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Associated Press Mar 18, 2024, 01:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Reigning national champion Connecticut is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll a day after being named the top overall seed for the NCAA tournament. The Huskies moved up from No. 2 in Monday’s poll, trading spots

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 18, 2024, 01:56 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Michigan sophomore Dug McDaniel, one of the best point guards in the Big Ten, entered the transfer portal on Monday. McDaniel took a dramatic step forward as a sophomore

Elizabeth Merrill, ESPN Senior WriterMar 18, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. Open Extended Reactions OMAHA, Neb. — Baylor Scheierman is having the season of his life, but he cannot escape one

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 18, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot, who just led his team to the NCAA tournament, announced Monday that he plans to retire at the end of the season. Dambrot, who was

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 18, 2024, 09:43 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma State freshman Brandon Garrison, a former McDonald’s All American, entered the transfer portal Monday morning. Garrison’s departure comes less than a week after coach Mike Boynton was fired

Mar 18, 2024, 02:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Seton Hall, Wake Forest, Indiana State and Villanova, some of the more prominent programs on the outside of the NCAA tournament cutline, will be No. 1 seeds in the National Invitation Tournament, which begins this week. The Pirates, who finished 20-12 but lost to St. John’s

Joe Lunardi, Senior Writer, ESPN.comMar 17, 2024, 09:00 PM ET Close Resident college basketball bracketologist for ESPN Contributor to SportsCenter, ESPN Insider Published first public bracket in 1995 Open Extended Reactions The biggest negative from the 2024 NCAA men’s basketball bracket is something the selection committee could not control. It simply ran out of spots

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterMar 17, 2024, 09:36 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions A defending champion and the nation’s only unbeaten team sit atop the odds to win the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments respectively, as March Madness heats up this week at sportsbooks

Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Pete Thamel Mar 17, 2024, 10:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Saint Louis is in talks with Indiana State‘s Josh Schertz to make him the Billikens‘ next head coach, sources told ESPN. No deal is

ESPN News Services Mar 17, 2024, 09:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dreams die hard, particularly in March. The Big East found that out Sunday as three 20-win teams — Providence, Seton Hall and St. John’s — were all snubbed by the NCAA selection committee. St. John’s arguably had the biggest gripe of the three.

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Mar 17, 2024, 07:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NCAA’s men’s college basketball tournament will be held from Tuesday through April 8, with the Final Four and championship game being played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Odds to advance to the Final Four and to win the championship game are current as

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMar 17, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Well, here we go. The 2024 men’s NCAA tournament field has been announced, and the greatest three-week stretch in sports is set to begin. How we got here

ESPN News Services Mar 17, 2024, 05:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Defending national champion UConn, a day removed from winning the Big East Tournament and improving to 31-3, was selected as the No. 1 overall seed Sunday during the NCAA Tournament selection show. The Huskies, who have won seven in a row and finished

Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 06:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 34 points on 15-for-17 shooting from the free throw line, helping 13th-ranked Illinois pass Wisconsin 93-87 in the Big Ten tournament championship game Sunday. Marcus Domask added 26 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds and Dain Dainja had

Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 03:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Matt Knowling hit a jumper at the buzzer and Yale closed the game on an 8-1 run to beat Brown 62-61 in the championship game of the Ivy League tournament Sunday, sending the Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament for the seventh

Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 03:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Duquesne earned an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time in 47 years, beating fifth-seeded seeded VCU 57-51 Sunday to win the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship. The sixth-seeded Dukes (24-11) led by 14 at the half, but bringing home that long-awaited invite to March

Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Johni Broome scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 12 Auburn won the Tigers’ third Southeastern Conference tournament championship by beating Florida 86-67 on Sunday in a game marred by a gruesome injury to Gators center Micah Handlogten. The