In a spring full of all-star games, the rosters in Saturday night’s Nike Hoop Summit may have looked like one, but the stakes were a lot higher than any post-season walk-through.
Not to intentionally revive a dreaded buzzword, but the “eye test” doesn’t look good right now, if Connecticut is hoping to keep Andre Drummond and Jeremy Lamb around for another year in Storrs.
Since his team was ousted by underdog Ohio in the NCAA tournament, Michigan coach John Beilein has had to deal with transfers leaving his program and the possibility of star freshman Trey Burke bolting for the NBA draft.
A police report obtained through an open records request by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reveals more details than what was originally released in a partial report March 20 about an altercation that allegedly involved members of the Marquette basketball team.
There is a flurry of high school all-star games this time of year, and another took place Friday night, as some of the top high-major talent in the country took part in the Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic in Louisville, Ky.
With speculation about a possible move to Duquesne recently rejected, Akron coach Keith Dambrot released a statement Thursday afternoon that reaffirmed his commitment to the Akron program and reported that the university is working with the coach to “modify the terms of [Dambrot’s] current contract.”
In a move that was to be expected, Syracuse sophomore center Fab Melo will leave school and enter the NBA draft, the school announced Thursday afternoon.
While Kendall Marshall, Harrison Barnes, and John Henson will be headed to the NBA draft, freshman James Michael McAdoo will stay behind and play at least one more season in Chapel Hill, the school announced Thursday afternoon.
The NCAA’s Committee on Academic Performance has denied the University of Connecticut’s final appeal of a postseason ban on the school’s men’s basketball team for the 2012-13 season, the university announced Thursday.
Michigan lost three players to transfer, following a season where they won a share of the Big Ten title, and it now appears that forward Evan Smotrycz, the most impactful of those three, is ready to move on.
Adam Zagoria of SNY.tv is reporting that Wagner signees Mike Aaman and Kameron Mitchell have been granted their releases, in the wake of the departure of coach Danny Hurley to Rhode Island.
The debate about the NBA draft age restriction seems to be the flavor of the week, as far as hot arguments go, and now Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has chimed in.
Is the American public education system to blame for the lack of academic performance from college athletes or is it the NCAA and the universities for setting low standards?
The John Calipari-to-the-NBA rumor mill will keep turning, but Frank Isola of the New York Daily News pointed out a connection that could prove to be important: agents.
He would mean different things to different programs, but reports are that there are four final schools that remain standing for the services of Friend’s Central (Pa.) forward Amile Jefferson.
We thought we saw a once-in-a-decade season from Anthony Davis this year with Kentucky, but here’s a scary thought: we could see a performance equally (if not more dominating) next season from Nerlens Noel.
As Kentucky waits on the decisions of star underclassmen Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Terrence Jones, and Doron Lamb (though one could probably guess the end result) chatter is picking up about NBA commissioner David Stern and his comments about the NBA draft age limit.
