College Basketball

LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball added a couple of high-profile freshmen ahead of next season, with one of them being Rakease Passmore. Passmore is a 247Sports Composite four-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting class and ranked as the No. 39 player in his class overall. Although there are a number of veterans on the roster, for a team that’ll be favored …

The Wisconsin Badgers were one of the teams mentioned as ‘hurt by the transfer portal’ by ESPN’s Jeff Borzello in his recent breakdown of the winners and losers of the 2024 college basketball offseason. Wisconsin was stuck in the ‘hurt’ category due to losing star point guard Chucky Hepburn, star guard A.J. Storr and sharpshooter Connor Essegian to the portal. …

Wisconsin basketball top in-state class of 2025 target Davion Hannah is transferring to Link Academy in Branson, Missouri for his senior season of high school basketball, according to 247Sports’ Evan Flood. Hannah is not only Wisconsin’s top target in the class of 2025, but also one of the top players in the country. He’s ranked by 247Sports as the No. …

Jun. 22—Change seems to be the only constant in college athletics these days and it’s not just limited to landscape-altering moves made by football-powered power conferences. The West Coast Conference took significant steps by adding Washington State and Oregon State as affiliate members for the next two years and the Western Athletic Conference’s Grand Canyon and Seattle as full members …

Michigan State basketball is continuing to pursue a big-time shooting guard prospect in the 2025 class. Spartans head coach Tom Izzo was reportedly in attendance for a four-star shooting guard Braylon Mullins strong performance on Saturday. He currently holds an offer from Michigan State and is a highly-coveted prospect based on the number of teams that have also offered him. …

Wisconsin basketball added in-state walk-on guard Aidan Konop to its class of 2024 on Saturday. The 6’2″ shooting guard will join the Badgers after averaging 20 points and 6.1 rebounds for Hamilton High School in Sussex, Wisconsin last season. Related: Big Ten basketball teams ranked by returning production entering 2024-25 season He joins a Wisconsin class of 2024 that finished …

The Kentucky Wildcats are getting set for their first season under head coach Mark Pope, who finalized his Kentucky basketball coaching staff earlier this week. Mikhail McLean, who earned NCAA Tournament coaching experience as the Director of Player Development at Houston several years ago, will be the fifth and final staff addition as an assistant coach. Pope had to rebuild …

New Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari inherited an Arkansas basketball roster with just one player left on it in April, but he hit the ground running in his first two months on the job. Calipari showcased his college basketball recruiting expertise at Memphis and Kentucky, and has used that ability to land players from the transfer portal along with incoming …

Jun. 20—CHAMPAIGN — Brad Underwood has now tripled down on a difficult 2024-25 schedule. The Illinois coach said in early May that his team’s slate for the coming season would be “harder than ever.” At that point, the Illini’s schedule had just a Dec. 14 home game against Tennessee — a return trip for the Volunteers after last season’s game …

John Calipari turned Kentucky into a factory for NBA talent, including 28 one-and-done players becoming first-round picks. Now at Arkansas, Calipari’s last crop with the Wildcats features two headlining guards in the NBA draft next week in Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham. They’re lottery prospects in the AP NBA Mock draft. They’re part of a top tier featuring UConn’s Stephon …

Arguing that NLRB regional director Laura Sacks’ decision to recognize Dartmouth College men’s basketball players as employees within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act “will affect and have a far-reaching impact” on all “current and future” college athletes and “the NCAA membership as a whole,” the NCAA Thursday asked the NLRB for permission to file an amicus brief …

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team has eight weeks of summer workouts on campus before school starts. They’ll need every day they can get together to build chemistry before the season, as only Dawson Garcia, Parker Fox and Mike Mitchell Jr. return playing experience from last year’s 19-15 team. Kadyn Betts and Erick Reader also …

The 2024-25 college basketball season is over four months away, and the NCAA Tournament is nine months away. That hasn’t stopped ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi from projecting his way-too-early 2025 March Madness bracket. A lot of eyes and national interest will be on the Razorbacks and new coach John Calipari when Arkansas opens the regular season. The Hogs’ non-conference schedule …

Duke basketball is dealing with an injury to one of its incoming freshmen ahead of the 2024-25 season. Freshman guard Darren Harris had surgery for a fracture to his non-shooting hand Tuesday at Duke Medical Center and is on track for a full recovery, the program announced Friday via social media. A 6-foot-6 guard/wing from Paul VI Catholic in Virginia, …

Jun. 22—Now that the Thanksgiving matchup with Arkansas has been announced, Illinois is set to play five power conference teams in its nonconference schedule this coming season. Here’s a look at all five that feature new-look rosters just like the Illini: Alabama Mark Sears withdrawing from the NBA draft to return to the Crimson Tide was as important of a …

LAWRENCE — The Kansas basketball program will enter the upcoming season with as much anticipation as ever. The Jayhawks, led by head coach Bill Self, have a talented group of returners. They’ve supplemented that with high-profile newcomers. Regardless of whether or not KU is the preseason No. 1 team, it will be viewed as a contender for both Big 12 …

From the moment he became Notre Dame’s coach, Micah Shrewsberry has made recruiting within Indiana a priority. We likely will find out this fall if he’s been successful in landing one particular recruit. Trent Sisley, a four-star power forward at Heritage Hills in Lincoln City and the sixth-ranked 2025 recruit in Indiana per 247Sports, has informed On3 cut his list …

Wisconsin basketball did not make the final five schools for top-ranked 2025 power forward Trent Sisley on Friday. The 6-foot-7, 205-pounder included Iowa, Indiana, Notre Dame, Michigan State and Purdue in his top five. Wisconsin extended its offer back in May 2023, per Rivals. 247Sports ranks the Lincoln City, Indiana product as the No. 73 overall recruit, No. 19 power …

Jun. 21—The final two games of the Gonzaga-Washington men’s basketball series are no longer on the schedule, GU Athletic Director Chris Standiford confirmed. When the GU-UW matchup was canceled in the 2021-22 season due to COVID, the schools elected to extend their four-game set with an annual game through the 2025-26 season. The contract included a clause that if there …

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In just over four and a half months, Duke basketball will start the 2024-25 season with a new-look squad hoping to help the Blue Devils make a deep run in March Madness. Duke won 27 games for the second season in a row under Jon Scheyer, who is entering his third year as head coach. In the months since the …

The UNC basketball recruiting board for the 2025 and 2026 classes are starting to take shape. As Hubert Davis and his staff look to build on a good 2024 class, the focus is on the two future classes in hopes of landing some big talent in Chapel Hill. One player that the Tar Heels have their eyes on is 2025 …

NCAA March Madness The NCAA has presented a plan to Division I conference commissioners that would expand the lucrative men’s and women’s basketball tournaments by four or eight teams alongside an option to leave each field at 68 teams, according to a person familiar with the details. The proposals were outlined to the commissioners by NCAA Senior Vice President of …

As it ventures into the new and changing world of the business of college athletics, Indiana State introduced Nathan Christensen as its new director of ahletics on Thursday morning in Hulman Center. “This is an important moment for us here at Indiana State University, and this [hiring] was one of my top priorities,” said the school’s president, Mike Godard, who’s …

NKU guard Sam Vinson (2), playing at Fifth Third Arena in 2023, is expected to return next season after suffering a knee injury in December. Northern Kentucky University Thursday confirmed earlier news reports that the men’s basketball team will play on the road the 2024-25 season at 2024 national runner-up Purdue. The game will be Friday, November 8 in Mackey …