College Basketball

Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang made a big splash earlier this month by completing the Wildcat roster with a pair of highly coveted big men. Illinois graduate forward Coleman Hawkins and 7-foot Kentucky junior-to-be Ugonna Onyenso both signed after withdrawing from the NBA Draft, bringing the Wildcats’ transfer portal haul to eight players and eclipsing the mark of seven …

Former Wisconsin Badgers Micah Potter and Nigel Hayes both made the 2024 USA Basketball select team on Friday. The full team also includes Jalen Duran, Cooper Flagg, Langston Galloway, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jaime Jaquez, Brandon Miller, Trey Murphy, Keegan Murray, Brandin Podziemski, Payton Pritchard, Jabari Smith, Jalen Suggs and Amen Thompson. Related: Big Ten basketball teams ranked by returning production entering …

Kansas State Wildcats forward Arthur Kaluma (24) stumbles as Texas Longhorns forward Dillon Mitchell (23) guards him as the Longhorns play Kansas State at The Moody Center on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. In each of the past two basketball seasons, Arthur Kaluma has visited Moody Center with a different team. This upcoming winter, however, Kaluma will serve as a host …

FILE – ABC/ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale sits at midcourt prior to an NCAA college basketball game between Baylor and Villanova, Dec. 12, 2021, in Waco, Texas. Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Vitale said on social media Friday, June 28, 2024, that he has been diagnosed with cancer for a fourth time. (AP Photo/Ray Carlin, File) BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — …

Devin Carter will have some Providence College company with him attempting to make a first impression in the NBA ranks for the 2024-25 season. Josh Oduro has agreed to a Summer League deal with the New Orleans Pelicans. The Friars announced the signing early Friday, and their graduate big man will join the roster next month for a two-week stay …

There is no doubt in Jerome Tang’s mind that the Kansas State basketball roster heading into his third year as Wildcats coach is an upgrade over last season. Even better, he won’t have to spend the next month scouring the transfer portal for talent to fill in the blanks. “This is the first time we’ve had our whole roster done …

Jun. 27—CHAMPAIGN — The highlight of Illinois’ nonconference schedule in the 2017-18 season was either hosting DePaul in the Gavitt Tipoff Games or playing at Wake Forest in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Slim pickings in the first season of the Brad Underwood era. There was a single neutral-site game beyond the annual Braggin’ Rights matchup. Playing New Mexico State in …

Jun. 28—CHAMPAIGN — The Illinois women’s basketball team’s nonconference schedule has yet to be finalized. Or at least be officially announced. But it’s clear Shauna Green took into consideration how tough the third-year Illini coach expects the Big Ten to be next winter — especially with the additions of Southern California and UCLA — as she formulated a plan for …

In just over four months, Xavier’s 2024-25 season will tip off when the Musketeers host Texas Southern. Xavier’s non-conference schedule was released Friday afternoon with plenty of intrigue behind several marquee matchups from the Skip Prosser Classic, the Fort Myers Tip-Off and the annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout. Last season, Xavier’s non-conference woes set the tone for the program’s first …

STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii head coach Eran Ganot gestures from the sideline during the first half of a game against the UC Riverside Highlanders, in February 2023, in Honolulu. In the search for a multi-skilled power forward, the University of Hawaii basketball team found “Nemo.” 1 /1 STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii head coach Eran Ganot gestures from the sideline during the first half of …

College basketball announcer Dick Vitale on air during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four championship game between the Connecticut Huskies and the San Diego State Aztecs on April 03, 2023. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) On Friday, legendary college basketball announcer and three-time cancer survivor Dick Vitale announced that he has cancer once again, this time in his lymph …

Michigan State and Team Motorcars’ Jeremy Fears Jr. moves the ball against Team Goodfellas in the game on Thursday, June 27, 2024, during the Moneyball Pro-Am at Holt High School. HOLT – Jeremy Fears Jr. remains a freshman eligibility-wise for the Michigan State basketball team. But the point guard from Joliet, Illinois, will still be tasked with being one of …

Year 1 of Eric Musselman’s USC basketball tenure is off and running. On a team that returns only one player from last season, Harrison Hornery, Musselman pointed to sources of vocal leadership after a practice held in the Galen Center. You won’t typically find a roster which is created almost entirely from the transfer portal the way this USC basketball …

Xavier University announced its non-conference men’s basketball schedule for the 2024-25 season on Friday. Xavier opens its season at home against Texas Southern Nov. 4. Xavier’s non-conference schedule includes seven games at Cintas Center, including the Skip Prosser Classic against Wake Forest Nov. 16. In the final Big East-Big 12 battle, Xavier will play TCU at Ed & Rae Schollmaier …

The 2024 NBA draft has come and gone and no former Notre Dame players had their names called. One did however agree to a short-term contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Cormac Ryan, who spent for years at Notre Dame after transferring from Stanford, is headed to the Sooner State. Ryan was a valuable transfer portal addition to the North …

NCAA tournament sensation Jack Gohlke signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder and will reportedly play with their summer league team. The news was confirmed by Oakland University on social media. Gohlke, 24, was the breakout star of the NCAA tournament’s first weekend, leading the No. 14 seed Golden Grizzlies to a first-round upset of No. 3 Kentucky. The grad transfer …

Austin-East basketball star guard Shane Cherry is transferring to the Academy of Central Florida in Orlando for his senior year, he confirmed to the Knoxville News Sentinel in a text message. Cherry, a 5-foot-10, 155-pound guard with a Tennessee basketball offer, is a three-star prospect and the No. 2 player in Tennessee, according to the 247Sports rankings for the Class …

Another injury has hit the Rutgers basketball backcourt. Postgrad guard Tyson Acuff suffered a broken foot in practice and will miss three months, the team announced Friday. Assuming his recovery goes as planned, the 6-foot-4 transfer from Eastern Michigan, who averaged 21.7 points per game last season, should be back in action for the 2024-25 season opener in early November. …

Xavier University announced its non-conference men’s basketball schedule for the 2024-25 season on Friday. Xavier opens its season at home against Texas Southern Nov. 4. Xavier’s non-conference schedule includes seven games at Cintas Center, including the Skip Prosser Classic against Wake Forest Nov. 16. In the final Big East-Big 12 battle, Xavier will play TCU at Ed & Rae Schollmaier …

Jeff Mittie MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State and women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie have agreed to a new five-year contract through the 2028-29 season. Wildcats athletic director Gene Taylor announced the deal. The financial terms were not immediately available. Mittie’s previous contract, which was signed in 2022, would have lasted through the 2025-26 season. Mittie has spent the past 10 …

Michigan State basketball started their 2023-24 season with an unceremonious loss to James Madison, a team that became one of the darlings of the college basketball season. This year, Tom Izzo has lined up an opponent that will, presumably, be a less formidable match-up. The Spartans will start their 2024-25 season with a game against Niagara of the Metro Atlantic …

Getty Images A player from France has been selected No. 1 in each of the past two NBA Drafts — first Victor Wembanyama in 2023, then Zaccharie Risacher in 2024. That streak should end next year because, barring a surprise, the first player selected in the 2025 NBA Draft should be Cooper Flagg, the projected one-and-done star at Duke. He’s …

The 2024 NBA Draft is in the books. No college team in this draft had more players selected than two-time reigning national champion UConn. Stephon Castle (No. 4 to the San Antonio Spurs) and Donovan Clingan (No. 7 to the Portland Trail Blazers) were drafted in the top 10, while Tristen Newton and Cam Spencer were selected in Round 2. …

Even in a down draft there are bound to be really good players who blossom years down the road. And no matter what draft you’re looking at, it is 100% guaranteed to see a lot of players taken far later than they should have been. With that in mind, and with the 2024 NBA Draft now over and the basketball …

For close to two decades, Rick Pitino was a villain to Kentucky basketball fans, a man whose life and career had an almost Shakespearean arc. After leading the Wildcats from the depths of scandal to championship glory, and after an ill-fated three-year run with the Boston Celtics, Pitino stunned many nationally and angered hundreds of thousands across the commonwealth by …