6:02 PM ET William E. Ricks When it comes to top basketball court designs, Paul Quinn College might be going for the crown. Michael Sorrell, the school’s president, certainly thinks so. “Our court is absolutely the best basketball court in America. We invite anyone who feels differently to play us in a home-and-home series for
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8:59 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — UCLA coach Mick Cronin is a winner even before the college basketball season starts next month. A 3-year-old filly co-owned by Cronin won the $63,000 feature at Santa Anita by three-quarters of a length on Friday. Sent off at 6-1 odds, So Very Smart paid $14.40, $6.40
6:58 PM ET Southern Miss is set to join the Sun Belt Conference, which could soon add several members, sources told ESPN. The Southern Miss move is a “done deal,” a source said, and the school probably will join the Sun Belt for the 2023 fall athletics season. Southern Miss is the latest school to
7:20 AM ET On a sultry August day, Marquette‘s new head coach, Shaka Smart, stood outside the Al McGuire Center, the team’s practice facility, and surveyed the scene. Cars whizzed by the private Jesuit university in downtown Milwaukee as first-year students in masks stared in confusion at campus maps and grappled with directions in their
10:12 AM ET Six schools — Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, North Texas, UTSA, Rice and UAB — have accepted invitations to join the American Athletic Conference, the league announced Thursday. No date has been set for the schools to join the conference, but a source told ESPN that the earliest they could join would be the
7:30 AM ET As the countdown continues to the start of the 2021-22 college basketball season on Nov. 9, ESPN.com’s panel of experts is making its predictions for all of the nation’s top leagues. After taking a look at Gonzaga and the best teams from the mid-major conferences (Atlantic 10, C-USA, Ivy, MAC, Missouri Valley,
10:43 PM ET The next time point guard TyTy Washington pulls up to Kentucky‘s campus, the freshman standout will be driving a luxury vehicle that’s worth nearly six figures. Washington — a projected first-round pick in the 2022 NBA draft and the No. 14 recruit in this season’s freshman class, according to ESPN — announced
4:32 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the collegiate landscape changes amid conference realignment and the NCAA’s future remains in flux, West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins said it’s time for the major conferences to split from the other schools and create their own postseason tournament, so they can control the sport’s most
5:24 PM ET LSU guard Adam Miller is expected to miss the 2021-22 season after tearing his ACL, sources confirmed to ESPN. Miller, a 6-foot-2 transfer from Illinois, was expected to make an immediate impact for LSU this season. The former top-30 recruit started all 31 games for the Fighting Illini last season, even though
4:34 PM ET Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga basketball coach Mark Few has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence in Idaho and must pay a fine of $1,000 in lieu of spending four days in jail, according to court documents. He must also perform 24 hours of community service and his driver’s
11:48 AM ET Top international basketball prospect Benjamin Schroder has committed to Oklahoma, he told ESPN on Wednesday. “The recruiting process was a different experience from the very beginning,” Schroder told ESPN. “They seemed really to care about me, not only as a player, but also as a person. Head coach Porter Moser, associate head
10:43 AM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Senior forward P.J. Horne, Georgia’s only returning starter, will miss the 2021-22 basketball season after suffering a knee injury in practice. Georgia coach Tom Crean said Wednesday on Twitter that Horne had season-ending surgery on his right knee last weekend. He said Horne hurt the knee when
Oct 12, 2021 A number of outstanding players opted to return to college, passing on the NBA draft. There are also several potential All-America selections coming from the transfer portal, but it’s always tough to evaluate players on new teams as we will have to see how they jell on a new roster. 2 Related
7:30 AM ET Thanks so much to everyone for the overwhelming amount of prayers, support and well-wishes I’ve received since announcing my melanoma diagnosis. Your love means the world to me as a I prepare for this fight! In the meantime, I am so excited for the 2021-22 college basketball season to get underway. Has
9:29 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky plans to honor former coach Tubby Smith, who led the Wildcats to the 1998 NCAA men’s basketball championship and multiple Southeastern Conference titles, by retiring a jersey later this year. The ceremony is set for Kentucky’s Dec. 31 home game against High Point, where Smith currently
5:45 PM ET The American Athletic Conference has received applications from six schools hoping to join the conference, and the AAC is expected to send them each formal letters by the end of the week detailing the terms of expansion, a source with knowledge of the process told ESPN on Tuesday. Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, North
7:30 AM ET As the countdown continues to the start of the 2021-22 college basketball season on Nov. 9, ESPN.com’s panel of experts is making its predictions for all of the nation’s top leagues. After taking a look at Gonzaga and the best teams from the mid-major conferences (Atlantic 10, C-USA, Ivy, MAC, Missouri Valley,
6:44 PM ET ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale announced on Monday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. In a statement, Vitale said he plans to treat the cancer with steroids and six months of chemotherapy. The 82-year-old said he’ll manage the treatments around his work schedule for the upcoming season. Thanks so much