NCAA Basketball

Getty The LSU women’s basketball program pulled off a surprising hire Sunday when it announced Baylor’s Kim Mulkey will be its next coach. Mulkey owns three national titles from her time at Baylor and is a Louisiana native who played collegiately at Louisiana Tech. Mulkey is expected to be introduced Monday evening in a press

2:54 PM ET Siena transfer Jalen Pickett, a top-25 overall transfer and one of the best available point guards, committed to Penn State on Sunday. Pickett chose the Nittany Lions over Oregon State, although Michigan, Gonzaga and Baylor were all involved late into his recruitment. “I really just trust coach [Micah] Shrewsberry,” Pickett told ESPN.

BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Fargas has stepped down to pursue another opportunity. While LSU did not disclose where Fargas was headed next, she has been in negotiations to take over as team president of the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, people familiar with those discussions have told The Associated Press. Fargas’

USATSI James Akinjo was the 2019 Big East Freshman of the Year and a 2021 First-Team All-Pac-12 honoree. Now the 6-foot-1 guard is moving on to a third major college basketball conference. Akinjo announced Friday that he’s transferring to Baylor after stints at Georgetown and Arizona. Though Akinjo may need a waiver for immediate eligibility

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Central Michigan has hired Kentucky assistant Tony Barbee is its new head coach. Barbee replaces Keno Davis, who was fired after nine years at the helm. “I’m humbled and excited to be the next head coach at Central Michigan University,” Barbee said. “It’s been a dream of mine to be in

Ducks: De’Vion Harmon commits to Oregon if he opts out of NBA Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Northwest Oregon has likely filled its starting guard position for the 2021-22 college basketball season alongside Will Richardson. Well, hopefully so. Oklahoma transfer De’Vion Harmon has told 247Sports’ Travis Branham he will continue to test the NBA

John Calipari penned an emotional letter about former Kentucky guard Terrence Clarke on Friday after landing in Los Angeles, just one day after Clarke was killed in a car accident. Clarke has been in Southern California preparing for the NBA draft, where he was projected to be a second round pick. He was 19. “What

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The circumstances of the 2020-21 season were such that Big Blue Nation never got to know Terrence Clarke as it would most highly touted recruits. The COVID-19 pandemic kept players from interacting with fans at events like the Big Blue Madness campout as they normally would. An ankle injury limited Clarke to

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) Central Michigan announced Friday it has hired Kentucky assistant Tony Barbee is its new men’s basketball coach. Barbee replaces Keno Davis, who was fired after nine years at the helm. ”I’m humbled and excited to be the next head coach at Central Michigan University,” Barbee said. ”It’s been a dream of

4:52 PM ET Wisconsin announced that head football coach Paul Chryst and five other head coaches were given contract extensions on Friday. Chryst, along with men’s basketball coach Greg Gard, women’s hockey coach Mark Johnson and men’s hockey coach Tony Granato, all received agreements that see their contract extend through portions of 2026. Swimming and

247Sports The NBA G League Ignite program made waves last year when, in its debut season as the high-profile development team for the G League focused on cultivating top young prospects, it swooped in to sign five-stars Jalen Green, Jonathan Kuminga, Daishen Nix and Isaiah Todd. Now a year older and on the precipice of

James Akinjo was the 2019 Big East Freshman of the Year and a 2021 First-Team All-Pac-12 honoree. Now the 6-foot-1 guard is moving on to a third major college basketball conference. Akinjo announced Friday that he’s transferring to Baylor after stints at Georgetown and Arizona. Though Akinjo may need a waiver for immediate eligibility since

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke has signed Marquette graduate transfer Theo John and Davidson graduate transfer Bates Jones to scholarship agreements. The additions announced Friday are part of the Blue Devils’ roster overhaul after missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1995. In a statement, coach Mike Krzyzewski said both forwards would bring a

USATSI Baylor’s formula of relying on transfer guards helped carry the Bears to the 2021 national title, and the program appears to be doubling down on that plan moving forward. Former Georgetown and Arizona guard James Akinjo, a first-team All-Pac-12 performer this season, announced Friday that he is transferring to Baylor. Akinjo led Arizona in

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Thorir Thorbjarnarson announced Friday he will skip his extra season of eligibility at Nebraska and pursue a professional basketball career. The guard from Reykjavik, Iceland, started 43 of his 93 games since 2017 and had career averages of 4.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. He had his best season in 2019-20,

12:12 PM ET In what could be one of several changes to the Kentucky Wildcats‘ coaching staff after missing the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2013, assistant coach Joel Justus has elected to take the top assistant post under Bobby Hurley at Arizona State, a source told ESPN on Thursday. Justus, who arrived

3:13 PM ET Central Michigan has hired Kentucky assistant Tony Barbee as its next men’s basketball head coach, the school announced on Friday. Barbee replaces Keno Davis, who was fired earlier this month after nine seasons with the Chippewas. “Coach Barbee met all the criteria we had to find the right individual to re-energize our

7:30 AM ET In a long-anticipated move, the NCAA announced on April 15 that student-athletes can now transfer once without needing to sit out a year. While it could lead to more of a “free agency” feel each spring in college basketball, freedom of movement is something celebrated by the Transfer Rankings. The transfer portal