3:47 PM ET Illinois junior Ayo Dosunmu will declare for the 2021 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility by hiring an agent, he announced on ESPN’s The Jump on Wednesday. Dosunmu, the No. 22 prospect in the ESPN 100, was a consensus first team All-American and the winner of the Bob Cousy Award,
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2:37 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Villanova forward Cole Swider has signed a financial aid agreement with Syracuse and will join the men’s basketball program after three seasons with the Wildcats, the Orange announced Tuesday. The 6-foot-9, 225-pound Swider appeared in 77 games with 17 starts for the Wildcats and has two years
10:55 AM ET Arizona State freshman Marcus Bagley will declare for the 2021 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Tuesday. “I’m excited about the opportunity to inform the NBA of my intentions and preparing for the draft,” Bagley told ESPN. “There’s so much about my game that I believe the basketball world hasn’t seen.” Bagley
11:30 PM ET After a college basketball season unlike any we’ve ever seen, we’re about to enter a college basketball offseason unlike any we’ve ever seen. In addition to the usual NBA draft decisions, the transfer portal is filling up at an unprecedented rate, and every player in the country has been granted another year
11:36 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Years before leading the Baylor Bears to their first men’s basketball national championship by pummeling Gonzaga 86-70 on Monday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, coach Scott Drew led a tour of his team’s relatively new practice facility. To unlock the doors, he put his hand on a fancy scanner. Inside,
12:45 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Gonzaga was 40 minutes from cementing itself among college basketball’s all-time great teams. The first undefeated team in 45 years, the first national championship in program history, just two games all season decided by single digits. Potentially a generational team. It was all within reach at 9:20 ET on Monday
11:45 PM ET Perfect no more. After a tournament in which they blew out several teams and played one of the greatest games of all time against 11-seed UCLA, the 1-seed Gonzaga Bulldogs saw their quest to become the first undefeated national champions since 1976 come to an inglorious end in an 86-70 loss at
11:46 PM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host Fresh off falling short of an undefeated season and the school’s first national championship, Gonzaga is the betting favorite for the 2021-22 college basketball season. Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill has posted the Bulldogs at +550
9:13 PM ET Texas Tech is promoting associate head coach Mark Adams to replace Chris Beard, sources told ESPN. A news conference introducing Adams as the Red Raiders’ new head coach is expected Tuesday. Beard left Texas Tech for Texas last week after five seasons in Lubbock. Shortly after Beard’s departure was announced, Adams emerged
5:00 PM ET Michael A. Fletcher East Tennessee State named veteran Tennessee assistant Desmond Oliver its new men’s basketball coach Monday, less than a week after the school’s former coach resigned amid a backlash triggered when his team kneeled during the national anthem. Oliver replaces Jason Shay, who faced withering criticism from Tennessee lawmakers, university
4:55 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — New Indiana coach Mike Woodson is bringing a distinctly Hoosiers flavor to his new staff after hiring former star Dane Fife as associate head coach Monday. Fife spent the last 10 seasons working on Tom Izzo’s staff at Michigan State, the final three as associate head coach.
3:30 PM ET North Carolina is expected to promote longtime assistant Hubert Davis to replace Roy Williams as the Tar Heels’ new head basketball coach, sources have confirmed to ESPN. The university’s board of trustees was holding a meeting Monday to approve Davis’ contract, sources told ESPN. Williams, a Hall of Famer who won three
3:56 PM ET Kentucky Wildcats freshman Devin Askew, a former five-star basketball recruit, has entered the transfer portal, a source told ESPN Monday. Askew, a 6-foot-3 point guard from California, started 20 games during his first season in Lexington. He averaged 6.5 points and 2.9 assists but struggled shooting the ball and was inconsistent taking
3:10 PM ET Associated Press SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Guard Jamir Harris is returning to New Jersey and joining Seton Hall as a graduate transfer. Coach Kevin Willard announced the move on Monday, noting he can play next season. A New Brunswick resident, Harris spent the past three years at American University after starting his
2:44 PM ET Associated Press MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — Central Michigan has fired men’s basketball coach Keno Davis after nine years at the helm. CMU announced the move Monday. The Chippewas went 142-143 under Davis and did not make the NCAA tournament. The team did appear in the NIT in 2015 after winning a Mid-American
11:33 AM ET Associated Press AMES, Iowa — Iowa State extended athletic director Jamie Pollard’s contract through 2026 on Monday after a breakthrough football season. The school said there is no scheduled salary increase. He was earning $757,000 when he announced temporary 10% pay cuts for coaches and some administrators to help offset a $25
7:00 AM ET Could anything possibly top that? The Gonzaga Bulldogs‘ thrilling 93-90 overtime victory versus the UCLA Bruins in Saturday’s Final Four — already being called one of the finest games in March Madness history — established a new standard for what we expect from our NCAA tournament games. But Monday night’s national championship
8:00 AM ET Call it a support group for 66 fan bases. The Houston Cougars and UCLA Bruins joined a less-than-exclusive list on Saturday night of teams whose 2021 NCAA tournament experiences have ended with a loss. Either the Gonzaga Bulldogs or Baylor Bears will join them after Monday night’s national championship, and for whichever