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Associated Press May 9, 2023, 05:34 PM ET NEW YORK — The Big East announced Tuesday that it has hired Southeastern Conference administrator Dan Leibovitz as senior associate commissioner for men’s basketball, replacing Stu Jackson. Jackson, a former NBA and college head coach, was hired away from the Big East to become the commissioner of

May 9, 2023, 12:55 PM ET Denny Crum, the Hall of Fame college basketball coach who led Louisville to a pair of national championships in the 1980s, died Tuesday at the age of 86. Crum played college basketball under John Wooden at UCLA in the late 1950s, then joined the Bruins’ staff as an assistant

Associated Press May 9, 2023, 11:33 AM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson has added four transfers including high-scoring, ex-Syracuse player Joseph Girard III to its men’s basketball roster for next season. The school announced Tuesday that Girard, former North Carolina State forward Jack Clark, ex-Air Force guard Jake Heidbreder and former UNC Greensboro forward Bas

Riley Blanks Reed May 9, 2023, 09:23 AM ET On the morning of May 3, 2023, my father, Lance Blanks, took his life. People will ask, “How did we not see it?” And people will say, “This wasn’t him. Someone like him wouldn’t do this.” People will want more information. But the fact is we

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 06:04 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Bob Huggins, the longtime West Virginia men’s basketball coach, apologized on Monday after using an anti-gay slur in an interview with a Cincinnati radio station, and the incident is under review

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 06:04 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Bob Huggins, the longtime West Virginia men’s basketball coach, used an anti-gay slur in an interview with a Cincinnati radio station Monday, an incident he later apologized for in a statement.

M.A. Voepel, ESPN.comMay 8, 2023, 01:00 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. The national champion LSU women’s basketball team will visit the White House on May 26, the program announced

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 8, 2023, 12:04 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Northwestern guard Boo Buie, a first-team All-Big Ten selection and the catalyst for the team’s second-ever NCAA tournament appearance, will return for a fifth season. Buie, who last month declared for the NBA

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 7, 2023, 02:15 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Florida State transfer Matthew Cleveland, one of the best available players in the portal, committed to Miami on Sunday. Cleveland chose the Hurricanes over Missouri and Auburn, pointing to basketball coach Jim

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterMay 7, 2023, 03:27 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES — When LeBron James first started saying he wanted to play long enough for his oldest son, Bronny James, to join him in the NBA, it was more of

May 6, 2023, 07:35 PM ET There was no list. There were no interviews. And his father, LeBron James, never hinted anything about his son’s plans. As Bronny James considered his future, there was only silence. For years. Perhaps the most viral and recognizable college basketball recruit since his father picked the NBA over college

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 6, 2023, 06:34 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Four-star guard Bronny James, son of NBA superstar LeBron James, announced his commitment to USC on Saturday. Bronny James made the announcement on Instagram. A 6-foot-3 guard from Cleveland who attended Sierra

Associated Press May 5, 2023, 08:44 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Oklahoma and Texas have taken their final steps toward leaving the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference. Oklahoma’s Board of Regents on Friday approved the necessary contractual agreements with both conferences to make the switch. This comes after Texas’ Board of Regents this week

Associated Press May 5, 2023, 07:26 PM ET ATLANTA — New Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Damon Stoudamire announced his staff on Friday, which includes former George Washington coach Karl Hobbs as his top assistant. The 61-year-old Hobbs compiled a record of 166-129 over a decade-long tenure at George Washington that included three NCAA tournament

Sara Coello, ESPNMay 5, 2023, 10:14 AM ET Close Sara Coello is a writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Before joining, they wrote about legal issues and crime for The Charlotte Observer, The Post and Courier and The Dallas Morning News. Coello studied sociology, journalism and Spanish at The University of Dallas. The two

ESPN News Services May 4, 2023, 07:47 PM ET DALLAS — Lance Blanks, who played in the NBA for three seasons and later worked as a scout and front-office executive, has died, his family announced Thursday. He was 56. Blanks died Wednesday in Dallas, his family said in a statement distributed by the NBA. He

Associated Press May 4, 2023, 03:17 PM ET AUSTIN. Texas — University of Texas President Jay Hartzell said Thursday he’ll attend the Southeastern Conference’s annual meeting later this month with a goal of building relationships, not immediately trying to flex Longhorns muscle in their new league. Texas and Oklahoma leave the Big 12 after the

May 4, 2023, 01:25 PM ET The biggest prize in the transfer portal came off the board on Thursday, with former Michigan big man Hunter Dickinson announcing his commitment to Kansas. He chose the Jayhawks over a final list that also included Villanova, Maryland, Kentucky and Georgetown — and his decision could have single-handedly changed