3/1/2021 ALBANY, N.Y. – “After nearly 20 years coaching at UAlbany, I have decided that it is time for me to seek a new challenge and after meeting with Mark Benson, we have agreed to mutually part ways,” said head men’s basketball coach Will Brown. “Anyone who knows me […]
College Basketball
2021 NIT Tournament will be played in Dallas-Ft. Worth area and feature just 16 teams
MARCH 1, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS — The 2021 National Invitation Tournament will feature 16 teams with all games being played in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The decision to conduct the NIT in one geographic location was made with the interests of having a safe and healthy […]
Rodney Billups, Chauncey’s brother, out as men’s basketball coach at University of Denver
3/1/2021 The University of Denver will begin a national search for his replacement DENVER – Vice Chancellor for Athletics, Recreation and Ritchie Center Operations Karlton Creech has announced that there will be a change in leadership for the University of Denver men’s basketball program after Rodney Billups‘ fifth season came […]
Florida State extends contract of men’s basketball coach Leonard Hamilton
March 1, 2021 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) — Florida State University Vice President and Director of Athletics David Coburn announced today that Florida State has extended the contract with head basketball coach Leonard Hamilton through the 2024-25 season. “Coach Hamilton has done so much for this […]
Former Buckeyes star Jim Jackson 2021 College Basketball Hall of Fame Class
Jim Jackson, one of the all-time great players in Ohio State men’s basketball history and currently the program’s seventh all-time leading scorer, is among six former players and two coaches who have been selected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2021. […]
#9 Iowa upsets #4 Ohio State in Men’s Basketball, 73-57; Garza scores 24 points
Sun, Feb 28, 2021 FINAL: #9 Iowa 73, #4 Ohio State 57 · Iowa has won five of its last six games. · Today was Iowa’s sixth conference road win of the season and its first win in Columbus since 2014. · Today was Iowa’s first win on the […]
A Look at #9 Iowa Hawkeyes Basketball Team
9 IOWA (17-7, 11-6) at #4 OHIO STATE (18-6, 12-6) Feb. 28, 2021 // Columbus, Ohio // Value City Center // 3:05 p.m. CT IOWA HAWKEYES (Previous Game Starters)Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Statistical SummaryG 3 Jordan Bohannon 6-1 175 RS-Sr. Marion, Iowa […]
Rutgers Women’s Basketball star Arella Guirantes Named Finalist for Senior CLASS Award
Twitter/Instagram: @RutgersWBB Web Release: go.rutgers.edu/nlkqpiu1 Senior CLASS Award Release: t.ly/XgEP OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Rutgers women’s basketball’s Arella Guirantes has been named one of 10 national finalists for the 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award®, which honors excellence in community, classroom, character and competition among the best-of-the-best across the country. […]
Big Ten Men’s Basketball News
View Online: https://bit.ly/3qExdlL Iowa, Michigan and Ohio State Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors Iowa’s Luka Garza and Ohio State’s Duane Washington Jr. named Co-Players of the Week; Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson named Freshman of the Week Co-Player of the Week Luka Garza, Iowa C – Sr. – 6-11 […]
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark sets Big 10 record with 11th Weekly Award
Online Release: https://bit.ly/3sgC8JT Big Ten Release: https://bit.ly/2NNzvAD Vote Clark Campaign: updated information on Iowa freshman Caitlin Clark: www.hawkeyesports.com/voteclark IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa freshman Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Week and Player of the Week Honor Roll, the conference announced Monday. Clark […]
Big Ten Conference Women’s Basketball News
View Online: https://bit.ly/3aH11Zf Iowa and Nebraska Earn Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards Huskers’ Bourne and Hawkeyes’ Clark selected for honors; Clark set conference record with 11th Big Ten Freshman of the Week accolade Player of the Week Isabelle Bourne, Nebraska So. – F – Canberra, […]
Indiana Women’s Basketball earns its highest ranking in AP Top 25 at #11
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women’s basketball moved up three spots in the Week 14 Associated Press Top 25 to No. 11 and its highest ever ranking among both national polls on Monday. The Hoosiers previously checked in at No. 12 in the 2019-20 season in three […]
Hawkeyes star Luka Garza named Naismith Trophy Player of the Week
Feb. 22, 2021 bit.ly/3qL4egf IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa men’s basketball All-American Luka Garza was tabbed the Naismith Trophy Player of the Week on Monday for his efforts in Iowa’s two victories last week. Garza (6-foot-11, 265 pounds) helped lead the nationally-ranked Hawkeyes to a pair […]
Rutgers Women’s Basketball enters AP Top 25 Poll at #25
Twitter/Instagram: @RutgersWBB Web Release: go.rutgers.edu/tuv3xmcu Rutgers rises in national ranks following five consecutive wins by an average margin of 22.5 points PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers women’s basketball made its debut in the Associated Press Poll on Monday with a No. 25 national ranking. The Scarlet […]
Iowa’s Luka Garza named a Finalist for Senior CLASS Award
Feb. 22, 2021 bit.ly/3aKxu17 IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa men’s basketball senior All-American Luka Garza is one of 10 NCAA men’s basketball finalists for the 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate basketball. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award […]
Western Athletic Conference News February 22
This Week in WAC Men’s Basketball – Feb. 22 GCU’S MIDTGAARD NAMED TICKETSMARTER PLAYER OF THE WEEK Grand Canyon’s Asbjørn Midtgaard has been named TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for February 15 through February 21. Midtgaard, a senior from Helsingør, Denmark, continued […]
Big Ten Men’s Basketball News: February 22-28
NCAA STATISTICS | BIG TEN STATISTICS | BIG TEN SCHEDULE | BIG TEN STANDINGS | BIG TEN BASKETBALL • The Big Ten currently has five teams in the Associated Press Top-25 poll, including four teams in the top 10. The conference made history on Monday, Feb. 15, with Michigan (No. 3), Ohio State (No. 4) […]
Texas State head coach Terrence Johnson may not be the interim much longer, after the Bobcats wins Sun Belt Conference Regular season title; proven he can handle the job
Bobcats were picked 5th in Pre-season Poll 2/26/2021 SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State claimed its first Sun Belt Conference Championship title with a 58-49 win over ULM Friday evening at Strahan Arena. The Bobcats (17-6, 11-3 Sun Belt) become conference champions for the first time […]
Texas State Bobcats making noise in CIT Mid-Major Poll
2/23/2021 BOSTON, Mass. – Texas State improves to No. 17 in the CollegeInsider.com (CIT) Men’s Mid-Major Top 25 Poll released Monday evening. It is the Bobcats highest ranking in the poll this season. The Bobcats (16-6, 10-3 Sun Belt) moved up one spot from last week’s […]
Winning 12 of last 14 games, Wichita State promotes Isaac Brown from interim to head coach of Wichita State Shockers Men’s Basketball Program
2/26/2021 WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State director of athletics Darron Boatright announced Friday that he will remove the interim tag from men’s basketball coach Isaac Brown. Brown has verbally agreed to a five-year deal and will be formally introduced on Monday as the 26th full-time coach in program history. Brown will also […]