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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

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 targeting one of its own, BYU‘s Mark Pope, as the school’s next men’s basketball

Shwetha Surendran, ESPNApr 11, 2024, 05:51 PM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. The University of Illinois has closed an internal investigation into a sexual assault allegation against basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. In a letter to Shannon dated April 5, Robert Wilczynski, the director of the Office for

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, 10:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Scott Drew has decided to stay at Baylor, turning down interest from Kentucky after emerging as that school’s top target to replace John Calipari,

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterApr 10, 2024, 09:25 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions John Calipari told a raucous crowd he’s “excited” to lead Arkansas as he pumped his fists while Razorbacks fans cheered for him during his official introduction in Fayetteville

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 10, 2024, 06:51 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Purdue star Zach Edey was named the winner of the John R. Wooden Award on Wednesday, becoming the first repeat winner in more than 40 years. The award is

Open Extended Reactions Baylor freshman Yves Missi, a projected first-round pick, is hiring an agent and declaring for the 2024 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Wednesday. “I intend to enter the 2024 NBA draft and I am looking forward to the process,” Missi said via text message. “I’m hiring Wasserman as an agency and

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 10, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Five-star forward Jayden Quaintance, the highest-ranked member of John Calipari’s 2024 recruiting class, has requested a release from his letter of intent to Kentucky and plans to reopen his

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 10, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions USC freshman point guard Isaiah Collier will enter the 2024 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Wednesday. Collier will be represented by agent B.J. Armstrong of Wasserman. He recently was ranked as the No. 10 overall draft prospect by ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and the

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterApr 9, 2024, 07:45 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions A Florida judge denied the ACC’s motion to stay Florida State’s lawsuit against the conference Tuesday, as dueling lawsuits between the two sides continue to move forward. The decision

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 07:17 PM ET LAWRENCE, Kan. — Prosecutors dropped a felony rape case against former Kansas basketball player Arterio Morris on Tuesday, citing insufficient evidence while filing a motion in Douglas County District Court to seek its dismissal without prejudice. Morris was charged last August and dismissed from the Jayhawks’ program

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For the first time, the NCAA women’s basketball championship outdrew the men. UConn‘s 75-60 victory over Purdue in Monday night’s men’s final on TBS and TNT averaged 14.82 million viewers, according to Nielsen. That was not enough to surpass the 18.87 million who watched

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 05:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions STORRS, Conn. — Some windows were broken and street signs taken down, but celebrations following UConn‘s second consecutive men’s basketball championship were mostly peaceful, the school said Tuesday. Thousands of students spilled onto campus following the 75-60 win over Purdue in the NCAA title

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 04:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions UConn finished atop the first Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll to be released after March Madness following its run to the first back-to-back national championship in 17 years. The Huskies (37-3) topped all 58 ballots Tuesday, coming roughly 12 hours after

Pete Thamel, ESPNApr 9, 2024, 03:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Indiana State star Robbie Avila, one of the breakout stars of the 2023-24 college basketball season, has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Avila, a 6-foot-10 sophomore center, averaged 17.4 points and 4.1 assists for Indiana State this season, earning first-team All-Missouri Valley honors. Along

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 9, 2024, 03:06 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions John Calipari said Tuesday that Kentucky‘s men’s basketball program “probably needs to hear another voice” as he inches closer to leaving Lexington to become the next head coach at

Pete Thamel, ESPNApr 9, 2024, 03:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — With Kentucky‘s coaching job expected to officially open Tuesday, UConn’s Danny Hurley made clear Monday night that he plans to stay with the Huskies and attempt to win a third straight national title. After UConn beat Purdue 75-60 to repeat as

Pete Thamel, ESPNApr 9, 2024, 02:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — UConn‘s national title game blowout of Purdue on Monday night didn’t unfold with a thunderclap run, a singular Herculean effort or defining moment. It unfolded as a fitting tribute to the historic team that executed it — a suffocating defense that