College Basketball

Sep 7, 2024; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Utah Utes running back Micah Bernard (2) runs the ball against the Baylor Bears during the fourth quarter at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images From a Big 12 perspective, Week 2 of the college football season featured a mixed bag of results, and that was reflected appropriately in the latest …

Sep 7, 2024; College Park, Maryland, USA; Michigan State Spartans wide receiver Montorie Foster Jr. (3) reacts after catching a pass for a touchdown against the Maryland Terrapins during the first quarter at SECU Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Michigan State football is in first place in the Big Ten. This may be the last time we can say …

Trey Williams, a three-star 2025 point guard out of St. Louis, announced his commitment to Missouri State men’s basketball and head coach Cuonzo Martin on Sunday morning. Williams’ announcement follows his official visit to Missouri State over the weekend. He also held offers from Ole Miss, Mizzou, Saint Louis, Indiana State, Southern Illinois and Illinois State. 247Sports ranks him as …

The Illinois Fighting Illini stunned the Kansas Jayhawks with a pick-6 to steal the lead with 36 seconds left in the first half Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Xavier Scott jumped the route at the Kansas 30 for his second interception of the game, taking it back for a go-ahead touchdown and 13-10 lead. Kansas broke up a 3-3 tank battle …

Northern Illinois went into South Bend as 28.5-point underdogs for its Week 2 matchup versus Notre Dame. A rout seemed like a near-certainty for the No. 5 team in the nation coming off a season-opening victory over Texas A&M. However, the Huskies flipped that script by stunning the Fighting Irish in a 16–14 upset on a field goal by Kanon …

Mar 24, 2023; Louisville, KY, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide guard Jahvon Quinerly (5) passes in front of San Diego State Aztecs guard Lamont Butler (5) during the first half of the NCAA tournament round of sixteen at KFC YUM! Center. Mandatory Credit: Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports After stints with the Villanova Wildcats, Alabama Crimson Tide and Memphis Tigers former five-star …

The 12-team playoff era of college football is underway and the first games of the 2024 season provided plenty of intriguing storylines and developments to digest. But Saturday’s schedule, which features 75 Week 2 games involving at least one FBS team, offers up a little bit of everything now that what’s happening on the field starts to carry more weight …

No. 1 Michigan Wolverines will host No. 3 Texas Longhorns during week two of the NCAA football season. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) Defending national champs the Michigan Wolverines and the No. 3 Texas Longhorns both won their first games of the season last week, and the two will meet this weekend in Ann Arbor for Week 2 of NCAA football. …

Friday is roundtable day at Rivals.com and this week stays with traditions, as Rivals analysts Rob Cassidy and Jason Jordan are joined by rankings contributor Houston Wilson to discuss three topics related to the recruiting world. Below, the trio weighs in on muddy recruitments, important commitments and which 2025 prospects could be in for rankings bumps later this month. ***** …

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach Steve Lutz landed his first recruiting commitment in the 2025 class in four-star prospect Ryan Crotty. A 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Charlottesville, Virginia, Crotty is ranked as the No. 107 prospect in the class by 247Sports. His commitment was initially reported Friday morning by On3Sports. Regarded as one of the top pure shooters …

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach Steve Lutz landed his first recruiting commitment in the 2025 class in four-star prospect Ryan Crotty. A 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Charlottesville, Virginia, Crotty is ranked as the No. 107 prospect in the class by 247Sports. His commitment was initially reported Friday morning by On3Sports. Regarded as one of the top pure shooters …

The college football season is well and truly underway as Week 2 competition gets started on Friday. And in a year where conference realignment has changed the landscape of college athletics, the question of which teams are in which conference become more prevalent by the week. So it is with the Big 12, which the season has added four teams …

Memphis coach Penny Hardaway fired three assistants and a staff member two months before the Tigers’ season opener, and the university also confirmed officials shared an anonymous letter alleging multiple violations in his program with the NCAA. Hardaway announced Wednesday morning that assistant coaches Rick Stansbury, Faragi Phillips and Jamie Rosser, and special advisor Demetrius Dyson were gone. Hardaway called …

A federal judge on Thursday probed the terms of a proposed $2.78 billion settlement of antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major conferences and revealed a potential snag in the deal, questioning whether payments to college athletes from booster-funded organizations should be restricted. “I’m quite concerned about those,” U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken said during a preliminary approval hearing. The …

BYU’s head men’s basketball coach Kevin Young speaks to reporters after practice at BYU in Provo on Thursday, June 6, 2024. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News As the Deseret News reported, the BYU Cougars men’s basketball program had a huge day on the recruiting front Wednesday, getting a commitment from Serbian big man Mihailo Boskovic and visiting top prospects AJ …

BYU students unfurl a flag before the home opener against the Southern Illinois Salukis at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News BYU (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) at SMU (2-0, 0-0 ACC) Kickoff: Friday, 5 p.m. MDT Venue: Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) TV: ESPN2 Livestream: ESPN.com/watch Radio: KSL 1160 AM/102.7 …

Kentucky won an all-important recruiting battle on Thursday, when five-star guard Jasper Johnson chose the Wildcats over places such as North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas and Louisville. The Lexington-based Johnson’s decision to stay home for college is an absolutely massive victory for UK head coach Mark Pope, who now has a pair of local stars in the fold for 2025. Below, …

VERSAILLES — Mark Pope and his first-year Kentucky basketball coaching staff are 2 for 2 keeping the best 2025 prospects the Bluegrass has to offer from leaving the state’s borders. Jasper Johnson, the top-ranked player in the state in the 2025 class, committed to UK on Thursday. He picked Kentucky over his four other finalists: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisville and North …

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees has moved forward on plans to build a new basketball training and player development facility, which will be a 48,000-square foot expansion adjacent to Coleman Coliseum. On Thursday, the board met to approve the project’s reallocated budget, architectural design, and the authorization of a construction contract. A Coleman Coliseum renovation also was …

Kentucky won an all-important recruiting battle on Thursday, when five-star guard Jasper Johnson chose the Wildcats over places such as North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas and Louisville. The Lexington-based Johnson’s decision to stay home for college is an absolutely massive victory for UK head coach Mark Pope, who now has a pair of local stars in the fold for 2025. Below, …

In his season year at the helm, Seton Hall basketball coach Shaheen Holloway has produced a non-conference schedule that meets two of his stated criteria: to play local opponents, and to scale back the degree of difficulty from the slates he largely inherited the past two years. Here is the Pirates’ 2024-25 slate, followed by three takeaways (most times and …

Thursday means another mail call for Rivals national recruiting director Rob Cassidy. This week, he fields questions about a number of national prospects with ties to programs such as Kansas, UConn, Indiana, Ohio State, Arizona and North Carolina. More: Breaking down five of the biggest September visits ***** 2025 Rankings: Rivals150 | Team | Position 2026 Rankings: Rivals150 Transfer Portal: …

Michigan State’s Malik Hall shakes hands with fans after the Spartans win over Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. Michigan State basketball’s home is considered one of the top arenas in all of college basketball. A recent ranking from college basketball analyst Andy Katz of the top areans in the sport was released, …

Wisconsin basketball transfer guard Camren Hunter has been fully cleared for the upcoming 2024 season, per a report from CBS insider Jon Rothstein. Hunter, who sat out for the entire 2023-24 campaign due to a foot injury, transferred from Central Arkansas to Wisconsin in April. When the former Atlantic Sun Conference guard plays, he makes an immediate impact. Prior to …

The University of Memphis is aware of an anonymous letter alleging the men’s basketball program has committed multiple potential major NCAA violations in recent years. “The University of Memphis is aware of the anonymous letter and it has been turned over to the NCAA,” university spokeswoman Michele Earheart said in a statement provided to The Commercial Appeal late Wednesday. News …