7:15 AM ET College basketball fans and NBA draft enthusiasts have plenty of rankings to tell them who the best teams in the men’s game are and plenty telling them who the best college players and NBA prospects are. But which teams have the most guys who will eventually make money playing basketball, whether in
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7:37 PM ET Michigan coach Juwan Howard has agreed a new five-year contract through the 2025-26 season, the school announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available. “I’m honored to be regarded in such a way that the University wished to continue a lasting relationship with me,” Howard said. “It was a
5:22 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Loyola Chicago has accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic 10 Conference and is leaving the Missouri Valley Conference. The move announced Tuesday by the school and leagues takes effect on July 1. Adding Loyola as the conference’s 15th member gives the Atlantic 10 a foothold in Chicago
9:43 AM ET Duke guard Michael Savarino, grandson of coach Mike Krzyzewski, and star freshman Paolo Banchero face DWI-related charges following Savarino’s arrest early Sunday morning. According to court records obtained by the Raleigh News & Observer, Savarino was arrested for DWI while Banchero was charged with aiding and abetting DWI. Savarino was pulled over
8:00 AM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal Duke named Mike Krzyzewski its new men’s basketball head coach on March 18, 1980. Coach K’s first Blue Devils team posted a 17-13 mark in 1980-81
5:48 PM ET ESPN News Services Athletic director Blake James is out at Miami, two days after the Hurricanes’ football team lost at Florida State, a source told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. The move comes about six weeks after school president Julio Frenk released a letter to the university community insisting he would increase his involvement
6:56 PM ET Dan Murphy Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University During an NCAA special convention held Monday to discuss major changes to the way
12:23 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga, UCLA and Kansas held the top three spots in The Associated Press’ first Top 25 rankings of the regular season while Michigan climbed two spots to No. 4. The Bulldogs received 55 first-place votes from a 61-person media panel in the poll released Monday after a win over Texas.
7:20 AM ET It is sometimes said that college basketball needs a better start to the season. The sport has tried a few different things over the years, highlighted by the 24-hour marathon and the Champions Classic, but those often came a few days after the official tipoff. There should be few complaints after the
12:45 AM ET ESPN staff The top-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs recorded an impressive 86-74 victory over the No. 5 Texas Longhorns in Spokane, Washington on Saturday night, with Mark Few’s team reinforcing their position as men’s college basketball’s team to beat in one of the highly anticipated matchups of the opening week of the 2021-22 season.
12:53 AM ET ESPN News Services SPOKANE, Wash. — Drew Timme scored a career-high 37 points as top-ranked Gonzaga beat No. 5 Texas 86-74 on Saturday night in an early-season showdown. Gonzaga coach Mark Few returned to the sidelines after serving a three-game suspension for a DUI, sitting out two exhibition games and the season-opening
8:23 PM ET After he made a 70-foot shot at the buzzer to seal a 66-65 win for UC Riverside at Arizona State on Thursday night, JP Moorman II sent his friend a message: “This is because of you.” That friend is Chris Paul. The Phoenix Suns All-Star met with UC Riverside — a Big
2:42 PM ET Former North Carolina men’s basketball coach Roy Williams has watched the collegiate landscape go through rapid changes in recent months, telling ESPN that the developments in name, image and likeness rules, realignment, and the transfer portal, among other changes, have permanently diminished the power of the NCAA. “It’s changing so dramatically,” Williams
1:43 PM ET NC State junior forward Manny Bates will miss the rest of the season after suffering a right shoulder dislocation in the Wolfpack’s win over Bucknell on Tuesday. Bates suffered the injury in the first minute of Tuesday’s season opener. “I’m just heartbroken,” head coach Kevin Keatts said. “I’m heartbroken for Manny because
8:33 PM ET Associated Press The NCAA said some staff members have received threatening and offensive messages since Oklahoma State basketball coach Mike Boynton identified some by name last week after a one-year postseason ban and other penalties were upheld on appeal. Last year, an NCAA infractions committee hit the Cowboys with the penalties for
7:19 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — Seattle University basketball coach Jim Hayford resigned Thursday, the school’s athletic director said. Hayford had been on paid administrative leave since Friday, one day before Stadium reported that he had used a racial slur during a scrimmage. “It is clear to me that Coach Hayford is no
3:37 PM ET Richard Washington, who led the Mountain West in scoring at 19.6 PPG last season, returned to San Jose State for his final season because he believed he could help new head coach Tim Miles after last year’s 5-16 campaign that resulted in the dismissal of former head coach Jean Prioleau. As San
7:00 AM ET NEW YORK — The 2021-22 college basketball season got underway Tuesday, with the Champions Classic from Madison Square Garden not only ending a monthslong drought for college hoops fans but also offering significant evaluation opportunities for the scouts and NBA decision-makers in attendance. The Duke Blue Devils, Kentucky Wildcats, Kansas Jayhawks and