EVANVILLE, Indiana — It’s mid-May and the merry-go-round of national college basketball coaches has all but stopped while the NCAA transfer portal is closed. This should be a quiet time of year. Except for the University of Evansville. Coach Todd Lickliter and the entire team were unexpectedly sacked on May 5, leaving the EU and … Read more
story links FORT MYERS, Florida. – After making history as the first FGCU track and field program to win a major offer, the men’s golf team will officially begin playing at the NCAA Columbus Regional on Monday morning. Hosted by the State of Ohio at The OSU Golf Club, the 13-team regional course … Read more
Jon Masson | Wisconsin State Journal Quincy Henderson, a former Madison La Follette standout who helped lead the Lancers men’s basketball team to a state championship, has been named St. Cloud State University. Henderson becomes the 14th men’s basketball coach in St. Cloud State. He spent eight seasons as an associate coach at NCAA Division … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are enjoying this playoff streak a little more as they’ve spent the last couple of years watching the postseason instead of their familiar positions chasing championships. Now, with these seasoned faces and a roster of new stars, the Warriors are headed for yet another … Read more
Placeholder while article actions load Brenda Frese says she wasn’t surprised by the big roster change that happened this offseason. Within a week, Maryland lost its two top scorers and a reserve to the transfer portal. The Terrapins certainly weren’t the only women’s basketball program with significant losses for the portal, but the departures of … Read more
STORRS – When the UConn baseball team played at Butler University a few weeks ago, the Huskies made a point of taking a tour of historic Hinkle Fieldhouse. As soon as he entered the sacred arena, Coach Jim Penders yelled “Hickory!” — a reference to the movie ‘Hoosiers’, which was filmed inside Hinkle. For years, … Read more
7:35 ET John GasawayESPN Insider Near ESPN Insider College Basketball Contributor Started covering college hoops in 2004 Wrote for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal Welcome back to our ongoing analysis of a key issue in our transfer-focused era. How important have transfers been—whether due to addition or subtraction—to each program at the seven … Read more
The parallels between college basketball and horse racing are minimal, but one trait both sports share is that their fanbases love betting on the underdogs. It was less than two months ago when the nation began to fall in love with Saint Peter’s when the No. 15 Peacocks made a miracle run that began with … Read more
eight years ago the NCAA introduced the transfer portal amid a growing wave of players migrating to other schools, Fred Hoiberg had a problem. Hoiberg had just been hired by his alma mater, Iowa State, as head coach, and he didn’t want to wait for a crop of young rookies to turn into winners. Iowa … Read more
Last week, the NCAA released a press release announcing that NCAA President Mark Emmert would step down from his executive role “by mutual agreement.” Emmert had held the position since 2010 and only last year had his contract extended until 2025, but that was then. Many, many things changed in the year that followed, and … Read more