College Basketball

The college basketball transfer portal continues to be active despite the closure of the entry process as the remaining prospects seek greener pastures at other schools. CBS Sports writer Gary Parrish has been updating his college basketball top 25-and-1 rankings during the offseason, accounting for the portal coups along the way, and has the Florida Gators among his top teams in the …

BYU fans cheer on the Cougars during game against the Texas Longhorns Jan. 27, 2024, at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. | Brooklynn Kelson, BYU Photo If BYU assistant basketball coach Chris Burgess is right, the next few days will be very significant for Kevin Young’s program. “We have four scholarships to fill,” Burgess told the “Y’s Guys” podcast. …

A college basketball and NBA legend died Monday. Bill Walton, a former UCLA three-time All-American center and three-time national college player of the year who turned into a two-time NBA champion and a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member, died at age 71 after a battle with cancer. Walton is also a member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall …

Kasparas Jakucionis from Lithuania has committed to play for the Illinois basketball team in 2024-25, according to ESPN. Brad Underwood has gone back to Europe for his latest addition. The Illinois men’s basketball head coach reportedly received a commitment Tuesday from Lithuanian guard Kasparas Jakucionis, a possible first-round NBA draft pick in 2025. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony was the first to …

Camden senior DJ Wagner is the 2023 South Jersey Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Wagner is the son of Dajuan Wagner and the grandson of Milt Wagner, both legendary Camden players who went on to play in the NBA. DJ Wagner has found a new home with a familiar head coach. After playing one season at the University of …

Wisconsin basketball has experienced high-end roster turnover since the conclusion of the 2023-24 season. The Badgers saw the departure of stars Chucky Hepburn (transfer portal), A.J. Storr (transfer portal) and Tyler Wahl (graduation). 2024-25 figured to be an all-in season with Hepburn and Storr possibly returning. That plan was immediately thwarted when the two entered the portal, likely in order …

Wisconsin basketball extended an offer to class of 2025 point guard Josiah Sanders on Monday. The 6-foot-5 rising senior is 247Sports’ No. 32 point guard in the class of 2025 and the No. 1 recruit from his home state of Colorado. Representing Colorado Prep High School, Sanders has received offers from several Division I programs, including from Tennessee, Colorado, Minnesota, …

May 27—Today’s column fulfills a promise I made to Bill Walton. Not that we were buddies or anything, or that I have any extensive insights into his extraordinary life. But a promise is a promise. Walton, in the pantheon of great basketball players, college and pro, died on Memorial Day of cancer. In January, 2023, I’d been writing a number …

Tributes to Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton continued to pour in Monday following his death at 71. On Monday, Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari tweeted about the legendary basketball player, commentator and coach with a lengthy message about Walton on his X account (formerly Twitter). Walton died Monday after a battle with cancer. REQUIRED READING: Arkansas baseball to host …

Though the two were never teammates, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton have been linked for much of their lives. The two men, both centers, achieved national stardom at UCLA, where they helped sustain the Bruins’ basketball dynasty of the 1960s and 1970s. From there, they were No. 1 overall NBA draft picks who won multiple titles at the professional level …

Bill Walton, the game-changing Hall of Fame center whose larger-than-life charisma later endeared him to audiences as a basketball broadcaster, died Monday after a long battle with cancer, the NBA announced. He was 71. Walton won two NCAA championships under John Wooden at UCLA and two more titles in the NBA, first with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977 and …

Bill Walton during a game between Arizona and UCLA Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. | Rick Scuteri Basketball legend Bill Walton died Monday after a long battle with cancer, the NBA announced on behalf of his family. Walton, who was 71, will be remembered for his college play at UCLA, his Hall of Fame NBA career and the …

D.J. Wagner is now the sixth player or recruit to follow John Calipari from Kentucky to Arkansas since he took the job in Fayetteville. (Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) John Calipari has brought another former Kentucky player to Fayetteville. Former Wildcats guard and five-star Rivals.com recruit D.J. Wagner has committed to play for Calipari at Arkansas next season, he …

Television announcer Bill Walton acknowledges fans before covering the first half of an NCAA college basketball game as Colorado hosts Arizona, Jan. 6, 2018, in Boulder, Colorado. David Zalubowski via Associated Press Bill Walton, an NBA Hall of Fame center who got his start at UCLA before winning NBA championships with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Boston Celtics, has …

The broader basketball world has lost one of its truly larger-than-life figures. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton died on Monday following a prolonged battle with cancer, with the NBA announcing the news on behalf of his family. He was 71 years old. “What I will remember most about him was his zest for life,” NBA commissioner Adam …

After a solid freshman season for the University of Kentucky, D.J. Wagner will have a new home next season. One of the top guards to emerge from New Jersey over the past decade, Wagner will follow John Calipari to Arkansas out of the transfer portal. In his only season at Kentucky, Wagner averaged 9.9 points and 3.3 assists per game. …

Despite an early exit from the Big 12 Tournament, Kansas State baseball will still have an opportunity to make the College World Series. On Monday, the Wildcats were announced as an at-large team in the NCAA Tournament, earning the No. 3 seed in the Fayetteville Regional, hosted by Arkansas. The Wildcats will play Louisiana Tech in the opening round. Southeast …

Two-time NBA champion and Hall of Famer Bill Walton has died of cancer at the age of 71. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images) The world of basketball has lost one of its most colorful characters. Hall of Fame basketball legend Bill Walton has died at 71, the NBA announced Monday, after battling cancer in recent years. …

Bill Walton smiles as he acknowledges fans before broadcasting a Pac-12 basketball game. Walton has died following a battle with cancer, the NBA announced Monday. (Associated Press) Bill Walton, a UCLA basketball legend who became an NBA star and an outspoken advocate for the virtues of the Pac-12 conference as a broadcaster, died Monday at the age of 71 following …

New Arkansas coach John Calipari landed Kentucky transfer D.J. Wagner from the transfer portal Sunday. Wagner is the sixth Kentucky player or committed player to follow Calipari to Arkansas this offseason. The Wagner family has deep ties to Calipari as D.J.’s father, Dajuan Wagner, played for Calipari when he was the coach at Memphis. Calipari has landed serval high-profile commitments this …

The NBA announced that Bill Walton died at age 71. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) Bill Walton brought joy to seemingly everyone who crossed his path. That was evident in the way his life was celebrated on Monday after his death was announced by the NBA. Walton’s death at age 71 brought forth an outpouring of sorrow yet joy for …

1 Kansas This ranking is based on Bill Self’s Jayhawks returning three of the top six scorers – specifically Hunter Dickinson, KJ Adams and Dajuan Harris – from a team that secured a No. 4 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The additions of AJ Storr (Wisconsin), Rylan Griffen (Alabama) and Zeke Mayo (South Dakota State) from the transfer portal, …

New Arkansas coach John Calipari landed Kentucky transfer D.J. Wagner from the transfer portal Sunday. Wagner is the sixth Kentucky player or committed player to follow Calipari to Arkansas this offseason. The Wagner family has deep ties to Calipari as D.J.’s father, Dajuan Wagner, played for Calipari when he was the coach at Memphis. Calipari has landed serval high-profile commitments this …

The commitments in the transfer portal keep coming for new Kentucky coach Mark Pope after the Wildcats landed West Virginia guard Kerr Kriisa and Dayton sharpshooter Koby Brea — one of the top 3-point shooters in college basketball. Brea, who led Division I by shooting 49.8% on 3-pointers last season after making 100 of his 201 attempts from deep, is …

John Calipari and Arkansas basketball reportedly added another player through the transfer portal over the Memorial Day Weekend in former Kentucky guard D.J. Wagner. According to multiple reports, Wagner has committed to his former Wildcats coach after entering the transfer portal in mid-April. He only took visits to Arkansas and USC, where former coach Eric Musselman now leads the Trojans …