College Basketball

Date is set for annual rivalry basketball game between Marquette and Wisconsin

The date for the state’s biggest college basketball rivalry game is set. Marquette announced Tuesday that its annual men’s hoops battle with Wisconsin will be Saturday, Dec. 7 at Fiserv Forum. Rivalry matchup is set.#MUBB | #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/mRV5Pensyu — Marquette Basketball (@MarquetteMBB) June 18, 2024 The teams will meet for the 131st time, with UW holding a 71-59 advantage. They …

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Mississippi State adds former Bulldogs star Victoria Vivians as assistant coach, scouting director

NCAA Womens Basketball: Final Four Championship Game-Notre Dame vs Mississippi State STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Sam Purcell has hired former Bulldogs star and WNBA veteran Victoria Vivians as assistant coach and scouting director. The school said in a statement Monday that Vivians, a sixth-year league guard/forward playing this season for the Seattle Storm after five with …

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LOOK: Wisconsin basketball releases jersey numbers for 2024-25 season

The Wisconsin men’s basketball program officially released each player’s jersey number ahead of the 2024-25 season. Wisconsin welcomes six new faces to campus this fall after an offseason featuring a monumental shift in personnel. Greg Gard and company added three top transfers: Central Arkansas guard Camren Hunter, Missouri guard John Tonje and Northern Illinois forward Xavier Amos. The three will …

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Duke’s Transfer Class Roundup – DevilsIllustrated

Blue Devils infuse roster with veterans who should fit in with No. 1-ranked recruiting class Maliq Brown, right, defends Lynn Kidd last season. (Mark Konezny/USA Today Sports Images) The transfer portal hasn’t closed but for all intents and purposes, the window of Duke adding players who will impact the upcoming season is shut. Reading between the lines of Jon Scheyer’s …

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Providence basketball recruit, Oswin Erhunmwunse, reclassifies; what that means for Friars

Providence College men’s basketball fans won’t have to wait an extra year to see Oswin Erhunmwunse take the floor. Putnam Science Academy’s Oswin Erhunmwunse soars for a dunk against Brewster Academy in March, 2023. The consensus top-50 recruit will reclassify and join the Friars for the 2024-25 season. Erhunmwunse has finished his prep requirements at Putnam Science and has spent …

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Indiana basketball announces jersey numbers for 2024-25

BLOOMINGTON — The Indiana basketball team revealed jersey numbers for the full roster on Monday afternoon via a post on social media. There were some notable choices in the wake of the NCAA announcing a rule change for 2023-24 that allowed players to wear numbers 0-99. The previous rule prevented players from using the numbers six through nine as a single …

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Memphis basketball’s Baraka Okojie undergoes surgery for shoulder injury | Sources

Memphis basketball guard Baraka Okojie recently underwent surgery for a left shoulder injury and will be sidelined for four months, multiple sources told The Commercial Appeal. The sources requested anonymity because no official announcement has been made. The 6-foot-3 George Mason transfer is expected to be back on the court by October and available when the 2024-25 season begins Nov. …

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Nebraska basketball offers Kansas’ top prep player

Nebraska men’s basketball has offered a scholarship to one of Kansas’ top prep players. Miikka Muurinen is a 6-foot-10, 200-pound power forward from Sunrise Christian in Wichita, Kansas. Muurinen is currently ranked by service On3 as the No. 10 prospect in the entire class of 2026. The stretch-four from Finland has also drawn interest from other major programs such as …

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Kentucky basketball under Mark Pope: Transfer portal news, 2024 roster, targets, recruits, plus expert insight

The Kentucky Wildcats will have an all-new look when the 2024-25 college basketball season tips off. After 15 seasons in Lexington, John Calipari left to become the new head coach at Arkansas. Kentucky hired Mark Pope away from BYU as his replacement. Pope was a standout guard on the Wildcats’ 1996 national championship team, and is coming off a solid …

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Arkansas basketball under John Calipari: Insiders state transfer portal news, 2024 roster, recruits, targets

It didn’t take long for John Calipari to make his presence felt at the University of Arkansas. Since being hired away from Kentucky following the 2024 NCAA Tournament, Calipari has managed to put together the No. 3 overall recruiting class and No. 1 transfer class in the country, according to 247Sports. He pillaged his former Kentucky basketball roster, flipping three …

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Florida basketball to play in 2024 ESPN Events Invitational

Just days after learning about Florida’s ACC-SEC Challenge matchup, another piece of the puzzle has dropped. The Gators will participate in the ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando from Nov. 26-29, according to Swamp247. Minnesota, Wake Forest and Wichita State are the other known teams in the tournament. That leaves the other half of the field a mystery, but ESPN Events …

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2025 CB Jojo Scott Commits To Kansas State

2025 CB Jojo Scott Commits To Kansas State – EMAWOnline PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0ncmEtY29udGFpbmVyIGRpc3Ryb19hZCc+CjxkaXYgY2xh c3M9J3ZpZGVvLWFkLXdyYXBwZXInPgo8c2NyaXB0IGFzeW5jIHNyYz0nLy9j LmpzcmRuLmNvbS9zL2NzLmpzP3A9MjI1NDYnIHR5cGU9J3RleHQvamF2YXNj cmlwdCc+PC9zY3JpcHQ+CjxkaXYgY2xhc3M9J3ZpZGVvLWNvbnRhaW5lcicg aWQ9J2RzX2RlZmF1bHRfYW5jaG9yJz48L2Rpdj4KPC9kaXY+CjwvZGl2PgoK Kevin Fielder • EMAWOnline Publisher After attacking the middle of the country for their recent commitments, Kansas State moved to the East Coast for a three-star cornerback with multiple Power 4 offers. On Sunday, Lakeland (Fla.) Victory Christian Academy cornerback Jojo Scott announced his commitment …

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