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12:15 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga, Arizona and reigning national champion Baylor remained atop the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll Monday, while Tennessee cracked the top 10 for the first time this year and North Carolina returned to the Top 25 for the first time since November. Mark Few’s Bulldogs claimed 52 of 61

10:44 AM ET Pete Thamel Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Wake Forest signed men’s basketball coach Steve Forbes to a long-term contract extension Monday, the school announced. Forbes is in the second year of his initial six-year deal at the school, and

10:44 AM ET Pete Thamel Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Wake Forest and basketball coach Steve Forbes have agreed to a long-term contract extension, sources told ESPN. Forbes is in the second year of his initial six-year deal at the school, and

7:30 AM ET After a week in which the top six men’s college basketball teams in the country lost on the same day and we saw a shuffle throughout the top 10 of the Power Rankings, the final week of the 2021-22 regular season brought a little less drama. But, what did we really expect?

7:39 PM ET Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. — Gabe Brown and Malik Hall led a key second-half surge and Tom Izzo became the all-time Big Ten leader in career wins as Michigan State defeated Maryland 77-67 on Sunday. With his 663rd win at Michigan State, Izzo passed Indiana’s Bob Knight for the most wins

7:58 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Derrin Hansen, who coached Omaha during its transition from Division II to Division I, was fired Sunday after a second straight five-win season. Hansen had been a member of the Mavericks’ staff since 1998 and head coach for 17 seasons. Hansen compiled a 253-260 record, going 92-122

6:08 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Tenth-ranked Wisconsin lost leading scorer Johnny Davis when he was injured on a flagrant foul early in the second half, and the Badgers missed a chance to clinch the Big Ten title outright by falling to Nebraska 74-73 on Sunday. Davis was hurt when he was fouled

5:41 PM ET San Diego has fired coach Sam Scholl after four seasons, sources told ESPN. The Toreros finished their season on Friday, getting knocked out of the West Coast Conference tournament by Portland. San Diego went 15-16 overall, 7-9 in WCC play. 1 Related Scholl took over as interim coach toward the end of

3:00 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Isaiah Wilkins scored 19 points as Longwood advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time with a 79-58 victory over Winthrop on Sunday in the Big South tournament championship game. Top-seeded Longwood (26-6) never trailed, led by as many as 21 in the first half and

12:29 PM ET Top-25 senior Skyy Clark has decommitted from Kentucky and reopened his recruitment, he confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. Clark originally picked the Wildcats back in October 2020 and signed with John Calipari’s program last fall. “Honestly, I have had a lot of time to sit back and think and watch things play

11:50 PM ET DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski didn’t want it to end like this, but after Duke‘s 94-81 loss to North Carolina in his final home game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, he seemed to be glad it was done. “It’s hard for me to believe this is over,” Krzyzewski told the crowd who’d come

8:58 PM ET The Duke Blue Devils‘ final home men’s basketball game of the regular season Saturday was the last time head coach Mike Krzyzewski roamed the sidelines of Cameron Indoor Stadium. Fittingly, his send-off comes against Duke’s rival: the North Carolina Tar Heels (6 p.m. ET on ESPN). Fans who were able to secure

9:23 PM ET ESPN News Services TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona’s McKale Center was evacuated Saturday due to a fire after the men’s basketball game against California. Fire alarms sounded and the arena was cleared out about an hour after No. 2 Arizona’s 89-61 win. Smoke billowed out of a vent near the rafters as workers

6:48 PM ET DURHAM, N.C. — Nearly 100 former players, including Duke legends Grant Hill, Jason Williams, Shane Battier and Christian Laettner, lined the court at Cameron Indoor Stadium to welcome coach Mike Krzyzewski for the final time Saturday, as the Blue Devils wrapped their regular season — and the legendary coach’s career on his

2:46 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida forward Keyontae Johnson, who collapsed during a game in December 2020 and hasn’t practiced or played since, got a ceremonial start on senior day against No. 7 Kentucky on Saturday. Johnson was on the floor for the first of two opening tips, got the basketball from

12:48 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Florida Gulf Coast fired men’s basketball coach Michael Fly on Saturday after four seasons. Fly went 21-11 this season, by far the best record of his tenure. He was 55-59 in his four years and will have the chance to coach if the Eagles are chosen

11:30 AM ET The 15-player national ballot for the John R. Wooden Award was revealed Saturday, with two standouts from top-ranked Gonzaga among those on the list. Junior forward Drew Timme, who helped power the Zags to a national championship game appearance last season, and freshman phenom Chet Holmgren are the two Bulldogs on the

8:00 AM ET On Thursday, Feb. 27, 1986, a group of Duke students from the Mirecourt House decided over a game of quarters that they wanted to get a jump on securing seats to see the No. 1 Blue Devils host their archenemy, the No. 3 UNC Tar Heels. The group, made up mostly of