College Basketball

Kansas State basketball will face George Washington in the first round of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam on Nov. 22, the tournament organizers announced Tuesday while revealing the complete eight-team tournament bracket. The Paradise Jam will take place from Friday, Nov. 22 to Monday, Nov. 25 at the University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center in St. Thomas. …

Jul. 10—CHAMPAIGN — Illinois finished the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season with one of the most efficient offenses in the country. What worked last season, though, won’t necessarily be the way forward in the 2024-25 season when it tips off in November. Mostly because what worked was a lot of “booty ball” from Marcus Domask and a lot of Terrence …

Former Wisconsin basketball stars Nigel Hayes-Davis and Micah Potter were part of a viral photo from USA Basketball practice on Tuesday. They were pictured with the rest of the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s National Team along with Vice President Kamala Harris, who had just visited the team’s practice. Also pictured are NBA legends Steph Curry, Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James, Anthony …

Rick Barnes announced a trio of Tennessee basketball staff promotions Wednesday. Lucas Campbell and Bryan Lentz were promoted to assistant coaches and Riley Collins was promoted to assistant director of player development. Tennessee now has five assistant coaches, which became the allowable total for men’s and women’s basketball as of July 2023. UT has had the trio of Rod Clark, …

A recent study named Illinois the fourth-best basketball state in the United States behind only California, Texas and New York. NBA experts at Fadeaway World created its rankings using a formula that considered the birthplaces of NBA and WNBA players and Hall of Famers, the number of NBA, WNBA, G League and NCAA Division I teams, and the number of …

There are names that exist in a special type of lore in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, thanks to their achievements on college sports’ biggest stages and almost all of them are associated with Alabama football. Mark Sears entered that sort of rarefied air this spring by leading the Crimson Tide men’s basketball team to its first Final Four thanks to seven 3-pointers …

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The Iowa Hawkeyes added a pair of players to its 2024-25 men’s basketball roster via the transfer portal. Drew Thelwell joins Iowa after a career that saw him become the winningest player in Morehead State school history. During Thelwell’s time with the Eagles, the 6-foot-3, 195 pound guard helped lead Morehead State to a pair of Ohio Valley Conference regular …

If you want to catch an Indiana University men’s basketball nonconference game during the 2024-25 season? Get to know your Bloomington watering holes. Indiana announced its nonconference slate on Tuesday. Apart from the multi-team exempt Battle 4 Atlantis tournament from Nov. 27-29? Every other nonconference foe will come to Simon Skojodt Assembly Hall. “My staff and I put together a …

Memphis basketball has landed transfer wing PJ Carter, multiple sources told The Commercial Appeal. The sources requested anonymity since an official announcement has not yet been made. The 6-foot-5 Carter, whose career began at Campbell (where he played in just 16 games over two seasons) and includes one season at Georgia Highlands College, spent last season at UTSA. On June …

North Carolina is among the programs that is after four-star center Malachi Moreno in the 2025 recruiting class. The Kentucky native is becoming a priority for Hubert Davis and his staff after they offered him weeks ago. But North Carolina will have to battle out some top programs to land him, including the in-state Wildcats. Kentucky is a legit contender …

Junfu Han-USA TODAY NETWORK With prospects everywhere narrowing their list and making verbal commitments, the Rivals newswire has been busy in recent weeks. Today, national analyst Rob Cassidy looks ahead and examines a handful of prospects that could be coming off the board soon by making a couple of FutureCasts and sharing other intel related to the recruitments of various …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill sat down with the Pacers guard at USA Basketball men’s national team camp in Las Vegas to discuss Indiana’s success this past season & their role as being the upset team in the Eastern Conference. View more Video Transcript Now, the last time we also saw you at the Eastern Conference looked a …

As the search for Notre Dame basketball’s first 2025 commit continues, it is being considered by some highly sought-after prospects. One of them is Maryland shooting guard Adrien Stevens, who on Tuesday announced that he has trimmed his list of schools to six. Along with the Irish, the 6-foot, 4-inch and 195-pounder has Tennessee, Marquette, Villanova, Georgetown and Florida State …

BLOOMINGTON – As expected, Indiana’s 2024-25 nonconference schedule will be headlined by the Hoosiers’ November trip to The Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. On Tuesday, we learned Atlantis will eat up most of the oxygen on that schedule, period. The program announced its 11-game out-of-conference slate via email and on social media Tuesday. The announcement added little color …

Ben McCollum, the new head coach of Drake Men’s Basketball, speaks during his introductory press conference Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at the Knapp Center in Des Moines. Drake men’s basketball will be one of eight teams competing in the field of the 2024 Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic, the school announced Tuesday. The Bulldogs join Florida Atlantic, Miami (FL), Nevada, Oklahoma …

Indiana basketball went 19-14 and ended the 2023-24 season ranked No. 91 on KenPom, its worst finish since 2010 when the program was still recovering from NCAA sanctions. The consternation after a lost season mixed with an influx of green-laced resources has crescendoed almost flawlessly in the transfer portal. Coach Mike Woodson, armed with a war chest, hit the portal …

Getty Images Shaqir O’Neal, the son of NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, is transferring to Florida A&M. The Rattlers announced O’Neal’s addition Monday night after he spent his first three seasons at Texas Southern. A 6-foot-8 forward, O’Neal will have two seasons of eligibility remaining. Unlike his physically imposing father, Shaqir is more perimeter-oriented. He hit 6 of 21 attempts from …

BLOOMINGTON — The Indiana basketball team announced its full nonconference schedule Tuesday morning. The Hoosiers open the year with a midweek matchup against SIU-Edwardsville on Nov. 6 at Assembly Hall. An exhibition game wasn’t announced, but the program will likely host at least one tune-up before the season-opener. Indiana’s schedule only includes one high major opponent, South Carolina, outside the Battle 4 Atlantis …

BLOOMINGTON — The Indiana basketball team announced its full non-conference schedule on Tuesday morning. The Hoosiers open the year with a midweek matchup against SIU-Edwardsville on Nov. 6 at Assembly Hall. An exhibition game wasn’t announced, but the program will likely host at least one tuneup before the season-opener. Indiana’s schedule only includes one high major opponent, South Carolina, outside the …

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Duke basketball freshmen Darren Harris and Patrick Ngongba II made their debut on the Brotherhood podcast this week. In a conversation with sophomore guard Caleb Foster, Harris and Ngongba gave a scouting report on themselves and discussed the Blue Devils standing out in practice so far. Teammates at Paul VI Catholic in Virginia, Harris and Ngongba are included in the …

NBA star Devin Booker got his first-ever autograph from a Michigan State basketball legend. The NBA’s official X account put out a video of NBA stars answering questions about the nature of signing autographs. Booker was one of those players and he gave a quick shoutout to former Michigan State star Drew Neitzel. Booker is from the Grand Rapids, Mich. …

A big reason why the UNC basketball program was able to win the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title last year was due to the excellent play of their backcourt. With RJ Davis leading the way and winning the ACC Player of the Year, UNC had one of the strongest backcourt in the country as he played alongside Elliot Cadeau. …

Dan Hurley STORRS, Conn. — UConn and men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley agreed to a six-year, $50 million contract through the 2029-30 season, nearly a month after he turned down a lucrative offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers. Hurley, who passed on guiding the storied NBA club to return to the two-time defending NCAA champions, can also earn more …