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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJun 25, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions For the first time in nearly a decade, Maryland and Georgetown will resume their rivalry with a four-game series in men’s basketball that will begin in 2025, the

Paul Biancardi, Basketball RecruitingJun 25, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Close 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 Open Extended Reactions Players are made in the offseason. April and May are filled with travel basketball while June is filled

If you listen to analysts, pundits, observers and NBA personnel talking about the 2024 draft, you will get the distinct impression that this is a “weak draft” or a “bad draft.” Granted, there isn’t a “no-brainer” selection at the very top and there aren’t any sure-fire All-Stars in the lottery, as we have seen in

Associated Press Jun 24, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Marquette will pause its search for a new athletic director until the school names a permanent president to replace Michael Lovell, who died two weeks ago. Kimo Ah Yun, Marquette’s acting president and provost, announced on Monday that the athletic director search

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 23, 2024, 09:18 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Top-25 recruit Will Riley has committed to Illinois and reclassified to the 2024 class, planning to enroll and suit up for the Fighting Illini next season. He officially signed

Jun 20, 2024, 06:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA draft in New York is a week away (June 26-27 on ABC/ESPN/ESPN+), and the 30 teams are well into their pre-draft process for working out top candidates and narrowing down their draft boards, helping us get a better feel for how the first

Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southwestern Athletic Conference commissioner Charles McClelland has received a contract extension through the 2032 academic year. The SWAC’s council of presidents and chancellors announced the extension Friday. McClelland was named the SWAC’s sixth commissioner during the summer of 2018. SWAC officials

ESPN News Services Jun 20, 2024, 05:52 PM ET There will be no public memorial for Hall of Fame player and executive Jerry West. “We will honor Jerry’s wishes and mourn his passing privately,” his family said in a statement released Thursday by the LA Clippers. West was working as a consultant for the Clippers

ESPN News Services Jun 20, 2024, 02:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NCAA has presented a plan to Division I conference commissioners that would expand the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments by four or eight teams alongside an option to leave each field at 68 teams, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 19, 2024, 09:30 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions The men’s basketball transfer window opened more than three months ago and closed more than six weeks ago — but we’re finally nearing the end of the portal season.

Open Extended Reactions Kanon Catchings, a projected first-round pick in 2025, told ESPN he has committed to BYU. “My family and I met with Coach Young and the coaching staff last week and we immediately clicked,” Catchings told ESPN. “I knew right away this was the best fit for me.” Catchings, who committed to Purdue

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 17, 2024, 04:38 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions St. John’s and athletic director Mike Cragg are parting ways after six years, the school announced on Monday. Cragg’s tenure will end on June 30. “It has been an

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 17, 2024, 01:09 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Oswin Erhunmwunse, the No. 31 overall college basketball recruit in the 2025 ESPN 100, is reclassifying into the 2024 class and will enroll at Providence for the 2024-25 season,

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 14, 2024, 11:46 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Former Illinois forward Coleman Hawkins, the best player left in the transfer portal, announced Friday that he has committed to Kansas State. Hawkins visited the Wildcats’ campus last weekend

Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJun 13, 2024, 06:10 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions A Congressional committee voted Thursday to move forward with a bill that would prevent college athletes from being deemed employees of their schools, conferences or the

Associated Press Jun 13, 2024, 05:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Illinois standout Terrence Shannon Jr., a potential first-round NBA draft pick, was found not guilty Thursday on a rape charge after a jury in Douglas County, Kansas, spent less than two hours deliberating the verdict. The 23-year-old Shannon was accused of committing sexual

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 13, 2024, 04:10 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett, who led the Cavaliers to a national championship in 2019, has signed a contract extension through the end of 2029-30 season, the school

Pete Thamel, ESPNJun 13, 2024, 01:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Big 12 is exploring selling its naming rights to a title sponsor, with potential revenue of hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of the deal, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The commercial sponsor would potentially take the name “Big” out of