CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The Miami Hurricanes started last season as one of the most underrated teams in the country. This season, they have a schedule that forces them to test them against the rest of the elite teams around the country. This was also the plan for head coach Jai Lucas. The Hurricanes start with an exhibition matchup against …

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Kawhi Leonard got his contract extension. Scottie Barnes and Immanuel Quickley are locked up for at least the next three seasons, as is center Jakob Poeltl on a head-scratchingly large extension (which doesn’t even kick in until next season). What about RJ Barrett? The 26-year-old scoring wing and Toronto have yet to have any meaningful extension talks as he heads …

The Duke football program is forcing itself into relevancy in 2026. Duke might be the most underrated team in college football right now, as head coach Manny Diaz and his staff once again have their program competing at the top of the ACC. Diaz has not only kept Duke competitive since taking over from Mike Elko, but has also kept …

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Welcome back to Yahoo’s High Score fantasy basketball. Whether you’re brand new to fantasy hoops or a longtime 9-cat or standard points vet looking for something a little different, get ready to unlearn some old habits. This game isn’t about nightly grind and steady production. It’s about chasing big performances and embracing the chaos of the NBA week. I go …

Illinois basketball is no stranger to recruiting in Kansas, and it looks like they’ve found another great player in Wichita point guard Jada Davis. Davis, a sophomore at Wichita East High School, has been climbing the national rankings during the past few months. She ranks No. 14 nationally in ESPN’s 2029 SportsCenter NEXT – Terrific 25 rankings and No. 2 …

Can you feel it in the air? It’s Knicks basketball scent. New York keeps working through the early days of training camp, gearing up for a preseason matchup with the 76ers on Oct. 5. Meanwhile, here’s the latest we’ve heard about the Knickerbockers inside the Tarrytown facilities and elsewhere. On Andre Drummond being quicker and more explosive than expected: Advertisement …

Illinois athletics’ social media team on Monday released some early fall highlights from the men’s basketball squad – the latest glimpse of what many in Champaign could be a national title contender. The Illini, who – believe it or not – have an exhibition game coming up soon (at Cincinnati on Oct. 17), appear to be in full swing. All …

We’re looking more broadly for today’s roundtable, since there’s just not much interesting happening with our Dallas Mavericks. Name one team who will outperform compared to last year and one team who might tumble down the standings. Brian: It’s going be difficult to settle on one team to rise up the standings from last year to this one, given the …

The man with the most unique college coaching record in Cincinnati has died. Tay Baker, an Ohio Basketball Hall of Famer, died on Sept. 29. He recently celebrated his 99th birthday on Sept. 24. The 1945 Hamilton High School graduate would eventually play basketball for the Cincinnati Bearcats, then serve as their head coach. Later, he moved over to Victory …

BOSTON — At the start of Celtics practice, Payton Pritchard and Mike Conley dribble up the court in tandem. They share a laugh, and then Conley motions Pritchard toward the basket so they can begin another session of work together. On paper, Pritchard and Conley have plenty of similarities: both are undersized, 6’1 point guards. Both are crafty scorers who …

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 …