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8:04 PM ET Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento State men’s basketball coach Brian Katz is retiring after 14 years due to medical reasons. Associate head coach Brandon Laird will serve as interim coach for the 2021-22 season. “Due to an ongoing health issue, my family has convinced me to retire,” Katz said in a

2:11 PM ET ESPN News Services Conference USA will add Liberty, Jacksonville State, New Mexico State and Sam Houston State, according to multiple reports, as the league tries to replenish its ranks after having nine schools announce plans to leave in the past month. All four schools have accepted invitations to Conference USA, a person

7:42 AM ET Paula Lavigne Close ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson famously warned mammas to not let their babies grow up to be cowboys. The country music stars might have encouraged them to be fired college coaches instead. According to an ESPN analysis of financial records of athletics departments at public universities, FBS programs spent more than $533.6 million in dead

7:00 AM ET Gary Belsky THE PARENTS OF Ryan Turell, the best player on the team with the longest active winning streak in men’s college basketball, originally wanted their son to attend another school. They’re sitting on an August Sunday afternoon in the living room of their ranch house in Sherman Oaks, California. Laurel, a

7:30 AM ET Two offseasons ago, the coronavirus pandemic created one of the quietest coaching carousels we’ve seen in a long time. Only one power conference program (Wake Forest) changed coaches. At the outset of last season, some in the industry wondered whether we might see a continuation of that trend, with few changes and

8:17 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 Five-star forward Jarace Walker committed

8:07 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Western Athletic Conference has named Brian Thornton as its next commissioner. Thornton will replace Jeff Hurd, who is ending a 10-year run as commissioner and 37 years overall with the conference on Dec. 31. “I would like to start by thanking Jeff Hurd for his incredible 30-plus

7:30 AM ET As the countdown continues to the start of the 2021-22 college basketball season on Tuesday, an ESPN panel of experts has made predictions for all of the nation’s top leagues. So far we’ve taken a look at Gonzaga and the best teams from the mid-major conferences (Atlantic 10, C-USA, Ivy, MAC, Missouri

7:00 AM ET As we approach the early-signing period for men’s college basketball, we are taking a moment to look back on the best No. 1-ranked prospects in the ESPN recruiting era. Last cycle, Gonzaga center Chet Holmgren was the No. 1-ranked prospect. This time around, it is Kentucky commit Shaedon Sharpe. Overall, we have

3:40 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida basketball player Keyontae Johnson, who collapsed during a game last December, is deciding whether to try and get medically cleared to play professionally or cash in on a $5 million insurance policy, sources told The Associated Press. Sources told the AP that the senior forward’s insurance

10:41 AM ET The NCAA has rejected Oklahoma State‘s appeal and banned the Cowboys from the 2022 men’s basketball postseason, sources confirmed to ESPN. An official announcement is expected later Wednesday. Oklahoma State was originally given a postseason ban in the summer of 2020, but the Cowboys appealed the decision and were allowed to play

10:11 AM ET Top-25 recruit George Washington III of Christian Academy of Louisville (Kentucky) has committed to Ohio State, he told ESPN on Wednesday. “Ohio State has always been at the top of my list,” Washington said. “They were my first offer. There was no point in continuing to search when I had already found

7:00 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 This is an especially exciting time to update that storied tradition, known as the top 25 player rankings, for the 201-22 men’s college basketball season. We

6:43 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh senior guard Nike Sibande is out for the season after tearing his right ACL in an exhibition win over Gannon on Monday. The school made the announcement Tuesday after an MRI revealed the extent of the injury. Sibande injured the knee in the first half of Monday’s

4:51 PM ET Kansas forward Jalen Wilson has been suspended for one exhibition game and three regular-season games following last weekend’s arrest on suspicion of DUI, coach Bill Self told reporters on Tuesday. Self said Wilson will also do community service while he’s suspended. Wilson was arrested and booked into jail early Sunday morning and

1:07 PM ET Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi coach Kermit Davis has agreed to a new four-year contract running through 2025 just a week before his fourth season opens. Keith Carter, the Ole Miss vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics, announced the deal Tuesday. Ole Miss didn’t release details of the contract. “Starting with his

11:20 AM ET A bipartisan group in Congress wants to create a new federal law that would force the NCAA to change the way it investigates and punishes member schools that break the association’s rules. Rep. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.) believes the NCAA’s enforcement process is inefficient and unfair. He has teamed with Reps. Burgess Owens(R-UT)