2:52 PM ET UMBC guard Darnell Rogers, believed to be the shortest scholarship player in Division I basketball history, has entered the transfer portal, he told ESPN on Monday. Rogers, who is 5-foot-2, started all 20 games for UMBC this past season. He played seven games last season before suffering a hamstring injury and then
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2:18 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said it could be “a matter of years” before its schools recover from the financial blow they took when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down sports and then limited how games have returned. The loss of revenue from the canceled Big 12
12:23 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga remains entrenched at No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll in its bid to go wire-to-wire. The Zags received 61 of 63 first-place votes from a media panel in the poll released Monday as they attempt to become the first wire-to-wire No. 1 since Kentucky in
7:00 AM ET After one week of Michigan in the top two, the Power Rankings have returned to homeostasis. The Wolverines were blown out by Illinois at home and lost to Michigan State, while Baylor ripped off wins over West Virginia, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. So Baylor is back in its usual No. 2
9:52 PM ET Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State‘s NCAA tournament streak under Basketball Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo appears to be alive and well after it was in dire straits a month ago. Rocket Watts scored 21 points and Aaron Henry had 18 to lead the Spartans in a 70-64 victory
10:20 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 Just three weeks ago, Michigan State was 4-9 in the Big Ten. The Spartans had already been swept by both Iowa and Purdue, and Tom Izzo’s
9:45 PM ET Kansas Jayhawks star David McCormack remembers the eerie feeling on campus when he finally returned last summer. The normally bustling university, where 28,000 students are enrolled, was quiet. “You get back on campus and you’re ready to see student life,” he said. At that point, McCormack and his colleagues around the country
3:51 PM ET After No. 5 Iowa’s 77-73 win over No. 25 Wisconsin on Sunday, the school announced it would retire Luka Garza‘s No. 55. Garza, the Wooden Award contender who finished with 21 points and 16 rebounds against the Badgers, said he was emotional after Fran McCaffery told him the news after the game.
9:34 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Five Creighton men’s basketball players explained Saturday in a short pregame video why they were hurt by coach Greg McDermott’s remarks in his locker room talk following a loss last weekend. A sixth player who didn’t speak in the video, star guard Marcus Zegarowski, said after Saturday’s
8:33 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 This season, we’ve become accustomed to many strange things: no fans or very few in arenas; games being cancelled; and championships being awarded in leagues where
4:13 PM ET Villanova guard Justin Moore suffered what coach Jay Wright said to be a “pretty severe” sprained ankle in the first half of Saturday’s game against Providence, adding to the growing injury woes for the No. 10 Wildcats. Moore went down with an ankle injury in the first half of the Wildcats’ 54-52
11:03 AM ET Northern Illinois has hired Arizona State assistant Rashon Burno as its next head coach, the school announced on Saturday. Burno replaces Mark Montgomery, who was fired back in January after a 1-7 start. “When we started this process, it was about the right fit and matching up with our core values at
11:31 AM ET The national ballot for the John R. Wooden Award — awarded to college basketball’s top player — was revealed Saturday, with 15 players including Iowa‘s Luka Garza and Oklahoma State‘s Cade Cunningham among those featured on the list. Garza, who finished as runner-up for the Wooden Award last season, has delivered on
10:39 AM ET Oklahoma State star Cade Cunningham won’t play on Saturday at West Virginia, coach Mike Boynton told ESPN. Cunningham rolled his left ankle toward the end of Thursday’s loss at Baylor and missed the final minute of the game. Boynton said after the game it didn’t seem serious, and the expectation remains that
8:00 AM ET This excerpt of “Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession,” by Joe Lunardi, is presented with permission from Triumph Books. For more information or to order a copy, visit Triumph Books, Bookshop, Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Perhaps the most common Bracketology myth is that the Selection
11:49 PM ET Liberty will face North Alabama in the Atlantic Sun tournament championship game Sunday, but it already has clinched a spot in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament even before stepping on the court. The Flames beat Stetson 77-64 in the semifinals Friday in Jacksonville, Florida, and since North Alabama — a school transitioning
10:56 PM ET Arizona faces allegations of five Level I rules violations, including two alleged instances of academic misconduct within the men’s basketball program, according to an NCAA notice of allegations the university released to ESPN on Friday through an open records request. Arizona released the notice of allegations in response to a Maricopa County
8:14 PM ET Friday’s Missouri Valley Conference quarterfinal men’s basketball game between Drake and Northern Iowa was canceled, the league announced. Drake, currently on the bubble for the NCAA tournament, automatically advanced to the semifinals in St. Louis. The league tweeted its announcement, saying an official statement was forthcoming, but did not give a reason