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• College basketball’s 10 best freshman for 2024-25 season, ranked

Peter Ackerman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images There are some new faces this season who could help their team make a tournament run come March. The 2024-25 college basketball season is approaching quickly and there will be a decent handful of new-look teams, as this offseason was one of the most hectic ones in recent memory with the transfer portal. While there was a lot of movement ...2024
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• John Calipari, Jalen Brunson lead reactions to Derrick Rose's retirement
The former MVP announced his retirement from the NBA on Thursday after a 16-year playing career....2024
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• DeMarcus Cousins Done Trying To Convince Teams He Can Still Play

DeMarcus Cousins knows he can still play in the NBA. However, Cousins is done trying to convince NBA teams of that. "I'm not going to go out trying to convince these guys anymore," Cousins said. "You know what I bring to the floor. It's been proven. If you really wanted to know who I am, you'd take the time to get to know me instead of listening to somebody else. I'm past trying to reach out. If a...2024
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• Darius Acuff Commits To Arkansas

Darius Acuff announced his commitment to Arkansas on Friday. Acuff, who picked Arkansas over Kansas, is ranked the No. 10 prospect in ESPN's top 100 for the 2025 class. "Growing up I knew what type of guard coach he was. He built the best relationship with me. He keeps it real. It's like he is already your coach when you speak with him. He has been there from the start. That was a separator. Histo...2024
• John Calipari sends warning to NBA teams ahead of draft

John Calipari has always championed his players during the NBA Draft, and this year is no different....2024
• 4 reasons Dan Hurley should reject Lakers, and 2 reasons he might take the job

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Dan Hurley needs to realize the Lakers job is impossible in so many ways. The Los Angeles Lakers’ coaching search has prominently mentioned two candidates since the team’s elimination in the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs: the supposed front-runner J.J. Redick, and former Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego. The Lakers reportedly have another b...2024
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• Baylor stole top transfer portal star without big NIL payment in men’s basketball

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Baylor is looking like one of the top teams in men’s college basketball next season after another huge transfer portal addition. The Baylor Bears made one of the biggest moves of offseason in men’s college basketball just by keeping their head coach. The Kentucky Wildcats made Scott Drew their apparent top option after John Calipari left the program for A...2024
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• 7 men’s college basketball transfer portal winners so far

Clare Grant/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK These 7 teams aced the transfer portal in men’s college basketball. The college basketball landscape is currently unrecognizable from even a few years ago. The days of building a program through targeting recruits out of high school and developing them over the course of four years are all but over. In the transfer portal era, teams need to b...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 2024

Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images Did the sun come back? Craig Brown recaps the weekend’s games, including Friday’s thriller. I don’t think it’s overstating things to say that this felt like a season-defining moment. Maybe that sounds ridiculous—this was just the eighth game of the season—but this is where we found the Royals. Another brutal loss—it would’ve been the third game out of fou...2024
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• 5 college basketball fanbases with most at stake in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament

Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images March Madness puts everyone edge, but there are five fan bases that are especially tense heading into this year’s NCAA tournament. The line between glory and indignity is brutally thin in March. One bounce of a ball can be the difference between a contract extension and a trip to the unemployment line. The difference between never h...2024
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• March Madness’ top-50 players in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament, ranked

Let’s rank the 50 best players in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. March Madness feels like the culmination of a lifelong journey for so many of the athletes who have dedicated their lives to the game of basketball. Fans don’t don’t see the long hours in the gym spent honing their skills and their bodies, but when the NCAA tournament comes around, suddenly the whole country is invested in the outco...2024
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• 9 March Madness heroes in waiting for 2024 men’s NCAA tournament

These are the future March Madness stars you need to know now. March is here, and the NCAA tournament is around the corner. The biggest star in college basketball is unquestionably Caitlin Clark, the Iowa women’s senior rewriting the college basketball record books. On the men’s side, household names are harder to come by — at least for now. March Madness is the ultimate star-making machine. If yo...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Rob Dillingham soars up board in latest first round projection

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here’s our latest 2024 NBA mock draft. By now, it’s widely accepted that the 2024 NBA Draft is weaker class. The lack of a bonafide No. 1 overall pick has been evident for more than a year, and this season has done little to separate the names at the top. Still, even bad drafts produce good players, and that should be a ray of h...2024
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• Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, Michigan State basketball showed who they really are at Champions Classic

Observations on Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, and Michigan State after the 2023 Champions Classic. CHICAGO — It was 10 years ago this week when I was credentialed to cover the Champions Classic at the United Center for the first time. There was, to steal a phrase, palpable buzz in the building. Duke vs. Kansas was a matchup of the top recruits in the country: Jabari Parker vs. Andrew Wiggins. Both play...2023
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• College basketball’s 25 best men’s teams, ranked and previewed by our experts

The top-25 teams in men’s college basketball for 2023-2024 season, previewed by our experts Yes, the college basketball season has officially began and we are gearing up for what should be another interesting year of new young talent, some notable returning veteran players and a chance for a variety of teams to make it to Arizona for this season’s Final Four. The Kansas Jayhawks enter this seaso...2023
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• The 9 best fits in the 2023 NBA Draft, ranked
Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images Here are our favorite team and player fits from the 2023 NBA Draft. It’s foolish to judge a selection in the NBA draft exclusively on present day fit. Rosters around the league change far too quickly for that, especially when 19 of the 30 first round picks in the 2023 NBA Draft were teenagers. It’s going to take years before we can properly evalua...2023
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"John Calipari hadn’t brought recent success to Kentucky, but that didn’t mean losing him to a conference rival was on the cards."

2023
"Anthony Davis, Devin Booker among top 10 NBA players to come from Kentucky under John Calipari"

2022
"Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari confirmed the accident on Twitter, showing his support for his ex-player and asking everyone for prayers as Ulis works his way back to full health."

2021
"While John Calipari continues to publicly state his commitment to the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball program, rumors of his eventual return to the NBA have been going on for years."

2020
"Karl-Anthony Towns' mother remains hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms, per Kentucky coach John Calipari"

2019
"Philadelphia 76ers star Jimmy Butler does not appreciate John Calipari suggesting that he bullied Karl-Anthony Towns during his season-plus stint with the Minnesota Timberwolves."

2018
"WATCH: Kentucky coach John Calipari knocks down a half-court shot in warm-ups"

2017
"John Calipari says team of ex-UK players would win NBA title over Warriors, Cavs"

2016
"Malik Monk sets UK record, wins thriller for Kentucky by disobeying John Calipari"

2015
"Allen recently took a picture with Kentucky Wildcats coach John Calipari."

2014
"The NCAA's Kentucky Wildcats are loaded with talent and looking good early on this season, but Kentucky coach John Calipari was quick to dismiss the notion that his team could beat an NBA team: However, Bledsoe—a former Wildcat—disagrees with his college coach."

• College basketball’s 10 best freshman for 2024-25 season, ranked
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• John Calipari sends warning to NBA teams ahead of draft
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• 4 reasons Dan Hurley should reject Lakers, and 2 reasons he might take the job
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• Baylor stole top transfer portal star without big NIL payment in men’s basketball
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• 7 men’s college basketball transfer portal winners so far
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• Tyrese Maxey was obvious NBA Draft steal the entire time

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Tyrese Maxey was the NBA Draft steal that wasn’t so surprising. Deuce McBride flashed to the middle of the lane and caught a pass from Jalen Brunson as the New York Knicks’ star was getting trapped on the perimeter. McBride calmly stepped into a free throw line jumper and swished it, giving the Knicks a six-point lead on the Philadelphia 76ers with 29 seconds lef...2024
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• John Calipari lands biggest transfer portal star yet at Arkansas for huge NIL payment

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images Arkansas may have outbid the NBA’s interest in Johnell Davis with a big NIL deal for the transfer portal’s No. 1 ranked guard Johnell Davis has been one of the best guards in men’s college basketball the last two years. In 2023, Davis was the leading scorer on a dominant Florida Atlantic team that made an inspiring run to the Final Four as a No. 9 seed. D...2024
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• Top Assistant Kevin Young Leaving Suns For BYU

Suns associate head coach Kevin Young is set to sign a long-term contract to become the new men’s basketball head coach at Brigham Young University, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Young is replacing Mark Pope, who accepted an offer to become John Calipari‘s successor at Kentucky. According to Wojnarowski, Young will remain with the Suns […]...2024
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• John Calipari Regrets Not Leaving Kentucky For UCLA In 2019

John Calipari left Kentucky to join Arkansas on a five-year, $38.5 million contract with bonuses that could increase the amount to seven years and almost $60 million. The new partnership will include an NIL fund worth "at least" $5-7 million. Sources tell The Athletic that Calipari still regrets turning down the UCLA job in 2019. Kentucky kept Calipari on a 10-year, $86 million deal that UCLA cou...2024
• Billy Donovan Hasn't Had Contact With Kentucky, Committed To Bulls

Billy Donovan said he has not had any contact with the University of Kentucky about their head coaching vacancy and remains committed to the Chicago Bulls. "I have not been contacted by anybody, I haven't spoken to anybody," Donovan told reporters, adding that his answer would remain the same even if he was contacted. "My total commitment and focus is here to this team and to this group." John Cal...2024
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• College basketball’s 10 best freshman for 2024-25 season, ranked
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• Baylor stole top transfer portal star without big NIL payment in men’s basketball
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• Tyrese Maxey was obvious NBA Draft steal the entire time
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• Kentucky nearing deal with Mark Pope to replace John Calipari, per reports

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images According to reports, Mark Pope is set to take over at Kentucky Kentucky’s search for a head men’s basketball coach has reportedly taken the school to Utah. Provo, to be more accurate. But it is a journey that will result in a homecoming. According to multiple reports, Kentucky is nearing an agreement with Mark Pope to be their next men’s basketball coach...2024
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• 9 Kentucky basketball coaching candidates, ranked by likelihood after John Calipari’s exit

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Ranking potential Kentucky head coach candidates by likelihood of actually ending up in Lexington after John Calipari’s shocking exit for Arkansas. There might not be a bigger and more important job in the men’s college basketball world than the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. On Sunday night, the gig suddenly became wide open when John Calipari deci...2024
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines

Photo by Nicholas Muller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images While the spreads are high, the storylines for this year’s men’s Final Four are as stellar as ever. With UConn favored to beat Alabama by 11.5 and Purdue a 9-point favorite over NC State, the 2024 men’s Final Four is dangerously close to being the first in the history of the tournament to feature double-digit spreads in bot...2024
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• SEC basketball coaches said they were built for March Madness, then got embarrassed

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The SEC could not have had a worse start to March Madness. SEC basketball is having a no good, very bad, rotten start to the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. As upsets have started to inflict the bracket in March Madness, a common theme is appearing: SEC teams are more often than not on the wrong side of a Cinderella story. Eight SEC teams made the field of ...2024
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• Jack Gohlke is the sharpshooting March Madness hero capturing everyone’s imagination

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Jack Gohlke is the March Madness hero we needed as he lit up Kentucky with an three-pointer barrage Jack Gohlke is a silent assassin. The sharpshooter nobody saw coming. Ender of worlds. Destroyer of dreams. The man who will give John Calipari nightmares. And he looks like a middle-aged finance manager at a local Honda dealership. Photo...2024
• John Calipari is never living down Kentucky’s loss to Oakland in March Madness

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Kentucky’s loss to Oakland is worst game of John Calipari era The Kentucky Wildcats lived on the edge all season. John Calipari’s team was electric offensively, but seemed to believe defense was optional since the start of the year. Unlike most of Calipari’s best teams, these Wildcats lacked a dominant big man and often got beat up on the boards. When thei...2024
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• March Madness’ top-50 players in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament, ranked
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• College basketball’s 10 best freshman for 2024-25 season, ranked
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• DeMarcus Cousins Done Trying To Convince Teams He Can Still Play
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• 4 reasons Dan Hurley should reject Lakers, and 2 reasons he might take the job
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• Tyrese Maxey was obvious NBA Draft steal the entire time
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• John Calipari lands biggest transfer portal star yet at Arkansas for huge NIL payment
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• John Calipari explains why he’s leaving Kentucky

Calipari said goodbye to a Kentucky program he helped reinvigorate. In a more than three minute video posted to social media, basketball coach John Calipari said his goodbyes to the University of Kentucky. Citing the need for a “new voice” to lead the program, the long-time coach announced he was stepping away from the school, bringing to a close a tenure that lasted over a decade in Lexington. C...2024
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• Dawn Staley should be Kentucky’s next hire as men’s basketball coach

Photo by Thien-An Truong/ISI Photos/Getty Images Kentucky should go after the best college basketball coach in the country to lead its men’s team next year. John Calipari hadn’t brought recent success to Kentucky, but that didn’t mean losing him to a conference rival was on the cards. Shockwaves went through college basketball on Sunday night after it was reported that Coach Cal was leavin...2024
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• 9 Kentucky basketball coaching candidates, ranked by likelihood after John Calipari’s exit
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines
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• Ray Allen Sports 'Basketball Jesus' Shirt in Photo with John Calipari
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• Suns' Eric Bledsoe Believes Kentucky Would Beat 76ers in 7-Game Series
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• John Calipari Thinks Kentucky Could Lose 5-7 Players to the NBA Draft
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• Meet the Real DeMarcus Cousins: Strong-Willed, Maturing, Misunderstood
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• From the Bottom to the Top: The Russell Westbrook Story
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• John Calipari Denies Having Discussed Coaching Job WIth Kings
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• John Calipari Says He Doesn’t Regret Turning Down Cleveland Cavaliers Job
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• WATCH: DeMarcus Cousins Leads Kentucky Over UNC Alums
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2. LeBron James

3. Los Angeles Lakers

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654. John Calipari

• College basketball’s 10 best freshman for 2024-25 season, ranked
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• 4 reasons Dan Hurley should reject Lakers, and 2 reasons he might take the job
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• Tyrese Maxey was obvious NBA Draft steal the entire time
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• John Calipari lands biggest transfer portal star yet at Arkansas for huge NIL payment
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• Kentucky Hires Mark Pope As Head Coach

Kentucky has hired Mark Pope as head coach, replacing John Calipari. Pope was a captain on Kentucky's 1996 national championship team and has been head coach of BYU for the past five seasons. Pope took BYU to two NCAA tournaments in five seasons, going 110-52 overall with the Cougars. "Mark Pope not only brings an impressive record in nine years as a head coach, but also a love of the University ...2024
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• Kentucky nearing deal with Mark Pope to replace John Calipari, per reports
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 9, 2024
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines
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• Meet the 2024 McDonald’s All-Americans, starring Cooper Flagg in a loaded class

Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let’s meet this year’s talented class at the boys 2024 McDonald’s All-American Game. Competing in the McDonald’s All-American Game is a right of passage for the basketball stars of the future. While the game itself often takes on the feel of an All-Star Game as an exhibition meant to excite the fans, the practices and scrimmage leadi...2024
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• 5 college basketball fanbases with most at stake in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
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• Baylor stole top transfer portal star without big NIL payment in men’s basketball
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Read about Scott Drew rumors
• 9 Kentucky basketball coaching candidates, ranked by likelihood after John Calipari’s exit
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines
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Read about Virginia Cavaliers rumors
• 5 college basketball fanbases with most at stake in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament
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• March Madness’ top-50 players in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament, ranked
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• Louisville suffers ultimate embarrassment with Koron Davis disaster, another awful loss

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Louisville men’s basketball lied about a player transferring, then lost to Arkansas State. Louisville men’s basketball continued its fall to rock bottom on Wednesday, and somehow an embarrassing home loss to Arkansas State was not their biggest disgrace of the day. Before the game, Louisville sent out a two-sentence press release saying guard Koron Davis h...2023
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• Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, Michigan State basketball showed who they really are at Champions Classic
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• College basketball’s 25 best men’s teams, ranked and previewed by our experts
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• The 9 best fits in the 2023 NBA Draft, ranked
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• College basketball rankings: Too early top-25 after NBA deadline
Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Here’s our latest look at the top teams in men’s college basketball next season after the NBA deadline passed. The deadline for men’s college basketball standouts to decide whether or not they’re going to stay in the 2023 NBA Draft has come and gone, which means we finally have a clear (or at least less hazy) look at how the rosters for the top teams in the...2023
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