College Basketball

COLUMBIA — South Carolina men’s basketball on Friday secured the commitment of four-star power forward EJ Walker, the No. 2 recruit from the state of Kentucky. Walker, who announced his decision on social media, chose South Carolina over Wisconsin, Purdue and Ohio State. The 6-foot-8 Class of 2025 recruit plays at Lloyd Memorial High School in Kentucky, where he averaged …

Rick Barnes received some extra depth to Tennessee basketball’s roster for the upcoming season heading into the Memorial Day weekend. Chaz Lanier on Friday announced he’s heading to Rocky Top for the 2024-25 college basketball season. The former North Florida guard and Nashville native was one of the most efficient players in the country last season as he shot 50% …

Chaz Lanier is transferring to Tennessee basketball after a breakout season at North Florida. The Nashville native announced he is transferring to UT after the senior guard averaged 19.7 points and shot 44.4% on 3-pointers with the Ospreys. He picked the Vols over Kentucky and BYU after visiting all three schools in succession in late May. The 6-foot-4, 199-pound Lanier …

Mark Pope knows what success at Kentucky basketball looks like, having helped lead the Wildcats to a national championship in 1996 while playing for Rick Pitino. Now, Pope takes over the program after John Calipari’s stunning offseason departure to Arkansas and the former BYU head coach is being forced to rebuild the Kentucky basketball roster. Every remaining scholarship player from …

Stodgy old heads dispersed across college athletics — whose power has been reduced and whose perspective on reality is only now finally crystallizing through the one course of action they can’t deny: losing their money — may semantically disagree with this next sentence, but I assure you every word of it is fundamental truth.  On Thursday, the NCAA and its …

The May 29th NBA Draft withdrawal deadline is rapidly approaching, leaving dozens of players with big decision to make about their futures over the coming days. Among them are a bevy of talented players who have positioned themselves with maximum leverage by also entering the transfer portal as they mull where they will suit up in the 2024-25 season. In …

May 24—The NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences announced Thursday night that they have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims, a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start steering millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester. NCAA President Charlie …

The weeks leading up to the NBA Draft on June 26-27 are crucial to NBA teams as players travel around the country and participate in individual workouts at different NBA facilities. In a draft that is still considered widely unpredictable with no consensus top pick — and a potential second-round pick in Bronny James grabbing a lot of the attention …

Jordan Prather / USA TODAY Sports The Arkansas men’s basketball program doubled its number of Caliparis on the coaching staff Thursday with the hiring of John Calipari’s son, Brad Calipari, the school announced. Brad will serve as an assistant coach in the role of director of on-court player development under his father. Brad previously played under his father as a …

With RJ Davis leaving Chapel Hill after the coming college basketball season, the North Carolina Tar Heels will have a major hole to fill at guard. Ian Jackson, Elliot Cadeau and Seth Trimble will be the top candidates to take minutes, but Cadeau previously expressed his desire to only play two years in Chapel Hill. If Jackson is as good …

Colorado offensive line transfer Isaiah Jatta announced his plans to transfer last month. He had offers from BYU, USC, Auburn, South Carolina, Kansas, Illinois, NC State, San Diego State, Oklahoma State and Syracuse. He picked BYU, denying USC a chance to build extra offensive line depth. Jatta entered the transfer portal with one year of eligibility remaining and took visits …

AUBURN — Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl has a process at the end of every season. Pearl likes to sit down with his players, talk to them about their options and outline the best paths for them to take, both for their personal careers and for the team’s future. With someone such as senior guard KD Johnson, Pearl admitted his …

The National Collegiate Athletics Association and the five power conferences have agreed to a settlement that will pave the way to allow schools to pay student-athletes, a profound moment that will usher in a new age in college sports. The NCAA, the governing body for college sports, and the leaders of the Big Ten, Southeastern, Pac-12, Atlantic Coast and Big …

The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the five power conferences have agreed to settlement terms to pave the way to allow schools to pay student-athletes, the governing body for college sports along with the power conference commissioners announced on Thursday. The settlement represents a turning point in college athletics, which have traditionally competed under the guise of amateurism that …

The nearly $2.8 billion settlement that has been approved by the NCAA and the nation’s five largest conferences is a historic step toward a more professional model for college sports. The plan, which still needs approval from plaintiffs and a federal judge, calls for paying damages to thousands of former and current college athletes who say now-defunct NCAA rules prevented …

A major turning point in college athletics came to fruition Thursday when the NCAA Board of Governors and every Power Five conference agreed to settlement terms in the landmark House v. NCAA lawsuit. The resolution promises to change the college athletics enterprise forever by effectively ending its long-standing amateurism model.  For the first time, schools will directly share a portion …

A new era of college athletics is upon us, and leaders do not have much time to prepare for the transformative age. College sports is on the precipice of changing forever after the NCAA Board of Governors and every Power Five conference agreed to destroy the amateurism model and share revenue with players by coming to terms on settling a …

The University of Rhode Island added more veteran men’s basketball perimeter depth on Thursday. The Rams received a commitment from East Carolina transfer Quentin Diboundje. He retains one season of eligibility and is the fifth expected new player to join URI ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Diboundje started his college career at Tennessee before a transfer to the Pirates. He …

Providence won’t be receiving a commitment from Jaylen Harrell next week. And after Thursday, the Friars are no longer guaranteed to be among his list of finalists. Harrell announced on social media he’s postponing his decision date and reopening his recruitment. He’s a 2025 shooting guard and the Gatorade Player of the Year in Massachusetts who included Providence on an …