NCAA Basketball Articles - Page 278

Emoni Bates is a basketball player. He’s also only 13-years-old. There are a lot of kids his age who play the shooty hoops. However, there is a monumental difference between him and my nephew down the road. Emoni Bates is having his basketball journey being told by the AP. Again, he is 13. He’s probably […]

The Duke Blue Devils of the Midwest, the Northwestern Wildcats, have landed a 4-star prospect on the recruiting trail. 2018 forward Miller Kopp has decided to play for the program. Per 2017 bylaws, Kopp made the announcement on the mean streets of Twitter. Proud to announce my commitment to Northwestern University!! #PoundTheRock #B1GCats pic.twitter.com/ApbgcMxiIA — […]

The Oregon Ducks have been making a splash in the realm of college basketball for years. It is why it should come as almost no shock that it just landed a top-tier prospect on the recruiting trail. 2018 recruiting class talent, Louis King, has decided to go Mighty Ducks and commit to Oregon. Get it? […]

The Memphis Tigers have had a rather rough offseason. Tubby Smith has lost talented players to transfer, heard the scorn of the fan base, and some are starting to think he doesn’t belong coaching the program. The last part of that conversation will forever haunt the Memphis basketball program. A lot of people would like […]

Syracuse Orange talent Dominick Parker has been accused of sexual assault. An 18-year-old player, he was only added to the roster 12 days ago as a walk-on. According to a report, he was arrested on Friday and charged with sexual abuse in the first degree. Syracuse.com was first to report the story. The university has […]

Big 12 basketball programs finally have a reason to smile. Kansas Jayhawks coach Bill Self, who has held a stranglehold on the league for over a decade, is pondering retirement. That idea of retirement? He is considering hanging up the whistle far earlier than you think. Speaking with ESPN.com reporter Myron Medcalf, Bill Self mentioned […]

There’s really only two types of news circling college basketball in September. Either a program is landing an early commitment for the following year’s recruiting class, or the NCAA is handing down judgement as if it operated from the heavens. For the Dayton Flyers, it is a little more complicated than that, as top freshman […]

The Purdue Boilermakers are making some noise on the recruiting trail. Emmanuel Dowuona, a 4-star prospect out of the 2018 recruiting class, has committed to the program. A talented big man, he made his announcement on the mean streets of Twitter. The Time Has Come! pic.twitter.com/HJMin62HMk — WCS Basketball (@WCS_Basketball) September 20, 2017 With Vince […]

The North Carolina State Wolfpack are already off to a solid start to the Kevin Keatts era. While the new coach has already done damage for the 2017 recruiting class, he just added a big time get to the 2018 talent pool, as the Wolfpack landed one of the nation’s best shot-blockers, Immanuel Bates. The […]

We are roughly a year removed from the George Washington basketball program finding itself in a scandal thanks to then head coach Mike Lonergan. At the time, he was fired for alleged misconduct while dealing with his players. Now, however, he and the university have reached a settlement off the hardwood. Per a university release: […]

The Butler Bulldogs are starting a new era for its college basketball program this season. With Chris Holtmann leaving for the Ohio State gig, LaVall Jordan is now the new main man in charge. Another notable change that might happen this season: Butler is trying to get the OK to serve booze at Hinkle Fieldhouse. According […]

University of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson asked Twitter to help him help hurricane victims and the result has been amazing. Sampson has received more than what he asked for in donations and all seems well. Right? Eh. Not so much. The governing body of college sports has so much red tape strung along the landscape that […]

LeBron James is one of the best basketball players in the history of life on this planet. Cameron Reddish is a 5-star prospect out of the 2018 recruiting class who recently committed to the Duke Blue Devils. The two are, apparently, friendly. In that video by TMZ, you will notice the person asking the questions is […]

Charlie Brown isn’t just same character from Peanuts. According to St. Joe’s head coach Phil Martelli, he has similarities to former SJU talented Delonte West. Yes, Cleveland Cavaliers and numerous other NBA teams, that Delonte West. In an interview with FanRag Sports writer Jon Rothstein, Phil Martelli discussed how Brown reminds him of West in a very […]

Army football might not be a college football fan’s regular home for viewing of the sport, but everyone understands why the service schools deserve a platform nearly each and every Saturday. It is why many have been thankful that CBS has given Army such a platform over the years. The good news is that company […]

The Creighton Bluejays landed 2018 prospect Marcus Zegarowski on the recruiting trail. The talented guard announced his decision on the mean streets of Twitter. “It has been and will continue to be a great journey we are all taking together,” Zegarowski wrote on Twitter, after thanking God, his coaches, his family and his friends. “With that […]

The TCU Horned Frogs had a pretty nice Sunday, as 4-star prospect Feron Hunt made his intentions known. He has decided to commit to TCU and join Jamie Dixon’s program. This is yet another example of Dixon exceeding expectations early and often. Hunt, a small forward out of DeSoto, Texas, is a 6-foot-7, 190-pound high […]

LaVar Ball and his family has once again made a lot of headlines recently, after Big Baller Brand made LaMelo Ball the first high school basketball player to have his own signature shoe. The move has been very controversial, and even jeopardized his future with UCLA, as he may not be allowed to play in […]