College Basketball

There is no injury prognosis or timetable for return for UCF senior guard Jaylin Sellers — the team’s top returning scorer — after he sustained an undisclosed injury Sunday in an exhibition against Florida Gulf Coast, Knights coach Johnny Dawkins said. Dawkins took to the podium Wednesday during the Big 12 Conference men’s basketball media day in Kansas City, Missouri. …

The start of the long journey toward ‘One Shining Moment’ is just a couple of weeks away, and our panel of voters has weighed in to determine who gets the honor of entering the men’s basketball season as the No. 1 team. Well, that honor can be a curse in some cases, as fans of this year’s choice are well …

The preseason men’s basketball poll is out after the 31 coaches on the voting panel submitted their ballots. The ranking is dominated by teams from the Power Four conferences and has traditional powerhouse programs occupying most of the top positions. Like previous seasons since the advent of the transfer portal, there has been a tremendous amount of roster turnover with …

OXFORD − Ole Miss men’s basketball was ranked No. 25 in the USA TODAY Sports preseason coaches poll released Wednesday. Mississippi State was not ranked but was among the 21 other teams that received votes. The Rebels are coming off a 20-12 season where they finished 7-10 in SEC play. It amounted to a 10th place season that Ole Miss …

CLEMSON — Clemson basketball is unranked in the preseason USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll released on Wednesday. The Tigers received eight points to miss the Top 25 and be ranked 11th in the receiving votes category. They are the third-highest ACC team, finishing behind No. 5 Duke and No. 10 North Carolina. One other ACC school earned votes: Wake Forest. Clemson’s preseason …

Virginia Tech (19-15, 10-10 ACC) Mike Young led Virginia Tech to the postseason for the fourth consecutive season last spring as the Hokies advanced to the second round of the NIT. Now, entering his sixth season as the coach, Young faces arguably the biggest challenge in his more than three decades in coaching. The Hokies lost all five starters, including …

In the opening USA TODAY Top 25 Preseason coaches poll, the University of Cincinnati Bearcats are ranked No. 20, just as they were in the first Associated Press poll. Coming off a 22-15 season and the NIT quarterfinals, the Bearcats are out to secure their first NCAA tournament berth under head coach Wes Miller. Miller added key transfers Dillon Mitchell …

The 2024-25 college basketball season is nearly upon us. The SEC is hoping to have another fantastic season, led by No. 2 Alabama, who’s set to be among the nation’s top national championship contenders after making the Final Four last season. A slew of other SEC teams were also listed in the preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, which released …

Expectations are high for this year’s Iowa State men’s basketball team, and it looks like coaches across the nation are also thinking highly of the Cyclones ahead of the upcoming season. The USA TODAY Sports preseason men’s basketball coaches poll was released on Wednesday. Where do the Cyclones stand in the coaches’ eyes? Iowa State coaches’ poll rankings update The …

MADISON – The Wisconsin men’s basketball team has one believer out there. The Badgers received one point in the USA TODAY Preseason Poll, meaning one of the 31 coaches on the panel ranked the team No. 25 on his ballot. Consider it a sign of respect for a program that is a regular in the NCAA Tournament but also a …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are only six coaches left in men’s Division I basketball that know how it feels to raise a national championship trophy. Two of them are in the Big 12 Conference. That makes Bill Self of Kansas and Scott Drew of Baylor suited to opine on the state of the game, especially after they watched …

Could the 2024-25 college basketball season be a rebuilding year for the Big Ten? The conference only had four teams listed in the preseason USA TODAY Coaches Poll on Wednesday, with Purdue leading the way at No. 13 a season after falling to UConn in the national championship game. REQUIRED READING: Michigan basketball opens Dusty May era with rout of …

One of college basketball’s top conferences is well represented in the preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll on Wednesday. Kansas, led by Hunter Dickinson and highly touted Wisconsin transfer AJ Storr, was selected No. 1 in the preseason poll, with Houston, Iowa State, Baylor and Arizona being ranked inside the top 10. REQUIRED READING: Kansas basketball: What could freshman Rakease …

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Rivals.com, the leader in college football and basketball recruiting coverage. Be the first to know and follow your teams by signing up here. The updated Rivals150 for the 2026 class has been released, and there was plenty of movement throughout the list. The top spot remains unchanged, as No. 1 prospect Brandon McCoy stood his …

Welcome to the 2024-25 college basketball season, ACC. The preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll released on Wednesday, which included multiple teams from the ACC, including Duke and North Carolina in the top 10. REQUIRED READING: How Duke basketball’s Kon Knueppel learned ‘stuff that’s not taught so much anymore’ The Blue Devils, led by freshman phenom Cooper Flagg, are looking …

Alabama basketball has come in at No. 2 in the poll for the USA TODAY Sports Preseason Coaches Poll. The preseason coaches poll compiles the top 25 teams in the nation as decided by a board of 31 Division I coaches, and six gave first-place votes to the Crimson Tide. With 743 points, Kansas was a heavy favorite for voters, …

Auburn basketball is ranked No. 11 in the USA Today Sports Preseason Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll, which was released Wednesday. It’s the latest high expectation for the Tigers coming into the 2024-25 season. The SEC coaches picked Auburn to finish second in the SEC behind instate rival Alabama, the only SEC team above them in the rankings. Johni Broome was …

UCF (17-16, 7-11 Big 12) UCF’s debut season in the Big 12 was a pleasant surprise, with guard Darius Johnson and sharpshooting transfer Jaylin Sellers leading the offense and a smothering defense helping the Knights knock off Kansas on the way to seven league wins. The Knights have added some high-level transfers to bolster depth and improve the overall talent. …

NEW YORK CITY − Last year at Big East Media Day, Xavier head coach Sean Miller said it was “like putting a puzzle together” when it came to his team, which was a shell of the squad that had gone to the Sweet 16 just a few months earlier. Every year offers a new puzzle for Miller and his coaching …

. UNC basketball recruiting target Nikolas Khamenia shocked the ACC with his recruit commitment yesterday. The four-star power forward from Harvard Westlake had North Carolina, Duke, UCLA, Gonzaga, and Arizona in his final five. Over the course of the last several days, that list was broken down to Duke, UCLA, and Gonzaga leaving Arizona and UNC on the outside looking …

LEXINGTON — The talk surrounding Kentucky basketball, from the moment Mark Pope took over his alma mater in April, oriented around offense. Pope’s bread and butter. What became his brand at BYU with his right-hand man, assistant coach and offensive coordinator, Cody Fueger. Wednesday, the time for talk ended. And it became a reality in line with the dreams of …

Jan 7, 2017; Gainesville, FL, USA; Nikes basketballs are ready for practice before an NCAA men’s basketball game between the Florida Gators and the Tennessee Volunteers at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports The Florida men’s basketball team will open up the 2024-25 schedule among the top 25 teams in the USA …

When Coleman Hawkins first met Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang after entering the transfer portal, one thing immediately stood out. Tang was a man with a plan, and Hawkins liked what he saw. “I think really it was a basketball blueprint,” Hawkins, the Wildcats’ versatile 6-foot-10, 230-pound graduate transfer from Illinois, said in a television interview on ESPNU on …

The preseason men’s basketball poll is out after the 31 coaches on the voting panel submitted their ballots. The ranking is dominated by teams from the Power Four conferences and has traditional powerhouse programs occupying most of the top positions. The University of Arizona Wildcats checked in at No. 9, Grand Canyon and Arizona State did not crack the Top …

Arizona State (14-18, 8-12 Pac-12) The Sun Devils are expecting a rebound from a disappointing 2023-24 season after coach Bobby Hurley brought in one of his best recruiting classes for the program’s move to the Big 12. Arizona State will have several newcomers to play with guard Adam Miller and big man Shawn Phillips Jr. as it tries to return …