College Basketball News

Marquette’s Smart gets AP guys’s coaching honor

Shaka Smart has loaded a whole career’s worth of experiences into 14 years as a college head coach. He led VCU to an unlikely Last Four as a 30-something wunderkind […]

Sources: American targeting Simpkins as next HC

12:14 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN American University is targeting George Mason assistant Duane Simpkins as the school’s next head coach, and a deal is anticipated to come together in the […]

‘Pop’ culture, worldwide stars mark Hall class

Tony Parker and Pau Gasol bet him. Becky Hammon coached together with him. Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade waged battles against him.He is San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.And he, […]

Texas Tech hires UNT’s McCasland as new coach

Texas Tech has actually employed Grant McCasland to a six-year deal as the Red Raiders’ new males’s basketball coach, the school revealed Friday.McCasland has spent the past six seasons as […]

UConn’s Hawkins (illness) misses open practice

4:03 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN HOUSTON — UConn guard Jordan Hawkins, the best NBA prospect in the Final Four, missed the Huskies’ open practice Friday with an illness that teammates […]

Fasting ‘absolutely hard,’ says UConn’s Sanogo

HOUSTON– In the minutes leading up to tipoff Saturday night, Adama Sanogo is going to be focused on more than just keeping Miami’s Norchad Omier off the backboard. The UConn […]

Izzo: Psychological health big driver of transfer waivers

Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said he has “no faith” in the NCAA’s plan to restrict the instant eligibility exceptions for two-time transfers because players will continue to use […]

Michigan center Dickinson goes into transfer portal

Michigan star big man Hunter Dickinson got in the transfer portal Friday.Dickinson, a 7-foot-1 junior, is categorized as a graduate transfer and plans to finish at the end of the […]

Kansas freshman Penis states for NBA draft

Kansas freshman guard Gradey Dick will enter the 2023 NBA draft and forgo his staying college eligibility, he told Malika Andrews on ESPN’s “NBA Today” on Friday. “None of this […]

NCAA tourney rankings dip after huge first round

Following a record audience for the preliminary of the males’s NCAA competition, upsets over the first 2 weeks have apparently taken a toll on the ratings.The tournament is balancing 9.11 […]