NCAABB

6:44 PM ET CHICAGO — Kansas coach Bill Self knows that for all he has accomplished in a Hall of Fame career, the Elite Eight often hasn’t been his shining moment. “We’re 3-7 in my career in the Elite Eight games,” Self said Saturday. “So that’s not good enough.” Self, who is 3-5 in Elite

2:54 PM ET Memphis is reportedly facing four Level I and two Level II NCAA violations stemming from an 18-month-long investigation into the Tigers’ program. The Daily Memphian obtained the Notice of Allegations and an amended Notice of Allegations from the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP) investigation. An infractions case involving former Memphis center James

1:46 AM ET CHICAGO — Jim Larrañaga knew the water his Miami players had doused him with was cold, but he couldn’t remember the rest of the celebration. “Did I dance?” the Miami coach asked. Star guard Kameron McGusty confirmed he did, and mimicked Larrañaga’s moves. WE’RE GOING TO THE ELITE EIGHT FOR THE FIRST

1:00 AM ET Our 2022 NCAA tournament brackets are broken. All of them. And the uncle who claims he had Saint Peter’s in the Elite Eight? He’s lying for the ninth year in a row. We’ve never seen his actual bracket. Your sibling who said they picked Miami to make the Elite Eight for the

11:00 PM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal PHILADELPHIA — You will likely watch the NCAA tournament for a very long time before you see anything comparable to what the Saint Peter’s Peacocks have

10:58 PM ET CHICAGO — As Kansas prepared to face Providence in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, Jayhawks coach Bill Self reluctantly acknowledged his team’s improvement on defense. “I’m not exactly giddy about it yet because we haven’t been as consistently good,” Self said Thursday. “But I think people that follow us would

10:22 PM ET William E. Ricks The Saint Peter’s Peacocks‘ Cinderella run in the 2022 NCAA tournament continued Friday, as they defeated the Purdue Boilermakers to advance to their first-ever Elite Eight. 2 Related Shaheen Holloway’s squad knocked off the 3-seed Boilermakers behind 14 points from Daryl Banks III. Guard Doug Edert chipped in 10

9:38 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN PHILADELPHIA — The NCAA tournament has been played since 1939, an annual athletic carnival engineered to match the opposite ends of college basketball’s caste system. Over eight decades, thousands of games and dozens of precocious March darlings, Saint Peter’s found a way on Friday night to set a new historical

9:00 PM ET Alexa Phillippou It’s a big weekend in the NCAA tournament for the Ivey household. Purdue men’s basketball star Jaden Ivey played in the Sweet 16 against Saint Peter’s on Friday night in Philadelphia. The following morning, his mother, Niele, head coach of the Notre Dame women’s basketball team, will be in Bridgeport,

8:21 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — On Wednesday night, Duke’s Paolo Banchero, Wendell Moore Jr. and Mark Williams had just finished their media responsibilities at the Chase Center when they bumped into Stephen Curry, who has not been with the Golden State Warriors recently while he rehabs a foot injury. Curry’s message to the three

5:58 PM ET Ohio State junior forward E.J. Liddell will enter the 2022 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility by hiring an agent, he announced via Twitter on Friday. “I will cherish the time and commitment of Buckeye Nation,” Liddell’s statement read in part. “I hope the feeling is mutual! With that, I’d

4:49 PM ET LSU sophomore Tari Eason will enter the 2022 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility by hiring an agent, he told ESPN on Friday. “After a long talk with my family, coaches past and present and peers, reflecting on my love for basketball, I’ve decided to pursue my lifelong dream by

1:46 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s leading scorer, Jermaine Couisnard, has entered the NCAA transfer portal, a day after the Gamecocks hired Lamont Paris as the team’s new men’s basketball coach. Team spokesman Michael DeBates said in an email to The Associated Press on Friday that the fourth-year guard had decided

11:07 AM ET Murray State is expected to bring back Steve Prohm as its next men’s basketball coach, sources told ESPN on Friday. The two sides were in the process of finalizing a deal on Friday morning, sources said. Prohm spent nearly a decade with the Racers, the first five as an assistant coach under

11:52 AM ET UCLA assistant Michael Lewis will be the next men’s basketball coach at Ball State, it was announced Friday. Lewis will take over the Cardinals’ program after the Bruins finish their season. UCLA faces North Carolina in the third round of the NCAA tournament on Friday night. He succeeds James Whitford, who was

8:41 AM ET Brianna Williams Few things unite New Jersey more than mentioning Wawa, going down the shore or the phrase “20 regular, cash.” After their 2022 NCAA tournament run, you can add the Saint Peter’s Peacocks to that list — even if their March Madness appearance lasts for only a few more days. On

8:52 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN It’s been less than a year since the NCAA said college athletes could profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL) — and college basketball stars have been signing deals left and right ever since. That includes several athletes in the Sweet 16 of the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments.

7:03 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN PHILADELPHIA — Back in the summer of 2009, two 20-something Iona assistant coaches walked out of an Orlando AAU event together. Out of nowhere, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski approached one of the men, draped his arm around Shaheen Holloway and informed him of his obscure niche in Duke lore. More