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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 8, 2024, 10:53 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Creighton men’s basketball coach Greg McDermott has agreed to a contract extension through the 2027-28 season, sources told ESPN. The new deal will make McDermott one of the highest-paid

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMar 8, 2024, 11:39 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Just hours before his school was set to shut down for good, Antelope Valley men’s basketball coach Jordan Mast said he was happy the men’s and women’s basketball

Scott Van Pelt, Host, SportsCenter with SVPMar 8, 2024, 09:55 AM ET Close Scott Van Pelt joined ESPN in Spring 2001 as the network’s lead professional golf reporter. He has since become a SportsCenter anchor, primarily hosting the 11 p.m. ET edition while remaining the lead reporter and host of the network’s coverage of golf’s

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMar 8, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions After Caitlin Clark broke Pistol Pete Maravich’s career scoring record March 3, a conversation about the state of the men’s game commenced on social media. It’s no secret

Associated Press Mar 7, 2024, 11:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARADISE, Nev. — Pepperdine scored the first 26 points of the game and cruised to a 102-43 rout of Pacific on Thursday night in the opening game of the West Coast Conference Tournament. The 59-point win is the fifth-largest in a conference tournament game

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 7, 2024, 08:00 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Five-star recruit Liam McNeeley has requested a release from his letter of intent to Indiana and is decommitting from the Hoosiers, sources told ESPN. McNeeley’s decision comes one day

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 7, 2024, 11:43 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Detroit Mercy has mutually agreed to part ways with men’s basketball coach Mike Davis after six seasons, the school announced Thursday. The Titans went 1-31 this past season, finishing

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMar 7, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions WACO, Texas — On the day his school’s $212 million basketball arena opened, Mack Rhoades was worried about rain. The Baylor athletic director didn’t want the weather to

ESPN News Services Mar 6, 2024, 11:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — L.J. Cryer scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half to lift No. 1 Houston to a come-from-behind 67-59 victory over UCF on Wednesday night and clinch at least a share of the regular-season Big 12 title in

ESPN News Services Mar 6, 2024, 09:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dalton Knecht happily wore his orange SEC Champs hat. He knows, however, that Tennessee’s goals don’t end with its first Southeastern Conference regular-season title in six years. Knecht had 26 points, including a four-point play, as the fourth-ranked Volunteers withstood a late run

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMar 6, 2024, 07:46 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Mike Woodson will return as Indiana‘s head coach for the 2024-25 season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday, ending speculation regarding his future in Bloomington. The Hoosiers are nearing

Associated Press Mar 6, 2024, 07:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Brian Dutcher, who led San Diego State to the national championship game last season, has signed a contract extension that will keep him on the Aztecs‘ bench through the 2027-28 season. Dutcher is in his seventh season as head coach, with

Open Extended Reactions Khaman Maluach, a 7-foot-2 center from the NBA Academy Africa in Senegal, told ESPN that he has committed to Duke. “Duke is home; that’s where I belong.” Maluach said. “This was the hardest decision I’ve ever made. I felt like I could succeed anywhere, but I was most comfortable going to Duke.

At this time a year ago, few people outside the Big 12 knew about Markquis Nowell. The 5-foot-8 point guard was a key player for Kansas State, but he hadn’t played particularly well in some of the team’s biggest games and struggled in his team’s first-round loss to TCU in the Big 12 tournament. And

Pete Thamel, ESPNMar 5, 2024, 11:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Billy Gillispie is finalizing a two-year deal to remain the men’s basketball coach at Tarleton State, sources told ESPN. The deal still requires board approval. Gillispie, who has been the coach at Tarleton State since 2020-21, has not coached since Nov. 14 due to

ESPN News Services Mar 5, 2024, 10:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Armando Bacot played in his record 162nd ACC game and No. 7 North Carolina overpowered Notre Dame 84-51 on senior night Tuesday to clinch at least a share of the regular-season conference championship. The fifth-year player who holds the

Associated Press Mar 5, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Zach Edey had 28 points and eight rebounds as No. 3 Purdue rallied in the second half to beat No. 12 Illinois 77-71 on Tuesday night, becoming the first team in 17 years to win consecutive outright Big Ten regular-season championships.

Associated Press Mar 5, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Marquette coach Shaka Smart is optimistic that Tyler Kolek’s oblique injury won’t knock the 2022-23 Big East player of the year out for the remainder of the season. Smart acknowledged Tuesday that “barring a miracle,” Kolek won’t play in the eighth-ranked Golden