9:43 PM ET Associated Press WACO, Texas — Baylor head coach Scott Drew has refused to accept a vehicle wrapped with the school’s national championship logo after an insensitive remark made by the dealership’s general manager when discussing it during a live TV interview. The customized Jeep Wrangler was driven in the team’s championship parade
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6:42 PM ET Arizona announced on Wednesday it has hired former Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd as its next men’s basketball coach. Over the past few weeks, Lloyd had emerged as the favorite to replace Sean Miller in Tucson. Arizona looked at coaches with connections to the Wildcats, namely Pacific‘s Damon Stoudamire, Georgia Tech‘s Josh Pastner
8:21 PM ET Cincinnati announced on Wednesday that it has hired former UNC Greensboro coach Wes Miller as its next men’s basketball head coach. The school said in a statement that Miller will get a six-year contract. Miller has been at UNCG for 10 seasons. Over the past five seasons, he has led the Spartans
6:12 PM ET Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan guard Eli Brooks is returning for a fifth season with the Wolverines. The team announced on Twitter on Wednesday that Brooks has accepted the chance to play an additional year, which the NCAA is allowing because of the coronavirus pandemic. Brooks started 27 games this
6:42 PM ET Arizona is expected to hire Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd as its next head coach, sources confirmed to ESPN. Over the past few weeks, Lloyd had emerged as the favorite to replace Sean Miller in Tucson. Arizona looked at coaches with connections to the Wildcats, namely Pacific‘s Damon Stoudamire, Georgia Tech‘s Josh Pastner
3:53 PM ET Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas announced Wednesday that it has signed men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman to a new, five-year agreement that could keep him with the Razorbacks through the 2028 season. The agreement, coming a month after Arkansas reached its first NCAA tournament Elite Eight appearance in more than 25
2:21 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville guard David Johnson will enter the NBA draft and forgo his final two seasons of eligibility after being one of the Cardinals’ most productive players the past two years. The 6-foot-5 Louisville native averaged 12.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 19 games as a
2:50 PM ET Duke sophomore Matthew Hurt will declare for the 2021 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility by hiring an agent, he told ESPN Wednesday. Hurt, the No. 48 prospect in the ESPN 100, was named first team All-ACC and the winner of the ACC’s most improved player award after averaging 18.3
1:25 PM ET Loyola Maryland sophomore Santi Aldama is entering the 2021 NBA draft, but will maintain his college eligibility and retain the option to return to school, he told ESPN Wednesday. The 6-foot-11 forward, the No. 57 prospect in the ESPN 100 NBA draft rankings, was named first-team All-Conference in the Patriot League after
9:28 PM ET In a 12-hour span Tuesday, Texas changed the trajectory of its 2021-22 season. New coach Chris Beard and the Longhorns landed commitments from Utah transfer Timmy Allen and Kentucky transfer Devin Askew, while junior guard Andrew Jones also announced he will return to Austin for another season. Allen was the big coup.
6:52 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville has announced that former Florida guard Noah Locke has transferred to the program after an impressive perimeter shooting career with the Gators. The 6-foot-3 Locke averaged 10.6 points and 2.4 rebounds per game as while starting 24 of 25 contests as a Gators junior. He made
4:28 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Marcus Zegarowski announced Tuesday he is leaving Creighton and declaring for the NBA draft, the biggest name in an exodus that started after the Bluejays’ run to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Zegarowski was one of the top point guards in the nation, averaging a team-leading 15.8
12:15 PM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The North Carolina Tar Heels‘ five-year deal with new men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis will pay an average of $2 million annually in salary, compensation from apparel and multimedia deals, and an expense allowance. The school has released terms for Davis, a former Tar Heels player
10:43 AM ET The American Athletic Conference announced Tuesday that it has voted to eliminate the league’s intraconference transfer policy, allowing student-athletes to transfer between schools in the league without losing a year of eligibility. The decision, which the league’s athletic directors made unanimously, is effective immediately and comes on the heels of similar decisions
9:57 AM ET Jake Malooley DAVID RAYMOND’S PILGRIMAGE to the happiest pantheon in sports always begins rather drearily. After a flight from Philadelphia to Chicago’s Midway Airport, he takes a 40-minute drive in a rental car southeast, down the construction-plagued Skyway toll road, across a bridge that spans one of the nation’s most polluted waterways
1:33 AM ET A former student is suing the University of Evansville, alleging she was sexually assaulted by former men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty and that the school failed to provide a safe environment. The Title IX lawsuit was filed Monday. In it, the former student, identified as Jane Doe and described as a former
7:24 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida landed its fourth transfer in two weeks on Monday when former Charleston Southern guard Phlandrous Fleming Jr. formally committed to the Gators. The 6-foot-4 Fleming averaged 20.1 points and 7.4 rebounds as a senior last season with the Buccaneers. He was named the Big South’s Defensive
7:42 PM ET Villanova seniors Collin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels announced Monday they planned to return to college for another season, likely cementing the Wildcats as a preseason top-10 team. Gillespie tore the MCL in his left knee in early March and missed the rest of the season. One of the best point guards in