College Basketball

Indiana baseball faces an elimination game on Sunday in the NCAA tournament when it takes on Southern Miss. The Hoosiers (33-25-1) dropped into the losers bracket of the Knoxville Regional after falling 12-6 to No. 1 seed Tennessee on Saturday night in a game that lasted just shy of four hours. They have a quick turnaround to get ready for …

Kansas State is one win away from advancing to the NCAA Tournament after upsetting the top-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks in the second game of the Fayetteville Regional, 7-6. The Wildcats were led by their bats, which caught fire in the middle innings to push the Wildcats to a 6-2 lead in the fifth inning. An eighth-inning home run by Nick English …

Sandy Brondello, Breanna Stewart and Leonie Fiebich discuss Liberty’s 84-67 loss to MinnesotaThe Liberty dug themselves an early hole on the road in Minnesota and were not able to fully recover in their 84-67 loss. For head coach Sandy Brondello, 16 turnovers which led to 25 points for the Lynx and 24-percent shooting from behind the arc is not a …

BORDEN — Indiana basketball guard Trey Galloway will have to wait a little bit longer to run the floor with his many new teammates. The Hoosiers start summer workouts on June 3, but Galloway remains sidelined as he recovers from knee surgery. Galloway suffered a knee injury in practice leading up the team’s regular-season finale against Michigan State. He tried to play through the …

Indiana baseball will play the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history when it takes on Tennessee in the Knoxville Regional on Saturday night. The Hoosiers (33-24-1) advanced through to the winners bracket with a 10-4 win over a Southern Miss team that only had one other loss in the entire month of …

Tennessee baseball continues in the winners bracket of the Knoxville Regional in the NCAA Baseball Tournament with Saturday’s game against Indiana. The Vols won 9-3 against NKU on Friday to move on in the winners bracket after a very good performance from AJ Causey out of the bullpen. Indiana stomped Southern Miss in the first game of the day on …

Southern Miss baseball faces elimination in the NCAA Baseball Tournament in Saturday’s game against Northern Kentucky in the Knoxville Regional. The Golden Eagles struggled in Friday’s 10-4 loss to Indiana to move into the losers’ side of the regional bracket. Northern Kentucky lost 9-3 to Tennessee later Friday to fall into the first elimination game of the weekend. Here’s everything …

Former Reading High star Stu Jackson has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, the NCAA announced Friday. Jackson, who’s in his second season as commissioner of the West Coast Conference, will complete the term of Santa Clara athletic director Renee Baumgartner on the committee. Baumgartner recently announced she is resigning her position at the end of …

You couldn’t have scripted a better start for Kansas State baseball in the Fayetteville Regional of the NCAA Tournament. Despite the game spanning two days due to weather in the area, the Wildcats handled business against Louisana Tech, 19-4. With the win, K-State will play Arkansas later today, beginning at 8 p.m. central. K-State’s bats were the difference in the …

Bill Walton wears a red wig during an ESPN broadcast of a UCLA-Arizona men’s basketball game in February 2020. (Rick Scuteri / Associated Press) Bill Walton was a life force like no other. He happened to also be one of the greatest basketball players of all time, but that was secondary to being one of the greatest human beings of …

LEXINGTON — As Western Michigan made its comeback, chopping what had been an eight-run Kentucky advantage to two, UK coach Nick Mingione said he didn’t bat an eye in the dugout. “You guys have watched us play,” he told media members during his postgame news conference Friday. “How many times have we been in that same game? I feel like …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Southern Miss baseball can’t afford another loss if it wants to keep its season alive. The No. 2 seed Golden Eagles (41-19) fell 10-4 to No. 3 Indiana on Friday in the first game of the NCAA tournament Knoxville Regional. They’re now sequestered in the loser’s bracket and must beat No. 4 Northern Kentucky (35-23) on Saturday …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The second day of the Knoxville Regional commences on Saturday and the first team will be sent home. It could be No. 2 seed Southern Miss, who suffered a 10-4 loss to No. 3 Indiana on Friday. Or it could be No. 4 Northern Kentucky after it lost 9-3 to No. 1 Tennessee. MORE: Tickets are available for …

May 31—The UNM Lobos will play the UCLA Bruins in Las Vegas, Nevada, in November. The Journal on Friday reviewed the contract signed by UNM with the event organizer — GS Global Sports, LLC. The contract states UNM will play the Big Ten’s UCLA at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Nov. 8 in an event that does not …

Alex Karaban UConn forward Alex Karaban is heading back to campus for a try at a third straight national title after withdrawing from the NBA draft. The 6-foot-8 third-year sophomore has started in 77 of his 78 games since joining the Huskies. He averaged 13.3 points and 5.1 rebounds last season as UConn went 37-3 and became the first team …

Caleb Love, one of the nation’s best college basketball players, announced Wednesday that he is returning to Arizona for the 2024-2025 season. The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team will square off with him and the Wildcats in the regular season opener on Friday, November 15, at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin faced Arizona last season, dropping the contest 98-73 in Tucson …

College basketball’s transfer cycle never really ends, but June marks the month when it slows to a trickle. The NBA Draft withdrawal deadline has passed, and most 2024-25 rosters around the country are nearing completion. While a handful of coveted players are still waiting to announce their destinations, the overwhelming majority of impact transfers have made their commitments. Now that …

Former Kansas State standout Arthur Kaluma will reportedly withdraw from the 2024 NBA draft ahead of the early entrant deadline on Wednesday, according to Jeff Borzello of ESPN. Kaluma, who played the first two years of his career at Creighton, declared for the draft on April 24 while maintaining his remaining college eligibility. He also entered the transfer portal on …

College sports traditionalists are in for an awakening when the 2024-25 athletics calendar year gets underway this fall. The latest round of college conference realignment resulted in the collapse of the Pac-12 and the expansion of the four remaining Power 5 Conferences. The SEC and Big Ten were the big winners in the latest round of NCAA realignment, with the …

LAWRENCE — Johnny Furphy has made the choice to remain in the 2024 NBA draft, he announced Wednesday through the Kansas basketball program. Furphy’s decision, which was revealed on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. The Kansas basketball standout emerged as one of the Jayhawks’ best players over the course of …

Alabama basketball forward Jarin Stevenson has made his decision for his future. Stevenson, who was a freshman this past season with the Crimson Tide, will return for a second season with the Crimson Tide, The Tuscaloosa News has learned. He withdrew his name from the NBA Draft before the deadline, joining senior Mark Sears in making that decision. Stevenson reclassified …

Rice Transfer Jordan Dunbar Commits To Kansas State – EMAWOnline PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0ncmEtY29udGFpbmVyIGRpc3Ryb19hZCc+CjxkaXYgY2xh c3M9J3ZpZGVvLWFkLXdyYXBwZXInPgo8c2NyaXB0IGFzeW5jIHNyYz0nLy9j LmpzcmRuLmNvbS9zL2NzLmpzP3A9MjI1NDYnIHR5cGU9J3RleHQvamF2YXNj cmlwdCc+PC9zY3JpcHQ+CjxkaXYgY2xhc3M9J3ZpZGVvLWNvbnRhaW5lcicg aWQ9J2RzX2RlZmF1bHRfYW5jaG9yJz48L2Rpdj4KPC9kaXY+CjwvZGl2PgoK Kevin Fielder • EMAWOnline Publisher Kansas State has added another weapon to their defense. On Friday, Rice cornerback Jordan Dunbar transferred to K-State, a source confirmed to EMAW Online. Dunbar will have two seasons of eligibility remaining. Despite redshirting last season, Dunbar established himself as …

Payton Sandfort is back for one more ride. The 6-foot-7, 215 pound forward decided his heart was still painted black and gold for next season. Faced with a tough decision, Sandfort took to X to announce that he had withdrawn his name from the 2024 NBA draft and would be returning to the Iowa Hawkeyes for his senior season. “This …

May 29—Twice was nice, but it’s now one and done for the annual in-state hoops rivalry between the UNM Lobos and NMSU Aggies. The schools have agreed to play just once each season as opposed to the home-and-home — one game in the Pit in Albuquerque, one game in the Pan American Center in Las Cruces — which was the …

May 29—CHAMPAIGN — Coleman Hawkins took as much time as he could to make his NBA draft decision. Nearly all the time he had even though it wasn’t as much as he’d like. The end result? The former Illinois forward is withdrawing from the draft to play one final season of college basketball not in Champaign, The Athletic’s Sham Charania …