10:56 AM ET Tennessee freshman Keon Johnson will declare for the 2021 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility by hiring an agent, he told ESPN Wednesday. Johnson, the No. 6 prospect in the ESPN 100, was named to the SEC’s all-rookie team after averaging 11.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 25
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8:30 PM ET Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech‘s search for its new basketball coach didn’t take long, and didn’t have to go far. Mark Adams, the Texas Tech graduate who was born about 40 miles from the Lubbock campus and spent the past five seasons as a Red Raiders assistant, was introduced Tuesday
7:54 PM ET Associated Press AMES, Iowa — Rasir Bolton, Iowa State‘s leading scorer this past season, has entered the NCAA transfer portal and will be looking to play at his third school in four years. Bolton left Penn State in 2019 after then-coach Patrick Chambers made a race-tinged comment to Bolton. Chambers resigned in
6:32 PM ET One year after finishing second in a tight race, Iowa star Luka Garza added another award to his trophy case Tuesday by winning the John R. Wooden Award as the top player in men’s college basketball. Garza, a 6-foot-11 senior standout, secured the award and completed the sweep of the major national
5:09 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose State has hired former Nebraska coach Tim Miles to take over the Spartans’ struggling men’s basketball program. Athletic director Marie Tuite announced the decision Tuesday, pointing to Miles’ experience building programs at Colorado State and Nebraska. Miles ended NCAA tournament droughts at both those
5:42 PM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Hubert Davis understands the challenge ahead of him in taking over at North Carolina. He’s a first-time college head coach. He’s following a Hall of Famer in Roy Williams. And he’s now leading a program that has six NCAA championships and ranks among college basketball’s all-time
4:41 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — UConn men’s basketball senior Isaiah Whaley has decided to take advantage of the extra year of eligibility being offered to athletes by the NCAA and will return for a fifth year with the Huskies, the school announced Tuesday. The Big East’s co-defensive player of the year, who
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,
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.