NCAAB RUMORS AND NEWS

Sporting News "Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim criticized a reporter during his post-game press conference Wednesday night. Boeheim, coming off a 64-54 win over Clemson, was asked a harmless question by The Athletic's Matthew Gutierrez about the defensive development of players Quincy..." March 04

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

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

USA Today "ESPN has talked with college basketball analyst Dan Dakich about his recent Twitter controversy in which a woman college professor accused him of misogynistic speech. A person with knowledge of the situation told IndyStar on Wednesday that ESPN had addressed the..." March 03

Bleacher Report "Without fail, fans of men's college basketball make some sort of "This is the weakest bubble ever!" complaint in late February or early March of every year. In most seasons, it's just recency bias; we forget how nauseating it was to wade through the previous..." March 03

USA Today High School Sports "Emoni Bates, the top-ranked recruit in the 2022 recruiting class has been committed to Michigan State since June, but is reportedly eyeing an alternative to the college ranks before ascending to the NBA. According to Brendan Quinn of The Athletic, the expectation is that Bates will..." March 03

The Big Lead "Aaron Henry was once one of college basketball's best-kept secrets. Two years ago, when he stepped unwillingly into the spotlight and content factory after being screamed at by Tom Izzo, the 6-foot-6 swingman was portrayed as this doe-eyed shrinking violet who needed to be protected from..." March 03

Yahoo! Sports "Eleven minutes into ESPN’s broadcast of last month’s UCLA-Arizona game, college basketball’s most tangent-prone analyst steered the conversation in an unexpected direction. Bill Walton told an outrageous tale of his alma mater declining to recruit the..." March 03

CBS Sports "It's been ages, if ever, since Alabama was this good in men's basketball. The program has certainly never been this entertaining or cutting-edge. The Crimson Tide's road win against Mississippi State over the weekend clinched their first regular-season..." March 03

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

USA Today "In a thrilling afternoon showdown at the WVU Coliseum, Baylor and West Virginia showed why they are two of the best men's college basketball teams in the nation. No. 3 Baylor earned a hard-fought 94-89 overtime win over the No. 5 Mountaineers that earned the Bears their..." March 02

CBS Sports "The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) announced on Monday that it is cutting its field in half and holding the entire tournament in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area in 2021. The 32-team NIT is typically held on campus sites until the semifinals round but will instead be held at the..." March 02

The Score "Florida State men's basketball head coach Leonard Hamilton has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him with the program through the 2024-25 campaign, the school announced Monday. The new deal will guarantee Hamilton $11.25 million over its duration and is..." March 01

ESPN "Following No. 2 Baylor's first loss of the season on Saturday night, a 71-58 defeat at No. 17 Kansas, coach Scott Drew acknowledged the COVID-19 protocols that sidelined the Bears for 21 days are his basketball team's "kryptonite." "We were..." March 01

247 Sports "Nebraska junior guard Teddy Allen announced via a release on Monday morning that he has left the Nebraska basketball program effective immediately.  “I would like to thank Coach Hoiberg and his coaching staff for allowing me to come back to Nebraska and have the opportunity..." March 01

Card Chronicle "Malik Williams will be out for 4-6 weeks after re-injuring his right foot in Louisville’s win at Duke Saturday night. That means that the Cardinal center will almost certainly be sidelined for the remainder of his senior season. “I just feel for Malik and his..." March 01

ESPN "With its 86-69 win over Loyola Marymount Saturday night, the Gonzaga men's basketball team completed its first undefeated regular season -- and became the first Division I team to enter its conference tournament undefeated since Kentucky in 2015. While this..." February 28

Yahoo! Sports "Roy Williams is one of the great coaches in basketball history, and now belongs to a club exclusive enough to say as much. The North Carolina head coach notched the 900th win of his career on Saturday with a 78-70 upset win over No. 11 Florida State. Williams is the fifth men's..." February 28

Larry Brown Sports "John Calipari knows that Kentucky’s hopes of making the NCAA Tournament are almost non-existent.  Kentucky lost at home 71-67 to Florida on Saturday. The Wildcats are now a pathetic 8-14 on the season and have no shot at making the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team. They..." February 28

USA Today "Texas State clinched its first conference championship in 22 years after a 58-49 win over the University of Lousiana Monroe Friday. For the second consecutive game, the Bobcats were without interim head coach Terrance "TJ" Johnson due to COVID-19 protocols, but that..." February 27

ESPN "Paul Weir will be out as New Mexico's head men's basketball coach at the end of the season, the school announced Friday night. Weir is expected to coach in the regular-season finale against Colorado State on Wednesday and in the Mountain West Conference..." February 27

The Big Lead "We all learned from Office Space that more than one person can have a name and it can be tough for the lesser known Michael Bolton. It can also lead to confusion, like it did yesterday when Chris "Mad Dog Russo" responded to a @Funhouse tweet suggesting the legendary radio..." February 27

CBS Sports "Wichita State kissed the interim tag goodbye for head coach Isaac Brown on Friday. The program announced it has agreed to drop the label and sign the 51-year-old to a five-year deal to become the program's new head coach, with a formal introduction coming on Monday. Brown..." February 26