College Basketball

[ad_1] LEXINGTON, Ky. — After months of trying, and failing, to land an offseason transfer, Kentucky basketball and coach John Calipari finally hit paydirt Monday, as former West Virginia forward Tre Mitchell committed to the Wildcats. Mitchell arrived in Lexington for an official visit Saturday, committing two days later. Mitchell entered the NCAA transfer portal Thursday after spending last season …

[ad_1] Texas head coach Rodney Terry and the men’s basketball program received a commitment from former Kansas recruit Chris Johnson on Monday. The four-star guard will be the lone 2023 recruit on the team and will bolster a backcourt already fortified by the transfer portal. The Big 12 rivalry between the men’s basketball programs at Texas and Kansas took another …

[ad_1] Josh Eilert west virginia Assistant Josh Eilert has been selected as the interim coach at West Virginia, punctuating a hectic week after Bob Huggins resigned following a drunken driving arrest. Eilert, who has no previous head coaching experience, emerged as athletic director Wren Baker’s choice to shepherd the team through a challenging offseason stretch. Baker stayed in-house and chose …

[ad_1] LSU men’s basketball’s 2023-24 SEC home and away opponents have been announced. The Tigers will face Kentucky, Ole Miss, Missouri and Mississippi State at home and play Auburn, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee on the road. LSU will also go up against Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and on the road. …

[ad_1] The Badgers lost out on a four-star 2024 edge rusher on Sunday. 2024 prospect Dominic Nichols is staying in the Big Ten but will not be suiting up for Wisconsin. Nichols announced his commitment to Michigan earlier Sunday afternoon. He had taken three visits, the first one being to Wisconsin, then going to Kentucky and Michigan. Nichols is a …

[ad_1] How about a quick windmill dunk to get Badger fans excited for what’s to come this season? The arrival of AJ Storr should have Wisconsin fans ready for the 2023-24 season. The St. John’s transfer is the biggest recruiting win, transfer portal or high school, in the Greg Gard era and is coming off of a promising freshman season …

[ad_1] USATSI Alabama point guard Jahvon Quinerly will depart the Crimson Tide and enter the NCAA’s transfer portal, he said in a statement on Sunday. The former five-star prospect from the 2018 recruiting cycle started his career at Villanova before transferring to Alabama in 2019 and was expected to be a key member of this year’s Crimson Tide squad. Quinerly …

[ad_1] Jahvon Quinerly’s future with Alabama basketball became unclear Sunday night. Quinerly, the SEC co-sixth man of the year this past season, plans to enter the transfer portal, On3 reported. It’s a surprise and a change of plans after Quinerly had posted on Instagram on June 1 that he was staying for his last season of eligibility. The caption read …

[ad_1] To the surprise of many, Alabama’s jahvon quinerly plans to enter the transfer portal and potentially finish out his collegiate career elsewhere. Quinerly is entering his sixth year of college and only has one more remaining year of eligibility. The former five-star recruit spent the first year of his career with Jay Wright and the Villanova Wildcats before joining …

[ad_1] Former Gonzaga power forward Drew Timme, one of the more accomplished players who was available in the NBA draft, finally found his home. The Milwaukee Bucks signed Timme to an Exhibit 10 contract, and he will be a part of the team’s summer league roster, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which is part of the USA TODAY Network. …

[ad_1] Assistant Josh Eilert has been selected as the interim coach at West Virginia, punctuating a hectic week after Bob Huggins resigned following a drunken driving arrest. Eilert, who has no previous head coaching experience, emerged as athletic director Wren Baker’s choice to shepherd the team through a challenging offseason stretch. Baker stayed in-house and chose not to hire a …

[ad_1] Providence is off and running to begin its recruiting Class of 2024. The Friars received a commitment late Saturday night from point guard Daquan Davis. He selected Providence ahead of fellow finalists Maryland, Notre Dame and Mississippi State. Davis is a Baltimore native who will play his final prep season in the city’s rugged Catholic League at St. Frances Academy. He also competes on the …

[ad_1] MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (June 24, 2023) – Josh Eilert, who has spent the last 16 seasons on the Mountaineer basketball staff, has been named head men’s basketball coach at West Virginia University for an interim period, Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker announced today. “I spoke with knowledgeable basketball people around the country over the last week, including …

[ad_1] West Virginia University has named assistant Josh Eilert the interim coach of the men’s basketball team for the 2023-24 season, one week after former head coach Bob Huggins resigned following a DUI arrest. Eilert has spent 16 seasons on the Mountaineers’ basketball staff and helped lead the team to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, including five Sweet 16 berths, most recently …

[ad_1] West Virginia basketball assistant Josh Eilert will take over the program following the departure of longtime head coach Bob Huggins. The university announced the decision Saturday. Eilert will take the head coaching job on an interim status. Athletic director Wren Baker announced in the program’s statement that it tried and failed to conduct a national search for a new …

[ad_1] USATSI West Virginia has promoted assistant men’s basketball coach Josh Eilert to interim head coach for the 2023-24 season, the university announced Saturday.  Eilert will replace his longtime former boss, Hall of Famer Bob Huggins, who resigned on June 17 — one day after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol in Pittsburgh. Huggins, who …

[ad_1] West Virginia didn’t have to travel far to fill the vacant coaching role in Morgantown by tabbing assistant Josh Eilert as the interim head coach for the 2023-24 season. It was a decision that the West Virginia administration reached after discussing the opening with basketball minds across the country given both the timing and the current state of the …

[ad_1] West Virginia has tabbed assistant Josh Eilert as the interim head coach per reports. The news was first reported by Hoppy Kercheval of Metronews. WVSports.com has confirmed that West Virginia intends to hire Eilert for the position. Eilert spoke with school officials Thursday night and the decision was made to tab the assistant in the role after a search …

[ad_1] The 2023 recruiting cycle in college basketball is all but officially wrapped up aside from some more transfer portal decisions by players. Aside from that, there has been one big decision made that impacts 2023 and unfortunately for the Tar Heels, it went the wrong way. Five-star recruit Jarin Stevenson committed to Alabama over North Carolina and Virginia last …

[ad_1] The 75th anniversary Ohio Valley Conference basketball team was named Friday by the league. The OVC began in 1948 and ranks as the NCAA’s eighth-oldest Division I conference. The 75th anniversary basketball team includes players and coaches. Austin Peay Trenton Hassell (1998-01)Adrian Henning (2000-03)Chris Horton (2012-16)Howard Jackson (1974-78)Dave Loos, coach (1990-2017)Drake Reed (2005-08)Nick Stapleton (1998-01)Terry Taylor (2017-21)Charles “Bubba” Wells …

[ad_1] With head coach Tad Boyle on the sidelines and Cody Williams on the court, the USA Basketball U19 men’s national team secured its first 2023 FIBA World Cup win, defeating Madagascar, 136-69, on Saturday. The 136 points scored marked a new single-game high for a USA U19 team. Williams, who was in Boulder earlier this month for Colorado men’s …

[ad_1] The UNC basketball staff is back on the recruiting trail here this Summer and they already have their eyes on a future prospect in the 2026 class.  Despite not the 2024 and 2025 cycles not being over, the Tar Heels are starting to do some prep wok on the 2026 class. Assistants from North Carolina were in attendance at …

[ad_1] Arkansas and a select few teams from the Big 12 Conference have a rich history since the conference’s creation in 1907. The Razorbacks’ first game against a Big 12 foe (at the time called the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) was in 1909 against Washington University (Missouri) and Arkansas won 34-0. For the first year of the conference, there …

[ad_1] UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley has cashed in on the Huskies national championship, agreeing to a new six-year, $32.1 million contract, the school announced Thursday. The deal, which runs through 2029, will pay Hurley an average of $5.35 million per season and includes incentives that could push his compensation higher, the school said. The school originally said the …

[ad_1] Former LSU and current McNeese State men’s basketball coach Will Wade received a two-year show-cause penalty and a 10-game suspension Thursday for multiple rules violations, ending a slow-moving case originally rooted in a federal corruption investigation into the sport. The ruling came from a panel of the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP). It determined Wade failed to report potential …