Big East RUMORS & NEWS

The Athletic "Former Creighton center/forward Christian Bishop announced on social media Friday that he is transferring to Texas. Bishop, who averaged 11 points and 6.4 rebounds last season, is No. 12 on The Athletic’s best available college basketball transfers and high school recruits...." April 17

ESPN "Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball transfer Theo John is going from a Coach K protégé to Coach K himself. John, who spent the past four seasons playing under former Duke star and assistant Steve Wojciechowski with the Golden Eagles, announced..." April 16

Knoxville News Sentinel "Jonas Aidoo committed to Tennessee basketball on Wednesday. The four-star center is the No. 60 prospect in the 247Sports Composite. He is the highest-rated big to commit to Tennessee under coach Rick Barnes. The 6-foot-11, 215-pound Aidoo decommitted from..." April 14

The Athletic "In an ongoing state of unknown in college basketball, Jay Wright just keeps winning. The NCAA announced in the fall that all winter student-athletes would automatically receive another year of eligibility because of the pandemic, and Villanova has taken full advantage. Collin..." April 14

The Athletic "Without a strong sense of faith, it’s hard to accomplish anything. Life can take you on unexpected journeys and things don’t always go the way you want. But you have to find purpose through the pain, and strength through the struggle. The past few years have allowed me to..." April 12

CBS Sports "Villanova got some great news for its 2021-22 roster on Monday when seniors Collin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels announced they will return for another season. Although leading scorer Jeremiah Robinson-Earl has declared for the NBA Draft and signed..." April 12

The Score "ARI 3:00 PM STAN Apr 4 Iowa's Garza, UConn's Bueckers named Naismith Trophy winners Josh Weinstein 55m ago Carmen Mandato / Getty Images Sport / Getty Iowa forward Luka..." April 03

Chicago Sun-Times "DePaul is expected to name Tony Stubblefield as its next head men’s basketball coach, according to sources. Stubblefield will replace Dave Leitao, who was fired after going 69-113 in six seasons leading the Blue Demons.   " April 01

USA Today "With the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball squad and UConn Huskies women's team both advancing to their respective tournaments' Final Fours, the friendship between two star freshmen on both teams — Paige Bueckers at UConn and Jalen Suggs at..." March 31

The Athletic "It was a mess. There is no other good way to put it. Almost seven years ago to the day, Marquette fans were suddenly and momentarily convinced that the hottest guy in men’s collegiate basketball coaching circles was about to be their guy. Their reason? A tweet — what else? —..." March 30

The Score "Marquette is closing in on a deal to make Texas' Shaka Smart the program's next head coach, sources told CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein. Smart has been the Longhorns' head coach since 2015, compiling a 109-86 record with three NCAA Tournament..." March 26

Clutch Points "The Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team needs a new head coach after Shaka Smart departed to take over the Marquette program on Friday. Former Texas freshman sensation and current Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant told Stadium’s Jeff Goodman the..." March 26

News Day "Knicks assistant coach Kenny Payne, who joined the team this season after a long tenure as an assistant at Kentucky alongside John Calipari, has received a lot of credit from players for his work on their development this season. But there are reports that he could be out..." March 24

CBS Sports "Minnesota announced Monday that it is hiring Xavier assistant Ben Johnson, a former Gophers player and assistant, to replace Richard Pitino as the program's basketball coach. Johnson joined the Xavier staff in 2018 after working as an assistant for Pitino from 2013-18.  CBS..." March 23

Indy Star "Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was in attendance at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Monday night watching Ohio take on Creighton. Burrow's dad, Jim, spent 14 seasons as the Ohio Bobcats defensive coordinator. " March 22

The Athletic "For a few glorious hours last weekend, the Big East tournament championship game transformed a group of current and former NBA coaches into unabashed fans. They typed messages to one another on text chains as Georgetown took a commanding lead over Creighton. For at least one of them, tears of..." March 19

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "The Steve Wojciechowski Era is over at Marquette. After seven inconsistent seasons as head coach of the Golden Eagles, Wojciechowski was relieved of his duties on Friday, the school announced on Friday. Expectations were high when MU hired Wojciechowski in April 2014 for his..." March 19

Complex "If you’re a college basketball junkie, you’ve come to the wrong place.  If you’re an NBA fanatic who only tunes into college basketball when it’s NCAA Tournament time, we’re glad you’re here.  While college basketball die-hards..." March 16

Sportsnet "If you haven’t completed a bracket yet, consider this one of your final warnings. This is not a drill. After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the March Madness men’s NCAA basketball tournament is back. Of even more interest to those of us north of the..." March 16

Larry Brown Sports "Geno Auriemma is looking to lead UConn to its 12th NCAA championship since 1995, but the Hall of Fame coach will not be on the sideline for at least the Huskies’ first game. UConn announced on Monday that Auriemma has tested positive for COVID-19. It was determined that he did..." March 15

Forbes.com "The college basketball coaching carousel continued to turn Monday when DePaul fired head coach Dave Leitao after five last-place finishes in the Big East Conference. Leitao, 60, was 127-147 in his second stint at the Chicago school, including a 51-103 mark in the Big East. For his..." March 15

Larry Brown Sports "Patrick Ewing’s Georgetown Hoyas improbably won the Big East Tournament, but the head coach is not satisfied. Ewing’s Hoyas entered the tournament 9-12 but won four straight games to capture the conference tourney and a bid into the NCAA Tournament. Even though their run..." March 14

CBS Sports "Patrick Ewing's name will live on forever in the rafters of Madison Square Garden for his career as a New York Knicks legend. But even with that being the case, there are apparently people working at the arena who don't recognize the Hall of Fame big man and current Georgetown head..." March 11

The Score "Four-star point guard TyTy Washington announced Thursday he decommitted from No. 14 Creighton, citing conversations with his family and coaches. "I'd like to thank the Creighton coaching staff for the opportunities that they've placed before me,"..." March 11

ESPN "Villanova guard Justin Moore is doubtful for the Big East men's basketball tournament after suffering a severe ankle sprain over the weekend, coach Jay Wright announced on Twitter on Monday. Moore went down in the first half of Saturday's loss to Providence..." March 09

Bleacher Report "Creighton athletic director Bruce Rasmussen announced Monday head coach Greg McDermott would be reinstated and cleared to participate in all team activities, including this week's Big East tournament, after his racially insensitive comments in late..." March 08

The Score "UConn has finalized a two-year contract extension for men's basketball head coach Dan Hurley, the school announced Friday. Hurley's new deal will tie him to the program through March 2027 and pay him $2.9 million next season. "During Dan's..." March 06

ESPN "Villanova guard Justin Moore suffered what coach Jay Wright said to be a "pretty severe" sprained ankle in the first half of Saturday's game against Providence, adding to the growing injury woes for the No. 10 Wildcats. Moore went down with an ankle..." March 06

Sporting News "Creighton on Thursday suspended men's basketball coach Greg McDermott from all team activities for using the word "plantation" twice in a locker-room speech to his team. It also said that "further sanctions remain under consideration." McDermott will miss..." March 05

USA Today "It would be difficult for any of us who haven’t experienced being Black in America to understand exactly how it felt for a group of young Black college basketball players to sit in a locker room and hear their coach make a reference to his program as a plantation.  But..." March 05

ESPN "Creighton men's basketball coach Greg McDermott, who previously apologized for urging his players to "stay on the plantation" in a postgame locker room talk following a loss over the weekend, said on Wednesday that he offered to resign over his..." March 04

USA Today "The apology issued by Creighton men's basketball coach Greg McDermott for urging his players to "stay on the plantation" during a postgame speech last week has not been widely accepted, including by Duke's director of operations and player development Nolan..." March 04

CBS Sports "Villanova's Final Four hopes could well rest on what MRI results show Thursday in regard to star point guard Collin Gillespie's left knee. The senior leader tangled legs with Creighton's Damien Jefferson in the first half of No. 10..." March 04

The Score "Villanova star Collin Gillespie will miss the remainder of the 2020-21 season after an MRI confirmed that he had torn his left MCL in Wednesday's victory over Creighton, the team announced Thursday. "We are all devastated for Collin," Villanova..." March 04

New York Post "This purpose of this year was progress. Seeing that the plan was working. Proving this program, after two decades of inconsistency and wayward leadership, was finally on the right path. It started poorly for St. John’s and Mike Anderson, with a 1-5 record in the Big East. Then..." March 03

The Score "Creighton men's basketball coach Greg McDermott issued a public apology Tuesday for using an offensive term during a postgame speech after a recent loss to Xavier. "On Feb. 27, after an emotionally tough loss on the road, I addressed our student-athletes and staff in the..." March 02

Larry Brown Sports "March 1 is right around the corner and plenty of college basketball teams are starting to feel the heat. Despite the strangest season we’ve ever see, with games moved, canceled, and heavily affected by COVID-19, the selection committee will still need to sort through varied resumés..." February 26

Awful Announcing "The North Carolina Tar Heels and Marquette Golden Eagles recently announced the scheduling of a nonconference basketball game for Wednesday in Chapel Hill. It was a decision that left many people confused, with North Carolina a bubble team (entered Wednesday 33rd in the NET rankings) that..." February 25

CBS Sports "There ended up being just one coaching change in college basketball's top seven conferences in the 2020 cycle with Steve Forbes taking over for Danny Manning at Wake Forest. With universities bracing for the financial impact of the COVID-19 crisis, many that may have made..." February 24