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Associated Press Mar 12, 2024, 09:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Tahron Allen scored 22 points and No. 6 seed Wagner allowed only four points in the final eight minutes of a 54-47 victory over top-seeded Merrimack on Tuesday night in the championship game of the Northeast Conference Tournament. The Seahawks

Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Pete Thamel Mar 12, 2024, 11:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Louisville officials expect to inform Kenny Payne within the next 24 hours that he will not return as men’s basketball coach, sources told ESPN

ESPN News Services Mar 12, 2024, 11:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Aidan Mahaney scored 23 points, Mitchell Saxen had 19 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 21 Saint Mary’s led nearly the entire way to beat No. 17 Gonzaga 69-60 on Tuesday night and interrupt the Bulldogs‘ stranglehold on the West

ESPN News Services Mar 12, 2024, 10:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Trey Townsend scored a career-high 38 points and made a number of key plays down the stretch as Oakland earned its first NCAA tournament bid since 2011 with an 83-76 win over Milwaukee in the Horizon League championship game Tuesday night.

ESPN News Services Mar 12, 2024, 10:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Reyne Smith scored eight of his 23 points in overtime and finished with 6 3-pointers, and top-seeded Charleston beat No. 7 seed Stony Brook 82-79 on Tuesday night to claim the Coastal Athletic Association tournament and an NCAA bid for a

Associated Press Mar 12, 2024, 08:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Big 12 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will remain at T-Mobile Center through 2031, commissioner Brett Yormark said Tuesday night, shortly before Texas and Iowa State played for the women’s title in the building for the first time. The

Pete Thamel Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Mar 12, 2024, 04:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cal coach Mark Madsen has agreed a two-year contract extension through the 2029-30 season, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Madsen just completed his first

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 12, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Fairfield men’s basketball coach Chris Casey had his interim tag removed and will be the full-time head coach moving forward, the school announced Tuesday. Casey, who was an assistant

Open Extended Reactions Thinking about playing ESPN’s Men’s Tournament Challenge game but don’t know where to start? We completely understand. Getting up to speed on college basketball for the NCAA Tournament can be a difficult endeavor. But don’t worry, filling out your bracket doesn’t have to be a daunting task. All you need are a

Associated Press Mar 11, 2024, 10:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Achor Achor had 25 points and nine rebounds, Jermaine Marshall scored 23 and top-seeded Samford held off seventh-seeded East Tennessee State 76-69 to win the Southern Conference tournament championship on Monday night and earn an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 11, 2024, 09:16 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Kansas stars Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr. won’t play in the Big 12 tournament this week due to injuries, coach Bill Self said Monday. Dickinson left Saturday’s loss to Houston with

ESPN News Services Mar 11, 2024, 09:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PENSACOLA, Fla. — Xavier Brown scored a career-high 21 points to go with 10 rebounds and No. 2 seed James Madison eased by No. 4 seed Arkansas State 91-71 on Monday night to claim the Sun Belt conference tournament championship and earn its

Associated Press Mar 11, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston remained atop the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third consecutive week Monday while a couple of the game’s traditional blue bloods made big jumps as they peak just in time for postseason play. The Cougars received 52 of 62

Associated Press Mar 11, 2024, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri State fired coach Dana Ford on Monday after six seasons without an NCAA Tournament appearance. The Bears were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament last week, giving them a 17-16 record. It was their fifth winning season

Associated Press Mar 11, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CONWAY, S.C. — Coastal Carolina has hired former Western Carolina coach Justin Gray as its men’s basketball coach. Gray will join the Chanticleers after three seasons with the Catamounts. He takes over the full-time job after Cliff Ellis, who took four schools to the

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMar 11, 2024, 09:30 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions While the NCAA tournament gets all of the buzz each year, Champ Week often produces the best basketball of the postseason. Some of the one-bid leagues have already

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 11, 2024, 09:40 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions After a short stretch that featured fewer top-10 upsets than we’ve become used to seeing this season, this past week upended the 1-seed discussion and left plenty at stake

Associated Press Mar 10, 2024, 11:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Illinois-Chicago coach Luke Yaklich was fired Sunday after the Flames went 12-21 in his fourth season. Yaklich was an associate head coach under Shaka Smart at Texas before he was hired by UIC in March 2020. He went 47-70 with the Flames,