12:27 PM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Two moves by the NCAA on Wednesday should allow increased opportunities for collaboration and cross-promotion between the Division I men’s and
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7:57 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The hope for Florida‘s Keyontae Johnson is to be “happy and healthy” this season. Coach Mike White said Tuesday that Johnson has not been medically cleared to practice even though it’s been nearly 10 months since the standout forward collapsed on the court and was rushed to
12:21 PM ET Belmont has accepted an invitation to join the Missouri Valley Conference and will become the league’s 11th member in the fall of 2022. The Bruins have been a member of the Ohio Valley Conference since 2012 after spending 12 years in the Atlantic Sun Conference. “Joining the Missouri Valley Conference represents a
12:08 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A former St. John’s assistant basketball coach is suing the university and head coach Mike Anderson, claiming he was fired because of a health issue. Steve DeMeo says in a lawsuit he was let go in June after telling Anderson about a serious heart condition that necessitated
8:13 PM ET Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State signed coach Kyle Smith to a contract extension Thursday that goes through the 2026-27 season and adds two years to the original contract he was given when he was hired. Smith was brought in as the replacement for Ernie Kent in March 2019 and quickly
2:57 PM ET Associated Press In the dead of winter, Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack was brainstorming about the future and how to make some sort of social impact through sports. “My thought was, is there a chance for us to maybe schedule our nonconference with a little more purpose in some instances?” Wildhack said.
7:35 AM ET At this time last year, there was minimal buzz about Michigan, Ohio State or Purdue in the Big Ten title race. The three programs were all picked middle-of-the-pack in most preseason rankings, some distance behind the likes of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin at the top. Three months later, Michigan won the regular-season
7:33 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest remaining lawsuits over Ohio State’s failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying Wednesday it’s indisputable Strauss abused hundreds of young men but agreeing with the university’s argument that the legal window for such
4:06 PM ET Editor’s note: Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, expert on sports issues, scholar and author. For the first time since 2018 — a period of time that included a pandemic, a polarizing presidential election and the 2020-21 racial reckoning — The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in
8:30 AM ET Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Duke and Kentucky are battling for the No. 1 recruiting class. Order has been restored on the recruiting trail in 2022, with the two recruiting powerhouses back atop the rankings. The Blue Devils and Wildcats were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in either order
9:19 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — The American Athletic Conference has extended the contract of commissioner Mike Aresco for three years through June 2025, the league announced Monday. Aresco, a former CBS Sports executive, was hired as Big East commissioner in 2012 during sweeping conference realignment that ultimately forced the league to rebuild
6:16 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 Elite center Dereck Lively, the
4:55 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The Pac-12 and the Southwestern Athletic Conference are forming a basketball educational and scheduling partnership. The partnership announced Monday will include home-and-home series between the member institutions in each conference. The partnership in men’s and women’s basketball will begin in November 2022 with two-year home-and-home series through
7:29 PM ET Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Austin Peay is leaving the Ohio Valley Conference for the ASUN Conference effective July 1, becoming the league’s 13th full member. The move ratified by Austin Peay’s board of trustees and announced Friday ends a membership with the OVC that began in 1962. Austin Peay won 69
3:25 PM ET Five-star center Vincent Iwuchukwu announced his commitment to USC on Friday, giving the Trojans their fourth five-star big man in the past four classes. Iwuchukwu took a visit to Baylor in June, when the Bears appeared to be the favorite for the San Antonio native. But USC made a strong push over
7:02 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 junior Caleb Foster committed
7:55 AM ET It’s rare to see a team miss the NCAA tournament, lose four of its top seven players and then be considered a preseason top-10 team the following year. But the 2021-22 Memphis Tigers are anything but common. While they did miss the NCAA tournament, they won the NIT and would have likely
7:20 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 Chris Livingston committed