| | 3. Saint Louis hiring Indiana State’s Josh Schertz as next men’s basketball coach20:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
Saint Louis is hiring former Indiana State coach Josh Schertz, the school announced Saturday.
Schertz, 48, just completed his third season at Indiana State, compiling a record of 66-40 and leading the Sycamores to the 2024 NIT championship, which they lost to Seton Hall on Thursday, after being one of the first four teams left out of the NCAA Tournament. The 32 wins this season are the most since Larry Bird led the program to the 1979 national championship game.
Named Missouri Valley Conference coach of the year... | ↑ |
4. Purdue stymies NC State’s Cinderella run, marches into first championship game since 196920:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The first time Zach Edey touched the ball Saturday afternoon, DJ Burns Jr. clenched his teeth and held his ground. There was just one issue when it came to Edey versus Burns: seven inches.
Burns was too small for Edey, who could turn and shoot over Burns without issue. Edey scored 20 points and had 12 rebounds in a clunky 63-50 win over NC State that moved Purdue into its first national title game since 1969.
The Wolfpack actually had a great plan for Edey, using both Burns and Ben Middlebrooks... | ↑ |
11. Bronny James declares for 2024 NBA Draft, enters transfer portal20:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
By Shams Charania, Alex Andrejev and Sam Vecenie
Bronny James, the son of NBA superstar LeBron James, will enter the 2024 NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility, he announced in a post on Instagram on Friday. The 19-year-old guard, who played his freshman season at USC, will also enter the transfer portal to have flexibility as he works out for NBA teams before making a final decision based on teams’ evaluations.
The draft is Bronny’s priority if he and Rich Paul, CEO of Klutch Sports Group,... | ↑ |
12. UConn survives test, returns to national title game by warding off Alabama in Final Four20:32[-/+] | GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tristen Netwon waited for the ball screen up top, then hit cutting big man Donovan Clingan down the lane for an emphatic dunk. The Connecticut bench exploded.
Although it took longer than usual, the Huskies pulled away from Alabama on Saturday night to post an 86-72 win at State Farm Stadium. UConn advances to face Purdue in Monday night’s national championship game, giving the Huskies a chance to become the first school to repeat as men’s basketball national champs since Florida in 2006 and 2007.
The final step will not be easy. The Boilermakers beat NC State 63-50 in... | ↑ |
19. Kentucky’s John Calipari, Arkansas nearing massive deal for head-coaching job: Sources20:32[-/+] | By Shams Charania, Dana O’Neil and Kyle Tucker
Kentucky coach John Calipari, who has been with the school for 15 seasons, is nearing a massive new deal to leave the Wildcats and be the next head coach of the University of Arkansas, two sources briefed on the matter tell The Athletic.
Razorbacks officials focused their head-coaching search on Calipari in recent days and intensified their pursuit over the weekend, sources said. No deal is complete as of Sunday night, those sources said.
Calipari has referred to John Tyson, billionaire heir to the Tyson Foods empire and a major Arkansas... | ↑ |
20. UConn favored against Purdue in men’s NCAA Tournament championship game Monday20:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
The two favorites in Saturday’s semifinals, UConn and Purdue, won to advance to Monday’s championship game and the Huskies are favored by 6.5 points on BetMGM.
The final between two No. 1 seeds will take place at 9:20 p.m. ET at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
Both teams were heavily favored on Saturday. The Huskies were a 10.5-point favorite against Alabama and Purdue was a 9.5-point favorite against NC State.
Both teams also won by double digits and covered. The defending champion Huskies had to... | ↑ |
26. Big 12 delays Mexico initiative with new target date of 202520:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
The Big 12 announced that the launch of its Big 12 Mexico initiative, slated to begin this December, has been delayed with a new target date of 2025.
The conference announced last June that it planned to host basketball, women’s soccer and baseball games in Mexico, tipping off with Kansas and Houston playing men’s and women’s basketball games in Mexico City’s Arena CDMX in December. The Big 12 also announced it would explore establishing a football bowl game in Monterrey starting in 2026, which would be the... | ↑ |
27. Former South Dakota State guard Zeke Mayo commits to Kansas: How he fits with the Jayhawks20:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
Former South Dakota State guard Zeke Mayo has committed to Kansas, he announced on social media Tuesday. Mayo averaged 18.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists on 39.1 percent from 3-point range last season for the Jackrabbits.
He ranked No. 12 in The Athletic’s college basketball transfer portal rankings.
A homecoming like no other. Lawrence, KS, let’s rock. ??? #committed pic.twitter.com/Y4WkpUOO32
— Zeke Mayo (@zekexmayo) April 2, 2024
Kansas had quite a few issues this season, but none... | ↑ |
28. LeBron James: Bronny has ‘tough decisions to make’ amid transfer speculation, USC coaching change20:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James said his son Bronny has “some tough decisions to make” regarding his 19-year-old son’s future at USC.
“At the end of the day, Bronny’s his own man,” LeBron said Tuesday, after the Lakers’ win over the Raptors in Toronto, when asked about Bronny and the transfer portal.
“He has some tough decisions to make, and when he’s ready to make those decisions, he’ll let us all know. But as his family, we’re going to support... | ↑ |
33. Drake hires Ben McCollum from Northwest Missouri State as men’s basketball coach20:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
One week after coach Darian DeVries left for West Virginia, Drake’s men’s basketball team hired Ben McCollum of Division II Northwest Missouri State, the university announced Monday.
Welcome to Des Moines, Coach McCollum !!
We are thrilled to announced the hiring of Ben McCollum as the 30th head coach in Drake men’s basketball history.#DrakeALLIN | #DSMHometownTeam | @CoachMcCollum pic.twitter.com/qwGOv5FQJK... | ↑ |
34. UConn, NC State sending men’s and women’s teams to Final Four: How many schools have appeared together?20:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
The Final Four is an annual event, but this year’s edition includes a never-before-seen occurrence. Connecticut and NC State’s men’s and women’s basketball teams both reached their respective NCAA Tournament semifinals, marking the first time two schools have sent both of their teams to the Final Four in the same year.
The UConn women’s team advanced with an 80-73 victory over USC on Monday in Portland, Ore., marking the Huskies’ 23rd Final Four appearance in program history. | ↑ |
37. Louisiana banning in-state collegiate prop bets for ‘safety and integrity’ of athletes20:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
Louisiana is banning licensed sportsbooks in the state from offering prop bets on college athletes.
The ban will go into effect Aug. 1, 2024, at 8 a.m. local time.
“It is the intention of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board to protect the integrity of sports betting as well as the safety and integrity of college athletes,” Louisiana Gaming Control Board chairman Ronnie Johns said in a statement. “We feel that this order accomplishes that goal.”
Prop bets allow fans to bet on how many points or rebounds a... | ↑ |
40. USC hires Arkansas’ Eric Musselman as next men’s basketball coach20:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
USC hired Arkansas men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman for the same role, it announced Thursday, filling a vacancy created when former Trojans coach Andy Enfield left the program for SMU in March.
Over five years at Arkansas, Musselman amassed a 111-59 record and three NCAA Tournament bids. The Razorbacks followed up back-to-back Elite Eight appearances in 2021 and 2022 with a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in 2023. A 16-17 record in 2023-24, which was the worst of Musselman’s tenure, kept Arkansas out of... | ↑ |
41. Dan Hurley appreciative despite UConn’s travel woes before Final Four: ‘Lucky to be here’20:32[-/+] | GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shortly after noon on Thursday, or roughly nine hours after his feet touched ground in the desert, Dan Hurley bounced toward the Connecticut locker room. Hat backwards. AirPods in place. Sleep-deprived and right on time for Final Four obligations.
“I’m heeeeeeeeeeeere,” Hurley declared to a familiar face as he passed by.
This was not the first update on the Huskies’ whereabouts Thursday, though it was probably the least convoluted.
A charter aircraft that never arrived from Kansas City. A replacement with mechanical issues. Inclement weather and a prolonged de-icing... | ↑ |
44. Fox Sports’ College Basketball Crown tournament, rival to NIT, coming in 202520:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
Fox Sports’ NIT rival is official, the network announced Wednesday.
The 16-team College Basketball Crown tournament will feature schools that failed to qualify for the men’s NCAA Tournament with two squads each from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East receiving automatic bids. Not coincidentally, all three conferences have college basketball television agreements with the network. The rest of the field will feature at-large participants but will only include men’s teams.
The tournament will take place in... | ↑ |
45. What will it cost to attend Final Four? Cheapest packages for men’s or women’s games over $60020:32[-/+] | Follow live coverage as UConn, Purdue play for the national championship today
The excitement surrounding the women’s Final Four is soaring.
South Carolina attempting to complete an unbeaten season. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark versus Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers in the national semifinals. There are storylines galore.
If fans make the trek to Cleveland, they will have to pay a steep price for a ticket. The starting price for an all-session ticket — both semifinals Friday, and the championship Sunday — to the women’s Final Four was $710 as of Wednesday morning and will likely... | ↑ |
46. Dylan Harper, Cooper Flagg and observations from McDonald’s All-American game20:32[-/+] | HOUSTON — For the second straight year, the top 24 high school basketball players gathered in Space City for the McDonald’s All-American Game, showcasing their skills in front of NBA scouts, personnel and media members.
While the Class of 2024 has faced criticism for its perceived lack of overall talent, I disagree. There are numerous hidden gems in this class, and organizations equipped to scout and develop players effectively will undoubtedly find their guy.
I spoke to an NBA scout who agreed.
“Don’t see this class being bad whatsoever,” said the scout, who was granted... | ↑ |
47. UConn arrives in Arizona for Final Four after 3 a.m. local time after multihour delay20:32[-/+] | By Alex Andrejev, Mark Puleo and Dana O’Neil
UConn arrived in Arizona for the Final Four early Thursday morning, around 12 hours after the team was set to leave Storrs, Conn., but encountered mechanical issues with their original plane.
The Huskies arrived in Phoenix at 3:15 a.m. MST (6:15 a.m. ET), according to the Associated Press, on an Allegiant flight after the NCAA worked to find an alternative travel option. The team boarded its flight around 11:30 p.m. ET, a source briefed on the plans said, over five hours after the flight was originally scheduled to leave. Coaches and players... | ↑ |
50. Rick Pitino accepts Mark Pope’s offer for Kentucky-St. John’s home-and-home series20:32[-/+] | LEXINGTON, Ky. — While we’re doing homecomings at Kentucky, might as well bring Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino back, right? That must-see return is apparently now imminent, if only for a day.
Mark Pope, the captain of Pitino’s 1996 national championship team at UK, is now the Wildcats’ coach and one of the many loud cheers he received from the packed Rupp Arena crowd during his introductory press conference on Sunday came after this line: “Anybody here down for a game versus St. John’s?”
Pitino, who just finished his first season as St. John’s head coach, responded on... | ↑ |
53. Kentucky lands first commitment of Mark Pope era in former blue chip Collin Chandler20:32[-/+] | Mark Pope won the news conference and his schematic bona fides are not in question. So there’s really just one question about Kentucky’s new coach: Can he actually get players?
Pope took a huge step toward answering that unknown Tuesday when he flipped the commitment of former blue-chip recruit Collin Chandler.
Pope’s first recruiting victory as the Wildcats’ new coach is a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Farmington, Utah, who was ranked the No. 30 prospect in the Class of 2022, per the Recruiting Services Consensus Index. Chandler, the former Mr. Basketball in Utah, was a... | ↑ |
54. BYU hires Suns assistant Kevin Young as men’s basketball coach, replacing Mark Pope20:32[-/+] | BYU is hiring Phoenix Suns assistant coach Kevin Young to fill the men’s basketball head coach vacancy left by Mark Pope, the university confirmed Tuesday.
Young, 42, is originally from Salt Lake City. He has spent nearly his entire 18-year coaching career in the professional ranks, moving from G League assistant to G League head coach to NBA assistant to his current role as NBA associate head coach. Young is the highest-paid assistant coach in the NBA and will remain with the Suns through the playoffs, according to ESPN, which broke news of the hiring.
Pope spent five years at BYU, going... | ↑ |
56. Patrick McCaffery, son of Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery, transfers to Butler20:32[-/+] | Former Iowa forward Patrick McCaffery, son of Hawkeyes’ men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery, has committed to playing his final collegiate season at Butler, he announced on Instagram on Saturday.
McCaffery, 6-foot-9, played five seasons at Iowa with 61 starts in 123 games and totaled 1,044 points in his career. Health derailed him at times at Iowa, in part because of his thyroid cancer diagnosis in 2014. He medically redshirted his 2019-20 freshman year after lingering effects from medication related to cancer. In early 2023, McCaffery stepped aside for nearly a month because of anxiety. | ↑ |
58. Duke freshman Jared McCain declares for 2024 NBA Draft20:32[-/+] | Duke freshman Jared McCain has declared for the 2024 NBA Draft, he announced via social media Friday.
McCain, a 6-foot-3 guard, is a projected first-round pick in this summer’s draft; in The Athletic’s pre-NCAA Tournament mock draft, McCain was slotted as the No. 18 overall pick — and that was before he had two 30-point performances in the Blue Devils’ four postseason contests. For the season, the Sacramento native was second on Duke in scoring (14.3 points per game) and 3-point percentage (41.4 percent), and third in rebounding (5.0 rebounds per game).
Thank you Duke ??... | ↑ |
59. Duke sophomore Kyle Filipowski declares for 2024 NBA Draft20:32[-/+] | Duke forward Kyle Filipowski declared for the 2024 NBA Draft, he announced Friday via social media.
The 7-foot Filipowski led the Blue Devils in scoring (16.4 points per game) and rebounding (8.3 boards) for the second consecutive season, and is a potential lottery pick in this summer’s NBA Draft. In The Athletic’s pre-NCAA Tournament mock draft, Filipowski was slotted at No. 15 overall to the Miami Heat.
Always love ? pic.twitter.com/LF1W1iFY8K
— Kyle “Flip” Filipowski (@kylefilipowski) April 12, 2024
Filipowski arrived in Durham in the summer of 2022 as one of the seminal... | ↑ |
60. UConn’s Donovan Clingan declares for 2024 NBA Draft after winning back-to-back titles20:32[-/+] | UConn sophomore Donovan Clingan has declared for the 2024 NBA Draft, he announced via social media Friday.
Clingan, a 7-foot-2 center, played a pivotal role in the Huskies back-to-back championships and is a projected first-round pick in this summer’s draft. In The Athletic’s pre-NCAA Tournament mock draft, Clingan was slotted as the No. 11 pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder — and that was before he had 22 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks in the win against Illinois in the Elite Eight. He followed that performance with 18 points, five rebounds and five blocks in a Final Four victory... | ↑ |
61. Duke basketball guard Jeremy Roach entering NBA Draft, transfer portal20:32[-/+] | Duke guard Jeremy Roach — the last remaining link to Mike Krzyzewski’s final Blue Devils team — is declaring for the 2024 NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility and entering the transfer portal, he announced on social media Tuesday night.
Roach — who averaged 14 points and 3.3 assists per game this season, while shooting a career-best 42.9 percent from 3-point range — has one season of eligibility left, stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the role he played in bridging the Krzyzewski and Jon Scheyer eras, Roach deserves to be remembered as one of the most connective... | ↑ |
62. AJ Storr, former Wisconsin guard, transferring to Kansas: What are the Jayhawks getting in him?20:32[-/+] | Former Wisconsin guard AJ Storr has chosen to transfer to Kansas, he told The Athletic.
Storr, ranked No. 16 in The Athletic’s list of best players in the transfer portal, also considered Illinois, Texas and John Calipari’s Arkansas. He joins a Jayhawks squad that went 23-11 last season and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where it lost to Gonzaga.
Storr averaged 16.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game last season, his first with Wisconsin. He started his collegiate career with St. John’s in 2022-23 before heading to the Badgers.
NCAA news: Wisconsin sophomore... | ↑ |
63. What it means for Pac-12 to be classified as ‘nonautonomous FBS conference’20:32[-/+] | The Pac-12 Conference, which will drop down to two members this summer, will no longer be an “autonomous conference,” the NCAA Division I Board of Directors determined on Monday, effective Aug. 2. It will instead be classified as a “nonautonomous FBS conference” like the Group of 5.
The board created new governance thresholds for conferences that fall below membership requirements. As a result, the Pac-12 will lose representation on the Board of Directors. It will retain representation and voting rights on the Division I Council, the Football Oversight Committee and the Division I... | ↑ |
64. Alabama basketball lands transfer Aden Holloway from Auburn: What it means for Tide20:32[-/+] | TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama’s men’s basketball program continued to add to its 2024-25 roster on Saturday when former Auburn point guard Aden Holloway committed to the Crimson Tide. Holloway, a former five-star recruit, started 26 of 35 games for the Tigers this past season, averaging 7.3 points and 2.7 assists per game. Holloway visited Alabama on Thursday and figures to be a key rotation piece for next year’s team.
Holloway is the third transfer portal commitment for Alabama during this window, joining guards Houston Mallette (Pepperdine) and Chris Youngblood (South Florida). | ↑ |
65. Karter Knox, 5-star recruit, commits to John Calipari, Arkansas after flipping from Kentucky20:32[-/+] | Karter Knox, a five-star recruit in the 2024 class, has committed to John Calipari at Arkansas after previously committing and then decommitting to Kentucky, he told multiple outlets Monday.
Knox — a 6-foot-5 wing — announced his commitment to Kentucky in March, but re-opened his recruitment after Calipari left for the coaching job at Arkansas earlier this month.
Knox averaged 23.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists in the Overtime Elite League during the 2023-24 season, and is considered one of the best shot-makers in the 2024 recruiting class.
Knox was previously deciding between... | ↑ |
66. Purdue’s Zach Edey declares for NBA Draft, per report: Where could he be picked?20:32[-/+] | Purdue center Zach Edey, the 2024 Naismith Player of the Year, declared for the NBA Draft, he told ESPN. The 7-foot-4 Canadian is projected to be a first-round pick and is No. 21 on The Athletic’s latest big board.
Edey posted a career-best 25.2 points with 12.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks on 62.3 percent shooting in 39 games during his senior season. While the Boilermakers lost to UConn in the national championship, Edey averaged 29.5 points, 14.5 rebounds and 1.8 in six NCAA Tournament games.
His decorated college career includes being named to the 2021 Big Ten All-Freshman Team, earning... | ↑ |
68. Justin Pippen, son of Scottie Pippen, commits to Michigan over Stanford, Florida20:32[-/+] | Dusty May’s first commitment at Michigan has a notable family name.
Justin Pippen, the son of NBA legend Scottie Pippen, committed to the Wolverines on Friday. Pippen, a 6-foot-3 combo guard in the Class of 2024, is a four-star prospect ranked No. 101 in the 247Sports Composite. He picked Michigan over Cal, Stanford, Florida and Texas A&M.
Pippen visited Michigan last weekend and announced his commitment via a 247 livestream while sitting next to his father. He’s the first player to commit to Michigan since May was hired last month from Florida Atlantic.
“The coaches were great to... | ↑ |
70. Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard, potential top-10 pick, declares for 2024 NBA Draft20:32[-/+] | There was an electric moment in new Kentucky coach Mark Pope’s introductory press conference Sunday that, for some involved, was also a bit uncomfortable. Pope brought the packed house at Rupp Arena to a boil with this play on words: “Our job as coaches is we get to shepherds …” The crowd heard that as Sheppard, as in former UK stars Jeff and Stacey Sheppard — and even more notably, their son, national freshman of the year Reed Sheppard — and responded with a deafening roar.
Then a “Reed! Reed! Reed!” chant. Then a “One more year!” chant. Another former star and... | ↑ |
71. UConn’s Alex Karaban declares for NBA Draft, maintains college eligibility: Is he a first-round pick?20:32[-/+] | UConn forward Alex Karaban, a starting lineup mainstay during the program’s back-to-back title runs, announced Thursday he is declaring for the NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility.
“Thank you to my family and friends for all of the countless sacrifices and constant support throughout my career — especially during the ups and downs,” Karaban wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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— Alex Karaban (@AlexKaraban) April 18, 2024
“Thank you Coach Hurley, Coach Kimani, Coach Murray and Coach Moore for your belief in... | ↑ |
73. New federal regulations prevent schools from suspending athletes amid sexual misconduct investigations20:32[-/+] | Universities and athletic departments will not be allowed to suspend athletes accused of sexual misconduct while investigations against the complaints are being conducted, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s amendments of regulations to Title IX.
The provision addressing student athletes’ due process and university investigations into sexual misconduct was one of dozens of sections addressed in the document released Friday and comes after years of proposed Title IX changes from the Biden administration. The document addressed about 235,000 comments from associations,... | ↑ |
75. Kentucky hires former BYU coach Mark Pope to replace John Calipari20:32[-/+] | Consider this the white smoke: There is a new Pope, same as the old Pope, in Kentucky. The Wildcats, in a surprisingly quick move, have hired former UK player and former BYU coach Mark Pope to replace John Calipari as the program’s next basketball coach, the university announced Friday.
Welcome home, @CoachMarkPope!
Pope, a captain of the 1996 National Championship team, has returned to the @universityofky as the 23rd head coach of @KentuckyMBB!https://t.co/5tDLhxKdTQ
— Kentucky Athletics (@UKAthletics) April 12, 2024
Calipari announced this week that he’s leaving Kentucky after... | ↑ |
76. UConn’s Dan Hurley on Kentucky job: ‘No way’ he would entertain it20:32[-/+] | GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dan Hurley entered rare air on Monday night, becoming just the third men’s college basketball coach to repeat as a national champion since the end of John Wooden’s UCLA dynasty in the 1970s. And when it was over — a 75-60 victory over Purdue marking Connecticut’s 12th consecutive NCAA Tournament win by double digits — Hurley found himself in another very small club: coaches who’ve won it all and immediately had to address the possibility of leaving for another program. Such is life when you’re the hottest coach in the sport and the Kentucky job unexpectedly... | ↑ |
81. 2025 NCAA men’s college basketball odds: Duke, Kansas favored to win national title ahead of UConn20:32[-/+] | UConn entered this season as the favorite to win the national title and delivered with a dominant second consecutive championship. The Huskies are not far from the top of the odds list to win a third title in a row, but Duke and Kansas opened as the favorites on BetMGM to win the 2025 title.
The Blue Devils and Jayhawks are both +1100 to win it all. UConn is right behind at +1200. Houston is fourth at +1400.
After winning the 2023 title, the Huskies opened at +1200 to win the 2024 title. They shared the top spot with Duke and Kentucky. While both of those teams had solid regular seasons, and... | ↑ |
84. Nate Oats says he’s ‘fully committed’ to coaching Alabama basketball amid Kentucky rumors20:32[-/+] | Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said Monday he’s “fully committed” to the team and school amid reports that Oats would be a candidate for Kentucky’s opening.
“We have already accomplished some great things here, and there is nothing I want more than for The University of Alabama to win its first national championship in men’s basketball,” Oats wrote in a statement posted on X. “Despite any rumors to the contrary, rest assured that I will continue that pursuit as your head coach.”
Oats’ statement comes a day after Sunday’s news that longtime Kentucky coach John... | ↑ |
85. NCAA’s Charlie Baker concerned about ‘enormously problematic’ prop betting in college sports20:32[-/+] | GLENDALE, Ariz. — NCAA president Charlie Baker said before Monday’s men’s basketball championship game that the organization remains concerned about gambling in college sports but added that “we’re kind of in the top of the first inning on this one,” particularly when it comes to prop betting.
“Did any of you notice how much time was spent on cable TV about Caitlin Clark’s prop performance (after the) first (national semifinals) game leading into the second game?” Baker said. “Was that really what we should be talking about in the middle of a women’s Final Four? I... | ↑ |
86. UConn stymies Purdue in title game, becomes first back-to-back men’s champions since 2007 Florida20:32[-/+] | GLENDALE, Ariz. — With exactly six minutes left in Monday night’s national championship game, UConn guard Tristen Newton zoomed a pass to a cutting Stephon Castle, who skipped past Zach Edey in the paint and laid in an ordinary layup. Except it was only ordinary in execution, because that basket put the Huskies up 17 points, their largest lead of the night.
Consider that the moment the hourglass flipped, and time started ticking until UConn’s looming championship celebration.
Minutes later, the confetti cannons inside State Farm Arena erupted, finalizing UConn’s 75-60 win over... | ↑ |
91. USC freshman Isaiah Collier, projected lottery pick, declares for 2024 NBA Draft: Report20:32[-/+] | USC freshman guard Isaiah Collier has declared for the 2024 NBA Draft, he told ESPN on Wednesday. Collier is projected to be a lottery pick in The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie’s latest mock draft.
Collier, a five-star high school prospect, averaged 16.3 points, a team-high 4.3 assists and 2.9 rebounds on 33.8 percent shooting from 3-point range over 27 games for the Trojans. He was also named to the 2023-24 Pac-12 All-Freshman team.
He started the season on fire and looked like a candidate to be the No. 1 pick in the draft. He tailed off as USC fell apart, struggling with turnovers and... | ↑ |
93. After Scott Drew stays at Baylor, what’s next for Kentucky? Donovan, Pope, Pitino and other options20:32[-/+] | Kentucky’s coaching search is not off to a great start. One day after former coach John Calipari was introduced at Arkansas, the Wildcats’ first choice to replace him, Baylor coach Scott Drew, turned them down.
“God has called my family and I to continue our work here,” he said in a statement.
So what now for Kentucky? That’s a several-million-dollar question without a clear answer.
Drew was the preferred pick of UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart to replace Calipari dating back at least three years, since Barnhart was chair of the NCAA Tournament in the COVID-19 bubble in 2021, a... | ↑ |
96. John Calipari announces he’s leaving Kentucky: ‘This program probably needs to hear another voice’20:32[-/+] | One half of a seismic shift in college basketball is official: John Calipari confirmed Tuesday that he’s leaving Kentucky after 15 years.
“This is a dream job. It was my dream job. Anybody in our profession looks at the University of Kentucky in basketball and says, ‘That is the bluest of blue.’ The last few weeks, we’ve come to realize that this program probably needs to hear another voice,” Calipari said in a video message posted to his social media accounts. “And the fans need to hear another voice. We’ve loved it here, but we think it’s time for us to step away — and... | ↑ |
97. UConn-Purdue averaged 14.8 million viewers, fewer than women’s title game for first time20:32[-/+] | Connecticut’s emphatic win over Purdue in Monday’s men’s national championship game averaged 14.8 million viewers, Turner Sports said Tuesday, a slight uptick from the Huskies’ 2023 win over San Diego State.
Last year’s title game recorded 14.69 million viewers and was the least-watched men’s title game on record.
By contrast, the women’s national championship game of Iowa-South Carolina drew a record 18.9 million viewers and peaked at 24.1 million, marking the first time women’s title game viewership outpaced the men’s. Viewership for the... | ↑ |
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