NCAA Basketball Articles - Page 272

Jalen Green, a five-star prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, is getting heavy late interest from the UCLA Bruins. Mick Cronin is attempting to get the youngster to come to campus for an official visit despite Green’s current scheduled visits having been wrapped up after a visit with the Memphis Tigers. This […]

Kaleb Washington, a 4-star forward in the 2021 recruiting class, has received an offer from Leonard Hamilton and Florida State basketball. The 6-7 small forward, who attends Pebblebrook High School in Georgia, continues to be a top priority for schools around the country due to his impressive skill set. Arkansas, Clemson, Georgia, and Georgia Tech […]

Zocko Littleton, a 4-star guard in the 2022 recruiting class, has received an offer from Nate Oats and Alabama basketball. The 6-2 point guard, who attends South Cobb High School in Georgia, is already proving himself as a potential SEC player with several other schools around the conference showing interest in him. Georgia, Mississippi State, […]

Kadary Richmond, a 4-star guard in the 2020 recruiting class, has picked up an offer from Jim Boeheim and Syracuse basketball, according to ESPN’s Adam Finkelstein. The 6-5 combo guard, who attends Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, continues to be a priority target for many power conference programs around the country. UConn, Oregon, Seton Hall, […]

AJ Hoggard, a four-star points guard prospect out of the 2020 recruiting class, has committed to play for the Michigan State Spartans. The young man made the announcement himself early on Sunday afternoon. He gave Rivals the scoop. Hoggard is an interesting prospect for several reasons, but one of the bigger things is his rise […]

Noah Taitz, a four-star prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, has committed to play for the Stanford Cardinal. This is obviously a good get for the school. From Las Vegas, Nevada, the guard chose Stanford over the DePaul Blue Demons, San Diego State Aztecs, USC Trojans and Washington Huskies. Apparently, the decision […]

Davonte Davis, a four-star guard prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, visited with the Arkansas Razorbacks. The visit was unofficial in capacity. This news was relayed to the masses on the mean streets of Twitter by Rivals and Stockrisers grassroots guru Jake Weingarten, who also mentioned he expected the program to offer […]

Manny Obaseki, a four-star guard prospect out of the 2021 college basketball recruiting class, is going to be checked in on by the Texas Longhorns. This will all go down on Monday and head coach Shaka Smart will be the one to see the young man. This news was relayed to the masses on the […]

USC coach Andy Enfield joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast back in September to preview the 2019-20 season for the Trojans. Some of the topics Enfield discussed included: How the Trojans have achieved a school-record 87 wins the past four seasons Biggest takeaways from the team’s foreign trip this summer The return of […]

Florida State basketball coach Leonard Hamilton joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast back in August to preview the 2019-20 season for the Seminoles. Some of the topics Hamilton discussed included: How the Seminoles are restructuring the roster heading into the season Trent Forrest’s impressive leadership skills What MJ Walker is doing to continue […]

Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast back in August to preview the 2019-20 season for the Fighting Irish. Some of the topics Brey discussed included: How the Irish have dealt with injuries the past few seasons TJ Gibbs’ confidence in his shot Expectations for Notre Dame’s rising […]

Louisville Cardinals coach Chris Mack is heading into the 2019-20 college basketball season with one of the best group of freshmen in the country. Having left the comfy confines of the Xavier Musketeers for a then-embedded in scandal Louisville program, he’s done a more than stellar since taking over for Rick Pitino. Plenty of it […]

Alabama Crimson Tide freshman Juwan Gary, who was a four-star recruit coming out of high school, is going to miss the upcoming college basketball season with an injury. In a statement released by the school, it was mentioned he would be missing the 2019-20 season with a knee injury. He’s actually the second Alabama freshman […]

Arizona State Sun Devils coach Bobby Hurley has every right to be proud of the college basketball program he’s built. With much of the rest of the Pac-12 having been a relative disaster, ASU has managed to make a few trips to the NCAA Tournament. According to the head coach, though, this is only the […]

Davonte Davis, a four-star guard prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, has been offered a scholarship by the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He was previously committed to play for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. This news was relayed to the masses on the mean streets of Twitter by Rivals and Stockrisers grassroots guru […]

Tickle about just no one shocked, but just about everyone fancy. The Duke Blue Devils now have the No. 1 ranked 2020 college basketball recruiting class. This movement among grassroots gurus’ boards happened a few hours after five-star Jaemyn Brakefield committed to the program on Friday. His commitment came only a few hours after the […]

The Kansas Jayhawks caused a bit of a stir during their midnight madness event after people reacted differently to witnessing Snoop Dogg perform. Recently, the school was issued a formal notice of allegations from the NCAA. There’s Level I violations involved, including some directly connected to head coach Bill Self, so many assumed Snoop Dogg […]

Jaemyn Brakefield, a five-star forward prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, has committed to play for the Duke Blue Devils. This comes only a few hours after Coach K and company even offered the young man a scholarship. The youngster relayed the news to the masses on the mean streets of Twitter […]

The North Carolina State Wolfpack are still dealing with potential NCAA infractions from before Kevin Keatts even took over the program. Even with the 2019-20 college basketball season approaching, when asked, Keatts did admit the possibility of sanctions coming by way of the governing body has made life difficult on the recruiting trail. “From a […]

California Governor Gavin Newsom isn’t relenting even after the NCAA wrote a “Dear Mr. Governor” open-letter to him. SB 206, legislature that would allow student-athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness, is all but set to be enacted in a few years. The governing body of college sports was hoping, through some public discourse, it […]

Charles Bediako, a 4-star prospect in the 2021 recruiting class, has picked up an offer from Travis Steele and Xavier basketball, according to Jake Weingarten of Stockrisers. The 6-11 center, who is originally from St. Catharines, Ontario, but now attends Andrews Osborne Academy, continues to draw attention on the recruiting trail from top programs around […]

Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway isn’t going to back away from his “we want all the smoke” comments he made awhile back. Then again, who can blame him, as the Tigers are bringing in arguably the best group of freshmen in the entire country. Fresh off the heels of saying he believes the Memphis Tigers […]

The Michigan State Spartans don’t have time to playing games on the mean streets of Twitter with the college basketball season basically here. Tom Izzo seems happy about it, too. How do we know this? Well, I’m glad you asked; though, to be clear, it’s mostly because they literally told us. Over the summer, several […]

Zocko Littleton, a 4-star guard in the 2022 recruiting class, has received an offer from Kermit Davis and Ole Miss basketball. The 6-2 point guard, who attends South Cobb High School (GA), is receiving a lot of attention on the recruiting trail as he continues to showcase his skills. Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Mississippi State […]

DaRon Holmes, a 4-star forward in the 2021 recruiting class, has picked up an offer from Buzz Williams and Texas A&M basketball. The 6-8 power forward, who attends Millennium High School (AZ), continues to raise his profile on the recruiting scene due to his impressive skills and development. Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Ole Miss, Texas […]

Harvard basketball coach Tommy Amaker joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast to preview the 2019-20 season for the Crimson. Some of the topics Amaker discussed included: His vision for the Harvard program How Bryce Aiken continues to develop his game Expectations for Noah Kirkwood after earning Ivy League Freshman of the Year honors […]

Hunter Dickinson, a five-star big man prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, has narrowed his potential landing spots list to four schools. Those programs are the Michigan Wolverines, Duke Blue Devils, Florida State Seminoles and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. This news was relayed on Twitter by Stockrisers and Rivals reporter Jake Weingarten. […]

When Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook publisher Chris Dortch called me this summer to ask if I’d be interested in writing the Big West Conference preview, I quickly accepted. The reason? I love the Big West. Despite being a conference that’s been hit with roster turnover in recent years due to the increasing number of […]

Xavier basketball coach Travis Steele joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast in late September to preview the 2019-20 season for the Musketeers. Some of the topics Steele discussed included: The buzz around the Xavier program entering the 2019-20 season How the Musketeers were able to build chemistry during their summer trip to Spain […]

Jaemyn Brakefield, a five-star forward prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, has been offered a scholarship by the Duke Blue Devils. This news was relayed to the masses on the mean streets of Twitter by Rivals and Stockrisers grassroots guru Jake Weingarten on Thursday. Recently, the young man received scholarship offers from […]

ESPN college basketball bracketologist Joe Lunardi has released his Oct. 3 bracketology for the 2020 NCAA Tournament, with some familiar teams leading the way with No. 1 seeds. Michigan State, Louisville, Florida, and Kansas are at the top of the seeding list, and all four teams have national title expectations heading into the season. The […]

Oklahoma basketball coach Lon Kruger joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast back in August to preview the 2019-20 season for the Sooners. Some of the topics Kruger discussed included: Adding seven new players to the Oklahoma roster How Brady Manek, Kristian Doolittle, and Jamal Bienemy are embracing their leadership roles Expectations for 4-star […]

TCU basketball coach Jamie Dixon joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast back in August to preview the 2019-20 season for the Horned Frogs. Some of the topics Dixon discussed included: Creating chemistry with a plethora of newcomers joining the TCU roster How Desmond Bane continues to impress with his leadership skills Kevin Samuel’s […]

Texas Tech basketball coach Chris Beard joined us on the Marching to Madness podcast in early September to preview the 2019-20 season for the Red Raiders. Some of the topics Beard discussed included: Reflections on the Red Raiders making it to the national championship game How playing against professional competition during a summer trip to […]

Tickle no one shocked and fail to paint them fancy over the idea of Michigan State Spartans coach Tom Izzo claiming ignorance and confusion while talking about potential name, image and likeness rights being granted to student-athletes. At Big Ten Media Day, Izzo was naturally asked about the concept. In response, he began with the […]

We can now add Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany to the list of people who have very strong opinions on whether or not student-athletes should be able to sell the rights to their name, image and likeness. Like many in positions of authority, in the California SB 206 aftermath, Delany isn’t really here for it. […]

Minnesota Golden Gophers coach Richard Pitino was yet another person asked about the name, image and likeness conversation sweeping the nation after California fully passed SB 206, allowing student-athletes to profit off their NIL starting in 2023. Unlike most of his colleagues, however, the son of the legendary Rick Pitino appears more than willing to […]

Auburn basketball enters the 2019-20 season with a lot of momentum. That tends to be the case when you earn a first-ever Final Four appearance in the previous season. But, as always, there is a bit of roster reshuffling entering the new campaign. Bruce Pearl and his staff must replace Jared Harper, Bryce Brown, Chuma […]

“I still say I owe my career to a lost golf bet.” Jay Young was named the 13th head coach of the Fairfield Stags on April 3. The son of an athletic director and high school coach, Young’s journey didn’t begin in the traditional sense. He wasn’t a former all-everything basketball player. “I played (lacrosse) […]