College Basketball

Missouri State men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin has built a roster from almost scratch with only two players from the 2023-24 season returning since he took over the program in late March. Martin appears to have 13 scholarship players signed or committed for the 2024-25 season. There could be some movement before the fall semester begins around mid-August. Here are …

Milan Momcilovic has a vision. It includes a summer of the type of work it takes to improve upon a hugely successful freshman season for the Iowa State men’s basketball team. That means hours in the gym. It means seemingly endless training sessions. It’s months of sweat, sore muscles and not much else. After that summer, though, is a winter …

Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2025 power forward prospect Nikolas Khamenia. “Excited to announce that I have received an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Khamenia said. The 6-foot-8, 215-pound four-star power forward prospect is from Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, California. Khamenia ranks as the No. 36 prospect in the class of 2025. He ranks as the No. …

The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team offered Ryder Frost, a three-star class of 2025 forward from Beverly, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. The 6-foot-6, 205-pound athlete is considered a small forward and has drawn plenty of attention from college programs. To this point, Frost has received 20 Division 1 offers, including from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin from within the Big Ten. …

UCF basketball has added La Salle transfer forward Rokas Jocius to next season’s roster. The 6-foot-10 Jocius played two seasons with the Explorers, averaging 6.7 points and 4.5 rebounds in 61 games. He connected on 54% of his shots from the field and 39% of his 3-point attempts. “Rokas is a great young man that our fans and community will …

The deadline for players to make their stay-or-go NBA Draft decisions passed Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. ET, bringing clarity to both the draft pool and a handful of 2024-25 college basketball rosters. While several of those who withdrew from the draft still must decide on their transfer destinations for the season ahead, we are one step closer to having a …

Coleman Hawkins has withdrawn from the NBA Draft and will not return to Illinois for his final year of eligibility, according to reports from The Athletic on Wednesday night. The 6-foot-10 forward will “transfer to a new program,” according to Shams Charania, who said Hawkins is “expected to be among the highest-paid NIL college basketball players” and will use his …

May 31—Some of the biggest names that withdrew from the 2024 NBA Draft to return to college basketball for the 2024-25 season came from outside the Big Ten. Like Alabama’s Mark Sears. Or Connecticut’s Alex Karaban. But the Big Ten got good news, too. Even if Coleman Hawkins won’t be coming back to Illinois next season while playing out his …

The linebacker room this year welcomes back some old faces, with the return of Austin Moore, Desmond Purnell, and Austin Romaine, who all had large contributions this past season. They also lose some key components in Daniel Green and Jake Clifton. Green tore his pectoral muscle against Missouri last season and missed the season, and ran out of eligibility after …

The Kentucky Wildcats are one of the most storied programs in college basketball. That’s why the hiring of Mark Pope sent shockwaves following John Calipari’s departure after Kentucky failed to make it past the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year. The Wildcats haven’t won a national championship since 2012, but fans are hoping Pope can …

Bernadette McGlade leads an Atlantic 10 Conference built around basketball and focused on getting multiple bids to the NCAA men’s tournament much more than anything tied to big-time football. Yet her league is among dozens conferences and scores of schools that will feel the impact from the NCAA and major college conferences approving a $2.8 billion settlement of federal antitrust …

It’s hard to say an NCAA championship game could ever be boring, but looking back through history, the Butler vs Duke one is hard to deny that. And even former Duke star Nolan Smith admittedly says so. Smith appeared on Tidal League’s Run Your Race podcast hosted by Tar Heel Theo Pinson. The two athletes, who are natural rivals due …

Thinking out loud…while wondering if RSVP’ing to a wedding invitation “maybe next time” is a proper response… The future of college athletics is anything but secure these days. Change is here. A likely $2.8 billion payout over the next 10 years to settle NIL “back pay” looms in the immediate future as the NCAA and power conferences move forward – …

BYU coach Mark Pope speaks with Jaxson Robinson during game against Baylor, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Provo, Utah. On Thursday, news broke that Robinson would be transferring to Kentucky to play for Pope once again. | Rick Bowmer, Associated Press Jaxson Robinson has made his decision. The former BYU talent has withdrawn from the 2024 NBA draft and committed …

LEXINGTON — Mark Pope continues to use his connections at BYU to build Kentucky’s 2024-25 roster. And Pope, in his first season as UK’s coach, on Thursday reportedly landed his most important piece yet: Jaxson Robinson is the team’s newest commit, according to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. Robinson had been in the NBA draft pool but withdrew his name ahead of …

Thursday brought a major nonconference men’s basketball schedule upgrade for Providence. What was known for the last couple weeks has become official. The Friars will replace Big East rival Creighton in the Battle 4 Atlantis, one of the sport’s premier showcase events during the Thanksgiving break. Providence joins Arizona, Davidson, Gonzaga, Indiana, Louisville, Oklahoma and West Virginia in the expected …

According to a report by CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, Dusty May and the Michigan basketball team will take on John Calipari and Arkansas in the 2024 Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. Of course, the Jimmy V Classic is held in honor of Jimmy Valvano, a former college basketball player, coach and broadcaster. He is best known for his …

The Arkansas basketball team is set to play a marquee matchup at Madison Square Garden in New York City during the 2024-25 season, as the Razorbacks will face the Michgan Wolverines as part of the Jimmy V Classic according to a report by Jon Rothstein on Thursday. Not much is known about the rest of the Hoop Hogs’ upcoming non-conference …

Kickoff Time Set For Kansas State’s Non-conference Games – EMAWOnline PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0ncmEtY29udGFpbmVyIGRpc3Ryb19hZCc+CjxkaXYgY2xh c3M9J3ZpZGVvLWFkLXdyYXBwZXInPgo8c2NyaXB0IGFzeW5jIHNyYz0nLy9j LmpzcmRuLmNvbS9zL2NzLmpzP3A9MjI1NDYnIHR5cGU9J3RleHQvamF2YXNj cmlwdCc+PC9zY3JpcHQ+CjxkaXYgY2xhc3M9J3ZpZGVvLWNvbnRhaW5lcicg aWQ9J2RzX2RlZmF1bHRfYW5jaG9yJz48L2Rpdj4KPC9kaXY+CjwvZGl2PgoK Kevin Fielder • EMAWOnline Publisher Kickoff times for Kansas State football’s 2024 non-conference games were announced by the Big 12 Conference and their television partners today. The Wildcats will open their season at home against UT Martin on Aug. 31, with kickoff set for 6 …

There will be no shortage of early-season intrigue for John Calipari and Arkansas basketball in 2024-25, as one of the sport’s most famous and accomplished coaches takes over a program in the same conference in which he has coached for the past 15 years. Among the first glimpses the college basketball world will get at the remade Razorbacks will come …

Tennessee basketball is going back to New York City after a one-year hiatus. The Vols will face Miami at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic in December, a UT spokesperson told Knox News on Thursday. Tennessee has often played in New York under coach Rick Barnes, including in back-to-back seasons in 2021-22 and 2022-23 before a break last …

Get ready for Arkansas vs. Michigan at The Mecca. According to a report Thursday from CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, the Razorbacks and new coach John Calipari will face the Wolverines at Madison Square Garden in the annual Jimmy V Classic. Rothstein reports that Tennessee and Miami will also face each other in the event. Arkansas and Michigan are two programs with …

Former BYU guard Jaxson Robinson will reportedly transfer to Kentucky after withdrawing from the 2024 NBA draft, according to Jeff Borzello of ESPN. Robinson declared for the draft and entered the transfer portal last month. He competed in the draft combine this month in Chicago, Illinois, and averaged 11 points, two rebounds and 1.5 assists in two scrimmage games. He …

Purdue basketball’s scheduled non-conference trip out West saw a shake up on Thursday as two of the previous participants backed out of their contract. Notre Dame and Arkansas, who were originally in the four team field are out, and will be replaced by North Carolina State and Ole Miss. The field undergoes changes ahead of what is to be the …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Coming off its first NCAA title game appearance since 1969 and first Final Four since 1980, Purdue basketball is again loading up on talent and competition. Zach Edey is a projected first-round pick in June’s NBA draft. Lance Jones is gone. Ethan Morton transferred to Colorado State and Mason Gillis to Duke. Carson Barrett is now a …