College Basketball

[ad_1] Michigan State’s exhibition game against Hillsdale on Wednesday featured an emotional moment, something not usually seen in a victory as dominant as the Spartans’ 85-43 win. With 54 seconds left in the second half, fifth-year graduate player Steven Izzo — the adopted son of Spartans coach Tom Izzo — went to the free throw line. After he hit his …

[ad_1] Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma answers a question during the Big East NCAA college basketball media day, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) NEW YORK — Geno Auriemma doesn’t want his players to forget how they felt on March 25. He doesn’t want them to move on or look ahead without remembering …

[ad_1] Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett empathizes with Purdue coach Matt Painter. Bennett discussed Purdue’s first-round exit from last season’s NCAA tournament with The Athletic during Atlantic Coast Conference media days. Bennett mentioned that he sent Painter a text message after the Boilermakers lost to No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson. Bennett said he felt himself pulling for Purdue late in …

[ad_1] Oregon coach Dana Altman applauds the team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Arizona in February 2020, in Tucson, Arizona. Oregon won 73-72 in overtime. The Pac-12 produced one of the great dynasties in sports history and some of the best college basketball players the game has ever known. John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins won …

[ad_1] Five players scored in double figures on Wednesday night, as the Arkansas State men’s basketball team ousted Trevecca Nazarene 112-61 in an exhibition contest inside First National Bank Arena. A-State shot a blistering 58.2 percent from the floor (39-67), including 48.1 percent from 3-point range (13-27), and limited the Trojans to under 40 percent (39.1) from the field while …

[ad_1] WEST LAFAYETTE − It’s the narrative that won’t go away. Matt Painter knows it. The players for Purdue’s men’s basketball team know it. Losing as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament to a 16 seed is a historic moment that will forever be tied to the Boilermakers. It’s compounded by the fact Purdue lost to double-digit seeds …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON — At least outside the borders of the Bluegrass State, expectations for Kentucky basketball have dipped. The Wildcats are No. 16 in both major preseason polls, their lowest in the John Calipari era, which now is entering its 15th season in 2023-24. UK isn’t even the favorite to win the SEC: League media picked it to finish fourth at …

[ad_1] LAWRENCE — Back in April, during Kansas basketball’s end of season banquet for 2022-23, head coach Bill Self praised Dajuan Harris Jr. Self referred to Harris, a veteran guard for the Jayhawks, as potentially the greatest story they’ve had in Self’s time leading the program. Self mentioned Harris will go down as his all-time favorite, someone he wouldn’t trade for …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball season is quickly approaching, as the Badgers begin the regular season on November 6 with a matchup against Arkansas State. Greg Gard spoke with CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein about the upcoming season and any roster details, and mentioned that Chucky Hepburn has transformed his body in the offseason. Hepburn was one of Wisconsin’s leaders …

[ad_1] Oct. 25—The Pit was mostly empty around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The UNM Lobo men’s basketball team was upstairs in a film room going over offensive sets while a few reporters waited for them to practice on the eve of their exhibition opener for the highly anticipated 2023-24 season. And in that moment, as Bob King Court sat open and …

[ad_1] Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang makes no secret of the fact he is in the market for an elite big man. Then again, so is everybody. But Tang took one step closer toward that goal Wednesday when five-star prospect Patrick Ngongba, one of the top unsigned players in the 2024 recruiting class, named the Wildcats as one of …

[ad_1] MSU opened its season with an exhibition against Hillsdale on Wednesday night at Breslin Center. 1. A much-needed, long-awaited debut for this MSU basketball team EAST LANSING – For the roughly 10,000 Michigan State fans on hand, Wednesday night at Breslin center sounded like a therapy session that turned into a party. They’d had enough dark introspection for the …

[ad_1] Oct. 25—Gonzaga’s Anton Watson is one of 20 players on the preseason watch list for the Julius Erving Award, presented annually to college basketball’s top small forward. Watson, a grad student, is coming off his best season as a Zag. He averaged a career-high 11.1 points overall and 12.9 in West Coast Conference games while earning honorable mention All-WCC. …

[ad_1] LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball is about to play two exhibition games, ahead of the start of its 2023-24 season. The No. 1 Jayhawks are going to play Sunday on the road against Illinois. They’ll also play Wednesday at home against Fort Hays State. It’ll be the latest opportunity for fans to see how Kansas is progressing, following Late Night …

[ad_1] EAST LANSING — The expectations are lofty, as they usually are for Tom Izzo. He got a first glimpse in a game situation of just how the pieces might fit together for Michigan State basketball this winter. The fourth-ranked Spartans put together a superior performance, as expected, in their exhibition opener Wednesday, rolling over Division II Hillsdale from the …

[ad_1] Michigan State basketball looked awfully impressive in their unofficial start to the 2023-24 season. The Spartans cruised to a 85-43 victory over Hillsdale College in their exhibition opener on Wednesday evening from the Breslin Center. Michigan State never trailed in this matchup, and made easy work of the Division II foe. Michigan State got after it right off the …

[ad_1] Michigan State opens their 2023-24 season tonight against Hillsdale College in an exhibition at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. The exhibition plays as the first tune up as the Spartans gear up for the upcoming regular season. Ahead of the game tonight, via X/Twitter, MSU has released who is in the starting five for the game. The starting …

[ad_1] The men’s college basketball season is just around the corner. The Iowa Hawkeyes will be looking to extend their string of NCAA Tournament appearances to five straight. Iowa is one of just 10 teams in the country that can say they have taken part in each of the past four NCAA Tournaments. The Hawkeyes join Purdue and Michigan State as …

[ad_1] Suddenly, Payton Sandfort is no longer the wide-eyed, sharpshooting youngster. Now, he’s one of the Iowa Hawkeyes‘ seasoned vets heading into the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season. Sandfort has appeared in 67 career games and started seven last season. Alongside senior guard Tony Perkins and redshirt senior forward Patrick McCaffery, Sandfort will be expected to be one of Iowa’s …

[ad_1] 247Sports Georgia secured one of the biggest recruiting wins in program history with five-star power forward Asa Newell. The blue-chip prospect picked the Bulldogs over finalists Alabama, Gonzaga and Texas. The first member of the Bulldogs’ 2024 class ranks as the No. 13 overall prospect in the 247Sports rankings and is Georgia’s third highest-ranked commitment in the 247Sports era …

[ad_1] As Purdue prepares for the start of its basketball season, and a trip to the loaded Maui Invitational during Thanksgiving week, it now knows where it will be playing next season for early tournament play. Sports San Diego officials announced that Purdue will compete int he 2024 Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego on November 28th and 29th at …

[ad_1] The hype train just keeps rolling for Coen Carr. The Michigan State basketball freshman small forward has been generating a lot of buzz for years now for his rim-shattering dunks, and many analysts are thinking he could make a major impact for the Spartans this year. On Wednesday, it was announced that Carr has been named to the Julius …

[ad_1] Power forward Asa Newell has committed to the University of Georgia. The five-star plus forward is the nation’s top ranked power forward. He’s the highest rated recruit for head coach Mike White in his short tenure at Georgia. He chose the Bulldogs over schools like Alabama, Gonzaga, Texas and many others. He’s originally from Athens, Georgia but moved to …

[ad_1] Marquette’s Shaka Smart won the Associated Press Coach of the Year award last season. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) NEW YORK — Carmine’s is an Italian restaurant chain with roots in New York City. Its flagship can be found on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, but there are locations in Times Square, Las Vegas, Washington D.C. and Atlantic City as well. To …

[ad_1] Just days before Purdue’s men’s basketball team begins the season, the Boilermakers are getting next year’s schedule in line. Purdue will be one of four teams competing in the Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego on Nov. 28 and 29, 2024. Joining Purdue among the field are BYU, Notre Dame and Arkansas, which this year’s Boilermaker team will play …