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Open Extended Reactions Kentucky’s Ugonna Onyenso told ESPN that he is hiring an agent and declaring for the 2024 NBA draft. “I’m ready to go to the next level,” Onyenso said. “I’m not thinking about coming back to play college basketball. I’m 100% focused on the NBA.” Onyenso, ranked No. 47 in the ESPN 100

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Kentucky freshman Zvonimir Ivisic announced Monday he will follow John Calipari and transfer to Arkansas. Ivisic entered the transfer portal over the weekend, becoming the first Kentucky player to

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Texas starters Tyrese Hunter and Dillon Mitchell are entering the transfer portal, sources told ESPN, while Mitchell also plans to enter the NBA draft. An official announcement regarding Mitchell

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 03:53 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Colorado State head coach Niko Medved has agreed to a new five-year contract with two additional one-year options, the school announced on Monday. The full seven-year deal would be

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 03:53 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Colorado State head coach Niko Medved has agreed to a new five-year contract with two additional one-year options, sources told ESPN. The full seven-year deal would be worth nearly

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 01:28 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Kentucky freshman D.J. Wagner, a former top-five recruit in the 2023 class, entered the transfer portal Monday. Wagner, a 6-foot-4 guard from Camden, New Jersey, immediately becomes one of

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 10:19 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Five-star guard Boogie Fland has requested his release from Kentucky and will reopen his recruitment, sources told ESPN. Fland becomes the fourth member of what was the No. 2-ranked

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterApr 14, 2024, 07:17 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Days after John Calipari left town, Mark Pope stood on a podium in front of a sold-out crowd at Rupp Arena on Sunday. During his official introduction, Kentucky’s

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 13, 2024, 08:09 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Kentucky freshman Zvonimir Ivisic entered the transfer portal on Saturday, becoming the first UK player to leave the program since Mark Pope was named head coach. Ivisic, a 7-foot-2

Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HARTFORD, Conn. — Thousands of fans lined the streets of downtown Hartford on Saturday to fete the UConn men’s basketball team following its second straight NCAA championship, its sixth in 25 years. The players and coaches paraded on a double-decker bus with an open-air

Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 01:06 AM ET DAYTON, Ohio — Don Donoher, the winningest basketball coach at Dayton and a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 92. The university announced Donoher’s death on Friday night. No cause of death was given. Donoher went 437-275 in a 25-year

Associated Press Apr 12, 2024, 09:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Eastern Washington hired Dan Monson on Friday, the coach who led Long Beach State to the NCAA tournament after the school told him he would be fired at the end of the season. Monson, who also coached at Gonzaga and Minnesota, will take over

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 12, 2024, 03:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions UConn 7-foot-2 sophomore Donovan Clingan — one of the cornerstones of the Huskies’ back-to-back NCAA championship teams — will enter the 2024 NBA draft, Clingan told ESPN on Friday. The No. 3 prospect in ESPN’s Top 100 list, Clingan is expected to be in

Apr 12, 2024, 12:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Duke’s top two scorers from last season, All-American Kyle Filipowski and ACC All-Freshman selection Jared McCain are entering the NBA draft. “This has been a lifelong dream of mine, and I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to pursue it,” Filipowski said in a statement posted on

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 12, 2024, 10:45 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Mark Pope is officially Kentucky new men’s basketball coach, the school announced Friday. Pope was a captain on Kentucky’s 1996 national championship team and has been the head coach

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 12, 2024, 12:40 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Alabama sophomore Rylan Griffen, who started 33 games on the Crimson Tide’s Final Four team this season, plans to enter the transfer portal, sources told ESPN. Griffen, a 6-foot-6

Pete Thamel Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Apr 11, 2024, 09:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After being turned down by multiple top-tier candidates, Kentucky is turning to one of its own as the school’s next men’s basketball coach. The

Apr 11, 2024, 11:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Last month, SMU shocked the college basketball world when it fired Rob Lanier following a 20-win season. The move opened the door for Andy Enfield to leave USC and fill that opening. Then, Eric Musselman left Arkansas to replace Enfield, and John Calipari signed a gigantic