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si.com - Caleb Sisk - Three Oregon Ducks Basketball Recruiting Targets to Know
Three Oregon Ducks Basketball Recruiting Targets to Know
Sports Illustrated

The class of 2027 is set to approach the spotlight very soon, and there are many players who are worthy of being labeled as ' recruiting targets ' for the Oregon Ducks men's basketball team. That includes these three prospects with a very bright…

stltoday.com - Eli Hoff | Post-Dispatch - What's left for Mizzou men's basketball in this transfer portal window?
What's left for Mizzou men's basketball in this transfer portal window?
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si.com - Jason Burke - Updated Look at Stanford Basketball's 2026-27 Roster After Latest Big Addition
Updated Look at Stanford Basketball's 2026-27 Roster After Latest Big Addition
Sports Illustrated

This weekend, big man Austin Maurer broke the news that he has committed to the Stanford Cardinal. The seven-foot center began his college career with GCU before transferring to Seattle Redhawks this past season. In 2026-27, he'll be with Stanford.

si.com - Trent Knoop - 2 Role Players Michigan Basketball Will Lean on in 2026-27
2 Role Players Michigan Basketball Will Lean on in 2026-27
Sports Illustrated

Despite potentially losing all of its big men from this past season, Michigan is building toward another championship season heading into the 2026-27 season. The Wolverines are set to return star guards Elliot Cadeau and Trey McKenney to lead the…

si.com - Kenneth Teape - Donovan Davis Help Sell Iowa State Basketball To Top 100 Recruit
Donovan Davis Help Sell Iowa State Basketball To Top 100 Recruit
Sports Illustrated

The Iowa State Cyclones picked up another massive win on the recruiting trail when they received a commitment from Class of 2027 small forward Donovan Davis. A product of Freedom High School, he is the latest in a long line of players hailing from…

si.com - Joey Dwyer - Tyler Tanner is Fully Focused on The NBA, But That Doesn't Rule Out Vanderbilt Basketball Return
Tyler Tanner is Fully Focused on The NBA, But That Doesn't Rule Out Vanderbilt Basketball Return
Sports Illustrated

NASHVILLE—-If Tyler Tanner has made one thing clear, it's that he's not just going through the NBA Draft process for feedback. He's not going to do himself the disservice of going through it with the intention of removing his name. Tanner…

si.com - Matthew McGavic - Looking Back at Louisville Men's, Women's Basketball's 2021 Recruiting Classes
Looking Back at Louisville Men's, Women's Basketball's 2021 Recruiting Classes
Sports Illustrated

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For the Louisville men's and women's basketball programs, the 2021 recruiting cycle can be best described as 'what if?' to varying degrees. On the men's side of things, then-head coach Chris Mack secured a four-man high…

nytimes.com - Eric Nehm - How will Bucks' No. 10 pick affect their future with Giannis Antetokounmpo?
How will Bucks' No. 10 pick affect their future with Giannis Antetokounmpo?
The New York Times

CHICAGO – Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst remembers what it felt like to move down in the NBA Draft. In 2008, he was the franchise's representative in the lottery's drawing room as the Bucks fell to the No. 8 pick. That happened…

news-gazette.com - SCOTT RICHEY srichey@news-gazette.com - Good Morning, Illini Nation: Tom Michael, the basketball player
Good Morning, Illini Nation: Tom Michael, the basketball player
The News-Gazette

Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He'll offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwood's team and college basketball at…

nytimes.com - Benjamin Burrows - Trading card market hit record highs (again) in April: Cooper Flagg and Pokémon drive sales
Trading card market hit record highs (again) in April: Cooper Flagg and Pokémon drive sales
The New York Times

A pair of seven-figure private sales and a new all-time high for grading activity highlighted another sweltering month for the trading card market in April. Sales tracker Card Ladder recorded more than $616 million in online secondary market sales…

afaqs.com - Ubaid Zargar - Experience over exposure: Budweiser now spends 55% of its marketing budget on live events
Experience over exposure: Budweiser now spends 55% of its marketing budget on live events
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For the longest time now, brands have fought for attention through screens. Pre-roll ads, banner ads, influencer ads, ads squeezed between two reels, two tweets, two shorts. Now, at least for some marketers, the pendulum appears to be swinging back…

nytimes.com - James L. Edwards III - Jalen Brunson's Knicks legacy is still being written, but it's already quite good
Jalen Brunson's Knicks legacy is still being written, but it's already quite good
The New York Times

PHILADELPHIA — Whoever claims they prophesied Jalen Brunson would be this good is lying. The New York Knicks were indeed searching for a messiah of basketball's Mecca. They were desperate for a spectacle worthy of Broadway, for Madison…

nytimes.com - Jon Greenberg - Bulls get lucky and I think they land Cameron Boozer at No. 4: 'It's crazy, man'
Bulls get lucky and I think they land Cameron Boozer at No. 4: 'It's crazy, man'
The New York Times

CHICAGO — The Bryson Graham era almost began with a thud. As in the sound of Graham's head hitting the table in a ballroom at Navy Pier when the Bulls jumped from No. 9 to No. 4 in Sunday's NBA Draft Lottery. “I almost…

nytimes.com - Nick Friedell - Is Lakers coach JJ Redick out of answers against Thunder? 'We've got to be better'
Is Lakers coach JJ Redick out of answers against Thunder? 'We've got to be better'
The New York Times

LOS ANGELES — JJ Redick doesn't have many answers for what he has seen so far in a lopsided Western Conference semifinals series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. One of the few he did offer after a 131-108 loss in Game 3 on Saturday night…

si.com - Lizzie Vargas - Why Patience Is Key for Arizona's Latest Big Man Commit
Why Patience Is Key for Arizona's Latest Big Man Commit
Sports Illustrated

Arizona's latest addition, Dutch big man Endurance Aiyamenkhue, is not walking into Tucson as a finished product. He's 6'11”, extremely raw, and still learning the full rhythm of high-level basketball after only a few years in the sport.

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