College Basketball

Charlotte 49ers popular transfer landing spot; adds All-Patriot League Holy Cross guard Austin Butler

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte 49ers men’s basketball program and head coach Ron Sanchez announced that 6-foot-5 guard Austin Butler has transferred from Holy Cross to Charlotte. This season, Butler earned second team All-Patriot League honors while scoring over 1,300 points in his collegiate career.  Butler […]

Nebraska’s Thorir Thorbjarnarson will pursue Professional Career

Fri, Apr 23, 2021  Link to Thorir’s Tweet – https://twitter.com/Totiturbo/status/1385645866351054848 Nebraska guard Thorir Thorbjarnarson announced Friday that he has decided to pursue a professional career and will not use his extra season of eligibility at Nebraska. Thorbjarnarson, a 6-foot-6 guard from Reykjavik, Iceland, played four seasons […]

North Texas Mean Green Basketball Program mourns the loss of Nelson Haggerty

4/16/2021 ENTON — North Texas men’s basketball Director of Basketball Strategy and Operations Nelson Haggerty died Friday morning in a single-car accident. He was 47 years old. “Our hearts hurt for Nelson’s family, our men’s basketball family, the UNT community and everyone Nelson positively impacted during his […]

Jacksonville Dolphins hires one of college basketball’s top assistant coaches in Jordan Mincy to rebuild men’s team

March 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University Senior Vice President and Athletic Director Alex Ricker-Gilbert has announced Jordan Mincy as the new Francis H. “Frank” Barker Men’s Basketball Head Coach. Mincy, named the top assistant coach in the nation on ESPN.com’s 40 Under 40 in May of 2020, […]

Baylor upsets #1 Gonzaga to become 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Champions

86 Baylor 28-2,13-1 Big 12 70 Gonzaga 31-1,15-0 WCC INDIANAPOLIS – Eighteen years ago, when Scott Drew talked about coming to Baylor “for a chance to win a national championship,” he might have been the only one who actually believed it. Everyone else was laughing.             Nobody’s laughing now.             Denying top-ranked Gonzaga’s bid for […]

Oklahoma chooses Loyola Chicago’s Porter Moser to lead men’s basketball program

NORMAN – One of the most successful coaches of the past half-decade, Porter Moser is heading to Norman as the 15th head coach in University of Oklahoma men’s basketball history. The hire was announced Saturday by OU Vice President and Director of Athletics Joe Castiglione. Moser (pronounced “MO-zer”) will be […]