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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 6, 2024, 10:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Connecticut Huskies coach Dan Hurley is traveling to Southern California for a Friday meeting with Los Angeles Lakers VP of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka and owner Jeanie Buss — with the organization eager to close on a deal to hire the two-time national championship

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJun 6, 2024, 03:54 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato The legal team for Terrence Shannon Jr., the NBA prospect who is scheduled to go on trial next week on a felony rape charge for an alleged incident at a bar

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 6, 2024, 01:51 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Purdue basketball signee Kanon Catchings, a top-50 recruit in the 2024 class, has been released from his letter of intent and will reopen his recruitment. Coach Matt Painter made

Pete Thamel, ESPNJun 6, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Twenty years ago, the hottest coach in all of college basketball interviewed with the Los Angeles Lakers and made a choice that reverberated through two levels of basketball. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s flirtation with the franchise included a jaw-dropping five-year, $40 million offer that

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 6, 2024, 06:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers are targeting UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley as the franchise’s next coach and are preparing a massive, long-term contract offer to bring the back-to-back NCAA national champion to the NBA, sources told ESPN. The Lakers have had preliminary contact

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 5, 2024, 04:47 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Miami Hurricanes transfer Wooga Poplar, one of the best players left in the portal, has committed to Villanova, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Poplar visited Villanova last month and

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJun 5, 2024, 02:00 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Kansas guard Elmarko Jackson, a former McDonald’s All American, will miss the 2024-25 season after suffering a torn patellar tendon during a workout this week, the Jayhawks announced

Open Extended Reactions Moustapha Thiam, the No. 1-ranked center in the ESPN Class of 2025, will reclassify to 2024 and enroll at UCF this summer, grassroots program director Anthony Ricks told ESPN on Wednesday. The 7-foot-2 Senegalese big man is coming off a strong spring on the Adidas 3SSB circuit with Austin Rivers SE Elite,

Open Extended Reactions Top Australian basketball prospect Roman Siulepa will sign with the Tasmania JackJumpers of the Australian NBL Next Stars program, he told ESPN on Tuesday. “I’m homegrown, and wanted to stay here,” Siulepa told ESPN. “Once I heard I had the opportunity to be part of such an exciting program, I jumped at

Associated Press Jun 4, 2024, 11:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions OLEAN, N.Y. — Bob Beretta is returning to his alma mater in being named St. Bonaventure’s athletic director on Tuesday, a year after overseeing Le Moyne College’s transition to the Division I ranks. Beretta was captain of the Bonnies baseball team and graduated in

Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Myron Medcalf Close Myron Medcalf ESPN Staff Writer Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Jun 4, 2024, 09:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Last week, underclassmen had to

Associated Press Jun 3, 2024, 12:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OMAHA, Neb. — Creighton will rename its basketball practice facility the McDermott Center in honor of coach Greg McDermott and his family, the school announced Monday. McDermott has led the Bluejays to the NCAA tournament nine times in his 14 seasons, and he needs

Open Extended Reactions One of the top players in the NBA’s 2025 draft class, French guard Nolan Traore, has spurned offers from across the globe to remain in his home country, he told ESPN on Saturday. Traore, a 6-foot-5, 17-year-old playmaker who matriculated from famed Parisian sports academy INSEP, will sign a two-year contract with

Associated Press May 31, 2024, 07:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IRVING, Texas — Big 12 schools will share in a record $470 million of revenue distribution, the conference announced Friday when wrapping up its first spring meetings as a 14-team league and before growing by two more teams. While the 10 full-share members will

May 31, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With less than a month before the 2024 NBA draft begins, players are making big-time decisions that will impact their futures. With the NCAA’s early-entry withdrawal deadline passing on Wednesday, several prospects withdrew their names from the draft process in order to return to their prior

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 30, 2024, 05:49 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions DESTIN, Fla. — As the SEC spring meetings concluded on Thursday, commissioner Greg Sankey acknowledged that while college athletics is in “uncharted waters,” he believes the NCAA Division I schools

Associated Press May 30, 2024, 04:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The NCAA and a coalition of states suing the organization announced a proposed settlement of a lawsuit Thursday that would allow athletes to be immediately eligible to play no matter how many times they transfer and would offer some who were

Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Jonathan Givony May 30, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BYU transfer Jaxson Robinson is withdrawing from the NBA draft and has committed to Kentucky, he told ESPN on Thursday, giving the Wildcats one