The past week has completely changed Kansas basketball’s outlook for the 2026-27 season. In the span of just a week, the Jayhawks could potentially bring back two key players from last year’s roster. They’ve already received word from Tre White that he’d be returning to the university for a fifth season, and it was revealed yesterday that Melvin Council Jr. …

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CLEVELAND — Media day is chaotic. Players are asked very random questions about their summers. Some of it is interesting. Some of it isn’t. There often isn’t a throughline to what is said, and it’s impossible to synthesize everything into one cohesive story. So instead of trying to do so, I’m going to just give you one interesting thing each …

We are counting down the days to the start of the college basketball season. If you’re reading this on the day is was published, we have 47 days to the official start of College Basketball, and 36 days until we can see the team in action against K-State (presuming it’s televised). Advertisement The Full Non-Conference Schedule: October 23rd — at …

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The bright lights of Media Day have been dimmed. Now, as Noah Clowney said Monday, it’s all about five words: “Let the best man win.” With so much unsettled, not surprising on a team that’s still the league’s youngest, the Brooklyn Nets had their first practice Tuesday at HSS Training Center. We’re only three weeks before opening night at Barclays …

The 2026-27 Syracuse Orange men’s basketball season tips off in just over a month, so it’s time to look at the path ahead for the program in year one under new head coach Gerry McNamara. To recap, after three exhibitions, Syracuse will play 32 total games this year: 14 non-conference opponents and 18 ACC games (not including the ACC Tournament). …

For the first time since Bruce Lee’s “Enter the Dragon” was still in theaters, the New York Knicks enter the NBA season as the defending champions — and the favorites to come out of the East and defend their crown. As Adam Silver is all too happy to tell you, the NBA has had eight different champions in the past …

Seven years ago, Angelo Brizzi visited Chapel Hill as a high school basketball recruit. At the time, Roy Williams was North Carolina’s head coach. Caleb Love and Walker Kessler were among the other recruits on campus. Brizzi was considering the Tar Heels, but ultimately chose Villanova before UNC’s point guard recruitment completely played itself out. Advertisement He probably couldn’t have …

The New York Knicks annihilated the Sixers in the second round of the playoffs en route to snapping their 53-year championship drought last season. The vibes around Philly were Decidedly Bad after that humiliation, particularly since Knicks fans overtook the Wells Fargo Center for Games 3 and 4 of that series. But on Monday, LeBron James managed to retcon that …

Arizona brought in priority recruits Darius Wabbington and Adan Diggs for its Red-Blue Showcase, but the Wildcats still face plenty of competition. Diggs, the five-star Goodyear Millennium guard, has said he had plans to visit up to six other schools, while Wabbington has a final one scheduled for Texas in November. Advertisement The five-star center from Phoenix Sunnyslope, Wabbington, has …

Editor’s note: Burries and Turner were tied at the last possible moment we could schedule the next article, so we flipped a coin and landed on Burries at six. It’s time to look at Brayden Burries, the Bucks’ new rookie prospect who has created some serious buzz with fans after his scintillating Summer League performance. Burries is a 6’4″ combo …

We may still be a month away from the first regular-season game for the Michigan State Spartans, but with the football team dropping two straight and looking increasingly mediocre, more and more fans are beginning to turn their attention toward Tom Izzo and the basketball team. Izzo has three exhibition games on the schedule, including one this upcoming Friday against …

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Jaylon Tyson was one of the only things going right for the Cleveland Cavaliers at the start of last season. Everything that could go wrong for Cleveland was trending that way. Darius Garland lost a toe. De’Andre Hunter lost his mind. And Lonzo Ball lost… everything. Advertisement The perfect 15-0 record that Cleveland had to begin the previous season had …

Get your latest Illini news on Locked On Illini on Youtube and right here on Illinois Roundtable! Brad Underwood and the Fighting Illini have welcomed several highly-regarded basketball recruits on campus in recent weeks, but Friday’s scheduled visit from Brady Pettigrew may be the most significant of them all. Advertisement Pettigrew, a five-star guard from Bolingbrook High School, and the …

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The biggest question facing the Indiana Pacers is: Will Tyrese Haliburton look like Tyrese Haliburton? Even if the answer is yes, though, the Pacers won’t look quite the same as they did the last time we saw him play. One year ago, Myles Turner shockingly left the Pacers for the Milwaukee Bucks. Then, ahead of last season’s trade deadline, the …

The high expectations surrounding the 2026-27 season for the Texas Longhorns suffered a blow on Wednesday when the school announced that junior guard Mikey Lewis fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot during practice this week. The 6’3, 195-pounder is scheduled to undergo surgery in Austin on Thursday and will be out “for an extended period of time.” However, …

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NBA veteran forward Caleb Martin begins his eighth professional season and his third with the Dallas Mavericks as the calendar marches toward opening day. Martin is on the third year of a $35 million contract he signed with the 76ers in the summer of 2024. He joined the Mavericks as part of a bizarre move by former General Manager Nico …

BYU Cougars transfer Jaxon Kohler had his day in a California court on Tuesday. He’s one of dozens of other athletes seeking a fifth year of eligibility. Kohler was one of 70+ players in the Glancey vs NCAA lawsuit. The class of 2022 recruits are collectively fighting to be covered under the existing five-for-five rule. According to BYU insider Robby …

D’Angelo Russell has a new home and it will be in China. Days after his release by the Memphis Grizzlies, the 30-year-old Russell has signed with the Shanghai Sharks of the China Basketball Association, the league announced on Wednesday. Advertisement Russell teased the move following his release last week by posting a video of his daughter saying “Ni Hao,” which …

There will be plenty of discussion about exactly what Neo Avdalas’ role should be for North Carolina basketball this season. Is the 6-foot-9 Virginia Tech transfer the Tar Heels’ point guard? Does Terrence Brown handle those responsibilities? Can they simply share them? How much will Avdalas score compared to how much he facilitates? Advertisement Ask Avdalas, though, and the answer …

How great was Tracy McGrady way back in 2000? Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball takes us back to December 2, 2000—a … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps7_E_ycYKI Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.