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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 11, 2023, 08:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Four ACC schools are opposed to adding Cal and Stanford, a source confirmed to ESPN, but expansion discussions are not completely over as of Friday evening. Though there is no call currently

M.A. Voepel, ESPN.comAug 11, 2023, 03:54 PM ET Close M.A. Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Sylvia Hatchell, who led the North Carolina Tar Heels women’s team to the 1994 NCAA title, and the

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2023, 03:39 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Cooper Flagg, arguably the best prospect in high school basketball, announced Friday he is reclassifying from 2025 into the 2024 class — making him the new favorite to be the No. 1

Dick Vitale, College Basketball analystAug 11, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close Dick Vitale, college basketball’s top analyst and ambassador, joined ESPN during the 1979-80 season. His thorough knowledge of the game is brought forth in an enthusiastic, passionate style. Vitale also contributes columns to ESPN.com. As you know, I eat, sleep and breathe college basketball

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2023, 06:51 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. As Stanford and California await a decision from the ACC about possible membership, the Mountain West Conference remains on standby, ready to respond however those dominos fall. After the collapse of the Pac-12

Aug 10, 2023, 01:57 PM ET Bryce James, the second son of Los Angeles Lakers great LeBron James, will play for Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif., in the 2023-24 season. The junior guard made the announcement on social media after his first practice with the Knights on Wednesday. James played his first

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 9, 2023, 09:55 PM ET The ACC presidents met Wednesday night, and the pursuit of Stanford and Cal for conference membership has “hit significant roadblocks,” sources told ESPN. There had always been long odds the schools would join the conference because there wasn’t a significant value add. SMU also had been bandied

Associated Press Aug 9, 2023, 07:33 PM ET The foundation that supports Texas A&M athletics announced Wednesday it is closing the branch set up for donors to support endorsement deals for Aggies athletes, an effort that has pushed the boundaries of how closely a school’s traditional fundraising and booster groups could get involved in payments

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 9, 2023, 12:34 PM ET Washington State president Kirk Schulz acknowledged his school’s athletic program is in “a bad spot” as it faces a harsh new reality in the wake of the Pac-12’s defections last week. Schulz, in his first interview since the conference dwindled to four teams, recalled the tense moments

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 10:43 AM ET Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is retiring at the end of the 2023-24 academic year, he announced Wednesday morning. Smith, who has led the Buckeyes’ athletic department since March 2005, will step down effective June 30, 2024. “I have always believed that a leader

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 09:30 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. During the July live recruiting period and in the weeks since it ended, much of the discussion among college basketball coaches and other industry sources centered less around the prospects (besides Cooper

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 8, 2023, 07:23 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said “there’s a little tinge of sadness – probably more than just a little tinge,” to see the Pac-12 on the verge of collapse after more than 100 years

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2023, 02:00 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. While nonconference men’s college basketball multiteam events (MTEs) and tournaments aren’t necessarily predictive of what will happen four months later in the NCAA tournament, teams using an early title to generate momentum

Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 7, 2023, 04:42 PM ET ACC leaders are set to begin exploratory discussions on the potential additions of Cal and Stanford to the conference, sources told ESPN on Monday. Sources cautioned that the two scheduled calls for the discussions are in the embryonic stages — one call slated with the ACC athletic

Associated Press Aug 7, 2023, 05:17 PM ET BAYAMON, Puerto Rico — Kansas had its 35-game exhibition winning streak in men’s basketball snapped Monday by the Bahamian national team, which got big performances from NBA stars Buddy Hield and Eric Gordon in an 87-81 victory at Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum. Hield scored 19 points and Gordon

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterAug 7, 2023, 01:00 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Reigning national champion UConn will take on North Carolina in this season’s Jimmy V Classic, with Final Four participant Florida Atlantic battling Illinois in the other matchup. The two matchups for the

Myron Medcalf Close Myron Medcalf ESPN Staff Writer Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Aug 7, 2023, 09:10 AM ET For a brief moment Friday morning, the college

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNAug 5, 2023, 10:43 PM ET University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce said Saturday that the program’s departure from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten alongside Oregon was “not just about dollars and cents” but rooted in myriad factors, one being that the proposed TV rights deal between the Pac-12 and Apple