6:40 PM ET ESPN News Services Michigan men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard will be suspended five games, equating to the remainder of the regular season, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg and Jeff Borzello Monday night. Hefty fines are expected, as well, after Howard’s altercation following a loss at Wisconsin Sunday. An announcement was expected
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12:17 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest Associated Press men’s basketball poll. The Zags aren’t likely to budge the way they’re dominating the West Coast Conference. Gonzaga remained at No. 1 for the second straight week, receiving all 61 votes from a media panel in the poll released
7:26 AM ET The top of the rankings sees a shake-up this week after two losses by SEC favorites Auburn and Kentucky. We’ll get to those games shortly, but what does it all mean? Do the results of past week open the door for another team or two to crack the top five? Are Auburn’s
3:30 PM ET Michigan coach Juwan Howard appeared to take a swipe at Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft’s face in the post-game handshake line between the two teams, setting off a brawl involving coaches and players from both sides. Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard stopped Howard in the handshake line, leading to the two men exchanging
9:35 PM ET DURHAM, N.C. — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski opened his postgame news conference Saturday by joking that he’d made it to the finish of this one. Five days earlier, in Duke‘s narrow win over Wake Forest, Krzyzewski went to the locker room at halftime and never returned to the court. On Saturday, he
4:55 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tyree Appleby scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half, Colin Castleton added 19 and Florida rallied to beat No. 2 Auburn 63-62 Saturday to extend its home dominance in the series. The Tigers (24-3, 12-2 Southeastern Conference) lost their second straight on the road
4:11 PM ET Cayla Sweazie The Howard Bison and Morgan State Bears renewed their rivalry Saturday, this time as part of NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland. Two of the nation’s most prominent historically Black colleges and universities are separated by just 45 miles and are MEAC foes. This weekend’s meeting, the inaugural HBCU Classic Game,
3:27 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — Former UConn star James Bouknight of the Charlotte Hornets was tossed from his courtside seat by a game official in the second half as the No. 24 Huskies held off Xavier 72-61. Bouknight, who played two seasons for Connecticut and is in his NBA rookie season, was
1:24 PM ET Gonzaga was the overall 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament men’s basketball selection committee’s bracket preview for the second straight season, revealed early Saturday afternoon. The committee announced its top 16 seeds, with Auburn, Arizona and Kansas rounding out the 1-seeds after the Zags. “The margin between Gonzaga and Auburn is razor thin,
10:39 AM ET Georgia has suspended men’s basketball assistant coach Wade Mason with pay while the athletics department investigates an alleged incident that took place at halftime of the team’s loss Wednesday at LSU, a source confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. Mason, a first-year assistant under coach Tom Crean, will not be on the bench
6:31 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN After one season of college athletes being allowed to profit off their name, image and likeness, the NCAA announced Friday afternoon that it will begin a review of NIL policies. The Division I Board of Directors met virtually Friday and agreed to task the Division I Council with a review
7:30 AM ET DALLAS — This wasn’t supposed to happen again. Michael and Marcus Weathers agree, it’s “crazy” they’re back living in the same apartment and playing for the same team five years after they made the difficult decision to separate and everything that happened next. If not for the extra year of eligibility given
2:01 PM ET Associated Press PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers leading scorer Ron Harper Jr. injured his left hand late in a win over No. 12 Illinois, and his status for the men’s basketball game against No. 5 Purdue on Sunday is uncertain. The university released a statement Thursday, saying the injury was to the senior
10:22 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Toledo has found a new athletic director, as sources told ESPN the school is expected to hire Washington State deputy athletic director and COO Bryan Blair as the school’s next athletic director. In Blair, 37, Toledo is tabbing one of the country’s top young administrators. He brings extensive experience from
7:05 AM ET Welcome to The Bilas Index, Vol. II, the most comprehensive and thorough compilation of basketball accomplishment, measured through analytics, on-court performance and the best predictive tools known to the universe. The Bilas Index is powered by the gray matter of The Bilastrator, unquestionably the finest hoops mind one can imagine. And humility
7:26 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 When the Northeast Conference tips off tournament play on Feb. 28, college basketball’s magical, madness-filled tourney journey will begin. No month on the sports calendar is as unforgettable or unpredictable —
1:59 PM ET Tubby Smith announced Wednesday that he is stepping down as High Point‘s head men’s basketball coach. His son, G.G. Smith, will take over for the remainder of this season and for the 2022-23 campaign. Tubby Smith, 70, made the move after a second bout of COVID-19 kept him away from the program
7:00 AM ET If you talk to college basketball coaches, they’ll tell you that there has never been a more difficult time to be in this profession. They’ve had to navigate the pandemic and the impact it has had on their players and staffers. The transfer portal has made the term “free agency” a trend,