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11:02 PM ET Georgia Tech star Moses Wright, the ACC player of the year, will miss the Yellow Jackets’ first-round game against Loyola Chicago in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, sources told ESPN on Wednesday night. Wright also likely will be out if Tech beats Loyola Chicago and advances to face the winner of Illinois–Drexel,
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10:28 PM ET ESPN News Services LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky forward Isaiah Jackson says he will enter the NBA draft and be evaluated but not hire an agent, leaving the door open for him to return to school. The 6-foot-10 freshman averaged 8.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game and blocked 65 shots this season
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8:26 PM ET Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Drake basketball coach Darian DeVries has agreed to an eight-year contract extension through 2028-29, athletic director Brian Hardin announced Wednesday night. DeVries has led the Bulldogs to 20-win seasons each of his first three years at the school. Drake, at 25-9, has the third-most wins in
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8:57 PM ET Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — Marquette assistant Dwayne Killings was hired as Albany’s men’s basketball coach Wednesday. Killings served as associate head coach at Marquette under Steve Wojciechowski. Killings replaces Will Brown, who was not offered a contract extension after the season. “When I set out on this journey to become a
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5:36 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina basketball hall of famer Art Whisnant has died, the school announced Wednesday. No cause of death was given. He was 81 years old. Whisnant played for the Gamecocks from 1959 to ’62 and was a three-time all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection during that time. He finished
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5:10 PM ET Oklahoma guard De’Vion Harmon will miss the Sooners’ first two games of the NCAA tournament after testing positive for COVID-19. No other players are in contact tracing, coach Lon Kruger said on Wednesday. Harmon, a 6-foot-2 sophomore, started 23 of 25 games for Oklahoma this season. He’s the team’s second-leading scorer, averaging
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4:03 PM ET Associated Press Isaiah Livers of Michigan, Geo Baker of Rutgers and Jordan Bohannon of Iowa were among the college basketball players pushing for NCAA reforms on social media Wednesday, the day before the tournament tips off. With the hashtag #NotNCAAProperty, players pushed for the association to permit college athletes to earn money
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11:06 AM ET For the first time, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, one of America’s favorite sporting events to bet on, will take place in a state with legal bookmakers operating right down the street from where the games are being played. According to figures released Sunday by the American Gaming Association, more than 47
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8:08 PM ET Utah has fired coach Larry Krystkowiak, the school announced Tuesday. Krystkowiak had been in charge of the Utes for 10 seasons. “Today, I informed Head Men’s Basketball Coach Larry Krystkowiak that I am making a change in the leadership of our men’s basketball program,” athletic director Mark Harlan said in a statement.
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7:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens said Tuesday that he’s flattered by being mentioned as a candidate for the head-coaching opening at Indiana University but that he’s “extremely grateful” to be the coach of the Celtics. “It means a lot,” Stevens said of the groundswell of support for him to return
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3:43 PM ET George Mason men’s basketball coach Dave Paulsen is out after six seasons, sources told ESPN. Paulsen failed to make the NCAA tournament in any of his six seasons at the Fairfax, Virginia school, but finished above .500 in four of his last five seasons. This season, the Patriots finished 13-9 overall and
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2:33 PM ET Sister Jean is headed back to March Madness. Loyola-Chicago confirmed Tuesday that Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the 101-year-old chaplain for the school’s basketball team, will be in attendance Friday when the Ramblers open the NCAA tournament against Georgia Tech in Indianapolis. The Ramblers won the Missouri Valley Conference championship and are the
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