MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley entered SEC spring meetings looking for answers about the schedule her team played during the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Staley said Wednesday that she spoke to both ESPN and NCAA officials during the meetings regarding the schedule for the Elite Eight and Final Four, which …
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DeAndre Williams’ Memphis basketball career may not be over after all. Williams is exploring the possibility of a return to the Tigers, the all-conference power forward said in a prepared statement obtained by The Commercial Appeal late Wednesday afternoon. “If the opportunity to return existed, I would welcome it and be proud to suit up …
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Tristen Newton has decided to pull his name from the NBA Draft and will return to the defending national champion UConn men’s basketball team for the 2023-24 season, the program announced on Wednesday. Newton became UConn’s starting point guard after transferring in ahead of the national championship season and put together a solid game and …
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The two best NBA Draft prospects in the 2024 class picked the G League over offers from college basketball bluebloods. By Ricky O’Donnell on May 31, 2023 2:22 pm The NBA started the G League Ignite program in 2020 as an alternative pathway to the league for top prospects who didn’t want to go to …
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College football has hit its summer months, which means we’re quickly leaving the offseason in the dust and accelerating to the start of the 2023 season. The past few months gave us the opportunity to re-evaluate a bevy of transfer portal players at their new school, while grading players who entered during the April 15-30 window. …
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Story Links SAN DIEGO – San Diego State senior Jaedon LeDee, who declared for the 2023 NBA Draft but did not hire an agent and maintained his college eligibility, has withdrawn his name from draft consideration and will return to the Aztecs basketball program for the 2023-24 campaign, the forward announced on Tuesday. The …
WASHINGTON — Nearly two months after winning its first national championship, the LSU women’s basketball team took the traditional visit to the White House on Friday – a celebratory afternoon that was briefly interrupted by a scary moment, when an LSU player fainted on the podium. Forward Sa’Myah Smith, a rising sophomore, collapsed midway through …
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The draft stock of Olivier-Maxence Prosper has been soaring in recent days after a strong showing at draft combine. That proved to be bad news for the Marquette Golden Eagles. On Friday morning, Prosper told ESPN that he would keep his name in the 2023 NBA Draft and forego the remainder of his college eligibility, …
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We’ve covered some possibilities of who the Utah Jazz might take in the 2023 NBA draft with their lottery pick at No. 9. There’s also been analysis of some of the presumed choices at No. 16, plus a first attempt at a full, 30-pick, first-round mock draft. Now it’s time to take a look at …
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Dennis Evans III’s mother, Tayonah, wanted to do something special for her son on graduation day, a gesture celebrating the Louisville men’s basketball signee’s past and future. So she took the 7-foot-1 center’s red Hillcrest High School gown, had an artist airbrush a cardinal perched atop a Trojan helmet on the back and presented it …
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