9:52 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert has received a contract extension through 2025, the association’s board of governors announced Tuesday. Emmert, who has served as NCAA president since November 2010, had been under contract through October 2023 with an option through 2024. The NCAA announced the extension as part of a news release that
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5:55 PM ET The SEC will not require fully vaccinated individuals who are asymptomatic to participate in the league’s surveillance testing program, according to an updated version of its COVID-19 protocols. As long as they have approval from their local health authority, fully vaccinated SEC staff and players also will no longer have to quarantine
11:25 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — – Sandro Mamukelashvili of Seton Hall has won the Haggerty Award, presented annually since 1936 to the New York metropolitan area’s Division I men’s college player of the year. The award was chosen by the Met Basketball Writers Association and announced Tuesday. The group also selected Steve
6:58 PM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa guard Jordan Bohannon announced Monday he will return to the Hawkeyes for his sixth season in 2021-22. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA granted eligibility relief to winter-sport athletes in 2020-21. Bohannon is Iowa’s career record holder in assists (639), 3-pointers made (364), free
6:51 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, a former Ohio State football player, reintroduced on Monday a bipartisan bill that would give college athletes the right to earn money through endorsements and sponsorship deals. Gonzalez, R-Ohio, and Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., co-sponsored the Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act, which would give college
2:54 PM ET Siena transfer Jalen Pickett, a top-25 overall transfer and one of the best available point guards, committed to Penn State on Sunday. Pickett chose the Nittany Lions over Oregon State, although Michigan, Gonzaga and Baylor were all involved late into his recruitment. “I really just trust coach [Micah] Shrewsberry,” Pickett told ESPN.
4:52 PM ET Wisconsin announced that head football coach Paul Chryst and five other head coaches were given contract extensions on Friday. Chryst, along with men’s basketball coach Greg Gard, women’s hockey coach Mark Johnson and men’s hockey coach Tony Granato, all received agreements that see their contract extend through portions of 2026. Swimming and
3:13 PM ET Central Michigan has hired Kentucky assistant Tony Barbee as its next men’s basketball head coach, the school announced on Friday. Barbee replaces Keno Davis, who was fired earlier this month after nine seasons with the Chippewas. “Coach Barbee met all the criteria we had to find the right individual to re-energize our
10:30 AM ET Pepperdine junior Kessler Edwards is entering the 2021 NBA draft, but will maintain his college eligibility and retain the option to return to school, he told ESPN Friday. “It’s every basketball player’s dream to play in the NBA, and that’s right here in front of me so I’m going to give everything
10:28 PM ET Terrence Clarke, a freshman guard for the Kentucky Wildcats this past season, died following a car accident in the Los Angeles area on Thursday, it was announced. Clarke’s mother was at his side when he died, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Clarke was 19 years old. Los Angeles Police Department Sergeant John
4:55 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Guard Montez Mathis has transferred to St. John’s after three seasons at Rutgers. St. John’s coach Mike Anderson announced the move on Thursday of the Baltimore native who played in 90 games and made 67 starts for the Scarlet Knights. Mathis averaged 8.3 points and helped Rutgers
4:33 PM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina has added Oklahoma transfer Brady Manek. The school announced Thursday that the 6-foot-9 graduate is joining the Tar Heels after spending the past four seasons as a Sooners starter under now-retired coach Lon Kruger. Manek provides the Tar Heels with an experienced big man
3:13 PM ET Central Michigan is hiring Kentucky assistant Tony Barbee as its next men’s basketball head coach, sources told ESPN. Barbee replaces Keno Davis, who was fired earlier this month after nine seasons with the Chippewas. A former head coach at UTEP and Auburn, Barbee spent the past seven years under John Calipari at
2:47 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Cameron Krutwig, who helped Loyola Chicago reach a Final Four as a freshman and return to the Sweet 16 as a senior this year, has decided to turn pro and skip his final year of eligibility. Krutwig announced his decision Thursday in a YouTube video, saying it was
12:12 PM ET In what could be one of several changes to the Kentucky Wildcats‘ coaching staff after missing the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2013, assistant coach Joel Justus has elected to take the top assistant post under Bobby Hurley at Arizona State, a source told ESPN on Thursday. Justus, who arrived
By Joe Lunardi Updated: 4/20/2021 at 7:30 a.m. ET After the most unusual NCAA tournament in history, a return to the version of March Madness fans have known and loved is back on the schedule for 2021-22. A standard selection process, a multiple-city event, and the return of fans, bands and cheerleaders are among the
Apr 21, 2021 Men’s college basketball recruiting hasn’t stopped despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the NCAA’s recruiting dead period being in place since March 2020. The ESPN 100 (Class of 2021), ESPN 60 (Class of 2022) and ESPN 25 (Class of 2023) have been updated following the high school season, meaning some prospects rose considerably
Apr 21, 2021 Chet Holmgren‘s commitment to Gonzaga on Monday meant one of the strangest recruiting cycles in college basketball history is one step closer to finishing. There hasn’t been in-person recruiting, campus visits, in-home meetings or coaches scouting players in gyms in more than a year. The 2021 class has survived, however, and for