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5:04 PM ET The Tennessee Volunteers have notified former interim head football coach Kevin Steele that he will not be retained on Josh Heupel’s staff but will receive his full $900,000 salary over the next two years after less than two months on the job. Steele was hired by Tennessee on Jan. 12 as a

4:34 PM ET Donyell Marshall is out as the head coach of Central Connecticut State, the school announced Friday. Marshall was the head coach of the Blue Devils for five seasons. “It has been a privilege to serve as the head coach for this program for the past five seasons,” Marshall said. “I’m grateful to

7:30 AM ET A 2020-21 men’s college basketball season that began with major questions about its format and duration will reach a key mile marker on Sunday, as the regular season concludes for all of the game’s power leagues. Champ Week and the most unique NCAA tournament in history are moving nearer on the horizon,

12:06 AM ET When his team needed a spark 48 hours after a tough loss, Michigan coach Juwan Howard turned to a rival: Draymond Green, the NBA standout and former Michigan State star. Howard said he used a video of Green trash-talking the Wolverines to help motivate his team prior to its 69-50 win over

3:19 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 Davidson’s Luka Brajkovic and Kellan Grady celebrate during Davidson’s quarterfinal win over George Mason on Friday night. Geoff Burke/USA Today Sports Atlantic 10 teams have been fixtures

10:53 PM ET Creighton head coach Greg McDermott has been suspended from all team activities for racially insensitive comments he made to his players last week, the school announced Thursday night. The decision comes comes two days after the school said any disciplinary action would remain confidential. “After our Creighton men’s basketball team returned to

10:10 PM ET Oklahoma State star Cade Cunningham left Thursday’s game against Baylor after rolling his left ankle, but he was able to walk back to the locker room under his own power after the game ended. “It happened right in front of me there,” coach Mike Boynton said. “I didn’t see anything unusual other

6:15 PM ET Villanova guard Collin Gillespie has suffered a torn MCL in his left knee and is expected to miss the rest of the men’s basketball season, the school announced Thursday. Gillespie left Wednesday’s game against Creighton with 6 minutes, 38 seconds remaining in the first half after landing awkwardly and immediately grabbing at

4:49 PM ET Associated Press Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder will step down this summer after 16 years and will be replaced by deputy AD Chad Weiberg. Oklahoma State said Thursday the moves will be effective July 1. Holder, 72, took over in 2005. During his tenure, significant upgrades to T. Boone Pickens Stadium

7:00 AM ET If Cade Cunningham hadn’t already gotten your attention, the Oklahoma State freshman standout surely received it last Saturday. Cunningham, the current favorite to go No. 1 in the 2021 NBA draft, dropped 40 points and 11 rebounds on Oklahoma in a critical overtime win for the Cowboys, following it up two days

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

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