6:28 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Queens University coach Bart Lundy has accepted the job to become the next men’s basketball coach at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, sources told ESPN on Friday. The two sides finalized a five-year deal on Friday, sources said. In two different stints at Queens University, Lundy has led the school to two
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3:47 PM ET GREENVILLE, S.C. — Auburn Tigers junior forward Jaylin Williams will be evaluated for a concussion after a collision with a teammate during Friday’s NCAA tournament win and is questionable for Sunday’s second-round game. Williams did not return after a first-half collision with teammate Walker Kessler during the Tigers’ 80-61 win over 15th-seeded
3:35 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Even after a season-ending loss, Loyola Chicago guard Braden Norris still expects the email from team chaplain Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt to be an uplifting one. Sister Jean, the 102-year-old nun and March Madness darling who captured national attention during the Ramblers’ 2018 Final Four run, sends emails to all
2:30 PM ET ESPN News Services Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner will not return to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament after suffering a knee injury during the Bluejays’ first-round win over San Diego State on Thursday. Early in overtime of the 72-69 victory, Kalkbrenner went down and grimaced after posting up the Aztecs’ Aguek Arop. The
2:21 PM ET Five-star senior Julian Phillips has been released from his letter of intent to attend LSU after men’s basketball coach Will Wade was fired last weekend, Phillips announced Friday on social media. “Due to the recent changes within the staff, I have been granted my release from the university and will be re-opening
1:09 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The University of Florida is targeting San Francisco’s Todd Golden as the school’s next basketball coach, a source told ESPN. Expect the sides to move quickly with San Francisco’s season over after losing in the NCAA tournament on Thursday night. Golden, 36, led San Francisco to the school’s first NCAA
12:49 PM ET Associated Press Kenny Payne made it clear that he will need help as he begins a huge mission with his first head-coaching job at Louisville. Payne was introduced Friday as the Cardinals’ men’s basketball coach and received a six-year contract through 2027-28 to lead the program. The University of Louisville Athletic Association
2:05 AM ET Is March Madness 2022 wild enough yet? How’s your bracket doing? Thursday’s first round NCAA tournament games saw No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s knock of No. 2 Kentucky. Two No. 12 seeds, Richmond and New Mexico State, downed No. 5 seeds Iowa and UConn, respectively. Two No. 1 seeds — Gonzaga and
12:35 AM ET So how’s your March Madness bracket? A 2022 NCAA tournament Thursday that offered all the usual opportunities for upheaval delivered on more than a few of them. The No. 2 seed Kentucky Wildcats, a very trendy Final Four pick entering the day, lost in shocking fashion to the 15-seed Saint Peter’s Peacocks.
10:15 PM ET In the first truly shocking upset of March Madness 2022, a Kentucky Wildcats team that many bracket-fillers and national observers had pegged for a Final Four appearance (at a minimum) fell to the 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s Peacocks 85-79 in overtime on Thursday in Indianapolis. Among ESPN’s 54-person panel, 37 had the Wildcats
10:11 PM ET ESPN News Services INDIANAPOLIS — Saint Peter‘s took down basketball royalty on Thursday night, getting 27 points from Daryl Banks III in an 85-79 overtime victory over second-seeded Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Peacocks became the 10th No. 15 seed to win a first-round game since the
Mar 16, 2022 Pete ThamelESPN Rhode Island has reached a deal to hire former Indiana coach Archie Miller to be the school’s next men’s basketball coach, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Miller’s arrival at Rhode Island marks a return to the Atlantic 10, a league where he had significant success as the coach at Dayton
6:31 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jacob Gilyard scored 24 points, Tyler Burton added 18 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 12 seed Richmond leaned on its experience to defeat Big Ten tournament champ Iowa 67-63 in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday. Nathan Cayo also had 15 points, including
5:09 PM ET GREENVILLE, S.C. — Tom Izzo isn’t sure how long or at what level, but he expects No. 7-seed Michigan State guard Tyson Walker will play Friday in the Spartans first round NCAA tournament game against No. 10 Davidson. The 6-foot, 175-pound junior transfer from Northeastern injured his ankle during Michigan State’s 75-70
4:03 PM ET GREENVILLE, S.C. — Mike Krzyzewski was in the midst of discussing his team’s approach to this year’s NCAA tournament — Duke‘s first since the 2019-20 season and, with retirement coming, his 36th and last March Madness — when he noted the difficulty of fully embracing the one-and-done nature of the tournament. “Most
1:24 PM ET Pete Thamel Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Ben Howland is out as men’s basketball coach at Mississippi State, the school announced Thursday, ending his seven-year stint at the school without an NCAA tournament victory. Howland, 64, reached three Final
2:15 PM ET March Madness 2022 is here, and we are firmly on the road to the Final Four in New Orleans. The NCAA tournament starts in earnest Thursday after Texas Southern, Indiana, Wright State and Notre Dame won their First Four matchups. The Gonzaga Bulldogs, Kansas Jayhawks, Baylor Bears and Arizona Wildcats are the
12:02 PM ET The UCLA Bruins have signed men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin to a new six-year contract through the 2027-28 season, it was announced Thursday. Cronin has compiled a 66-29 record in his three seasons with the Bruins, entering this year’s NCAA tournament as a No. 4 seed after reaching the Final Four last