Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Florida State transfer Matthew Cleveland, one of the best available players in the portal, committed to Miami on Sunday. Cleveland chose the Hurricanes over Missouri and Auburn, pointing to Jim Larranaga’s past success with transfers as key in his decision. “I picked Miami because they made it known […]

The biggest prize in the transfer portal came off the board on Thursday, with former Michigan big man Hunter Dickinson announcing his commitment to Kansas. He chose the Jayhawks over a final list that also included Villanova, Maryland, Kentucky and Georgetown — and his decision could have single-handedly changed the 2023-24 season for any of those five programs. The 7-foot-1 […]

Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Mikey Williams, an elite basketball prospect who had millions of followers on social media, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to a shooting at his home during a Thursday hearing in San Diego. Williams, who is set to play for Penny Hardaway and Memphis next season, […]

New Mexico State’s most highly touted recruit this decade has entered the transfer portal as part of a mass exodus from a program that was shut down in midseason in the wake of hazing allegations and a fatal shooting involving a team member. Deuce Benjamin, who went to nearby Las Cruces High and was New Mexico’s Gatorade high school player […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. It’s been just over two weeks since UConn was cutting down the nets on the NRG Stadium floor. But given the machinations of the transfer portal, the NBA draft and the extra year of eligibility because of COVID-19, the amount of roster movement has made the national championship […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. UConn star Adama Sanogo plans to enter the NBA draft, he announced on social media Thursday. Sanogo, the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player earlier this month, is maintaining his college eligibility but is focused on staying in the draft at this point, sources told ESPN. “Thank you UConn,” […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. North Carolina transfer Caleb Love, one of the most talented players in the portal, announced his commitment to Michigan on Friday. Love, a St. Louis native, was thought to be considering the Wolverines and home-state Missouri. He averaged a career-high 16.7 points this season, shooting 37.8% from the […]

NEW YORK — Connecticut’s victory over San Diego State in the men’s national championship game ended up being the lowest-viewed final on record. The Huskies’ 76-59 win averaged 14.69 million viewers on CBS. The previous low was 15.99 in 2018, when Villanova beat Michigan on TBS. UConn’s 2004 victory over Georgia Tech, which averaged 17.09 million, was the lowest on […]

STORRS, Conn. — Thousands of UConn men’s basketball fans, most of them students, spilled onto campus after watching a broadcast of the Huskies’ NCAA title game win over San Diego State, with some pulling down signs and light poles, smashing windows and causing other damage. Gampel Pavilion was open Monday night for students to watch the game, which was played […]

The UConn Huskies are national champions again. Tristen Newton led all scorers with 19 points as the 4-seed Huskies knocked off the 5-seed San Diego State Aztecs 76-59 in the 2023 NCAA tournament championship game. Connecticut jumped out to a lead midway through the first half and never relinquished it despite a strong effort by San Diego State later in […]