5:43 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The University of Denver has hired Jeff Wulbrun as its men’s basketball coach. It will be Wilbrun’s first head coaching job in the college ranks. The Stanford associate head coach takes over for Rodney Billups, who was let go earlier this month after finishing 48-94 with the Pioneers.
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4:22 PM ET Associated Press Oklahoma State announced a seven-year contract extension with men’s basketball coach Mike Boynton on Monday, a deal that will increase his compensation to $3 million annually. Boynton, 39, was set to make $1.85 million for this contract year, though he agreed to a 25% cut in September because the school
12:50 AM ET With just one more win, four teams on this list will say they’ve reached the Final Four. For some, it will be their first trip in years. Others might not view it as a grand accomplishment at all since they started the season with real national title hopes. The remaining field has
10:55 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Ten days ago, UCLA went into halftime of its First Four game against Michigan State with an 11-point deficit. The Bruins had ended the regular season with four straight losses and backed into the NCAA tournament, and their trip to Indiana looked to be a short one. Ten days later,
10:33 PM ET In one of the NCAA tournament’s most exciting games so far, the 11-seed UCLA Bruins upset the 2-seed Alabama Crimson Tide 88-78 in the Sweet 16. UCLA held an 11-point lead going into halftime, but Alabama refused to give up, storming back to make it a back-and-forth game late into the second
7:28 PM ET Brooklyn Nets assistant coach Royal Ivey interviewed for the open Texas head-coaching position on Sunday, sources told ESPN. The interview was held on Zoom. Ivey was a key player on the Longhorns’ 2003 Final Four team, before embarking on a 10-year NBA career. Ivey was an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City
6:06 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — For the Gonzaga Bulldogs, becoming the first unbeaten team since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers isn’t the goal. It’s just a byproduct of their actual ultimate goal: winning the NCAA tournament. And as Andrew Nembhard put it after top-seeded Gonzaga rolled through 5-seed Creighton 83-65, the Bulldogs are trying to do
4:07 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — Memphis has its first title with Penny Hardaway as coach, and these young Tigers could be set up for more. Boogie Ellis scored 23 points, and Memphis never trailed after a fast start to beat Mississippi State 77-64 in the NIT championship game Sunday, wrapping up Hardaway’s
3:49 PM ET New York Knicks assistant Mike Woodson is in talks to become Indiana’s next head coach, sources told ESPN. No deal is done yet, sources told ESPN, but the two sides are in discussions and there is belief a deal will be agreed. 2 Related Woodson, 63, is an Indianapolis native and Indiana
Mar 27, 2021 Half of the NCAA tournament Elite Eight is set after Saturday’s March Madness offerings, with the Oregon State Beavers continuing their unlikely run while knocking out Loyola Chicago, the Baylor Bears recording a strong second half to eliminate Villanova, the Arkansas Razorbacks outlasting a game Oral Roberts group, and the Houston Cougars
11:18 PM ET Associated Press CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami Hurricanes guard Chris Lykes has changed his mind and decided to enter the transfer portal, two days after coach Jim Larranaga said the senior guard was turning pro. 2 Related Lykes’ 2020-21 season was limited to two games because of an ankle injury. He led
6:40 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Oregon State head coach Wayne Tinkle has gone for a morning walk through the convention center in downtown Indianapolis on a regular basis since arriving nearly two weeks ago. On Saturday morning, he ran into a gentleman named Tim Allen, someone he has seen every day in the convention center.
7:21 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — In the aftermath of Loyola Chicago’s Sweet 16 loss to Oregon State, head coach Porter Moser said he hasn’t given any thought to the speculation that he could leave the Ramblers for a different job this spring. “All my thoughts are with these guys and this program,” Moser said. “So,
12:28 PM ET Northeastern transfer Tyson Walker, one of the best mid-major guards in the country, has committed to Michigan State. Walker chose the Spartans from a final five that included Kansas, Maryland, Miami and Vanderbilt. “They’ve been talking to me since I went into the portal,” Walker told ESPN about Michigan State. “They talk
9:56 AM ET Utah is expected to hire Utah State‘s Craig Smith as its next head basketball coach, sources told ESPN on Saturday. A deal should be official soon. Smith, 48, has been at Utah State for three seasons, leading the Aggies to two NCAA tournaments and three top-two finishes in the Mountain West Conference.
11:42 AM ET Texas‘ Shaka Smart has been hired as Marquette‘s new head basketball coach, the Golden Eagles announced Friday. Smart replaces Steve Wojciechowski, who was fired last week after seven seasons with the Golden Eagles. “We undertook an exhaustive national search, during which we discussed our opening with a significant number of highly qualified
2:52 AM ET Associated Press There are many who are basking in the Pac-12 conference’s historic run in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Commissioner Larry Scott is hoping that getting four teams in the Sweet 16 will bode well for the conference’s future. Even if he won’t be there to oversee it. Scott is in
5:31 PM ET NCAA tournament star and Big Sky Player of the Year Tanner Groves has entered the transfer portal, sources told ESPN. Groves, a 6-foot-9 big man from Eastern Washington, scored 35 points and made five 3-pointers in a first-round loss to Kansas last week. The Eagles led the Jayhawks by double-digits early in