Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Xavier head coach Sean Miller will not face any sanctions in the Arizona infractions case that was adjudicated by the Independent Accountability Resolution Process, sources told ESPN. The news was first reported by Sports Illustrated. […]

As he mentally prepared himself for announcing to the world that he was gay, Isaac Humphries steeled himself for a negative response. While he thought his family and his teammates would embrace him, he did wonder if opponents would weaponise his sexuality as trash talk or if others wouldn’t accept him. Melbourne United basketballer Isaac Humphries.Credit:Melbourne United Instead, the Melbourne […]

Monday night’s high school basketball showdown between Christ the King (Queens, N.Y.) and Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) has been in the making for over 20 years. The game (11:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2) is headlined by Sierra Canyon senior guard Bronny and sophomore guard/forward Bryce James, sons of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, and Christ the King sophomore guard Kiyan […]

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexico State power forward Mike Peake has been suspended indefinitely from the basketball team in connection with last month’s fatal shooting of a student from the University of New Mexico, athletic director Mario Moccia said. Moccia told reporters Monday night that neither he nor the school could comment on Peake’s enrollment status as a student. […]

Houston and Texas remain firmly entrenched atop the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while preseason No. 1 North Carolina has dropped out entirely after a fourth straight loss. The Cougars earned 37 of 62 first-place votes in Monday’s poll, extending the program’s first stay at No. 1 since the 1980s Phi Slama Jama days for another week. Houston (8-0) […]

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Santiago Vescovi scored 20 points while No. 22 Tennessee locked down on third-ranked Kansas to beat the reigning national champions 64-50 in Friday night’s championship game at the Battle 4 Atlantis. Vescovi hit five 3-pointers to drive the offense for the Volunteers (5-1), who dominated the glass, overcame their own turnover troubles and made the Jayhawks […]

Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato PORTLAND, Oregon — Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger had tears in his eyes as he sat next to senior Caleb Grill at the postgame news conference. Grill delivered what Otzelberger called a “surreal” performance against the No. 1 team in the nation, scoring a career-high 31 […]

AJ Johnson, the top available prospect in high school basketball, has committed to Texas, he told ESPN on Monday. Johnson, ESPN’s No. 25-ranked player in the 2023 high school class, was the lone top-40 prospect to announce where he’ll be playing next season besides Bronny James, who ranks No. 34. Johnson picked Texas over offers from Louisville, LSU, NC State, […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico State-New Mexico men’s basketball game scheduled for Saturday was postponed after a 19-year-old man was killed and a 21-year-old man was wounded in a predawn shooting at the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque. The shooting took place about 3 a.m. Saturday and the wounded man was taken to a hospital for treatment […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. That was a fun appetizer. Now it’s time for things to heat up. With Election Day and other circumstances forcing the Champions Classic to move from the start of the 2022-23 men’s college basketball season to the second week, most top programs opted to schedule a couple of […]