NCAA Basketball

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

The NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee on Friday proposed moving the 3-point line to the international distance of 22 feet, 1¾ inches, beginning with the 2021-22 season. All rule recommendations must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to discuss women’s basketball proposals June 3. The committee, which conducted a

On the heels of its first-ever NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament appearance, the University of Hartford announced Thursday that it will transition its athletic department to Division III. The Hawks won the America East Tournament this past season to secure the league’s automatic bid before losing to No. 1 seed Baylor, the eventual national champion, in

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee on Friday recommended officials assess technical fouls to players who fake being fouled, beginning in the 2021-22 season. All rule proposals must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to discuss proposed men’s basketball rules changes June 3. Committee members, who held a hybrid

10:12 PM ET Less than two months after Hartford’s men’s basketball team reached its first NCAA tournament, the University’s Board of Regents voted Thursday to transition the athletics programs from Division I to Division III. The university will have to file its intent to the NCAA in January 2022, and expects to be transitioned to

6:04 PM ET Associated Press PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Forward Aundre Hyatt is transferring to Rutgers from LSU. Coach Steve Pikiell announced the move Thursday, saying the New York City native will have three seasons of eligibility remaining. The Scarlet Knights posted a 16-12 record last season and made the NCAA tournament for the first time

DETROIT — The Jalen Rose Leadership Academy serves some 400 students and 600 alumni from a brick, two-story, former middle school on this city’s Northwest side. On Thursday afternoon, its namesake walked in. The former local basketball star, Fab Five sensation and 13-year NBA veteran is a current ESPN broadcaster. First and foremost though, he

Getty Images Kentucky coach John Calipari completed his offseason staff shake-up on Thursday as Orlando Antigua and Ron Coleman joined John Calipari’s coaching staff to fill the roles left by Joel Justus, who left for Arizona State and Tony Barbee, who was recently named Central Michigan’s head coach, the program announced. Antigua joins the program

USATSI There is less than three months between now and the 2021 NBA Draft, which means that with the college season in the rearview and the NBA’s regular-season schedule winding down later this month, teams are launching full-speed ahead into draft prep. And while we still have several weeks until the deadline for underclassmen to

1:21 PM ET Associated Press AMES, Iowa — Izaiah Brockington has transferred from Penn State to Iowa State and will have two years of eligibility, Cyclones coach T.J. Otzelberger announced Thursday. Brockington spent the last three seasons at Penn State after playing his freshman year at St. Bonaventure. The 6-foot-4 guard from Philadelphia started 24