College Basketball

[ad_1] Aug. 11—Missouri Southern men’s basketball head coach Sam McMahon has announced the final additions to the upcoming 2023-24 season, with four transfers and two freshmen added to the roster. “I am extremely happy about this recruiting class,” McMahon said in a statement. “All of the guys are very good players but even better people, they will help us continue …

[ad_1] UNCASVILLE, Connecticut — People used to pick Gene Keady out of a crowd by his classic combover. That combover is now gone and where it once resided atop the legendary former Purdue basketball coach’s head is now covered by a black and gold hat with the signature ‘motion P’ logo. But basketball fans can still pick Keady out in …

[ad_1] The West Virginia basketball program has added another piece to the roster from the transfer portal with a commitment from Georgetown forward Akok Akok. Akok, 6-foot-10, 205-pounds, entered the transfer portal after graduating from Georgetown where he spent only one season with the Hoyas. Started 31 total games last season for the Big East program where he averaged 6.5 …

[ad_1] The Purdue basketball team easily improved to 3-0 on its European tour with a 108-45 win over SKN St. Polten in Austria on Friday. Purdue began the game on a 15-0 run and didn’t slow down from there. The 63-point margin of victory is the team’s largest in a foreign-tour game during the Matt Painter era. The Boilermakers were …

[ad_1] High school basketball phenom Cooper Flagg announced Friday that he is reclassifying to the Class of 2024 after a standout summer performing in front of college coaches and talent evaluators. Flagg was previously a member of the Class of 2025 but is expediting his potential path to the NBA by reclassifying. With a December 2006 birthday, Flagg is narrowly …

[ad_1] Getty Images Four-star guard Cam Scott committed to Texas on Friday, giving the Longhorns one of the top guards in the 2024 recruiting class. Scott ranks as the No. 32 overall player and the No. 5 shooting guard in the in the 247Sports Top247 player rankings.  “I feel like Texas was a place that I saw myself at the …

[ad_1] Tennessee basketball completed an unbeaten international tour in Italy, sweeping three games during a 10-day stint abroad. It was UT’s first international tour since 2017, which led into an SEC regular-season title. This tour showed the Vols are capable of doing the same in Rick Barnes’ ninth season at UT. Here are the main takeaways from the Vols’ games …

[ad_1] One day in late February 1998, Tom Izzo called Gene Keady with a question. This wasn’t uncommon. Izzo had known Keady since Izzo’s days as an assistant under Jud Heathcote at Michigan State. When Izzo rose to replace Heathcote as head coach in East Lansing, Keady was among a tight circle of coaches Izzo knew he could call for …

[ad_1] Todd Foster knew the moment Gene Keady’s eyes started scanning the room he was in trouble. Not necessarily because Foster in particular had done anything wrong. But when Keady sensed Purdue basketball had slipped somewhere below the standard, well, you might want to avert your gaze. “When he was mad,” Foster said, “he’d pick on everybody. If somebody is …

[ad_1] Aug. 10—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: Bracketology updates in August? Why not. The latest from ESPN’s Joe Lunardi dropped earlier this week mostly in response to the goings on at …

[ad_1] Aug. 10—The Big 12? A reconfigured Pac-12/Mountain West? The West Coast Conference, Gonzaga’s home since 1979? The Big East? If you’re wondering what might happen — or not happen — to Gonzaga in the flurry of conference realignment, join the crowd, which probably includes the Zags, too. The carousel hasn’t stopped spinning. As events of the last week demonstrated, …

[ad_1] North Carolina standout Armando Bacot will enter his fifth and final year with the program as he looks to get back to the NCAA Tournament. After helping lead the Tar Heels to the national championship two years ago, they didn’t make the tournament last season and now Bacot is hoping to go out on top. The forward returns as …

[ad_1] Michigan State basketball will be welcoming an elite group of freshmen this upcoming season, and that includes five-star power forward Xavier Booker. The Spartans social media team is putting together fun video clips during the preseason to introduce each of the new freshmen. It was Booker’s turn this week, with him answering a number of questions for fans to …

[ad_1] Kokomo star Flory Bidunga has a deadline for his college announcement. The 6-9 Bidunga, the No. 4 prospect in the 2024 class on the 247Sports composite list, will make his decision Saturday night from a finalist list of Auburn, Duke, Kansas and Michigan. Bidunga is in Atlanta to play in the Under Armour Elite 24 three-day camp, which culminates …

[ad_1] The first thing you notice is the natural beauty. You’ve been to the beach a million times. You’ve seen the ocean on both sides of the continental United States. But you’ve never looked at anything quite like this — the blue skies separated from the blue water only by mountains covered in green. It’s amazing. I’d observed Maui on …

[ad_1] One takeaway stood out above the rest after watching Kentucky’s four-game romp through the GLOBL JAM in Toronto last month: thank goodness Antonio Reeves came back. At least that must have been what UK fans were thinking as Reeves hit an absurd 56.3% of his 3-pointers while leading the Wildcats to a 4-0 record during the exhibition tour. Reeves …

[ad_1] Bronny James committed to USC, but after suffering cardiac arrest during a workout, little is known about his future playing basketball. (AP) Nine years ago, Chai Baker awoke to a bewildering scene. The Oregon State basketball player had no idea why he was in a hospital bed, a tube down his throat, a monitor tracking his vital signs and …

[ad_1] Aug. 9—VALENCIA, Spain — Terrence Shannon Jr. took control of Wednesday’s game against Valencia in the second quarter and scored 23 of his team-high 25 points in the first half to lead Illinois to a 105-60 victory. Four of Shannon’s teammates joined him in double figures. Freshman forward Amani Hansberry finished with 13 points and nine rebounds. Freshman guard …

[ad_1] WEST LAFAYETTE — Bruce Weber spent 19 years under the tutelage of Gene Keady. Weber’s college coaching career began after he drove from Milwaukee to Bowling Green, Kentucky, for a job interview as Western Kentucky’s graduate assistant. Only when Weber arrived, Keady wasn’t there. By the time the two connected by telephone, and with Weber refusing to venture three …

[ad_1] “I want to say Northern Iowa,” Xavier senior guard Dayvion McKnight answered correctly. McKnight remembers the opponent for his first collegiate game at Western Kentucky University. With a debut like he had, it’s hard to forget. More: Xavier Musketeers transfer guard Quincy Olivari never backs down from high expectations Eight months after leading Collins High School to a regional …

[ad_1] Aug. 10—WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — Intersport and The Greenbrier announced a long-term partnership with Intersport that will annually bring a major college basketball multi-team event to the mountain resort destination. The relationship commences this season when Radford and Marshall meet in a stand-alone contest at the resort on Nov. 10 and continues in 2024 and beyond with the creation …

[ad_1] Mizzou’s schedule for the 2023-24 basketball season hasn’t been released yet but many of the dates and opponents the Tigers will play this season have been announced. Here’s what we know about the team’s slate so far. MU’s earliest scheduled bout thus far is Memphis on Nov. 10. The team will travel to Minnesota for a game on Nov. …

[ad_1] Aug. 10—The basketball meeting between the University of Kentucky and North Carolina on Dec. 16 in the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta caused some early excitement this week. That announcement dropped Tuesday and immediately sent up signals that it would be a major matchup with a great atmosphere because of the proximity of the fan bases, and their willingness …

[ad_1] CHAPEL HILL — August has arrived and North Carolina basketball remains atop the recruiting rankings for the 2024 class, according to 247Sports. Even with point guard Elliot Cadeau choosing to reclassify and join the Tar Heels for the 2023-24 season, UNC has a trio of high-profile prospects committed to join coach Hubert Davis’ program ahead of the 2024-25 season. …

[ad_1] At a meeting Wednesday night, ACC presidents further explored expansion and again put off a decision on the subject, sources tell Yahoo Sports — a signal that dissension exists among the group. League administrators have spent the last several days seriously examining the possibility of adding Pac-12 schools Stanford and Cal, as well as SMU of the American Athletic …