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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterNov 7, 2024, 04:38 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions The theme of this year’s national player of the year race seems clear: youth vs. experience. Duke star Cooper Flagg, the consensus projected No. 1 pick in the

Jay Bilas, College Basketball AnalystNov 7, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close College basketball analyst for ESPN and ESPN Insider Played and coached at Duke Practicing attorney Open Extended Reactions Welcome to The Bilas Index, Volume I for the 2024-25 college basketball season. It has been an offseason of pleasant distractions, such as the Dodgers winning

ESPN News Services Nov 7, 2024, 12:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions OMAHA, Neb. — Big East preseason player of the year Ryan Kalkbrenner scored a career-high 49 points, and 15th-ranked Creighton needed just about every one of them in a season-opening 99-86 win over UT-Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday night. The 7-foot-1 Kalkbrenner, a

ESPN News Services Nov 6, 2024, 11:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions STORRS, Conn. — Alex Karaban had 20 points, seven assists, seven blocks and six rebounds as No. 3 UConn opened the season with a 92-56 win over Sacred Heart on Wednesday night. Liam McNeeley added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Huskies,

ESPN News Services Nov 7, 2024, 12:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — John Calipari won his debut as Arkansas‘ coach when the 16th-ranked Razorbacks held off a second-half rally by Lipscomb and pulled away for a 76-60 victory Wednesday night. “We did good stuff. It was a good first win against a

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterNov 6, 2024, 10:56 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions After a home loss to a Columbia team that’s won just seven Ivy League games over the last three seasons, Villanova coach Kyle Neptune said he would have

Associated Press Nov 6, 2024, 09:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OMAHA, Neb. — Creighton starting guard Pop Isaacs was held out of the 15th-ranked Bluejays’ opener against UT-Rio Grande Valley with an undisclosed injury Wednesday night. Isaacs, a transfer from Texas Tech, was on the court in street clothes during pregame warmups. He had

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterNov 6, 2024, 11:43 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Rutgers star freshman Ace Bailey is out for Wednesday’s game against Wagner after suffering an injury in practice on Monday, the school announced, delaying the debut of the projected

Joe Lunardi, Senior Writer, ESPN.comNov 6, 2024, 12:30 PM ET Close Resident college basketball bracketologist for ESPN Contributor to SportsCenter, ESPN Insider Published first public bracket in 1995 Open Extended Reactions We won’t know the actual men’s Elite Eight, or any of the teams who could cut down the final nets, until late March. All

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 6, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Arkansans crave relevancy. They always have. That desire is woven into their DNA, a hunger well earned. A state so beautiful border

Associated Press Nov 5, 2024, 12:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAWRENCE, Kan. — Hunter Dickinson was back on the court for No. 1 Kansas on Monday night. His next game is going to be a more difficult challenge. Dickinson sat out two exhibition games because of a minor injury. But the 7-foot-2 center returned

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterNov 4, 2024, 10:46 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions After UCF upset No. 13 Texas A&M on the first day of the 2024-25 men’s college basketball season, Knights fans enjoyed the first court-storming as they spilled out

Multiple Contributors Nov 4, 2024, 10:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions And just like that, we’re back. The 2024-25 men’s college basketball season began Monday, as some of the top teams in America, impactful transfers and new faces made their debuts. We could have called this Cooper Flagg Day, too. The 6-foot-9 freshman phenom and

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterNov 4, 2024, 05:41 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Saint Louis star big man Robbie Avila suffered what appeared to be a right ankle injury late in Monday’s season-opening loss to Santa Clara. With under five minutes left

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterNov 4, 2024, 12:54 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions It’s crowded atop the odds at sportsbooks to win the men’s college basketball national championship, with three blue bloods jockeying for the role of favorite entering the season. Duke is the

Nov 4, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With all of the monumental changes across men’s college basketball, this season’s theme can probably be captured in one word: mileage. It begins in Durham, North Carolina, where fans from all around the country will travel for a glimpse of Duke‘s Cooper Flagg, the 6-foot-9 freshman

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterNov 4, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions STORRS, Conn. — Midway through an early October practice, UConn coach Dan Hurley’s watch buzzed. “Do you want to call for an emergency?” It’s hard to blame Apple for

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterNov 2, 2024, 05:12 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Darryn Peterson, the top-ranked shooting guard in the 2025 class, came off the board on Friday, announcing his commitment to Kansas. Peterson becomes the Jayhawks’ highest-ranked commitment since Josh