NCAABB

Associated Press Mar 21, 2024, 07:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Neptune will return for a third season at Villanova, where he succeeded Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright and followed with two straight seasons in the NIT. Neptune is 35-33 in two years with the Wildcats and has lost the opening

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMar 21, 2024, 05:19 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals

Associated Press Mar 21, 2024, 03:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Duke guard Caleb Foster will miss the NCAA tournament with a right ankle injury, coach Jon Scheyer said Thursday. The fourth-seeded Blue Devils (24-8) face 13-seed Vermont on Friday night in the South Region at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Foster has

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 21, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions SMU has fired coach Rob Lanier after just two seasons, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Mustangs’ season ended Wednesday with a 101-92 loss to Indiana State in the

Mar 21, 2024, 12:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The First Four gave us some quality appetizers — aside from Virginia’s performance, which was more like expired dairy — but the 2024 NCAA tournament truly gets underway on Thursday, with 16 first-round games over the course of 12-plus hours. Two of the most popular upset

ESPN News Services Mar 21, 2024, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — Long Beach State‘s athletic director said the timing of his decision to fire coach Dan Monson was done with the hope it might trigger the exact run that led the team on its unexpected trip to the NCAA tournament.

Sachin Chandan Mar 21, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After three days of poring over your bracket and obsessing about which top seeds will fall to Cinderella, tipoff for the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament is upon us. You’ve watched our experts debate which team will cut down the nets in Glendale, Arizona, on

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMar 21, 2024, 01:28 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions DAYTON, Ohio — As an ugly game at UD Arena swayed back and forth, Colorado seemed likely to finish on the wrong end of it. All-Pac-12 guard KJ Simpson couldn’t

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMar 20, 2024, 10:55 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions DAYTON, Ohio — Grambling State coach Donte’ Jackson’s past, present and future came together Wednesday night at the First Four. Jackson returned to the area where he finished college at

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterMar 20, 2024, 06:41 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Count Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari among the ever-growing group of outspoken critics against expanding the NCAA tournament. Speaking Wednesday from Pittsburgh

Josh Weinfuss, ESPN Staff WriterMar 20, 2024, 06:58 PM ET Close Josh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University.

Associated Press Mar 20, 2024, 04:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Marquette coach Shaka Smart says star guard Tyler Kolek has been practicing in 5-on-5 drills this week as the 2023 Big East player of the year gets ready to return from an oblique injury. Kolek has missed Marquette’s last six games, but

Josh Weinfuss, ESPN Staff WriterMar 20, 2024, 04:42 PM ET Close Josh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University.

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 20, 2024, 02:01 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Merrimack guard Jordan Derkack, the Northeast Conference Player of the Year, plans to transfer, he told ESPN. Derkack should officially appear in the transfer portal after he files the

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterMar 20, 2024, 12:04 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said his experience on the NCAA tournament bubble this year was both exciting and a reminder that the way teams are

Associated Press Mar 20, 2024, 11:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M is moving on from men’s basketball coach Robert McCullum after seven seasons. Florida’s only public historically Black university announced Wednesday that it will not renew McCullum’s contract, which expires at the end of June. McCullum went 67-133 during his

Open Extended Reactions Joson Sanon, the No. 9-ranked recruit in the Class of 2025, told ESPN he has committed to Arizona. “I’m going to Arizona,” Sanon said Wednesday. “I love the fit, the way they score, how they get you open. They play at a fast pace, and being in the center of a high-powered

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMar 20, 2024, 01:05 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions DAYTON, Ohio — For almost 14 minutes of game time and nearly an hour of real time, the ball didn’t go through Virginia‘s basket even once. The Cavaliers have been