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Pete Thamel, ESPNMar 30, 2024, 11:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON – At the “under four” timeout in the second half of UConn’s Elite Eight evisceration of Illinois at TD Garden on Saturday, coach Dan Hurley walked across the court and began waving his arms to whip the crowd into a frenzy. The UConn

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNMar 30, 2024, 11:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Alabama head coach Nate Oats said earlier this week that he credits legendary, now-retired Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban for his mantra of always looking to the next play, the next game in order to not get caught up in

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNMar 30, 2024, 11:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Alabama head coach Nate Oats said earlier this week that he credits legendary, now-retired Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban for his mantra of always looking to the next play, the next game in order to not get caught up in

Mar 30, 2024, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Elite Eight opened Saturday with a dominant display from UConn, even by UConn standards. The No. 1 overall seed mounted a 30-0 run on either side of halftime and brushed aside Illinois with ease. Dan Hurley’s Huskies team is the first defending champion to reach

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 30, 2024, 08:32 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Late in the first half of Saturday’s East regional final between UConn and Illinois, the Huskies’ dominant march toward back-to-back national championships seemed in danger. Not just

Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterMar 30, 2024, 08:30 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — The Duke Blue Devils and NC State Wolfpack did all of their normal preparation for Sunday’s Elite Eight matchup in the South Region in terms of

ESPN Betting Analysts Mar 30, 2024, 12:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions And just like that, we’re down to the Elite 8 in the men’s NCAA tournament. So what are the bets to make? Here are our experts Jeff Borzello, Tyler Fulghum and Mackenzie Kraemer with more on the bets they like most. Alabama -3.5

ESPN News Services Mar 30, 2024, 06:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Kyrese Willingham buried a 3-pointer with a second remaining and Minnesota State beat Nova Southeastern 88-85 to win its first Division II championship at the Ford Center on Saturday. Minnesota State (35-2) became just the third school in any division

Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterMar 30, 2024, 01:50 AM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — The reclamation journey of Kelvin Sampson came to an abrupt end in the NCAA tournament. His top-seeded Houston team fell to the blue-blooded 4-seed Duke on

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMar 30, 2024, 05:36 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Zach Edey knows he has earned a shot at history. But the reigning Wooden Award winner and the favorite to win the honor again this season

Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterMar 30, 2024, 01:57 AM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions DALLAS – Kelvin Sampson said there is no player in the country more valuable to his team than Jamal Shead is to Houston. Shead is the Big 12

Pete Thamel, ESPNMar 30, 2024, 01:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Veteran college basketball coach Chris Mack is headed back to the sideline. Mack is expected to become the next head coach at Charleston, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday night. Mack is the former head coach at Louisville and Xavier and has led his

Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterMar 29, 2024, 11:15 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Star Houston Cougars guard Jamal Shead suffered what the team called a badly sprained right ankle in the first half of the team’s Sweet 16 game

Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterMar 29, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — None of this year’s North Carolina State players were born in 1983 when the Wolfpack last went on its improbable run to the NCAA Tournament championship.

Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterMar 29, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — None of this year’s NC State players were born in 1983 when the Wolfpack last went on its improbable run to the men’s NCAA tournament championship.

Pete Thamel, ESPNMar 29, 2024, 11:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Utah State is finalizing a five-year deal to hire Youngstown State‘s Jerrod Calhoun as the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN. Calhoun led Youngstown State to back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school history. He went 118-106 in seven seasons there,

NC Central coach, Mike Tomlin backing minority hoops coaches “The Next Up” conference, launched by North Carolina Central coach LeVelle Moton and the Steelers’ Mike Tomlin, aims to find minority basketball coaches who could benefit from relationships with decision-makers and executives across the college landscape.

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMar 29, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions North Carolina Central coach LeVelle Moton and Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin have partnered to launch an initiative to help young minority men’s and women’s basketball coaches gain