Lynn Swann has resigned as USC athletic director, effective immediately. Dave Roberts, special adviser to the president, will take over in the interim as the school searches for a full-time replacement.
Three leagues make up roughly half of our updated Top 25 representation, including the resurgent Pac-12.
Top prospect Evan Mobley is committing to USC, joining his brother, who is an incoming freshman there.
Villanova will play an exhibition game at Southern California in October, with proceeds benefiting the California Fire Foundation. It will be USC's first preseason game open to the public since 2014.
The fields for 13 early-season college basketball tournaments were announced Thursday. Here's your handy guide to all 13 ESPN-aired events.
The shifting sands of the Pac-12's preseason pecking order are a prominent feature of the latest Way-Too-Early Top 25.
Florida and Kansas added key transfers, helping them ascend in our early stacking of the 2019-20 college hoops pecking order.
USC guard Kevin Porter Jr. is headed to Cleveland after the Cavaliers worked out a trade with the Detroit Pistons for the No. 30 pick of the NBA draft, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
NBA draft decisions and some critical prospect commitments have altered our emerging snapshot of the 2019-20 college hoops season.
Former USC assistant Tony Bland was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and two years of probation after pleading guilty to bribery conspiracy.
Derryck Thornton Jr., who averaged 7.7 points and 4.3 assists while starting 27 games for USC last season, is expected to transfer, sources told ESPN.
Defense attorneys for the two men accused of bribing college coaches tried to convince jurors Friday that the payments made weren't really bribes, but just a hustle to get potential investors to part with their money.
Jurors in the college basketball corruption trial Thursday watched videos of coaches settling down in a Las Vegas hotel room, where wads of cash or envelopes were either exchanged or promised in exchange for securing influence with top players.
Four-star guard Ethan Anderson has signed to play for the University of Southern California.
The college basketball world's focus shifts from the court to the courtroom when the second corruption trial begins on Monday. Find out what's at stake this time around.
Akron graduate transfer Daniel Utomi announced his commitment to USC in a tweet Tuesday. He is the Trojans' third graduate transfer addition this offseason.
USC freshman Kevin Porter Jr. is signing with an agent and heading to the NBA draft, where ESPN ranks him as the No. 14 draft prospect.
USC has added guard Quinton Adlesh to its basketball roster for the 2019-20 season. Adlesh is expected to graduate from Columbia soon and will have one season of eligibility remaining.
Lynn Swann said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that he doesn't plan to resign his job as Trojans athletic director in the aftermath of the college admissions bribery scandal that has roiled many of the nation's top schools, including USC.
Washington played well at both ends, yet couldn't shake Southern California.
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 15-3 | - | 27-9 |
| Arizona State | 12-6 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Utah | 11-7 | 4 | 17-14 |
| Oregon | 10-8 | 5 | 25-13 |
| Colorado | 10-8 | 5 | 23-13 |
| Oregon State | 10-8 | 5 | 18-13 |
| UCLA | 9-9 | 6 | 17-16 |
| Arizona | 8-10 | 7 | 17-15 |
| USC | 8-10 | 7 | 16-17 |
| Stanford | 8-10 | 7 | 15-16 |
| Washington State | 4-14 | 11 | 11-21 |
| California | 3-15 | 12 | 8-23 |
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Mobley | C | Committed | 98 |
| Final Fours | 2 |
| Tournament Record | 13-21 |
| Championship Seasons | None |
| Tournament Appearances | 18 |
