College Basketball

Armando Bacot and Harrison Ingram aren’t walking through the Smith Center doors with UNC basketball jerseys this season. Bacot and Ingram accounted for 707 of the Tar Heels’ 1,520 rebounds in a season that saw UNC win the ACC regular-season championship before snagging a top seed in the NCAA Tournament. Fifth-year senior RJ Davis, who finished third on last season’s …

LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball revealed a pair of tip-off times Thursday for its matchups this upcoming season against Michigan State and Duke. The Jayhawks will face off against the Spartans on Nov. 12 at 5:30 p.m. CT in Atlanta, as a part of the Champions Classic. The Jayhawks will face off against the Blue Devils on Nov. 26 at 8 …

PEORIA — Missouri State will soon start its basketball farewell tour in the Missouri Valley Conference as it exits next spring at the end of the 2024-25 season to join Conference USA. What should the Valley do next? Stay at 11 teams? Go back to 12? Bring in several teams and dramatically raise its numbers with an eye on the …

LEXINGTON — Kentucky basketball got on the board in the 2025 recruiting cycle last week, landing a commitment from in-state star Malachi Moreno. But first-year UK coach Mark Pope and his staff are far from done. According to 247Sports, the Wildcats have offered scholarships to 17 other prospects in the 2025 class. Only one of them has committed elsewhere: Five-star point guard …

Brigham Young Cougars guard Dallin Hall (30) looks to make a pass during an NCAA basketball game at the Marriott Center in Provo on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. | Ryan Sun, Deseret News It’ll be a Thanksgiving to remember this November for Kevin Young. BYU basketball’s new head coach will take his team down to San Diego over the holiday …

Tennessee basketball plays six power-conference games with road games at Illinois and Louisville as part of its nonconference schedule for the 2024-25 season. UT announced its 13-game nonconference slate Friday, which begins with a Nov. 4 opener against Gardner-Webb and finishes with a Dec. 31 matchup with Norfolk State. Tennessee has a three-game stretch in the first two weeks of …

Get a look at the Providence women’s basketball team early in this upcoming 2024-25 season. You won’t see much of the Friars at Alumni Hall for a month-long span starting in early November. Providence opens with three straight games at home before playing seven of its next eight on the road, including five different trips off campus. A three-day stint at …

The Wisconsin Badgers’ men’s basketball program released its 2024 non-conference schedule on Thursday. Greg Gard’s group will open the season against Holy Cross on Nov. 4 at the Kohl Center. The Badgers will follow their first regular season match with four consecutive non-conference home contests in Madison. Montana State (Nov. 7), Appalachian State (Nov. 10), Arizona (Nov. 15) and UT-Rio …

Aug. 23—Why a photo of Orlando Antigua with this missive about nonconference games in the new year you might be asking? It’s simple, actually. Now Illinois’ associate head coach, Antigua was actually on the court at then Assembly Hall the last time the Illini played a nonconference game in the middle of the Big Ten schedule. Then a sophomore forward …

EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN – FEBRUARY 3: Coen Carr #55 of the Michigan State Spartans dunks the ball against the Maryland Terrapins at Breslin Center on February 3, 2024 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) Michigan State basketball fans are all too familiar with the highlight capabilities that sophomore forward Coen Carr possesses. Carr has taken that …

Mar 5, 2016; East Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans forward Matt Costello (10) reacts to a play during the first half against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Jack Breslin Student Events Center. Mandatory Credit: Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports While Michigan State basketball was on their trip to Spain, the Spartans coaching staff and team was able to reconnect with …

Belmont guard Cade Tyson (10) grabs the ball as Middle Tennessee guard Jacob Johnson (15) guards him during the men’s basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at MTSU.. Sparks started flying this offseason when Hubert Davis and UNC basketball landed Belmont transfer Cade Tyson. It made it especially sweet with the departures of Armando Bacot, Harrison Ingram, and Cormac …

Penny Hardaway teased it with a bold declaration just days earlier. The Memphis basketball coach told a small group of reporters on Wednesday that the latest crop of players he has assembled is more tightly knit than any other he has had since he became coach in 2018. On Saturday, some of those same players reinforced Hardaway’s point. Even though …

Jul 29, 2023; Arlington, Texas, USA; FC Barcelona forward Ferran Torres (11) reacts after scoring a goal during the second half against Real Madrid at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The Spartans are in Spain for a series of exhibition games and it looks like they’re also taking in the world’s most popular sport while overseas. Michigan …

Michigan State’s A.J. Hoggard, right, moves with the ball as Oakland’s Blake Lampman defends during the first half on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. Dsc 0688a Michigan State basketball head coach Tom Izzo added Oakland University legend Blake Lampman to his coaching staff in a support role. Bringing in the Haslett native is a …

Aug. 17—An 18-team Big Ten is apparently not enough. Illinois is clearly angling for at least a partial membership in the SEC this coming season. Regular season games against Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee are already on the Illini’s 2024-25 schedule. Before all that? Looks like Illinois will play at Mississippi in a charity exhibition game, per a Friday evening report …

Jun 25, 2023; Glendale, AZ, USA; Columbus player Cameron Boozer (12) against Columbus Explorers player Nikolas Khamenia during the Section 7 high school boys tournament at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports UNC basketball recruitment is continuing to make noise among the Top 30 recruits in the upcoming class. While the team is still waiting on …

Syndication: The Record Rutgers athletic director Pat Hobbs resigned Friday, citing health reasons for deciding to leave the school after nine years. The departure of the 64-year-old Hobbs comes just three weeks before the Scarlet Knights begin a highly anticipated football season. Ryan Pisarri, the deputy athletic director and chief of staff, will take over as interim athletic director. “After …

Aug. 16—Gonzaga is one of class of 2025 standout Nikolas Khamenia’s final five. Khamenia on Friday announced his finalists are GU, Arizona, Duke, North Carolina and UCLA. The 6-foot-8, 210-pound forward has attended Gonzaga’s Kraziness in the Kennel the last two Octobers, one on an official visit and one an unofficial visit. Khamenia has only taken one official visit so …

Michigan State Spartans guard Jeremy Fears Jr. (1) controls the ball as Arizona Wildcats guard Jaden Bradley (0) looks on during the Acrisure Classic in Palm Desert, Calif., on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23, 2023. Michigan State basketball earned positive reviews from a national college basketball analyst following its exhibition win over the Madrid All-Stars on Thursday. The Spartans topped the …

GEORGETOWN — Malachi Moreno on Friday became the first member of Kentucky basketball’s 2025 recruiting class. Moreno, one of the top players in the state of Kentucky in the 2025 cycle, committed to UK over his seven other finalists: Arkansas, Indiana, Louisville, Iowa, Ohio State, North Carolina and Notre Dame. He made his announcement Friday morning during a ceremony at …

Aug. 16—The announcement of an official date for Illinois’ showdown with Duke at Madison Square Garden was just further reminder that it’s mid-August, and the full 2024-25 Illini schedule is … still not out. There are big games to be played. In addition to Duke, Illinois will face Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. Plus Missouri. Also Eastern Illinois and Oakland for …

Mar 14, 2024; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Michigan State Spartans guard Jaden Akins (3) works around Minnesota Golden Gophers guard Cam Christie (24) during the first half at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports It’s never too early to start looking ahead to the next basketball season, right? Michigan State basketball has been on the minds of many lately …

Michigan State’s Xavier Booker, center, celebrates his dunk with teammates Tyson Walker, left, and Jeremy Fears Jr. during the first half in the game against Stony Brook on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. Michigan State basketball opened their overseas trip to Spain defeating the Madrid All-Stars, 94-87, and giving fans the first win of …

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 28: Armando Bacot #5 of the North Carolina Tar Heels runs in a game against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the second half in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Crypto.com Arena on March 28, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) The end of the Roy …