On Thursday afternoon the Big 12 announced the opponents for the upcoming 2023-2024 season for each member school. The format will see a home and home schedule with five schools, and then four schools will only be home games and four will only be road games. For the Wildcats, they will have a permanent home and home opponent in Kansas, …
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Bucks rookies Andre Jackson Jr. and Chris Livingston revel in Summer League opportunity
In a gym on the outskirts of downtown Las Vegas, players in Milwaukee Bucks practice jerseys ran through long practices under the watchful eyes of new head coach Adrian Griffin and his new coaching staff. Summer League was work for these Bucks, with very little downtime in the Nevada heat and under the lights of the strip. The reps were …
Read More »Texas Tech basketball to play Texas, Baylor twice in Big 12 play in 2023-24
The Texas Tech basketball team now knows its Big 12 matchups for the 2023-24 season. The conference announced its scheduling matrix Thursday with every team getting five opponents twice, four teams just at home and four others on the road only. The switch away from the tradition round-robin format stems from the addition of four new members to the Big …
Read More »What will Wizards’ depth chart and rotation look like after busy offseason?
What will Wizards’ depth chart and rotation look like after busy offseason? originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington With free agency and the Summer League in the rearview, the dust is starting to settle for the Wizards’ new-look roster. Over the course of about a month, the team’s new front office leadership executed a substantial overhaul, trading away Bradley Beal …
Read More »Here’s how BYU’s conference schedule will look for its first season of Big 12 basketball
BYU’s head coach Mark Pope high-fives fans after the Cougars beat the Nicholls State Colonels at the Marriott Center in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. On Thursday, the Big 12 announced schedule details for the 2023-24 season. | Ben B. Braun, Deseret News BYU basketball knows which teams it will be playing at home and on the road for …
Read More »OKC Thunder ‘commends’ Mayor David Holt’s call for new arena
The Thunder, in a statement released Thursday, lauded Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt after his annual State of the City address in which Holt rallied for a new arena to be built in downtown Oklahoma City. “The Thunder is proud of our partnership with the City of Oklahoma City and our community over the past 15 years,” said Dan Mahoney, …
Read More »Hubert Davis hints UNC basketball could be adding key staff member
College athletics are changing in a big way with the impact of NIL and the transfer portal. The development of both of those things has added another job for coaches across the country and it’s also led to some programs hiring general managers. Yes, general managers. Programs like Duke and Villanova have hired general managers already, both DePaul and Howard …
Read More »Emoni Bates’ BEST Plays From The 2K24 Summer League! | NBA 2K24 All-Summer League Second Team
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Read More »Bulls urged to pursue Austin Rivers as free agency steal
The Chicago Bulls began the offseason with big goals ahead of them. They had no interest in tearing down the roster. Instead they set their sights on improving the ceiling of the team around Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic, who they re-signed at the beginning of the summer. They followed Vucevic’s extension by bringing back Coby White and …
Read More »UCF men’s hoops to host Kansas, Baylor in first season of Big 12
UCF will host a pair of former national champions in Kansas (2021-22) and Baylor (2020-21) as part of its Big 12 men’s basketball schedule matrix released by the school Thursday. The Knights are set to play 18 games in their first season in the Big 12 with four teams exclusively at home, four on the road and five teams set …
Read More »The BEST Plays From Kenneth Lofton Jr. In The 2K24 Summer League!
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Read More »Can a James Harden trade help the 76ers build a contender around Joel Embiid?
Yahoo Sports NBA reporters Jake Fischer and Dan Devine hop on the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast to discuss Joel Embiid’s comments about wanting to win a championship ‘in Philly or anywhere else,’ and talk about how the James Harden trade request is only helpful if the return helps the team compete for a championship. Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie on …
Read More »Ex-Northwestern AD Jim Phillips denies knowledge of hazing allegations
Former Northwestern athletics director and current ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips denied being aware of the hazing allegations that have rocked the university and college sports, saying in a statement Thursday, “I will vigorously defend myself against any suggestion to the contrary.” The school’s athletics director from 2008-21 before leaving for the ACC, Phillips has been named as a defendant in …
Read More »Joel Embiid trolls the 76ers, plus offseason winners & losers
Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie The No Cap Room is back with Jake Fischer and Dan Devine, and they spend the second half of today’s episode talking about the biggest offseason winners, losers and wild cards after the free agency/draft dust has settled. But first, they need to discuss Joel Embiid, James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers. This episode of …
Read More »Badger MBB season tickets for sale
The return of Badger men’s basketball is still a few months away, but the team’s season tickets are for sale on Wisconsin’s website. Fans of Greg Gard and his squad now have the chance to secure their seats for 2023-2024. All five of the Badgers’ starters from last season are returning again this year, as well as transfer guard AJ …
Read More »McNair states Kings need Murray to make sophomore leap
McNair states Kings need Murray to make sophomore leap originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Keegan Murray exceeded expectations in many ways in his first NBA season. The No. 4 overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft set the all-time rookie 3-point record and was a perfect fit in the Kings’ offense alongside guard De’Aaron Fox and center Domantas …
Read More »Cincinnati Bearcat basketball’s Big 12 home, away opponents announced
Thursday the Big 12 Conference released men’s basketball match-ups for the 2023-24 season, the first for the University of Cincinnati in their new league. Coach Wes Miller’s Bearcats will host UCF, Houston, TCU, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Texas in Fifth Third Arena, with the first five being home-and-home matchups and the latter four as …
Read More »Robert Williams working on his mid-range game
Since being drafted by the Boston Celtics in 2018, Robert Williams has spent every summer rehabbing from an injury or recovering from surgery. However, this summer is different, as the athletic big man is fully healthy and appears to be taking the opportunity to work on his game. Rather than building out a back-to-the-basket game that would see Williams become …
Read More »Former Iowa State basketball great Dedric Willoughby dies at 49-years-old
Former Iowa State basketball star and Hall of Famer Dedric Willoughby died Wednesday night doing what he did best. He died playing basketball. A Cyclones point guard for coach Tim Floyd for two seasons between 1995 and 1997, who also later played for Floyd with the Chicago Bulls. Willoughby died playing pickup ball near his home in Atlanta. Iowa State …
Read More »Darius Bazley discusses why he signed with the Brooklyn Nets
Darius Bazley signed with the Brooklyn Nets this offseason on a one-year deal for the veteran’s minimum, according to Keith Smith of Spotrac. However, Bazley’s path to get to where he is now is one that is more common nowadays, but at the time, seemed to draw national attention for how novel the idea was. Bazley, like most kids that …
Read More »CAA changes name to Coastal Athletic Association after expanding to 14 schools
A college sports conference has a new name, as the Colonial Athletic Association has changed its name to the Coastal Athletic Association, it announced Thursday. Also known as the CAA, the conference will keep the abbreviation and same logo, saying the name change reflects the conference’s recent expansion, with members now stretching along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to South …
Read More »Cade Cunningham, Chet Holmgren reportedly invited to USA Select team
2023 NBA Summer League – Dallas Mavericks v Oklahoma City Thunder Starting Aug. 3 in Las Vegas, the 12-man Team USA roster for the FIBA World Cup will gather in Las Vegas to start training camp. No tryouts anymore under Grant Hill, USA Basketball picks a dozen guys (who accept) and that’s it. Those guys need someone to go against …
Read More »Big 12 basketball 2023-24 schedule: Format set for Kansas, new teams in last season with Texas and Oklahoma
Home and awayHome onlyAway only Baylor BYU, Kansas, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Oklahoma UCF, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia BYU Baylor, UCF, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State Cincinnati, Houston, TCU, Texas Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, West Virginia Cincinnati UCF, Houston, TCU, Oklahoma, West Virginia Iowa …
Read More »Jordan Poole posts cryptic message on Instagram
On July 19, the drama between Draymond Green and Jordan Poole reached boiling point – weeks after the 24-year-old guard was traded to the Washington Wizards. It started with Green discussing his punch on Poole during a recent appearance on ‘The Pat Bev Podcast.’ While Poole has remained rather quiet on the subject of Green’s punch in recent days, it …
Read More »For the first time since 1921, Iowa State men’s basketball won’t be visiting Kansas
The new Big 12 will bring about a phenomenon that hasn’t been seen in over a century. The Iowa State men’s basketball team will not play a game in Lawrence, Kansas. As the league enters a one-year transition as a 14-team conference, the Cyclones will face five Big 12 opponents in home-and-home series with the other eight getting only single …
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