College Basketball

Wake Forest’s Steve Forbes will keep coaching while aiding his wife’s recovery from a stroke

NCAA Basketball: ACC Conference Tournament Quarterfinals – Miami vs Wake Forest Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes says his wife is regaining movement on her left side following a stroke last month and he plans to continue with his coaching duties entering preseason practices. Johnetta Forbes, 58, suffered the stroke Aug. 8 and is receiving treatment at the Shepherd Center, a …

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Good Morning, Illini Nation: Gavitt Games being renewed?

Sep. 1—Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwood’s team: This year’s set of Gavitt Games matchups is, in theory, the last from the eight-year agreement between the Big Ten and Big East. Per CBS …

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Scheduling an 18-team Big Ten

Sep. 2—Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwood’s team: The 2023-24 Big Ten men’s basketball schedule hasn’t even been released yet, and practices for that season (you know, the one that’s about to happen) …

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Podcast | Week 1 recap

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What they said: Postgame with Chris Klieman and players

CHRIS KLIEMAN On the heat during the game…“You know I didn’t think it was that hot out there. I talked to Coach Trumain [Carroll], there’s just never a bad day toplay football when you get an opportunity to play. We’ve had so many more hot practices with the humidity and stuffthat we did. We did things a little bit differently …

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Kansas State easily handles SEMO in 2023 season opener: Photos

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Former Kansas, Gonzaga signee Marcus Adams Jr. commits to BYU

Sep. 2—After brief stops in the West Coast Conference and Big 12 Conference, former Kansas and Gonzaga signee Marcus Adams Jr. will resume his college basketball career at a program making the transition from one conference to the other. Barring another move, Adams , the four-star forward from Southern California who enrolled at Kansas before signing at Gonzaga and reopening …

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MSU basketball releases non-conference schedule for upcoming season

Michigan State basketball has officially released its non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2023-24 season. The Spartans will open the season on October 25 in an exhibition against Hillsdale College and play their first official regular season game against James Madison on November 6. The non-conference slate includes notable matchups against Duke, Butler, Arizona and Baylor. Check out the complete Michigan …

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BYU basketball gets commitment from 4-star transfer Marcus Adams Jr.

Marcus Adams Jr., a true freshman four-star talent from California, committed to BYU after recently re-opening his recruitment. He previously had signed with both Kansas and Gonzaga. | BYU Photo Less than a week after re-opening his recruitment, four-star transfer Marcus Adams Jr. verbally committed to the BYU basketball program on Saturday. Adams went on an official visit to BYU …

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Iowa State starting lineman Jake Remsburg suspended 6 games by the NCAA for gambling

Iowa State starting offensive lineman Jake Remsburg has been suspended six games by the NCAA, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told The Des Moines Register on Friday. Iowa State administrators would not confirm the news, nor would they comment on any other player involved in the state’s sports gambling probe of student-athletes at ISU and Iowa. “Iowa …

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Florida basketball loses sophomore forward to foot injury

Florida’s men’s basketball team suffered a tough loss on Tuesday when sophomore forward Aleks Szymczyk went down with a foot injury during team practice. After being evaluated, it turns out that the 6-foot-10-inch, 250-pound frontcourt player will miss 10 to 12 weeks and will require surgery, Florida Gators senior writer Chris Harry reports. Somewhat ironically, Szymczyk appeared in a majority of …

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Stanford, Cal, SMU join ACC: How college basketball conferences are impacted by realignment

Less than one month after one of the most impactful days in the history of college athletics that saw six Pac-12 programs leave the storied conference, more dominoes fell on Friday when the ACC announced they were adding Cal, Stanford and SMU to the conference in 2024-25. Last month, Oregon and Washington both finalized their moves to the Big Ten and …

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Iowa State starting offensive lineman Jake Remsburg suspended 6 games by the NCAA

Iowa State starting offensive lineman Jake Remsburg has been suspended six games by the NCAA, per a source with direct knowledge of the situation. Iowa State starting offensive lineman Jake Remsburg has been suspended six games by the NCAA, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told The Des Moines Register on Friday. Iowa State administrators would not confirm …

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Xavier University announces “Victory Parkway Preview” for upcoming basketball seasons

The Xavier University athletic department presents the Victory Parkway Preview, an evening to tip-off the upcoming basketball season, on Monday, Oct. 2 at Cintas Center, according to a press release. The Victory Parkway Preview will be hosted by FOX College Sports and Chicago White Sox broadcaster Jason Benetti and will include an open bar and hors d’oeuvres. More: ‘I want …

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ACC adding Stanford, Cal and SMU means the conference’s days of being an elite basketball league are over

So, the unwanted inevitable became official in the early hours of Friday morning when 12 out of 15 Atlantic Coast Conference presidents and chancellors decided to panic-add Cal, SMU and Stanford beginning in July of 2024. It was North Carolina State chancellor Randy Woodson who flipped on his initial standing (Clemson, Florida State and North Carolina remained firmly opposed), giving way …

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ACC Adds Stanford, Cal, SMU and Antitrust Risk

The ACC’s announcement on Friday to add Stanford, Cal and SMU as members starting in 2024-25 further consolidates elite athletic programs into four of the five Power Five conferences. The Pac-“12” is now left with only Washington State and Oregon State as programs committed (for now) beyond next season. More from Sportico.com The consolidation continues a pattern that began earlier …

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Conference realignment winners, losers: Stanford, Cal face travel headaches, SMU gets long-awaited promotion

The 2023 version of conference realignment will go down as one of the most chaotic in college athletics history. The Pac-12 as we know it is all but gone after more than 100 years of existence, with 10 of its 12 members defecting to the other power conferences.  Stanford and California became the latest schools to leave as they join the ACC …

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Candid Coaches: What are the biggest fixes needed with the transfer portal?

CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men’s basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They polled across the sport’s landscape: some of the biggest names in college basketball, but also small-school assistants in low-major leagues. Coaches agreed to share unfiltered opinions in exchange for anonymity. We asked them …

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