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si.com - Justice Sandle - Miami Basketball Lands National Championship Winning Guard For the Future
Miami Basketball Lands National Championship Winning Guard For the Future
Sports Illustrated

The Miami Hurricanes and Jai Lucas return to the Big 10 to add another key piece to their roster. However, it likely won't be this season, but the year after, as the Hurricanes land the commitment of LJ Cason from the transfer portal. The former…

si.com - Thomas Carelli - Jalen Duren's Latest Free Agency Update Points Upwards in Fantasy Basketball
Jalen Duren's Latest Free Agency Update Points Upwards in Fantasy Basketball
Sports Illustrated

The Detroit Pistons remain in their pursuit of retaining restricted free agent Jalen Duren. The speculation runs deep regarding his 2026-27 landing spot. Duren has implied that he wishes to play for the Sacramento Kings. The Pistons, however, have…

si.com - Erin Mulligan - Colorado Basketball Hosting Four-Star Recruiting Target
Colorado Basketball Hosting Four-Star Recruiting Target
Sports Illustrated

Continuing to gain national recognition, four-star small forward recruit Isaiah Santos visited Boulder on July 19 after adding the Colorado Buffaloes to the list of offers that he has received, according to 247Sports' Dushawn London. As a member of…

si.com - Kenneth Teape - Iowa State Basketball Class of 2027 Commits Highly Regarded
Iowa State Basketball Class of 2027 Commits Highly Regarded
Sports Illustrated

Under head coach T.J. Otzelberger, the Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team has always fared well on the recruiting trail, whether it be the transfer portal or bringing in talent from the high school ranks. He and the coaching staff have done…

lex18.com - Sierra Newton - Meet the Wildcats: Get to know the 2026-27 UK Women's Basketball roster
Meet the Wildcats: Get to know the 2026-27 UK Women's Basketball roster
LEX 18 News - Lexington, KY (WLEX)

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The University of Kentucky Women's Basketball team had a record-breaking four Wildcats selected in the 2026 Draft, finished the season with an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance, and a 25-11 record. With Head Coach Kenny…

si.com - Dan Raley - UW Basketball Pursues Teen Who Led Upset of U.S. Team
UW Basketball Pursues Teen Who Led Upset of U.S. Team
Sports Illustrated

All Deng Ngor had to do to get noticed as a basketball player was beat the United States in a championship game, something Canada had never done before on a youth level. Yet in June, the 6-foot-8, 200-pound forward from Erie, Ontario, by way of…

si.com - Aaron Mendoza - Three Takeaways from BYU Basketball's 2026-27 Non-Conference Schedule
Three Takeaways from BYU Basketball's 2026-27 Non-Conference Schedule
Sports Illustrated

Believe it or not, we are nearly 100 days away from BYU's first game of the season. With the non-conference schedule now released, let's review some key takeaways. BYU will open exhibition play against Fred Hoiberg's Nebraska Cornhuskers on October…

si.com - Josh Henschke - Everything Michigan Basketball Head Coach Mike Boynton Jr. Said on the Defend the Block Podcast
Everything Michigan Basketball Head Coach Mike Boynton Jr. Said on the Defend the Block Podcast
Sports Illustrated

Michigan basketball head coach Mike Boynton has made his first public comments after having the interim tag removed, speaking on U-M's Defend the Block podcast this week. Here's everything Boynton had to say. Man, so much has happened since then.

si.com - Joshua Schulman - How Kansas Basketball Rookies Performed in the NBA Summer League
How Kansas Basketball Rookies Performed in the NBA Summer League
Sports Illustrated

The 2026 NBA Summer League concluded yesterday when the Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the championship game. The multi-week event was wildly entertaining and featured four former Kansas standouts making their first Summer…

si.com - Dalton Trigg - USM Basketball Player Profile: Brandon Weston 'More Than Ready' to Impact Winning
USM Basketball Player Profile: Brandon Weston 'More Than Ready' to Impact Winning
Sports Illustrated

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss men's basketball program has had one heck of an offseason, as head coach Jay Ladner and his staff did about as well as anyone could've asked for by reloading the roster via adding players through high…

nunesmagician.com - Kevin Wall - Syracuse men's basketball: Gerry McNamara takes the keys to another Orange residence
Syracuse men's basketball: Gerry McNamara takes the keys to another Orange residence
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician

The Syracuse real estate market has been heating up with the anticipation of Micron's move to the area and people will tell you that houses are going quickly and for prices above listing. Which is why it wasn't that shocking when we learned that…

si.com - Brandy Simms - Sixty-Six Years Later, Danny Heater's 135-Point Night Remains High School Basketball's Gold Standard
Sixty-Six Years Later, Danny Heater's 135-Point Night Remains High School Basketball's Gold Standard
Sports Illustrated

For 66 years, one of the most extraordinary records in high school basketball has remained untouched. On Jan. 26, 1960, Burnsville High School senior Danny Heater scored an incredible 135 points in a 173-43 victory over Widen High School, setting a…

kristv.com - Larissa Liska - Danny Green Basketball camp returns to Corpus Christi July 28, registration is open
Danny Green Basketball camp returns to Corpus Christi July 28, registration is open
KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texa — If you're a San Antonio Spurs fan and want to see your youth boy or girl athlete train with a 3-time NBA Champion, the First Baptist Church on Ocean Drive is where you want them to be on July 28. Learning at the Danny…

bloomberg.com - Denitsa Tsekova - Prediction Markets Are Minting a New Type of Insider Trader
Prediction Markets Are Minting a New Type of Insider Trader
Bloomberg

In early February, Caden Booth, a 21-year-old TikToker, flew from Cincinnati to San Francisco and headed for the stadium where Super Bowl LX was taking place. He waited 12 hours, until he heard rehearsals for the national anthem begin. Stopwatch in…

rumbleinthegarden.com - Thomas Cavanagh - St. John's men's basketball replace injured Donnie Freeman with Hungarian forward Zsombor Maronka
St. John's men's basketball replace injured Donnie Freeman with Hungarian forward Zsombor Maronka
Rumble In The Garden

The Johnnies signed the sharp-shooting stretch forward to fill the void left following Freeman's season-ending Achilles injury. Less than three weeks after losing prized transfer Donnie Freeman for this upcoming season with a torn Achilles injury…

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