4:21 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Former College of Charleston guard Zep Jasper has transferred to Auburn. Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said Wednesday that Jasper has signed an athletics financial aid agreement. He will have two years of eligibility remaining. Jasper spent three seasons at College of Charleston and averaged 15.6 points per
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3:24 PM ET Florida Gators forward Keyontae Johnson, who was hospitalized after collapsing during a game in December, on Wednesday said he will not enter the 2021 NBA draft and is waiting for medical clearance to return to the team for next season. “I am progressing & steadily making progress daily in my health,” Johnson
2:00 PM ET Former Wake Forest coach Danny Manning is expected to join Mark Turgeon’s staff at Maryland as an assistant coach, sources told ESPN. Manning and Turgeon played together at Kansas in the 1980s, including on the Jayhawks’ 1986 Final Four team. Manning was the head coach at Wake Forest for six seasons before
8:55 AM ET Alabama freshman Joshua Primo is entering the 2021 NBA draft but will maintain his college eligibility and retain the option to return to school, he announced Wednesday. “I’m hoping to learn more about the habits I need to build for making the jump from being an amateur to a professional,” he told
8:58 PM ET ESPN staff George Floyd’s murder — and the graphic footage that captured his final breaths — rocked athletes, coaches and executives throughout professional and amateur sports. With the country already on edge just a couple months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a viral video showed then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s
6:33 PM ET On Tuesday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty to the charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Floyd, 46, died on May 25, 2020, while in Minneapolis police custody. Bystander videos showed that Chauvin held his knee on Floyd’s neck for
8:04 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU added a fifth Division I transfer when Western Carolina forward Xavier Cork joined the incoming class for the Horned Frogs men’s basketball team and coach Jamie Dixon. Cork, who is from Sulphur Springs, Texas, played 58 games the past two seasons for Western Carolina. The
8:12 PM ET Associated Press The father of West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has died. Charlie Huggins, who led high school basketball teams to three Ohio state championships, was 87. James Gardner of Baxter-Gardner Funeral Home in Sherrodsville, Ohio, said Charlie Huggins died Tuesday. Gardner, the funeral home’s owner and director, said no official
6:55 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech has added a second signee for new head coach Mark Adams, with Dallas Baptist career scoring leader Chandler Jacobs planning to complete his accounting degree at the NCAA Division II school this semester and then join the Red Raiders as a graduate transfer. Jacobs’ signing
4:35 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky senior forward Olivier Sarr has declared for the NBA draft and will forego his remaining collegiate eligibility after one season with the Wildcats. The 7-foot Frenchman transferred last year from Wake Forest and averaged 10.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game. Sarr shot 47%,
4:29 PM ET ESPN News Services DURHAM, N.C. — Duke freshman forward Henry Coleman III says he plans to enter his name into the transfer portal. The school announced Coleman’s decision Tuesday. That came after the 6-foot-7 forward out of Richmond, Virginia, saw a limited role last season by averaging 1.1 points and 1.4 rebounds
3:00 PM ET UCLA sophomore Johnny Juzang is entering the 2021 NBA draft, but will maintain his college eligibility and retain the option to return to school. He made the announcement on Twitter, writing that he wants to make “an informed decision.” Juzang, the No. 50 prospect in the ESPN 100 NBA draft rankings, was
9:57 AM ET Auburn sophomore small forward Allen Flanigan — a projected second-round pick — told ESPN he will return for his junior season and not enter the NBA draft. “I have decided to return to Auburn for my junior year to be a part of something special. Family is key to me, and I’ve
10:54 AM ET Days after entering the transfer portal and then withdrawing two hours later, Sun Belt Player of the Year DeVante’ Jones told ESPN he will leave Coastal Carolina and plans to transfer. Jones, a 6-foot-1 guard, has also entered his name into the NBA draft. “I would like to start by apologizing for
8:45 AM ET Former Northwestern wing Miller Kopp, one of the best shooters in the NCAA transfer portal, told ESPN he has committed to play at Indiana next season. “Coach Woodson sees my potential as a versatile player and he has a plan for my development,” Kopp said. “With the NBA experience and the respect
7:55 AM ET Georgia sophomore Sahvir Wheeler, one of the best passers in the college game, announced Tuesday that he will enter the NCAA transfer portal and will also declare for the NBA draft while maintaining his collegiate eligibility. “I decided to declare for the NBA draft because of the success I had individually this
11:54 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — ESPN college basketball analyst Bob Valvano, the brother of late North Carolina State men’s basketball coach and broadcaster Jim Valvano, said on social media that he has leukemia, an aortic aneurysm and some kidney damage. Jim Valvano, who died in April 1993 from adenocarcinoma, a glandular cancer,
12:50 AM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU has added transfer guard Micah Peavy, the 2020 Texas high school Class 6A player of the year who started 25 games for Big 12 rival Texas Tech as a freshman this past season. Peavy is at least the fourth Division I transfer who has joined