Two Jackson State basketball players, including SWAC player of the year Ken Evans Jr., on Monday announced their destinations out of the transfer portal. Evans, who led the SWAC and Jackson State in scoring last season, averaging 18.8 points a game, committed to Florida Atlantic University. He started 32 games and averaged 5.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists, and became the …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson learned a hard lesson about roster building when his team missed out on the NCAA tournament last season. The Hoosiers simply didn’t have the depth to compete in the Big Ten. That thought informed Woodson’s approach as he went into the offseason with seven open scholarships, but not a single signee or verbal …

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2024 NBA Finals – Game Two The “why” makes for excellent talking head fodder. Did Dan Hurley ultimately decide he just couldn’t leave his recruits, the Huskies and the East Coast? Was this all a leverage play to get more money out of UConn? (Reporters close to Hurley say no, he genuinely struggled with the decision.) Was the Lakers offer …

BRADENTON, Fla. – With multiple evaluation periods in the books this spring, college coaches have begun to turn up the proverbial heat with prospects around the country, trying to secure official visits and, ultimately, commitments. We caught up with a handful of top prospects at the Under Armour Next Future 60 to get quick updates on where things currently stand …

NCAA Basketball: Final Four National Semifinal-Alabama vs Connecticut More money, more prestige, a chance to coach one of the game’s all-time greats and a new challenge, but with it comes more pressure, more scrutiny and uprooting a very good life on one coast for the promise of another. What does Dan Hurley want? What does his family want? Is the …

Ten players from the 1983 North Carolina State men’s basketball team that won the national championship have filed a lawsuit against the NCAA and the Collegiate Licensing Company for unauthorized use of their names, images and likenesses (NIL). The lawsuit seeks a jury trial and “reasonable compensation” for earnings tied to the NCAA’s use of the players and their names …

2024 NBA Finals – Dallas Mavericks v Boston Celtics BOSTON — You’d be forgiven if, for long stretches of Game 2 Sunday night, you didn’t notice Jayson Tatum was on the court. He wasn’t scoring much and wasn’t impacting the game in the direct ways he usually does. He’s good with that because Boston is winning and is now two …

BOSTON — For Dallas to hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy, it will have to win at least one game in Boston. Did the Mavericks miss their best chance on Sunday night? Boston opened the door with the bad shooting game that anybody who has watched them these playoffs (and for a couple of years) knows is coming — they shoot …

NBA mock draft roundup: The latest projections for Sixers with 16th pick originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia There’s now a little over two weeks until Night 1 of this year’s two-day NBA draft. What do the latest mock drafts say about who the Sixers might take with the 16th pick? Here’s our second 2024 roundup: Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report …

Former Lakers coach Darvin Ham is joining the coaching staff in Milwaukee. (Jack Dempsey / Associated Press) Former Lakers coach Darvin Ham, who had considered taking the upcoming season off, will become an assistant to former Clippers coach Doc Rivers in Milwaukee. Ham, who the Lakers fired after two seasons, will return to the top assistant spot with the Bucks, …

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Connecticut coach Dan Hurley, who darted to the front of the Lakers’ coaching search in a surprise turn last week, turned down a six-year, $70-million offer to leave the defending NCAA champion Huskies, according to people with knowledge of the decision not authorized to speak publicly. The failed pursuit, which comes 20 years after the Lakers tried — and failed …

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Dan Hurley is staying at UConn to chase a three-peat. He turned down the opportunity to coach LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers and rejected a massive six-year, $70 million offer to do so — something first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN and since confirmed by multiple others, including people on the ground at UConn practice. It would …

Why Draymond sees ‘small window’ for Warriors to win another NBA title originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area While the Warriors have had plenty of struggles over the past two NBA seasons, Draymond Green believes that the team still has the potential to win another championship. Speaking to NBA forward Danny Green on the “Draymond Green Show,” the Golden …

The sport of college basketball doesn’t often produce big headlines in June — but we got one Monday, when Dan Hurley rejected an offer to be the Lakers’ next coach and opted to remain at UConn. It’s the most sensible ending to this public pursuit. To be clear, I would’ve understood anything Hurley decided to do because he had two …

Sixers take a pure scorer at No. 16 in our 1st-round mock draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia How will the 2024 NBA draft unfold? Here’s our mock draft for Round 1 on June 26: 1. Hawks: Alex Sarr, PF, Perth Wildcats (Australia) This is likely to be an offseason of significant change for the Hawks, whose backcourt pairing …