College Basketball

Jul. 18—Gonzaga and UCLA will resume their interesting nonconference rivalry in December each of the next two seasons. The West Coast powers agreed to a two-game series in May. The dates are now set: Dec. 28 at the new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles and Dec. 13, 2025, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, according to a Gonzaga release. December’s …

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — The COVID-year waiver enters its final season, and the average age on NCAA basketball rosters will take a precipitous dip upon its departure. The premium on recruiting freshmen, however, won’t return in its absence. Maybe it will for John Calipari, but now that he’s at Arkansas, that’s no longer Kentucky’s problem. The days of depending on …

Michigan State basketball freshman have reported to campus, and the freshman are ready to make their mark on the storied program that Tom Izzo built in East Lansing. Jase Richardson is a legacy, the son of Spartan legend Jason Richardson, and is looking to make his own stamp on MSU’s program. With the Spartans basketball season looming, the social media …

NCAA Basketball: NCAA Tournament West Regional-Alabama vs Clemson CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson men’s basketball coach Brad Brownell received a new, five-year contract worth $20 million after leading the Tigers to the Elite Eight this past season. A panel of the Clemson board of trustees approved Brownell’s enhanced contract, along with new deals for men’s soccer coach Mike Noonan and baseball …

Michigan State basketball freshman have reported to campus, and the freshman are ready to make their mark on the storied program that Tom Izzo built in East Lansing. Jesse McCulloch, a freshman from Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the freshman that will be new in East Lansing in 2024-25. With the Spartans basketball season looming, the social media team has …

One of the names that has emerged on Iowa’s recruiting board is talented 2026 guard Kate Harpring. Harpring picked up an offer from Jan Jensen and the Iowa Hawkeyes earlier this week after a standout showing in the Select Events’ Midwest Summer Classic in Ohio. Harpring also turned some heads with ESPNW as well. ESPN’s Shane Laflin included Iowa target …

Jul. 17—A few players were scratched from Monday’s East-West All-Star Basketball game in Greensboro too late for anyone to fill in, and the East All-Stars went into the contest with just eight players. In the fast-paced, uptempo game that followed, the East couldn’t keep up in what became a 108-92 victory for the West, but don’t blame Southern Lee’s Isaiah …

The conference portion of Memphis basketball’s 2024-25 schedule started coming into focus Thursday. The American Athletic Conference announced its scheduling pairings for the 13 teams in the league, including the Tigers. Each team will play 18 conference games − six home-and-home, three home-only and three away-only. Dates and tip-off times for the Tigers’ AAC games will be announced later. Penny Hardaway’s team …

Former Wisconsin basketball stars Nigel Hayes-Davis and Micah Potter have wrapped up their stint in Abu Dhabi, UAE with the USA Men’s Basketball Team prior to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. The team will now venture to London, England for an exhibition match against South Sudan on July 20 at 2:00 p.m. central. Hayes-Davis and Potter have been …

HOLT – If you want to see Gehrig Normand’s face light up, ask the Michigan State redshirt freshman about getting to play in the Champions Classic this November or in the Maui Invitational a few weeks after that. Frankly, just ask him about getting to play. “I’m ready to go out there and play now,” he said Tuesday night after …

Jul. 17—Filip Borovicanin didn’t entirely know what he was getting into when he joined the UNM Lobos in the spring as a transfer from the University of Arizona. But it wasn’t about his role with the team. On that front, the Belgrade, Serbia, native was confident the offense would be similar to what he played in for two seasons at …

Gophers men’s basketball leading scorer Dawson Garcia has had surgery on a left foot injury. The 6-11 senior forward suffered the injury in practice this month. He’s expected to resume basketball activities in September, according to the Gophers. A former Prior Lake star, Garcia is the top scorer returning in the Big Ten and one of two starters returning from …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue basketball spent most of the past decade oblivious to the treachery of the NCAA tournament bubble. The program’s nine consecutive NCAA appearances rank a distant third behind Michigan State (25) and Gonzaga (24) as the longest streaks in the country. The Boilermakers held a 5 seed or higher in the past eight tournaments. (A pause for …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue basketball spent most of the past decade oblivious to the treachery of the NCAA tournament bubble. The program’s nine consecutive NCAA appearances rank a distant third behind Michigan State (25) and Gonzaga (24) as the longest streaks in the country. The Boilermakers held a 5 seed or higher in the past eight tournaments. (A pause for …

WEST LAFAYETTE — The Purdue men’s basketball team’s 2024-25 non-conference schedule is locked in. A season after owning the nation’s toughest non-conference schedule among power-conference teams, Purdue once again has loaded up. Five opponents reached the NCAA Tournament last season — Yale, Alabama, Marquette, Auburn and Texas A&M. In addition, possible Rady Children’s Invitational opponents BYU and N.C. State also …

NCAA Basketball: Louisville at Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh and men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel have agreed to a contract extension that runs through at least the 2029-30 season. Financial details of the extension, announced Wednesday, were not disclosed. Capel has a 97-92 record in six years with the Panthers, leading the program to the NCAA tournament in 2023. Athletic …

PITTSBURGH – University of Pittsburgh Athletic Director Heather Lyke announced a three-year contract extension for men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel that ensures his leadership of the Panthers through the 2029-30 season. “When Coach Capel initially arrived at Pitt in 2018, he was tasked with one of the most difficult rebuilding jobs in all of college basketball,” Lyke said. “Jeff fully …

BYU’s new men’s head basketball coach Kevin Young makes a few remarks during an announcement event in the Marriott Center in Provo on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Three months ago this week, a new era began at BYU. It was ushered in by a “Woj bomb” — a social media report from ESPN NBA …

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – The 2024 Peach Jam continued on Tuesday, as some of the best high school players on Earth continued to test themselves against each other inside Augusta’s Riverview Park Activities Center. Rivals national analyst Rob Cassidy was also on hand in the Peach State and shares some of his takeaways from the day that was. More from …

Pat Kelsey had to acknowledge it. Ninety-one days into the job, on a Thursday in late June, the Louisville men’s basketball head coach walked into a room at the Cardinals’ practice facility packed with reporters waiting with questions about a team that won’t play a game that counts for more than four months. “The passion for Louisville basketball,” he said, …

AUBURN — A traditional point guard has one true responsibility: Making the lives of his teammates easier. That’s not necessarily done through playmaking nowadays, as a number of lead guards have proven to be excellent scorers themselves. One archetype isn’t necessarily better than the other — look at Jared Harper, who posted 15.3 points per game en route to the …

Jul. 16—Luka Krajnovic’s basketball career will resume in his native Croatia. The 6-foot-5, 185-pound guard, who saw limited time in his lone season at Gonzaga, will play next season for KK Cedevita Junior in his hometown of Zagreb. Krajnovic reportedly entered the transfer portal in late April just before the deadline. Krajnovic, a late addition to Gonzaga’s roster when he …

Connecticut Huskies forward Samson Johnson , right, rebounds against Texas Longhorns forward Ze’Rik Onyema during the first half of the Empire Classic championship game at Madison Square Garden in New York City last November. Connecticut, which has won two consecutive national titles, will visit Austin on Dec. 8, the teams announced on Tuesday. Texas men’s basketball finalized its contract Tuesday …

The North Carolina Tar Heels took a step forward in the recruitment of a big dual-sport recruit in Kendre Harrison. The Reidsville, North Carolina native is a top 10 football recruit in the 2026 class as well as a top 30 basketball recruit. On Monday, he took a big step forward in his recruitment, narrowing down his list of offers …

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue basketball did not schedule like a team shrinking from the departure of a historic talent. Zach Edey may be gone, but six of the team’s top eight scorers return. The Boilermakers needed both a challenge worthy of that reputation and a proving ground for a team adapting to a post-Edey identity. Teams such as Yale and Toledo …