NCAA Basketball

The Pac-12 announced the hiring of a new commissioner on Thursday afternoon. If first impressions were marked by number of Google impressions, the completely anonymous George Kliavkoff hit it big on introduction. Around college athletics, the hiring was greeted with a resounding cry of, “WHO?” We’re ready to give George Kliavkoff a fair chance. He’s

3:17 PM ET ESPN News Services AUSTIN, Texas — Texas forward Greg Brown announced Thursday he is turning pro and won’t return to the Longhorns for his sophomore season under new coach Chris Beard. Brown, who is ranked No. 29 in ESPN’s top 100 draft prospects, was a top-10 recruit when he signed with Texas

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff ESPN continued its Sales Pitch (ESPN+) series this week, examining the men’s college basketball programs in the Big East that have the most and fewest advantages in enticing recruits and transfers to campus. After seeing the results of our survey, ESPN.com’s writing team of Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway

Getty Images Five-star recruit TyTy Washington, the top uncommitted point guard in the 2021 class, committed to Kentucky on Wednesday, giving the Wildcats an injection of talent at a key position heading into next season. Washington, a former Creighton commit, picked the Wildcats over offers from Arizona, Baylor, Kansas, Oregon and LSU. He ranks as

7:00 AM ET Last week, we started our Sales Pitch series by ranking the schools in the ACC based on the quality of their enticements for men’s basketball recruits, also debating the schools that do the most with fewer resources and those our team would consider “sleeping giants.” This week, we’ll continue our exercise by

Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Tamika Catchings are part of the group that will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 13-15, 2021. The induction of this class was delayed from August 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The next group of basketball greats who join the hall will push the total

Getty Images New Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd picked up the second quality transfer of his young regime over the weekend, when former Utah guard Pelle Larsson committed to the Wildcats after a strong freshman season with the Utes. The Swedish combo guard averaged 8.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists while shooting 46.3% from 3-point

Tom Izzo has another important opening to fill on Michigan State basketball’s staff. Video coordinator Drew Denisco left the Spartans on Tuesday to join Stan Heath as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan. Denisco spent six seasons at MSU as a key analyst of game film of the Spartans and their opponents, helping Izzo and

SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford guard Anna Wilson is returning to the university for a sixth season to help the Cardinal try to defend their national championship, while Alyssa Jerome is staying for a fifth year. Wilson, the Pac-12 Conference co-Defensive Player of the Year who moved into the starting lineup last season, and Jerome made

3:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Fairfield University assistant coach Patrick Sellers has been hired as the head men’s basketball coach at Central Connecticut, his alma mater. Sellers returns to school where he was a team captain as a player in 1991 and began his coaching career as an assistant in 1999,

3:27 PM ET Oral Roberts sophomore Max Abmas is entering the NBA draft, but will maintain his college eligibility and retain the option to return to school, he told ESPN Sunday. “My plan is to enter the draft and get as much feedback as I can. I’m hoping to work my way into the first

11:50 AM ET The only known Michael Jordan game-worn North Carolina Tar Heels basketball jersey sold for $1.38 million on Saturday with Heritage Auctions. The jersey was photo-matched to the 1982-83 season, when Jordan won NCAA player of the year from The Sporting News, and is the same jersey he wore on the cover of

Axios NCAA president says college athletes should be able to get paid starting in 2021 NCAA president Mark Emmert told the New York Times this week that he would recommend that the college sports’ governing body approve new rules that would allow student athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses “before, or as

3:53 PM ET College basketball is tired of the flopping. And now, floppers could pay. The NCAA men’s basketball rules committee has proposed a rule that would assess a technical foul to players who “fake being fouled.” It would be a Class B technical foul, so the opposing team would get one free throw attempt

Getty Images Technical fouls for flopping, changing from five to six total fouls allowed, and a tweak to how timeouts are treated. These are among the changes the NCAA men’s basketball rules committee announced Friday after three days worth of meetings to discuss what rule changes the sport should consider.  There were the 13 major

The Telegraph Simon Yates out to justify Giro d’Italia favourite tag and banish bad memories in process Britain’s Simon Yates says he is hoping to have a “clear run” at the Giro d’Italia this year as he seeks to banish the memories of the last few years and justify his status as race favourite. Yates,

USATSI The Miami Dolphins announced Thursday they are signing former North Carolina Central basketball standout Jibri Blount as a free agent tight end. Blount, the son of former Steelers star defensive back Mel Blount, didn’t play college football, but will be the latest former college hoops star to get a shot at playing tight end

Entering the 2021 NCAA Tournament, there were only two logical choices for which conference was the best in college basketball during the 2020-21 season. The Big Ten and Big 12 were the only conferences sending more than half their teams to the Big Dance, and the two leagues accounted for a staggering eight of the