NCAABB

6:32 PM ET Associated Press Bill Self said he’s doing well after a health scare kept him from coaching Kansas in the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments last month, and he reiterated Wednesday that he has no plans to step away from the Jayhawks any time soon. Self, 60, spoke to reporters for the first

3:33 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Connecticut’s victory over San Diego State in the men’s national championship game ended up being the lowest-viewed final on record. The Huskies’ 76-59 win averaged 14.69 million viewers on CBS. The previous low was 15.99 in 2018, when Villanova beat Michigan on TBS. UConn’s 2004 victory over

3:18 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN NJIT has finalized a five-year deal to make Maryland assistant coach Grant Billmeier the school’s next coach, a source told ESPN. Billmeier will return to the state where he has spent a vast majority of his career, up until leaving to work at Maryland the past two seasons. In total

2:16 PM ET Former Arizona guard Kerr Kriisa, one of the top college basketball transfers this spring, has committed to play at West Virginia next season, he told ESPN on Wednesday. “I wanted to start from zero,” Kriisa said. “I didn’t want to go anywhere where I had preexisting relationships. I need to challenge myself.

1:34 PM ET Associated Press KENT, Ohio — Fresh off an NCAA tournament appearance, Kent State extended coach Rob Senderoff’s contract by three years Wednesday, keeping him through the 2028-29 season. The 49-year-old coach has guided the Golden Flashes since 2011 and is 247-147 — the winningest coach in school history. Kent State went 28-7

8:35 PM ET ESPN News Services LAHAINA, Hawaii — Newly crowned NCAA champion UConn will headline the 2024 Maui Invitational. The field, announced on Tuesday, will be stacked once again, with North Carolina, Michigan State and Auburn joining the Huskies at the Lahaina Civic Center from Nov. 25-27. The field also will include Colorado, Dayton,

8:31 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley let the moment envelope him Tuesday on the 40-mile ride from Bradley International Airport back to campus, watching the fans who hung signs from highway overpasses and lined the streets leading into campus. More than 7,000 people gathered inside Gampel Pavilion,

3:37 PM ET Purdue center Zach Edey added another trophy to his case when he was named the winner of the Wooden Award on Tuesday. Edey had already claimed the Associated Press, Sporting News, United States Basketball Writers Association, Naismith Trophy and National Association of Basketball Coaches national player of the year awards. The 7-foot-4

5:01 PM ET Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles pleaded not guilty to a capital murder charge filed against him after he was accused of providing the gun used in a fatal shooting near campus. Miles, 21, of Washington, D.C., entered the plea Monday, according to court documents.

5:02 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Tyler Wahl says he plans to return to the Badgers next season for his fifth year of eligibility. The 6-foot-9 forward announced his decision on social media. Wahl is capitalizing on the extra year of eligibility the NCAA granted players due to the pandemic. “I have

2:40 PM ET Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. — Duke big man Dereck Lively II is entering the NBA draft after one college season. Lively announced his decision in a social media post Tuesday. The lean 7-foot-1 freshman averaged 5.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in 34 games with 27 starts. But he came on in the

11:41 PM ET After one of the wildest NCAA tournaments in recent history — a tournament that included a 16-over-1 upset, zero top-three seeds in the Final Four, a buzzer-beater in one national semifinal and a 5-seed vs. a 4-seed in the title game — what does the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season have in

9:18 AM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — Thousands of UConn men’s basketball fans, most of them students, spilled onto campus after watching a broadcast of the Huskies’ NCAA title game win over San Diego State, with some pulling down signs and light poles, smashing windows and causing other damage. Gampel Pavilion was open Monday

9:19 AM ET UConn, fresh off winning the program’s fifth men’s basketball national championship, enters the offseason as the team to beat next season as well, according to early odds posted by sportsbooks. Caesars Sportsbook installed UConn as the favorite to win next season’s NCAA tournament at 12-1. Kansas is next at 15-1, followed by

1:17 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN HOUSTON — The echoes of the past accompanied Connecticut’s fifth men’s basketball national title on Monday night, as UConn improved to 5-0 in national title games and further validated the school’s move back into the Big East three years ago. As UConn brought back a wave of nostalgia, it also

2:09 AM ET HOUSTON — Brian Dutcher nodded while two of his veteran players, Matt Bradley and Aguek Arop, shed tears as they talked about the impact he’d had on their lives, just moments after San Diego State suffered a 76-59 loss to UConn in Monday night’s national championship game. Dutcher said his players not

11:41 PM ET HOUSTON — UConn assistant coach Tom Moore embraced guard Tristen Newton in a big hug as he walked toward the bench. Dan Hurley high-fived his players as they jogged off the floor. The Huskies’ fan section was the loudest it had been all night. It wasn’t the end of the game. It

11:41 PM ET After one of the wildest NCAA tournaments in recent history — a tournament that included a 16-over-1 upset, zero top-three seeds in the Final Four, a buzzer-beater in one national semifinal and a 5-seed vs. a 4-seed in the title game — what does the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season have in