Chris Pollard hired as Virginia’s baseball coach after 13 seasons at Duke

Chris Pollard has been hired as Virginia's baseball coach after spending the past 13 seasons at Atlantic Coast Conference rival Duke. Virginia athletic director Carla Williams on Tuesday announced the successor to Brian O'Connor, who left June 1 to take the job at Mississippi State. Pollard was 420-296 and led the Blue Devils to seven NCAA regionals, four super regionals and two ACC Tournament championships.

Hodge Announces Signing of Morris Ugusuk

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (June 9, 2025) – West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Ross Hodge has announced the signing of Morris Ugusuk to a grant-in-aid for the 2025-26 season.Ugusuk, a 6-foot-4, 170-pound junior guard from Helsinki, Finland, comes to West Virginia from South Carolina, where he played the last two seasons.

Dick Vitale has an extension with ESPN — and a college basketball event in his honor

Dick Vitale is inextricably intertwined with college basketball, with his iconic voice, exuberant style and enthusiastic catchphrases melding into a soundtrack for nearly five decades of the sport’s history. ESPN announced Monday that Vitale has signed a contract through the 2027-28 season, while ESPN Events is launching the Dick Vitale Invitational — the first matchup coming with a season-opening tilt between Duke and Texas on Nov. 4 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Basketball Hall of Famer, also a former college and NBA coach, has been with ESPN since it launched in 1979 and called the network’s first college basketball broadcast.

SEC basketball offseason power rankings (Volume 1)

Arkansas head coach John Calipari returns four key players from last year's Sweet 16 run in 2025-26. (Photo by Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images) The deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft has passed, players have moved to their new campuses, teams have started offseason workouts, and it seems, for the most part, rosters are set, barring any last minute additions from the European ranks.