Wesley will enter the 2022 NBA draft, saying he has no plans to return to the Fighting Irish. “I plan on staying in the draft,” he told ESPN on Wednesday. “I’m in a great position. I’m ready for the NBA. I’m ready to start my next journey.” Wesley,

4:30 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. On Tuesday, Eric Church released a statement via Ticketmaster letting fans know he was cancelling his sold-out

2:00 PM ET For the first time ever, all four Final Four teams enter having won multiple national championships. All four teams entered the year with 30-1 or shorter odds, with Villanova leading the way at 12-1, and North Carolina the biggest preseason longshot at 30-1. North Carolina was a much bigger longshot entering the

12:17 PM ET Chattanooga is expected to hire VMI‘s Dan Earl as its men’s basketball coach, sources told ESPN. An official announcement is expected later this week. Earl has been the coach at VMI — considered one of the toughest jobs in America — for the past seven seasons. He led the Keydets to back-to-back

9:00 AM ET WWE will begin talent tryouts Wednesday for 45 current and former college athletes, including 19 football players, as part of WrestleMania Week in the Dallas area. The three-day tryout, taking place at Dallas Cowboys headquarters in Frisco, Texas, will include evaluations for performance and promotion as well as interviews and technical sessions

11:51 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Villanova-bound Cam Whitmore scored 19 points, future Duke Blue Devil Dariq Whitehead added 13 points, and the East beat the West 105-81 at Wintrust Arena on Tuesday night. Whitmore had eight rebounds. Whitehead added seven rebounds and seven assists while taking MVP honors as the East rolled

8:36 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The acrimonious departure of Old Dominion, Marshall and Southern Miss from Conference USA to the Sun Belt has been finalized, the league announced on Tuesday in a joint statement with the three schools. The schools are officially headed to the Sun Belt for the 2022 football season, ending a spate

4:50 PM ET Iowa sophomore Keegan Murray will enter the 2022 NBA draft. “I am forever grateful that Coach [Fran] McCaffery gave me the opportunity to live out my dream,” Murray told ESPN on Tuesday. “Iowa will always be my home and I’m forever grateful to be part of Hawkeye Nation.” Murray, the No. 5

2:17 PM ET Associated Press HAMILTON, N.Y. — Colgate men’s basketball coach Matt Langel has agreed to a contract extension through 2030, the university announced Tuesday. Langel guided the Raiders to their third 20-win season and third Patriot League regular-season and tournament championships in four years. Colgate beat Navy for the Patriot League Tournament title

7:30 AM ET CHICAGO — The chant began right after the announcement. Kansas fans occupying most of the United Center stood to salute the most outstanding player of the Midwest Region, who had helped their team reach its first Final Four since 2018. Remy! Remy! Remy! Jayhawks guard Remy Martin had connected with the crowd

7:46 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 The Muss Bus is getting

6:27 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — The number of South Carolina players returning from this past season’s men’s basketball team continues to shrink, leaving the program before they see what new coach Lamont Paris can do. The Gamecocks have had six players from this year’s roster enter the transfer portal. The latest was

5:52 PM ET New Mexico State hired former Northwest Florida State coach Greg Heiar as its next men’s basketball head coach, the school announced on Sunday. Heiar replaces Chris Jans, who left the school for the Mississippi State job after leading the Aggies to a first-round upset of UConn in the NCAA tournament. “While the

4:47 PM ET Illinois guard Andre Curbelo entered the men’s basketball transfer portal on Monday, ending a frustrating season for the sophomore. Curbelo appeared in the portal shortly before releasing a statement on Twitter. “Illini Nation … where do I begin?” he wrote. “These past two years have been insane. So many amazing moments and