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Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 27, 2024, 04:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — It took an extra day, but Duke big man Kyle Filipowski finally heard his name called as part of the 2024 NBA draft. Filipowski, a 7-footer who played two seasons with the Blue Devils, was taken with the 32nd overall pick

Associated Press Jun 27, 2024, 01:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FAIRFAX, Va. — George Mason has signed basketball coach Tony Skinn to a one-year contract extension through the 2028-29 season. Athletic director Marvin Lewis announced the deal Thursday. In his first season as coach, Skinn led the Patriots to 20 regular-season wins for the

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJun 27, 2024, 01:03 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Arizona will face a gauntlet during its debut in the expanded Big 12 next season. But not the slate many had hoped to see. The Wildcats will not

Associated Press Jun 27, 2024, 12:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Big East Conference will expand to having games on three networks and see a significant increase in revenues under a new six-year media rights deal announced Thursday. Fox Sports will remain as the conference’s lead network under the new agreement, which begins with

Multiple Contributors Jun 27, 2024, 12:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Round 1 of the 2024 NBA draft began with Zaccharie Risacher, the first of four French players taken in the first round, being drafted by the Atlanta Hawks with the No. 1 pick. And it ended with the 2024 NBA champion Boston Celtics drafting

Jun 27, 2024, 01:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For the first time in the history of the league, the NBA draft is spread out to two days, as the second round of the Class of 2024 begins at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday on ESPN. Day 1 of the draft featured back-to-back international picks

Associated Press Jun 26, 2024, 09:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Zach Edey is taking his 7-foot-4 frame to Memphis to start his NBA career. Edey, the former Purdue center who became the first player in more than 40 years to win The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball player of the year

Associated Press Jun 26, 2024, 03:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis has hired Virginia sports administrator Ed Scott as its athletic director and senior vice president. The school announced the move Wednesday. Scott worked at Virginia since January 2022. He oversaw men’s basketball, baseball, swimming and diving and track and field

Paul Biancardi, Basketball RecruitingJun 26, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Close National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA draft has plenty of prospects who first arrived on the national radar as high school

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJun 25, 2024, 09:31 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Mark Pope understood the comparisons he would face at Kentucky as the successor to John Calipari, who led the Wildcats to a national title and some of their

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJun 25, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions For the first time in nearly a decade, Maryland and Georgetown will resume their rivalry with a four-game series in men’s basketball that will begin in 2025, the

Paul Biancardi, Basketball RecruitingJun 25, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Close National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Open Extended Reactions Players are made in the offseason. April and May are filled with travel basketball while June is filled

If you listen to analysts, pundits, observers and NBA personnel talking about the 2024 draft, you will get the distinct impression that this is a “weak draft” or a “bad draft.” Granted, there isn’t a “no-brainer” selection at the very top and there aren’t any sure-fire All-Stars in the lottery, as we have seen in

Associated Press Jun 24, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Marquette will pause its search for a new athletic director until the school names a permanent president to replace Michael Lovell, who died two weeks ago. Kimo Ah Yun, Marquette’s acting president and provost, announced on Monday that the athletic director search

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 23, 2024, 09:18 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Top-25 recruit Will Riley has committed to Illinois and reclassified to the 2024 class, planning to enroll and suit up for the Fighting Illini next season. He officially signed

Jun 20, 2024, 06:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA draft in New York is a week away (June 26-27 on ABC/ESPN/ESPN+), and the 30 teams are well into their pre-draft process for working out top candidates and narrowing down their draft boards, helping us get a better feel for how the first

Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southwestern Athletic Conference commissioner Charles McClelland has received a contract extension through the 2032 academic year. The SWAC’s council of presidents and chancellors announced the extension Friday. McClelland was named the SWAC’s sixth commissioner during the summer of 2018. SWAC officials

ESPN News Services Jun 20, 2024, 05:52 PM ET There will be no public memorial for Hall of Fame player and executive Jerry West. “We will honor Jerry’s wishes and mourn his passing privately,” his family said in a statement released Thursday by the LA Clippers. West was working as a consultant for the Clippers