8:20 PM ET Top-seeded North Carolina A&T withdrew from the MEAC tournament on Thursday following a positive COVID-19 test within the program. The Aggies won the Southern Division’s regular-season title after going 7-1 in conference play. “Obviously we are tremendously disappointed for the student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans for North Carolina A&T State,” MEAC commissioner
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5:01 PM ET ESPN News Services Kentucky‘s season ended with a missed last-second shot in the SEC Tournament. But things began spiraling downward for the Wildcats long before Thursday’s disappointing 74-73 setback against Mississippi State that sealed their fate: No NCAA Tournament this year. When the Bulldogs’ Iverson Molinar made two free throws with seven
4:41 PM ET Patrick Ewing, minutes after coaching Georgetown to a thrilling victory over rival Villanova in the Big East tournament, said he was annoyed by the security measures he has encountered this week at Madison Square Garden — the hub of his Hall of Fame NBA playing career. The Hoyas’ 72-71 upset of the
12:45 PM ET ESPN staff The Duke Blue Devils are out of the 2021 ACC tournament after a positive COVID-19 test within their men’s college basketball program, the conference announced Thursday. The Blue Devils, who were scheduled to play Florida State in the ACC quarterfinals on Thursday, have been eliminated from the event, which is
10:41 AM ET Duke is out of the ACC tournament after a positive COVID-19 test within the program, sources told ESPN. The Blue Devils were scheduled to play Florida State in the ACC quarterfinals on Thursday. Duke beat Louisville, 70-56, on Wednesday to keep its NCAA tournament hopes alive. The Blue Devils moved into Joe
7:30 AM ET The 15-player final ballot for the 2021 John R. Wooden Award was revealed Saturday, with three Gonzaga players — Corey Kispert, Jalen Suggs and Drew Timme featured on the list. With the top-ranked Zags sitting at 26-0 and emerging as the clear team to beat in the 2021 NCAA tournament, ESPN.com’s panelists
10:55 AM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal What is always the busiest and, in some ways, most consequential day of Champ Week became even busier and more consequential on Thursday morning. Our colleague
7:11 PM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal Championship Week is by definition filled with bubble drama. What has changed in 2021 are the names at the center of that drama: Louisville, Maryland, Drake,
5:46 PM ET Associated Press All a team needs to play in this year’s NCAA Tournament is five healthy players. How about a coach? The NCAA will get back to you on that. The fluid nature of a March Madness played amid the coronavirus pandemic was spelled out Wednesday, hours before the NCAA selection committee
11:14 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — For the first time in the 42-year history of the Big East Conference, three players will share the league’s player of the year award. Seton Hall’s Sandro Mamukelashvili, Villanova’s Jeremiah Robinson-Earl and Collin Gillespie tied in the voting by the league’s coaches, who were not permitted to
7:00 AM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal Every March, the pressure grows stronger on what everyone at ESPN headquarters now refers to as simply The Streak. We are speaking, of course, of the
11:32 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Jalen Suggs hit two late 3-pointers and scored 23 points, helping top-ranked Gonzaga survive its biggest test of an undefeated season to beat Brigham Young 88-78 in the West Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament title game on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs (26-0) had been unstoppable all season,
10:17 PM ET Associated Press HARRISONBURG, Va. — Mate Okros scored 14 points with four 3-pointers and sixth-seeded Drexel is headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 25 years after defeating eighth-seeded Elon 63-56 in the championship game of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament on Tuesday night. The Dragons, whose last NCAA
11:25 PM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal Championship Week is by definition filled with bubble drama. What has changed in 2021 are the names at the center of that drama: Louisville, Maryland, Drake,
6:43 PM ET Associated Press Iowa athletic director Gary Barta apologized to the family of Hawkeyes basketball great Roy Marble on Tuesday for any hard feelings they have over the retirement of star player Luka Garza‘s number. Garza last month broke the 32-year-old career scoring record held by Marble, is the two-time Big Ten player
5:16 PM ET Auburn freshman Justin Powell is leaving the program, he told ESPN on Tuesday. Powell is expected to enter the transfer portal soon. A 6-foot-6 guard from Kentucky, Powell was one of the nation’s standout freshmen early in the season. He scored 26 points in back-to-back games against South Alabama and Memphis, and
3:20 PM ET Kansas big men David McCormack and Tristan Enaruna will miss the Big 12 tournament due to COVID-19 protocols, coach Bill Self announced Tuesday. Self believes both players will be back for the NCAA tournament, and he indicated the rest of the roster would be able to suit up for the conference tournament
11:58 AM ET Associated Press Iowa’s Luka Garza is The Associated Press player of the year in the Big Ten Conference for the second year in a row and Michigan’s Juwan Howard is coach of the year. Garza won a split vote with Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu after being a unanimous pick in 2020. Garza and