College Basketball

[ad_1] Former Alabama forward Alex Tchikou entered the transfer portal on Wednesday afternoon. At Alabama, Tchikou played in just three games. He was not used as a piece of the Crimson Tide’s rotation in 2021-2022. Soon after the season concluded, he entered his name into the transfer portal. He ultimately decided to transfer to Rhode Island. In one season with …

[ad_1] Things have been a little quiet on the recruiting front for former UNC basketball forward Puff Johnson. He’s one of six UNC players that entered the transfer portal following the conclusion of a disappointing 2022-23 season. But now, his recruitment is picking up a bit. Per Joe Tipton of On3, Johnson took a visit on Wednesday night as he …

[ad_1] The hope that Michigan basketball star center Hunter Dickinson will eschew his original decision to enter the NCAA transfer portal and return to Ann Arbor appears to be getting slimmer and slimmer. The Wolverines reportedly still retain a shot to retain the 7-footer, but after visiting Maryland and Kansas, the notion became more far-fetched. And on Thursday, another contender …

[ad_1] new mexico state sexual assault Two former New Mexico State basketball players filed a lawsuit Wednesday, alleging they were sexually assaulted by teammates and that the coaching staff and other administrators did nothing when they reported the assaults. The lawsuit was filed by Deuce Benjamin and another player who said three teammates forced them to pull their pants down …

[ad_1] For the first time since 2005, a Notre Dame men’s basketball recruit is Indiana Mr. Basketball. Markus Burton of Mishawaka (Ind.) Penn High was awarded Indiana Mr. Basketball on Wednesday night, garnering an overwhelming 171 first-place votes from media and coaches around the state. Michigan State-bound Xavier Booker of Indianapolis Cathedral was a distant second with 20. The 5-foot-10, …

[ad_1] Although Mishawaka, Indiana point guard Markus Burton signed with Notre Dame long before Micah Shrewsberry was named the new coach, there wasn’t any wavering in his commitment. Burton had a huge senior season for Penn High School averaging 30.2 points, 4.6 assists, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.3 steals per game. He led PHS to a 28-2 overall record, 11-0 in conference. That effort …

[ad_1] Power forward Jesse McCulloch is a major priority for Tom Izzo and his coaching staff. MSU wants to bring in the 6-foot-9 big as the second member of the 2024 recruiting class alongside Kur Teng. Michigan State will soon learn the ultimate destination for McCulloch, as he is set to announce his decision tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m. on …

[ad_1] A pair of former New Mexico State basketball players filed a lawsuit Wednesday centered around hazing allegations that abruptly and prematurely ended the team’s 2022-23 season. Named in the suit filed by William “Deuce” Benjamin and Shakiru Odunewu, along with Benjamin’s father, are the university’s board of regents, former coach Greg Heiar, former assistant Dominique Taylor and three other …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Adem Bona became the fifth UCLA player to declare for the NBA draft, although the Pac-12 freshman of the year could still return to Westwood. The forward-center from Nigeria announced his plans on his Instagram account. Bona averaged 7.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks while starting 32 of 33 games last season. “Ever since I …

[ad_1] One of the top rated players in the transfer portal is visiting Rodney Terry and Texas on Tuesday. Jeff Goodman reports Oral Roberts transfer Max Abmas is going to check out the Texas basketball program. Abmas is a high-impact scorer. He’s totaled over 2,500 career points, averaging over 20 points per game in his last three seasons at Oral …

[ad_1] WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — National player of the year Zach Edey of Purdue has declared for the NBA, but will keep open the option of returning to school next season. The 7-foot-4 center, who led Purdue to a Big Ten regular-season title last season by averaging 22.3 points, 12.9 rebounds, 2.1 blocks and 1.5 assists per game, has one …

[ad_1] New Mexico State’s most highly touted recruit this decade has entered the transfer portal as part of a mass exodus from a program that was shut down in midseason in the wake of hazing allegations and a fatal shooting involving a team member. Deuce Benjamin, who went to nearby Las Cruces High and was New Mexico’s Gatorade high school …

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[ad_1] After losing all three of his assistants to head coaching opportunities this spring, the biggest challenge Nate Oats faces this offseason is filling out his coaching staff again. The Crimson Tide had one of the best staff in the country in 2022-2023, especially on the recruiting trail, so filling these jobs has been no easy task. Alabama officially announced …

[ad_1] Florida basketball made the latest cut for former North Texas Mean Green guard Tylor Perry, who is currently in search of greener pastures through the transfer portal. The 5-foot-11-inch, 182-pound ballhandler released his list of top-four preferred schools on his personal Twitter account Monday night and Todd Golden’s team earned a mention. Along with the Gators, the Ole Miss …

[ad_1] Ten years ago, Syracuse joined the ACC in a move that affected the athletic department, and the school as a whole, in countless ways. Over that time, the Orange basketball program has devolved from a team that was a near-perennial automatic participant in the NCAA Tournament to a team that has only made four NCAA appearances in the last …

[ad_1] On Monday the transfer portal taketh away. On Tuesday it giveth. Northwestern sophomore transfer guard Julian Roper II became the player to commit to new Notre Dame men’s basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry, other than the coach’s son, Braeden, an incoming freshman guard who got out of his National Letter of Intent to Penn State when his father switched jobs …