College Basketball

1. Men's WTE Top 25: Houston at No. 1, while decimated Duke, Kentucky fall

   The coaching carousel and transfer portal have completely upended things just 17 days after UConn won the NCAA title. Welcome, previously unranked and next-in-line teams.

2. Portal to close May 1 for all potential transfers

   New transfer legislation passed last week by the NCAA has added a sense of urgency to the looming close of the men's and women's basketball transfer windows.

3. Sources: Top recruit Philon to decommit from KU

   Labaron Philon, who is ranked No. 30 in the ESPN 100 for the 2024 class, has requested a release from his letter of intent to Kansas, sources confirmed to ESPN.

4. Oakland's Townsend, Horizon POY, picks Arizona

   Oakland transfer Trey Townsend, the Horizon League player of the year, has committed to Arizona, he told ESPN.

5. Sankey brushes off talk of college 'super league'

   SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said he wasn't interested in discussing a so-called "super league" in college athletics and pushed back on the narrative that college sports is in a crisis.

6. Lawsuit vs. ex-Texas Tech guard Isaacs dismissed

   A civil lawsuit that accused former Texas Tech basketball player Pop Isaacs of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl during a team trip to the Bahamas in November has been dismissed, according to attorneys for both sides.

7. Sources: UK hoops adding Baylor assistant Brooks

   Kentucky's Mark Pope is adding Baylor assistant Alvin Brooks III to his staff, sources told ESPN, a significant move to land Scott Drew's top assistant.

8. NBA breaks 6 ties among 15 teams for June draft

   The NBA broke six ties among 15 teams Monday to determine the order of selection for the 2024 NBA Draft, which will be held June 26 and 27, and the Hornets won a tiebreaker with the Trail Blazers, tentatively slotting them third and fourth respectively.

9. 2024-25 transfer tracker: Where will Andrej Stojakovic end up? Kentucky? North Carolina?

   All of the movement in and out of the transfer portal -- including dwindling guard options. Plus, a new deadline for all players at all levels.

10. National championship or bust? Why coaching Kentucky men, Tennessee women is so tough

    These are supposed to be dream jobs for many college basketball coaches. And yet, top candidates turned down the opportunity to lead Kentucky men's and Tennessee women's basketball. Why?