NCAA Basketball

Getty Images Considering the recruiting and on-court success of Michigan in two seasons under 19-year NBA veteran Juwan Howard, it’s easy to see why schools are taking swing on coaches with NBA pedigrees, despite the tenuous history of former professional stars in the college ranks.  The fraternity of former NBA players who are now college

7:00 AM ET The unpredictability and tumult in college basketball over the past six months didn’t end when the buzzer sounded on Baylor’s blowout win over Gonzaga in the national championship game on April 5. It simply gave way to the wildest offseason we’ve ever seen, with names entering the transfer portal at an unprecedented

10:16 PM ET Associated Press WACO, Texas — National champion Baylor is adding transfer guard James Akinjo, the leading scorer for Arizona last season. Coach Scott Drew announced Wednesday that Akinjo has signed with the Bears. The 6-foot-1 guard is expected to join the team this summer and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.

6:59 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Board of Directors ratified a rule change Wednesday that will allow all athletes who have not yet transferred the ability to do so one time in a college career and be immediately eligible to play. The Division I Council adopted the proposed legislation earlier

MILWAUKEE — D.J. Carton is leaving Marquette to pursue a professional career, a move that means the Golden Eagles won’t return at least four of their top five scorers from this past season. The 6-foot-2 guard said in a university release that he was entering his name in the upcoming NBA draft and planned to

3:57 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Marquette has added former Oklahoma forward Kur Kuath to its roster. The 6-foot-10 Kuath averaged 5.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 17.1 minutes for Oklahoma this past season. He played 10.6 minutes per game in the 2019-20 season and averaged 3.4 points, 2.1 and 1.5 blocks. Kuath,

MILWAUKEE (AP) Marquette has added former Oklahoma forward Kur Kuath to its roster. The 6-foot-10 Kuath (prounouned Kweth) averaged 5.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 17.1 minutes for Oklahoma this past season. He played 10.6 minutes per game in the 2019-20 season and averaged 3.4 points, 2.1 and 1.5 blocks. Kuath, who was born

Getty Images The hilarious announcement was made Tuesday night, but the reaction was even funnier. Buried in a press release blasted out after 9 p.m. ET, the NCAA disclosed that its Board of Governors had unanimously voted to extend NCAA president Mark Emmert’s contract by two years through Dec. 31, 2025. Hahaha. But I genuinely

The NCAA Board of Governors voted Tuesday to extend the contract of President Mark Emmert by two years through 2025. Emmert’s contract was set to expire in 2023, but the board voted unanimously to extend his deal. The announcement comes less than a month after the NCAA and Emmert drew sharp criticism for inequities between

NCAA president Mark Emmert will hold his title until at least 2025, the association’s board of governors announced Tuesday. The 68-year-old executive received a contract extension that could see his tenure reach the 15-year mark. Emmert has been NCAA president since November 2010. His current contract runs through October 2023, but there’s an option that

Pac-12 Network Pac-12 salutes graduating seniors from the 2020-21 Men’s Basketball season The Pac-12 salutes graduating seniors Ira Lee (Arizona), Terrell Brown Jr. (Arizona), Matt Weyand (Arizona), Alonzo Verge Jr. (Arizona State), Kimani Lawrence (Arizona State), Remy Martin (Arizona State), Imran Takhar (Arizona State), Ryan Betley (Cal), Alexander Strating (Colorado), D’Shawn Schwartz (Colorado), Dallas Walton

There are over 1,500 players in the college basketball transfer portal this year, more than twice the number of players last season. The overwhelming number of players transferring comes from a decision from the NCAA stating that student-athletes can now transfer and not have to sit out a year. Due to COVID-19, seniors were also

USATSI After leading the Big South in scoring this past season with 21.2 points per game, Hampton star Davion Warren committed to Memphis as a transfer on April 3. However, the 6-foot-6 wing announced Monday that he is back on the market. The news makes Warren one of the top remaining available transfers during the

By Joe Lunardi Updated: 4/20/2021 at 7:30 a.m. ET After the most unusual NCAA tournament in history, a return to the version of March Madness fans have known and loved is back on the schedule for 2021-22. A standard selection process, a multiple-city event, and the return of fans, bands and cheerleaders are among the

11:30 PM ET After a college basketball season unlike any we’ve ever seen, we’re about to enter a college basketball offseason unlike any we’ve ever seen. In addition to the usual NBA draft decisions, the transfer portal is filling up at an unprecedented rate, and every player in the country has been granted another year

USATSI Chris Beard’s track record of using the transfer portal to his advantage made it reasonable to assume, on the day he was hired at Texas, that he’d have no problem improving the Longhorns’ roster very quickly. But this quickly? And by this much? Gonzaga has its best recruiting class in history. Listen all about it here, and subscribe

The timing of the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament was perfect was Nevada. Restrictions were being lifted with vaccinations being rolled out. Many bettors were ready to get back to normalcy, which included a trip for one of the marquee sporting events of the year.  And Nevada did a near-record handle when it came to

Steve Woltmann/Loyola Athletics Around 4:15 p.m. local time on Friday, April 2, Porter Moser called Drew Valentine. The Loyola Chicago head coach took a day to vacillate before making his decision. It was time. Moser told Valentine he was leaving to be the next coach at Oklahoma.  Valentine was the guy Moser leaned on throughout