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11:09 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — R.J. Cole scored 18 points and No. 21 UConn excelled from behind the arc while sending the Georgetown men’s basketball team to its school-record 18th straight loss, 86-77, on Sunday. With the defeat, the Hoyas clinched their first last-place finish in the Big East since the league

12:30 AM ET For the first time in college basketball history, seven top-10 teams lost on the same day. On Saturday, No. 1 Gonzaga, No. 2 Arizona, No. 3 Auburn, No. 4 Purdue, No. 5 Kansas, No. 6 Kentucky and No. 9 Texas Tech all lost, surpassing the previous record of six top-10 teams in

12:56 AM ET ESPN News Services No. 11 Providence captured its first Big East regular-season championship Saturday night, riding A.J. Reeves’ seven 3-pointers and 23 points to a 72-51 victory over Creighton. Nate Watson and Al Durham each added 12 points, and Justin Minaya had 11 rebounds for Providence (24-3, 14-2). “We played an NCAA

12:30 AM ET The final Saturday in February turned out to be a historic day in college basketball. Each of the top six teams in the AP Top 25 lost, the first time that has ever happened on a single day in the history of the poll. A total of seven members of the AP

3:10 PM ET Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. — Tyson Walker made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with three seconds left, helping Michigan State top No. 4 Purdue 68-65 on Saturday. The Spartans (19-9, 10-7 Big Ten) gave Tom Izzo his 662nd victory, matching Bob Knight’s total at Indiana for the record by a coach at a

8:36 PM ET Associated Press The NCAA has relaxed the amount of THC an athlete can have to trigger a positive test, and is recommending less-stringent penalties for athletes who do test positive for marijuana. The threshold levels for THC, which is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, will go from 35 nanograms per milliliter to

7:35 AM ET The Duke Blue Devils moved closer to their first ACC regular-season championship since 2010 with a 65-61 win over Virginia on Wednesday night, also remaining in position for what would be, stunningly, their first outright ACC regular-season title since the 2005-06 team earned that distinction. Mike Krzyzewski and Co. (24-4, 14-3) are

7:20 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LONG BEACH, Calif. — Walk into Dan Monson’s office and you will immediately be pulled back and forth through time. The five-walled room inside the Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State is a museum that is still adding pieces. In one corner, there’s a West Coast Conference Coach of the

3:16 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Marshall was granted a temporary restraining order Thursday against Conference USA after the league filed a request for arbitration in the school’s bid to expedite an early move to the Sun Belt. The order by Cabell County Circuit Judge Christopher Chiles prohibits Conference USA from proceeding with

10:50 AM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Creighton freshman Ryan Nembhard will require surgery on his right wrist and will miss the rest of the season, the school announced Thursday. Nembhard suffered the injury when he collided with St. John’s Posh Alexander during the Bluejays’ 81-78 win Wednesday night. “We are heartbroken for Ryan,

7:30 AM ET Kevin ConnorsESPN Close ESPN studio anchor Writer, ESPN mid-major college basketball top 10 4-year member of the Ithaca men’s basketball team This time of year, if you’re like me, you’ve seen roughly every minute played of every game in every mid-major conference in Division I college basketball. (Full disclosure: Missed the first

7:00 AM ET While the college basketball coaching carousel hasn’t made its full transformation to the model of college football, which has a long history of firing coaches in the middle of the season, two big-time jobs opened much earlier than usual this season in Maryland and Louisville. So the carousel has been spinning since

9:23 PM ET Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Caleb Houstan scored 13 of his career-high 21 points in the second half when Michigan pulled away to beat Rutgers 71-62 Wednesday night without head coach Juwan Howard, who was serving the first of a five-game suspension. Former longtime Saint Joseph’s coach and current Michigan associate

12:43 PM ET Marshall has filed a lawsuit against Conference USA to expedite its exit from the league so it can join the Sun Belt this summer, according to a copy of the case filed Tuesday. Earlier this month, Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Miss announced their plans to terminate their memberships in Conference USA

7:00 AM ET Imagine it (or fear it): Mike Krzyzewski lifting the NCAA championship trophy on April 4, a storybook ending to a legendary college basketball coaching career that has spanned 47 seasons and would, in this scenario, include a sixth national title. And his Duke Blue Devils could just deliver it to him. The

7:10 AM ET The 2022 NBA draft lottery is now less than three months away, with a picture of the teams that could snare the No. 1 pick gaining more clarity with each day of games on the NBA schedule. The right to select one of the Big Three — Gonzaga Bulldogs forward Chet Holmgren,

7:11 PM ET ESPN News Services ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In a hallway in the guts of Crisler Center, an anxious Michigan athletics employee walked Phil Martelli to the news conference. More than once, she offered to help: Do you need me? Can I do anything? Martelli, his shoulders relaxed and his demeanor confident, assured

9:02 AM ET Any idea to rid college basketball of the traditional postgame handshake line in the wake of Sunday’s incident involving Michigan coach Juwan Howard striking an opposing coach in the face would be a “farce,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. The suggestion to do away with the handshake line has come up