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1:59 PM ET Murray State accepted an invitation from the Missouri Valley Conference on Friday, and will officially become the league’s 11th member on July 1, 2022. At least 13 of the Racers’ 15 sports will join the MVC, with its football program yet to officially join a conference and its rifle program continuing in

12:00 PM ET An online sportsbook on Monday reported taking a $66,500 bet on a small-conference women’s college basketball game from a customer in New Jersey who had been on a hot streak. Tipico sportsbook told ESPN that the customer started with $15,000 and won multiple bets, increasing their balance to $66,500. The customer then

6:02 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State ESPN 60 junior Jeremy Fears

12:51 PM ET The NCAA released its updated COVID-19 guidance for winter sports on Thursday, adjusting its definition of “fully vaccinated” individuals and also updating its suggested protocols following a positive test. “The omicron variant has presented another surge of cases across the country,” NCAA chief medical officer Brian Hainline said. “This guidance was designed

7:00 AM ET The cancellations, postponements and team pauses that have permeated college basketball in recent weeks have yielded to a new round of questions for the sport. One year after the coronavirus pandemic produced the most unusual season (and postseason) in the modern era, the rise of the COVID-19 omicron variant has caused the

7:00 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 It should have been apparent long before the ball left J.P. Moorman‘s hands, traveled 70-feet through the air of Desert Financial Arena and ripped through the net, delivering the season’s most

4:38 PM ET Nine new names appear on the revised 25-player watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, announced Wednesday, including three emerging stars from the Big Ten. Wisconsin guard Johnny Davis, Purdue center Zach Edey and Iowa forward Keegan Murray each grace the Midseason Top 25 after not being part of the 50-player

8:00 AM ET Sometimes, the best draft day stories come from players we didn’t expect to be there in the first place. Players like Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green and Desmond Bane all needed some extra time in college to fully refine their games. While they were overlooked in the lottery, the teams that eventually drafted

7:00 AM ET Time flies. We have nearly reached the midpoint of the 2021-22 men’s college basketball season, and conference play is about to enter its most frenzied phase. The first two (mostly nonconference) months of the season were full of chaos and excellent matchups, but the important part starts now. March is fast approaching,

7:00 AM ET Welcome to The Bilas Index, Volume I, the first iteration of TBI in 2022. As you know, TBI is the greatest and most comprehensive evaluation of basketball accomplishment and predictive measure of future performance known to mankind, and perhaps beyond. TBI is compiled from a careful evaluation of detailed data analytics and

5:09 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville plans to retire the No. 2 jersey number of former All-America guard and fifth-highest scorer Russ Smith, who led the Cardinals to the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball championship that was later vacated. Smith’s jersey will be retired at halftime of Louisville’s game against Notre Dame on

3:25 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — UNLV has promoted interim athletic director Erick Harper to serve in the job full time. Harper’s hiring, announced on Monday, was effective Jan. 1. He had served as interim athletic director since Desiree Reed-Francois left UNLV for Missouri in August. “Erick has a strong track record in

2:40 PM ET Former Evansville men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty is suing the school, saying that he is owed more than $75,000. The lawsuit, filed Dec. 20 by attorney Jonathan Little, says McCarty is owed $48,000 for an “exceptional fundraising bonus” for the 2018-19 season, and another amount for the 2019-20 season that is undetermined

12:34 PM ET Associated Press Baylor kept its firm hold on No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, with few changes at the top and no new teams entering the rankings Monday. The reigning national champion Bears earned all 61 first-place votes for the third time in four weeks to

7:00 AM ET With the holidays in the rearview mirror and league play getting ready to kick into high gear, the SEC is developing into arguably the most intriguing major conference in the country. There might not currently be a clear-cut favorite or national championship contender among the group. But there have been seven different

8:00 AM ET As conference play heats up, we’re going to hear a lot about so-called “bad losses.” You know, those supposedly inexplicable results that many will cite when it comes time to eliminate one bubble team or another. This is especially true among top mid-major at-large candidates, whose already slim margin of error is

8:05 PM ET The Pac-12 has shortened its recommended isolation period to five days following a positive COVID-19 test for both vaccinated an unvaccinated individuals, according to updated protocols established by the league’s COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee and released on Thursday. The change reflects the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

6:26 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — UConn coach Dan Hurley was reveling in the return of basketball this season — the ability to travel to a tournament his team played in the Bahamas, the loud crowds at home and away games — when just before Christmas he began feeling sick. Like many other