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Jun 10, 2024, 06:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Thirty teams have spent the past year canvassing the globe to make sense of the 2024 NBA draft class, identifying the top prospects and what makes them intriguing. Scouting reports are filled with details and descriptors to better distinguish one player from another. Evaluation encompasses myriad

Adrian Wojnarowski Pete Thamel Jun 11, 2024, 08:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former University of Washington coach Mike Hopkins — a two-time Pac-12 coach of the year — has agreed on a deal to become an assistant for the Phoenix Suns, sources told ESPN. After seven seasons with Huskies and 30-plus overall in college

Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJun 10, 2024, 06:57 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — NCAA president Charlie Baker said the association’s pending antitrust case settlement will put financial pressure on everyone in the college sports industry, but

Associated Press Jun 10, 2024, 04:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ten players from NC State’s 1983 national champion basketball team have sued the NCAA and the Collegiate Licensing Company seeking compensation for unauthorized use of their name, image and likeness. The players filed suit in Wake County Superior Court on Monday, requesting a jury

Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Myron Medcalf Close Myron Medcalf ESPN Staff Writer Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Jun 10, 2024, 05:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported last

Jun 10, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers‘ six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title at UConn, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Lakers would have made Hurley one of the NBA’s six highest-paid coaches. But before opening

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 9, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions UConn coach Dan Hurley told ESPN that the Los Angeles Lakers made a “compelling case” and presented a “compelling vision” for him to become the franchise’s next coach but that he loves what he has built at two-time defending national champion UConn — and

Associated Press Jun 8, 2024, 09:22 PM ET COVINGTON, La. — Former LSU basketball player Josh Maravich, son of late Hall of Fame basketball player Pete Maravich, has died at age 42, the university announced Saturday night. He died at home on Friday, the LSU statement said. No cause of death has been released. Josh

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJun 7, 2024, 12:45 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Former Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr.’s legal team may now show video evidence at his felony rape trial next week to support its claim that mistaken identity might have prompted police

Jun 7, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With less than three weeks until the start of the 2024 NBA draft, players are going through private and group workouts while teams are doing their due diligence to narrow down their draft boards. Throughout the pre-draft process leading up to the two-day draft (June 26-27)

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 6, 2024, 10:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Connecticut Huskies coach Dan Hurley is traveling to Southern California for a Friday meeting with Los Angeles Lakers VP of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka and owner Jeanie Buss — with the organization eager to close on a deal to hire the two-time national championship

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJun 6, 2024, 03:54 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato The legal team for Terrence Shannon Jr., the NBA prospect who is scheduled to go on trial next week on a felony rape charge for an alleged incident at a bar

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 6, 2024, 01:51 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Purdue basketball signee Kanon Catchings, a top-50 recruit in the 2024 class, has been released from his letter of intent and will reopen his recruitment. Coach Matt Painter made

Pete Thamel, ESPNJun 6, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Twenty years ago, the hottest coach in all of college basketball interviewed with the Los Angeles Lakers and made a choice that reverberated through two levels of basketball. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s flirtation with the franchise included a jaw-dropping five-year, $40 million offer that

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 6, 2024, 06:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers are targeting UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley as the franchise’s next coach and are preparing a massive, long-term contract offer to bring the back-to-back NCAA national champion to the NBA, sources told ESPN. The Lakers have had preliminary contact

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJun 5, 2024, 04:47 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Miami Hurricanes transfer Wooga Poplar, one of the best players left in the portal, has committed to Villanova, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Poplar visited Villanova last month and

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJun 5, 2024, 02:00 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Kansas guard Elmarko Jackson, a former McDonald’s All American, will miss the 2024-25 season after suffering a torn patellar tendon during a workout this week, the Jayhawks announced

Open Extended Reactions Moustapha Thiam, the No. 1-ranked center in the ESPN Class of 2025, will reclassify to 2024 and enroll at UCF this summer, grassroots program director Anthony Ricks told ESPN on Wednesday. The 7-foot-2 Senegalese big man is coming off a strong spring on the Adidas 3SSB circuit with Austin Rivers SE Elite,