College Basketball

AUBURN — The 2024-25 Auburn basketball schedule is slowly coming together. The Tigers, who won 27 games last season, will play at Duke in the second edition of the ACC/SEC Challenge, according to a report Wednesday from Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. The in-season series between the two conferences began last year, and coach Bruce Pearl’s team took care of …

Pat Kelsey is adding a local player to his inaugural Louisville men’s basketball roster. Cole Sherman, a St. Xavier High School graduate who began his collegiate career at Northern Kentucky, announced Wednesday on social media he’ll be joining the Cardinals as a walk-on. “He’s a lifelong Card fan,” his father, Mike Sherman, wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. …

Louisville men’s basketball is trying to renew its rivalry with Memphis under new head coach Pat Kelsey. U of L assistant Brian Kloman made it known Tuesday night, during an interview with Cardinal Companion on X, formerly Twitter. “We’re working really hard on a four-year series with Memphis,” said Kloman, the longest-tenured member of Kelsey’s staff. “No promises, but we are …

The updated Rivals150 dropped on Wednesday afternoon, which featured a pair of in-state Purdue basketball targets in the class, Trent Sisley and Braylon Mullins. The Indiana Elite teammates, along with fellow four-star Malachi Moreno, have helped their AAU squad to a perfect record during the spring and will be one of the favorite for next month’s Adidas 3SSB Palmetto Road …

Bob Harris, the legendary and longtime radio voice of Duke basketball for more than four decades, died Wednesday in Durham. Harris was 81. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Harris,” Duke athletics director Nina King, said in a school-issued statement. “We send our heartfelt condolences to Phyllis and the entire Harris family. Duke, the Atlantic …

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The Players Era Festival, a one-of-a-kind revolutionary regular-season men’s basketball event to be held in Las Vegas this November, was formally announced Wednesday. Its selling point is based on the major factor that has drastically altered college sports over the past three years: name, image and likeness compensation for players. Alabama, Creighton, Houston, Notre Dame, Oregon, Rutgers, San Diego State and Texas A&M …

So much news has come out through the weekend of official visits and into the early part of the week that a second Recruiting Rumor Mill was needed. Here’s the latest from Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney. MORE RECRUITING RUMORS: Top prospects return home from big visits BEST OF THE RIVALS CAMP SERIES: Top 10 quarterbacks | Top 10 …

Louisville is trying to reignite a once-heated rivalry with Memphis basketball, according to first-year Cardinals assistant coach Brian Kloman. During an interview with Cardinal Companion on X, formerly known as Twitter, Kloman − who came to Louisville with coach Pat Kelsey from the College of Charleston − was asked about the program’s non-conference schedule for the upcoming season. As part …

Jun. 12—Coleman Hawkins visited Kansas State this past weekend. He’ll spend this coming weekend at LSU. And SMU is reportedly still a potential landing spot for the top-ranked remaining transfer in the portal. But which program would constitute the best fit from a roster perspective? Kansas State The upside of landing in Manhattan, Kan., is the other work Jerome Tang …

A one-of-a-kind revolutionary regular-season men’s basketball event to be staged later this year in Las Vegas will be announced Wednesday, sources told CBS Sports. Its selling point is based on the major factor that has drastically altered college sports over the past three years: name, image and likeness compensation for players. Games will be played at the MGM Las Vegas …

The basketball roster is starting to come together for West Virginia. It was quite the assignment for new head coach Darian DeVries considering that he was basically charged with building an entirely new roster when he took over in March. The Mountaineers will return only one player from the 2024-25 roster in sophomore Ofri Naveh and he was limited to …

Southern Miss basketball is at a crossroads. The Golden Eagles went 16-16 last season. It was a step back from the 2022-23 Sun Belt championship team. There were stretches where they looked like contenders in the conference, but there was a revolving door of injuries that restrained any momentum. Coach Jay Ladner also suffered a heart attack in February. Adding …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas basketball had one fatal flaw in the Eric Musselman era. For all of the Razorbacks’ accomplishments in five seasons with Musselman at the helm — including two trips to the Elite Eight — Arkansas never found a groove from long range. The Hogs were one of the worst 3-point shooting teams in the country over Musselman’s …

Jun. 11—Dan Hurley’s decision on Monday to turn down the Los Angeles Lakers and return to Connecticut in search of a three-peat spared college basketball another high-speed turn of the coaching carousel in June. It also meant one of the best coaches in the game would be back in 2024-25. College basketball writer Scott Richey ranks his Top 10: 1. …

LAWRENCE — As Kansas women’s basketball players arrive on campus ahead of the upcoming season, the Jayhawks will be able to start to develop the chemistry necessary to achieve their goals. Considering Taiyanna Jackson, Holly Kersgieter and Zakiyah Franklin finished their college careers last season, when KU made the NCAA tournament for a second time in three years, there’s a lot …

As announced on Monday, returning Colorado men’s basketball forward Bangot Dak has switched uniform numbers while the Buffs’ six newcomers have received their jersey digits. Dak, a sophomore, officially swapped to jersey No. 8. The 6-foot-11 big man rocked No. 12 as a freshman last season. Of the six new players who received their numbers, three were transfers. Colorado Mesa …

Police were sent to protect one of the eight teams that competed in the 2023 College World Series after a threat from a gambler, CBS Sports has learned. The team wasn’t identified by NCAA president Charlie Baker, but the situation highlights his ongoing concerns about gambling in the new legal sports betting landscape. Baker made several references to gambling during his …

LAWRENCE — Shakeel Moore is officially a member of the Kansas basketball program, with Jayhawks coach Bill Self announcing the signing Tuesday. Moore, a transfer guard, is making the move to KU after spending the past few seasons at Mississippi State and the year before that at NC State. The veteran brings 124 games of experience to the Jayhawks’ roster. Listed …

To say John Calipari has hit the ground running in his first two months as Arkansas men’s basketball coach would be putting it mildly. Calipari, who inherited a roster with all of one player (Lawson Blake, a walk-on) back in April, has used his recruiting skills both on the high school trail and in the transfer portal. In the portal, …

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M will be facing a familiar foe to open play in the Men’s College World Series later this week. The Aggies (49-13) will take on Southeastern Conference-rival Florida (34-26) at 6 p.m. Saturday (ESPN2) at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska. Texas A&M lost two of the three games it played against the Gators in mid-March …

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The basketball rankings for the 2025 and 2026 classes are being updated this week, starting off today with the Five-Star Countdown for the 2025 class. Rivals recruiting director Rob Cassidy gives his thoughts on each of the 15 five-stars. ***** RIVALS RANKINGS WEEK Tuesday: Five-Star Countdown for 2025 Wednesday: New Rivals150 for 2025 | Biggest storylines Thursday: New position rankings …

Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy wide receiver Adonis Moise committed to Kansas State on Tuesday afternoon. The three-star wide receiver announced his decision via his Twitter/X account. Moise was among K-State’s official visitors last weekend, moving up his scheduled visit by two weeks to make the trip to Manhattan. The IMG Academy wide receiver mentioned that the decision allowed him to …

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