College Basketball

John Calipari had to completely rebuild the Arkansas basketball roster when he arrived in April. The good news is the program and the coach sold themselves. Arkansas had turned into a legitimate power – not the most elite tier, but a strong one – under previous coach Eric Musselman. He had taken the Razorbacks to three straight Sweet Sixteens, including …

UConn coach Dan Hurley’s flirtation with the Los Angeles Lakers is over, putting an end to a dramatic saga that threatened to wrestle a college basketball coaching giant away to the NBA. Not since Larry Brown left Kansas for the San Antonio Spurs job in 1988 has the coach of the reigning national champions left for an NBA gig. But …

There is still a long way to go before we have college basketball on our TVs again but the offseason content never stops. As we get set for a new season, there have been some big changes to rosters across the sport. With recruiting classes coming in, NBA Draft decisions finalized and the transfer portal, rosters will look a lot …

A Nebraska guard will be eligible for the 2024-25 after sitting out all last season. Head coach Fred Hoiberg has confirmed that point guard Ahron Ulis will play this upcoming basketball season after sitting out last season due to the Iowa sports betting scandal. Hoiberg announced on Wednesday night that he will be ‘good to go’ for the first game …

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Following a hectic spring transfer window and overall offseason, Wisconsin’s men’s basketball team is poised for a reboot this fall. The program experienced its fair share of movement since the end of the 2023-24 season. Star forward AJ Storr, fan-favorite point guard Chucky Hepburn and streaky shooter Connor Essegian transferred elsewhere while veteran forward Tyler Wahl graduated after five seasons …

PITTSBURGH – The Pitt men’s basketball team will play Mississippi State on the road Dec. 4 in the 2024 SEC/ACC Challenge. The Panthers are 1-1 against Mississippi State and will be making their first trip to Starkville. The inaugural SEC/ACC Challenge in 2023 finished with in a 7-7 deadlock. There will be 16 games in the challenge this season with …

AUBURN — Auburn basketball is finally getting the positive national attention coach Bruce Pearl has sought over the last handful of years. Don’t believe it? Getting assigned a trip to Duke as part of the second edition of the ACC/SEC Challenge should serve as proof: “I can no longer play the, ‘we don’t get any respect card,’ which I think …

The wait is almost over. The 2024 Men’s College World Series gets underway on Friday at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska. One of the eight remaining teams in the field will eventually be crowned national champions, but there’s plenty of work to be done before we get to that point. Two games are scheduled each day through June 20 …

The University of Rhode Island men might have added their final major roster piece for the 2024-25 season.Javonte Brown-Ferguson committed to the Rams on Thursday, plugging a significant hole in their projected frontcourt rotation. The 7-footer has spent previous time at Connecticut, Texas A&M and Western Michigan — his lone season with the Broncos was his best to date. Brown-Ferguson …

Not the matchup most Kentucky fans would envision as a thriller, but the Wildcats will go to Clemson for the second installment of the SEC/ACC Challenge on Dec. 3 at Littlejohn Coliseum the leagues have announced. A TV designation and tip time will be announced at a later date. UK is 12-4 against Clemson, but the two teams have not …

LAWRENCE — AJ Storr wants to win. It’s one of the reasons he decided not to remain in the 2024 NBA draft process, because during it he was told how much the NBA loves winning players. Although he expressed appreciation for his time at Wisconsin this past season, and remarked the year went well, he was also frustrated to see the …

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech men’s basketball will visit Oklahoma in the second ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge, with the game taking place Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. The ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge will take place over back-to-back days Tuesday, Dec. 3 and Wednesday, Dec. 4. The Challenge events will feature games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC …

Terrence Shannon Jr. was found not guilty in his rape trial Thursday. The former Illinois men’s basketball star faced charges for rape and aggravated sexual battery in a Kansas courtroom, based on allegations made by an 18-year-old woman at a bar near the University of Kansas campus in September. A jury found him not guilty on both counts after deliberating …

Terrence Shannon Jr. went from the courtroom back to the basketball court Thursday when he was found not guilty in his rape trial. The former Illinois basketball star faced charges for rape and aggravated sexual battery in a Kansas courtroom, based on allegations made by an 18-year-old woman at a bar near the University of Kansas campus in September. Where …

Grand Canyon men’s basketball completed next season’s roster Thursday with a bang, signing a Top-100 prospect out of the 2024 high school class. Sammie Yeanay, a 6-foot-8, 230-pound power forward at AZ Compass Prep in Chandler, signed with the Lopes. GCU has no more scholarships available for next season. Yeanay had signed with Arizona State. But in late May he …

Former Illinois standout Terrence Shannon Jr., a potential first-round NBA draft pick, was found not guilty Thursday on a rape charge after a jury in Douglas County, Kansas, spent less than two hours deliberating the verdict. The 23-year-old Shannon was accused of committing sexual assault last September while visiting Kansas for a football game between the Illini and the Jayhawks. …

And then there were eight. The 2024 Men’s College World Series is down to eight schools vying for this year’s NCAA baseball championship. The Super Regionals round saw mostly chalk with seven higher seeds making it through to the final two brackets. It’s now a battle of two conferences – the SEC and ACC – evenly split across the final …

It was a long shot, but the Ducks were hoping for a miracle anyway. According to CBS reporter Jon Rothstein, the NCAA has denied N’Faly Dante’s appeal for a sixth season of college basketball. His original case for an extra season was denied late last month, but now with all of his options exhausted, Dante’s college basketball career is now …

Syndication: Arizona Republic STORRS, Conn. — Dan Hurley said in a radio appearance Thursday that his rejection of a six-year, $70 million offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers wasn’t a “leverage play” because he had already agreed to new contract with UConn. During an appearance on “The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz,” the Huskies coach said it was …

On Monday, UConn coach Dan Hurley turned down a six-year, $70 million offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers. It was a decision of significant consequence for the NBA and college basketball. Hurley, instead, will remain in college and has his sights set on trying to win a third straight national championship. CBS Sports spoke with the reigning national coach …

Coleman Hawkins will be making a college basketball decision very soon. The 6-foot-10 forward, who graduated from Illinois following a four-year playing career, will use his fifth year of eligibility outside of Champaign. He withdrew from the NBA draft late last month and entered the NCAA transfer portal. The all-Big Ten Conference player is coming off a senior season where …

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The Southeastern Conference released the details for this year’s slate of SEC-ACC Challenge college basketball games for the event’s second season on Wednesday. The announcement included the rematch between the Florida Gators and Virginia Cavaliers from last year’s Hall of Fame Game. In the second game of the 2023-24 campaign, the Cavs outlasted the Gators, 73-70, in a game that …

A few stragglers are still hanging out on college basketball’s free agent wire, mulling where to play during the 2024-25 season. But as mid-June arrives, the overwhelming majority of players in the transfer portal have announced their destinations. Rosters around the country are coming into focus, and it’s becoming more obvious who the winners and losers were during the 2024 …