7:00 AM ET Martenzie JohnsonESPN Short-form video content company Overtime announced Thursday that it is launching a professional basketball league that will compensate high school-aged players in hopes of funneling elite talent away from playing both high school and collegiate basketball, in which players are prohibited from being compensated. Overtime will launch the league, Overtime
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By Joe Lunardi Updated: 3/3/2021 at 12:10 a.m. ET The NCAA tournament we lost last season has been found — and will be different than any previous such event. The realities of the coronavirus pandemic mean the 2021 NCAA tournament will be held at a single destination – the state of Indiana – with multiple
11:28 PM ET ESPN News Services Creighton men’s basketball coach Greg McDermott, who previously apologized for urging his players to “stay on the plantation” in a postgame locker room talk following a loss over the weekend, said on Wednesday that he offered to resign over his comments. McDermott said on Creighton’s pregame radio show before
11:17 PM ET Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim questioned a reporter’s credibility based on his height and perceived lack of basketball experience following a 64-54 win over Clemson on Wednesday night. On Monday, Matthew Gutierrez, who covers Syracuse basketball for The Athletic, tweeted that the Orange would be “somewhere around 17-5 overall” and in the field
9:53 PM ET Villanova senior point guard Collin Gillespie left Wednesday’s game against Creighton with a left knee injury and will not return, the school announced. Gillespie landed awkwardly during a play with 6 minutes, 38 seconds remaining in the first half and immediately grabbed at his left leg. He tried to walk it off
5:29 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina’s first African American basketball star, a former NBA veteran running unopposed with the governor’s backing, would appear to be a slam dunk for election to a full term on the school’s Board of Trustees. But Alex English still had to sweat out
7:00 AM ET The coaching carousel started spinning earlier than usual this season, with jobs at Penn State and Wichita State opening before the season even began and Boston College and Fordham making moves with more than a month left in the season. Wichita State has since promoted interim head coach Isaac Brown to the
3:01 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 Indiana won the second of its five national championship banners in 1953, when coach Branch McCracken guided a team headed by Don Schlundt to a one-point
10:05 PM ET Following Baylor’s bounce-back win over West Virginia and considering the fact Illinois was going to be without Ayo Dosunmu heading into its game at Michigan, it looked like we would exit Tuesday night with a pretty good idea of the first three 1-seeds and a wide-open race for the fourth spot in
9:19 PM ET ESPN News Services MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Coach Scott Drew jumped on Mark Vital‘s back after Baylor clinched the Big 12 championship, pointed a finger to the sky, then raced off the court ahead of his players to prepare for an even more raucous celebration. “I was able to beat them into the
6:49 PM ET Creighton men’s basketball coach Greg McDermott apologized Tuesday for racially insensitive comments he made to his players following a loss to Xavier last week. “On February 27th, after an emotionally tough loss on the road, I addressed our student-athletes and staff in the postgame locker room and used a terrible inappropriate analogy
2:37 PM ET Associated Press The SEC wants the few fans able to attend the men’s basketball tournament in Nashville, Tennessee, to know the rules. Health officials are allowing a seating capacity of 20% at Bridgestone Arena for approximately 3,400 fans because of COVID-19 restrictions at the tournament starting March 10. The SEC said Tuesday
7:00 AM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan College basketball still owns the month of March, even amid a global pandemic, but for a select few
5:31 PM ET Associated Press VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University announced Monday that men’s basketball coach Tommy Dempsey is out and assistant Levell Sanders has been named interim coach for next season. Athletic director Patrick Elliott said in a news release that Dempsey’s contract would not be renewed after his nine years at the helm.
4:54 PM ET DENVER — The University of Denver is parting ways with basketball coach Rodney Billups after five seasons. Billups finished 48-94 at the school where he once was a standout player. The Pioneers were 2-19 overall this season and 1-13 in Summit League play. Denver didn’t qualify for the conference tournament in two
3:51 PM ET The National Invitational Tournament is downsizing and moving its annual tournament this month, the NCAA announced Monday. The NIT will feature 16 teams all playing in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, with games being held at Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas and at UNT Coliseum on North Texas’ campus in Denton, Texas.
2:32 PM ET Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton agreed to a five-year extension through the 2024-2025 season that will pay him $2.25 million annually plus bonuses, the school announced Monday. Hamilton, 72, is the all-time winningest coach in school history and has the Seminoles on the verge of winning back-to-back ACC regular-season titles. Florida State
2:24 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. — University of Albany men’s basketball coach Will Brown is out after two decades. Brown said in a news release issued Monday that he and the school had agreed “to mutually part ways.” The 2020-21 season was the final year of his contract extension. “Anyone who knows me knows this