College Basketball

[ad_1] The college basketball season has come to an end with the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament. Now, teams begin preparation for the 2024-25 campaign in the offseason. It is also time for the nation to see how their favorite team stacked up in the final polls of the year. For Auburn fans, after it fell to Yale in the …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON — With Baylor’s Scott Drew deciding on Thursday to withdraw his name from consideration to become the next coach of Kentucky’s men’s basketball program, athletics director Mitch Barnhart will have to turn his attention elsewhere. The Wildcats reportedly did just that later Thursday: They tried to pitch UConn’s Dan Hurley on a move to Lexington. But that didn’t work …

[ad_1] Kentucky’s search to find a replacement for men’s basketball coach John Calipari will no longer include Scott Drew. The longtime Baylor coach is staying with the Bears after discussions with the Wildcats, a person familiar with the situation told USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been publicly announced. Drew posted …

[ad_1] Mount St. Mary’s guard Dakota Leffew (1) averaged 17.6 points per game last season. There’s no slowing down the constant rumblings of the transfer portal. According to a report from On3 Sports, Xavier is in the mix for another backcourt piece in guard Dakota Leffew. A Mount St. Mary’s transfer with one year of eligibility remaining, Leffew included Xavier …

[ad_1] With John Calipari’s exit from Kentucky and him taking the Arkansas job, the Wildcats have seen a few players put their name into the transfer portal. And the UNC basketball program is quickly in pursuit of one of those players. Just days after freshman center Aaron Bradshaw entered the portal, North Carolina has reached out. Per Sherrell McMillan of …

[ad_1] Tennessee basketball has seven players and six scholarship openings less than two weeks after the second Elite Eight run in program history. Forward Jonas Aidoo became the fourth Vol to enter the transfer portal Thursday since the season concluded March 31. He joined forward Tobe Awaka and redshirt freshman guards Freddie Dilione V and D.J. Jefferson. Here is what …

[ad_1] Though Marquette University already knows it will say goodbye to Oso Ighodaro and Tyler Kolek next year, most men’s college basketball onlookers already assumed that would be the case, and it hasn’t stopped the annual crop of “way-too-early” top 25 lists from noticing the Golden Eagles after back-to-back seasons of landing a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. …

[ad_1] With Baylor’s Scott Drew remaining in Waco, the search for Kentucky basketball’s next coach continues. Previously the favorite to succeed John Calipari in Lexington, Drew’s decision to remain at Baylor made Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan the new favorite in BetKentucky.com’s latest odds. Kentucky basketball coaching odds via BetKentucky.com Billy Donovan, Chicago Bulls | +220 Tommy Lloyd, Arizona …

[ad_1] One of the top jobs in college basketball is open after John Calipari announced on social media on Tuesday that he is stepping away from Kentucky after 15 seasons with the program. Calipari was officially hired as the next coach at Arkansas on Wednesday less than 24 hours after the video was released. Calipari’s departure comes just weeks after UK athletic …

[ad_1] Two of the newest additions to the 2024 CBS Sports college basketball transfer rankings were reserves at their previous schools but have the potential to thrive in expanded roles. Mason Gillis (Purdue) and Seth Trimble (North Carolina) are among a bevy of big-name players to hit the portal since UConn closed the season by beating Purdue to win the …

[ad_1] USATSI Houston star Jamal Shead will forgo his final season of collegiate eligibility and enter the NBA Draft, he announced Thursday. The 6-foot-1 point guard earned First Team All-America honors from CBS Sports in the 2023-24 season while leading the Cougars to a Big 12 regular-season title and No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. “I feel like it’s …

[ad_1] BetOnline gave the Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team 40-1 odds to win the 2025 NCAA National Championship. The Longhorns are coming off a 21-13 (9-9 Big 12) season as they embark on their first season of competition in the SEC in 2024-25. Texas dropped a close decision to former head coach Rick Barnes and future SEC foe Tennessee, 62-58, …

[ad_1] Baylor coach Scott Drew opted to pass on Kentucky’s offer on Thursday after conferring with his family, sources told CBS Sports. It’s the second major opening Drew has turned down this cycle; he was Louisville’s top choice in March but decided to stay with the Bears after the school privately rallied a significant uptick in NIL resources. “In our …

[ad_1] Scott Drew is one of just seven active men’s college basketball head coaches to have won a national title. (Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images) Scott Drew will not be replacing John Calipari at Kentucky, according to multiple reports. Drew, who has been Baylor’s head coach since 2003, will be staying with the Bears after turning down an offer from …

[ad_1] Kentucky’s search to find a replacement for men’s basketball coach John Calipari will no longer include Scott Drew. The longtime Baylor coach is staying with the Bears after discussions with the Wildcats, a person familiar with the situation told USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been publicly announced. Drew as …

[ad_1] IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark got a final chance to say goodbye to Iowa fans, and of course there was a big crowd waiting. Clark, who became major college basketball’s all-time leading scorer this season on the way to being the consensus national player of the year, was honored along with her teammates in a celebration at Iowa’s …

[ad_1] The men’s college basketball season is officially complete, and as usual, it’s a season filled with numerous contributions from athletes from the First Coast. In a rarity, no Jacksonville-area players took the court in the NCAA Tournament, although former Ponte Vedra guard Ross Candelino reached the event as a backup for Wisconsin. Former Paxon standout Isaiah Adams, the Florida …

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[ad_1] Walking off the floor at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Caitlin Clark looked far from defeated. Her Hawkeyes were seconds away from their second-straight national championship loss, but Clark still managed a smile as she embraced her teammates and coaches. Raising both hands in the air, she interlocked her fingers to form a heart, thanking her parents and the …

[ad_1] John Calipari is now a Razorback. The crowning moment of a seismic college basketball coaching change came Wednesday night when Calipari — who stepped down Tuesday after 15 seasons as the Kentucky basketball coach — was introduced as the new head coach at Arkansas in a celebratory event at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville. Calipari was greeted by a …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball top transfer portal target Frankie Fidler will announce his commitment on Monday morning, according to Omaha, Nebraska radio host Gary Sharp. The Badgers recently made Fidler’s final four schools along with Nebraska, Creighton and Michigan State. Related: Tracking Wisconsin basketball’s reported transfer portal visits and targets The former Omaha forward is a big-ticket prospect for the teams still …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball is included in Andy Katz’s way-too-early Power 36 for the 2024-25 season. The Badgers are in at No. 21 overall, ranked as the No. 3 team in the Big Ten behind Purdue (No. 13 overall) and Illinois (No. 15 overall). Related: Tracking Wisconsin basketball’s reported transfer portal visits and targets Greg Gard’s team is off a disappointing 22-14 …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON — After 15 seasons at Kentucky, Hall of Fame coach John Calipari has decamped for an SEC rival. Arkansas announced Calipari as its new coach Wednesday. During his time with the Wildcats, in which he went 410-123 (.769), won the national championship in 2012, reached four Final Fours and combined for 12 SEC championships (six regular-season, six tournament), Calipari always was among the …

[ad_1] On January 18, 2020, the No. 10 Kentucky Wildcats entered Bud Walton Arena for a highly-touted matchup against the Arkansas Razorbacks, who were led by first-year head coach Eric Musselman, who is now at USC. Fueled by a raucous environment, the unranked Razorbacks were holding their own against the mighty blue bloods. With 8:19 remaining in the game and …

[ad_1] Syracuse made its first foray into the transfer portal for 2024, adding Colorado big man Eddie Lampkin. Unless Adrian Autry has a lot more faith in the players he had on his bench this past year, he will be the first of at least a few additions. Between the transfer portal (Quadir Copeland, Malik Brown, Justin Taylor, Mounir Hima …