Playing a daunting schedule is nothing new in West Lafayette. Matt Painter loves to challenge his Purdue teams early in the season, helping to prepare them for the NCAA Tournament when March rolls around. This year, Purdue will play plenty of talented teams scattered throughout the year. But there are a pair of four-game stretches that are particularly intriguing. One …

Saddiq Bey made a successful return from a torn ACL last season. Now he’s being rewarded for it. The New Orleans Pelicans’ forward has agreed to a three-year, $55.5 million contract extension, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The deal reportedly includes a trade kicker. Advertisement Bey was previously under contract for one more season on a salary of $6.4 million. …

I actually thought we were going to have to wait a minute for this. We got the men’s basketball schedule for Big East play back on Monday, but only the dates, no television assignments or start times. I thought we might have to wait for the women’s basketball schedule until after the TV stuff got settled out, but NOPE. On …

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Mark Pope has a roster for the 2026-27 season that Kentucky fans believe has a ton of talent, and one of the players fans are excited about is Kam Williams. Some were worried about the injury, as Williams had a second foot surgery, but it sounds like he is doing okay and will hopefully be back for the start of …

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The 2026-27 fantasy basketball draft season is here. Soon enough, the points and categories won will start to count. It’s the perfect time to debut our nine-category power forward rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Fantasy Basketball analyst, Dan Titus. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league for the 2026-27 NBA season Advertisement Power forward is one of two big-men positions …

Illinois basketball lost to UConn in the 2025-26 Final Four but will return a roster this fall that could be even better than last year’s. The Fighting Illini boast one of the Big Ten’s top center tandems in twins Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivisic and one of the country’s best freshmen in five-star guard Quentin Coleman as part of a roster …

The 2026-27 fantasy basketball draft season is here. Soon enough, the points and categories won will start to count. It’s the perfect time to debut our nine-category small forward rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Fantasy Basketball analyst, Dan Titus. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league for the 2026-27 NBA season Advertisement Some of the game’s most exciting stars have …

It will be a mix of two Illini worlds on Saturday. After leading Illinois to their first Final Four since 2005 last season, Underwood has been chosen to represent the orange and blue on the gridiron. After taking over the program in 2017, Underwood has completely revitalized an historic program. Expectations are high for the Illini in 2026-27 as they …

After his first game with the Delaware Blue Coats in 2024 Justin Edwards told me, “I felt good, every shot was going in,” as he cruised to 28 points, scoring 10 in the final quarter. Whether he knew it or not, that shooting performance would propel him to a two-way deal with the Sixers later that season, and eventually a …

Basketball season is just a few weeks away, which means we’re going to start seeing more and more preseason rankings released. Evan Miya, the well-known college basketball analytics guru behind EvanMiya.com, is set to release his preseason rankings this week, but we’ve already seen a preview of his top 30. In those rankings, Kentucky comes in at #18. Evan Miya …

Earlier this summer, it was announced that Mark Walter, who agreed to buy majority control of the Los Angeles Lakers in June 2025, was under investigation for “allegedly using billions of dollars in policyholder funds from insurance companies he controls to buy sports teams without proper disclosure.” Shortly after that news came to light, Walter agreed to sell the Lakers …

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The USC Trojans men’s basketball team officially released their full 2026-27 season schedule on Wednesday, including their Big Ten opponents. Entering their third season under coach Eric Musselman, the Trojans have high expectations to make the NCAA Tournament as they bring in a talented recruiting class, key returners including Rodney Rice, Alijah Areans, and Jacob Cofie, and several notable transfer …

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No sooner did I publish an article saying the Phoenix Suns didn’t need an immediate solution to their center depth following the injury to Mark Williams than the team went out and acquired Duop Reath. Timing, am I right? On the surface, the addition of Reath appears to provide a stopgap at center while Williams works his way back from …

Michigan State men’s basketball has officially announced their opening game of the season. Well, opening exhibition game of the season. The Spartans will first take the floor of the Breslin Center on October 2 in a unique exhibition game against Incarnate Word. The exhibition game will be part of the annual Izzone campout event, with the game breaking up the …

The Cleveland Cavaliers had a tense start to the summer. They spent weeks waiting for LeBron James to make a decision, only for the King to choose Philly over returning home. This put Cleveland’s offseason on the brink of disaster. They needed a wing — and with the free agency pool drained, the Cavs had almost nothing to show for …

Arkansas Razorbacks head coach John Calipari has once again put together one of the NCAA’s youngest, yet talented, rosters. Arkansas basketball enters the 2026–27 season with a highly touted freshman class that could play a major role right away. The Razorbacks have plenty of talent, but SEC competition demands more than potential. With several young players expected to take on …

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Michael Sweetney, an All-American big man for the Georgetown men’s basketball team who went on to be a top-10 NBA draft pick, has died, his wife, India, announced on social media on Thursday, Sept. 17. He was 43 years old. No cause of death was specified. Advertisement “No one loved him more and he loved no one more than his …

Indiana men’s basketball’s Big Ten schedule was revealed this week and there’s actually plenty to talk about. Darian DeVries is entering his second season at Indiana aiming to move past the mistakes that kept his first team out of the NCAA Tournament and he’ll have plenty of opportunities to avoid extended the program’s ongoing streak of staying home in March. …

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New York Knicks fans who were outraged at exorbitant ticket prices for home games when they went on sale earlier this week are getting some relief. Madison Square Garden Corp. (MSG), the parent company of the Knicks, said Thursday, Sept. 17 it made a mistake in its pricing structure when individual game tickets for the 2026-27 NBA seasn went on …