6:11 PM ET Associated Press JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Jason Shay has resigned after one season as head coach of the men’s basketball team at East Tennessee State. Athletic director Scott Carter said Shay told him earlier Tuesday of his intention to resign. “I fully respect Coach Shay’s decision and have accepted his resignation,” Carter
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4:30 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Akron coach John Groce has agreed to a contract extension through 2026. Zips athletic director Larry Williams announced the agreement Tuesday with Groce, who just completed his fourth season at the school. Williams called Groce “a uniquely talented leader who has done and will continue to do
12:43 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The rebuilding project for the Florida Gators continues to grow. Forward Omar Payne entered the transfer portal Tuesday and became the fifth player to leave coach Mike White‘s program since the end of the season. The 6-foot-10 Payne joined shooting guard Noah Locke, backup point guard Ques
2:13 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — One of the biggest rebuilding efforts in recent college sports history is finally one step closer to completion, as Baylor got over the hump and advanced to its first Final Four since 1950. Since Scott Drew took over in Waco, Texas, in 2003, he has led the Bears to the
12:20 AM ET Half the men’s Final Four was set on Monday night, as the Houston Cougars and Baylor Bears kept their national championship hopes intact. Now it’s on to Tuesday’s NCAA tournament matchups, with the top overall seed Gonzaga Bulldogs and an increasingly impressive USC Trojans squad starting things off, and the resilient Michigan
8:27 PM ET ESPN News Services KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee men’s basketball guard Jaden Springer said he’s signing with an agent and declaring for the 2021 NBA draft after his freshman season. Springer announced his decision Monday with a social media post. ESPN rates Springer No. 27 in its latest draft rankings. He thanked Tennessee
7:06 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Shaka Smart acknowledges he’s happy to return to his home state but says that isn’t necessarily the reason he decided to leave Texas for Marquette. “I grew up about an hour from here,” Smart said Monday at his introductory news conference, three days after taking the Marquette job.
6:15 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Fordham is finalizing a deal to hire Villanova assistant Kyle Neptune to be its men’s basketball coach, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Borzello, confirming multiple reports. The hiring is expected to be announced this week, according to sources. Neptune, 36, is a New York native who went
5:05 PM ET Kentucky has landed a commitment from Kellan Grady, one of the best available transfers in men’s basketball. Grady left Davidson last week, entering his name in the portal to explore his options. “First, I want to express my eternal gratitude for Davidson College, Coach [Bob] McKillop and his entire staff for giving
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.
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