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1:11 PM ET Illinois center Kofi Cockburn is withdrawing from the NBA draft as he continues to explore his options for where to play college basketball in his junior season, he told ESPN on Tuesday. “I think I’m ready for the next level, but I wasn’t happy with the input I was getting from NBA

12:35 PM ET Michigan center Hunter Dickinson is withdrawing from the NBA draft and returning to school for his sophomore season. “I felt where teams had me going in the draft wasn’t where I wanted to be,” Dickinson told ESPN via text on Tuesday. “I am better than a mid-second round pick and teams told

9:29 AM ET Miami guard Isaiah Wong told ESPN he will withdraw his name from the 2021 NBA draft and return to the Hurricanes for his junior season. “Going into the NBA draft process for me was more about hearing what teams were saying what I needed to work on in order to improve my

8:51 AM ET Potential second round pick Ochai Agbaji will withdraw from the NBA draft and return to Kansas for his senior season, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. The NCAA deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA draft and maintain college eligibility is Wednesday. Agbaji, a 6-foot-6 wing, was named All-Big 12 honorable

6:45 AM ET Jon Scheyer could have been forgiven if he fumbled his words the first few times. After all, only one person in the past 41 years has been able to use the “Duke head coach” tag when making men’s basketball recruiting calls. So did Scheyer have to correct himself at all in the

6:58 PM ET Aaron Wiggins is keeping his name in the 2021 NBA draft and will forgo his remaining eligibility at Maryland, he told ESPN on Monday. “The last couple of weeks, being able to go through team workouts, the G League Elite Camp and the NBA combine, being able to play my game has

9:25 AM ET Michigan guard DeVante’ Jones will withdraw from the NBA draft and return for his senior season, he told ESPN on Monday. “I decided to withdraw from the NBA draft because there’s a stigma of the level I played at my three years at Coastal Carolina University,” Jones told ESPN. “Being able to

9:13 PM ET St. John’s power forward Julian Champagnie will withdraw from the NBA draft and return to school for his junior season, he told ESPN on Sunday. “This was an extremely difficult decision,” Champagnie said. “It’s been a lingering thought for months now. I enjoyed the process, but I didn’t put myself in the

2:07 PM ET Marc J. Spears Former NBA star Reggie Theus is expected to be named the athletic director and men’s head basketball coach at Bethune-Cookman University next week, sources told ESPN’s The Undefeated. Theus replaces Ryan Ridder as Bethune-Cookman’s men’s basketball coach. Ridder left for the same position at University of Tennessee-Martin on March

1:35 PM ET Potential first-round pick Miles McBride is keeping his name in the 2021 NBA draft and will forgo his remaining eligibility at West Virginia, he told ESPN on Saturday. “This was definitely a difficult decision,” McBride told ESPN. “Huggs [Coach Bob Huggins] has done so much for me. I love West Virginia, the

12:48 PM ET Ohio State power forward E.J. Liddell will withdraw from the NBA draft and return to school, he told ESPN Saturday. “This was a pretty difficult decision,” Liddell told ESPN. “No one in my family has ever been this close to getting to a professional league. After many conversations with my parents and

7:57 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Jalen Wilson withdrew from the NBA draft on Friday and announced he would return to Kansas for his sophomore season, providing more experience on the wing for a rebuilt team that should begin among the top five in the nation. The 6-foot-8, 220-pound Wilson averaged 11.8 points

4:07 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued an executive order allowing college athletes to earn money off the use of their names, images and likenesses. Cooper’s order, signed Friday, comes one day after an NCAA rule change went into effect allowing athletes to profit from their fame

10:30 AM ET Oral Roberts forward Kevin Obanor, one of the breakout stars of the NCAA tournament, entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer Friday morning. Obanor, a 6-foot-8 forward from Houston, has been one of the most productive players in the Summit League the past three seasons. As a junior, he earned first-team

4:21 PM ET Illinois star Kofi Cockburn entered the transfer portal on Thursday, sources told ESPN. Cockburn entered his name into the NBA draft earlier this offseason and has until Wednesday to withdraw from the draft. He hasn’t closed the door on a return to Illinois, sources said, but wants to explore all his options

3:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Kentucky is getting its top basketball scorer back from last season, as guard Davion Mintz has decided to withdraw from the NBA draft and return to school. “I really appreciate the support from my coaches, my teammates and my family while I went through this process,” Mintz said in

1:15 PM ET BYU athletes seeking to profit off of their name, image and likeness still must follow the university’s honor code standards, which prohibit alcohol, tobacco and even coffee. Athletic director Tom Holmoe outlined the school’s NIL policies Tuesday night in a letter to all athletes, coaches and staff. Along with standard items such

11:31 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com On Thursday, for the first time, college athletes can begin making money off their names, images and likenesses without the threat of losing eligibility. That comes after the NCAA decided to suspend rules prohibiting athletes from selling their likenesses. It follows years of debate, a United States Supreme Court opinion,