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Coach star Paige Bueckers? Resurrect the Dallas Wings? It's all 'just basketball' to Jose Fernandez
ARLINGTON, Texas — While relaxing courtside after a July practice, Paige Bueckers explains how she found her way into a World Cup semifinal. The tickets, via Nike, belonged to someone else. Then Victor Wembanyama canceled late. So the shoe…
How does Purdue look post-Braden Smith? What we saw on college basketball teams' foreign tours
It's the slowest month of the college basketball calendar, but August is the time when I start to get excited for the season because we get some (semi) real games, by way of foreign tours. On Tuesday, I wrote about Arizona and Michigan, who played…
How Unrivaled is building a $650M women's basketball league with players at the helm
Professional three-on-three women's basketball league Unrivaled is headed into its third season with a serious infusion of cash. The two-year-old league on Wednesday announced the completion of its Series C funding round, which brought in more than…
SEC joins Big Ten in banning pros from returning to college, including basketball players
The Southeastern Conference passed a rule Tuesday banning players who have been drafted by NFL, NBA or WNBA teams or listed on rosters in those leagues, joining the Big Ten in taking a strong stand against an unexpected surge of pro players trying…
Unrivaled women's basketball league is valued at $650 million after new funding round
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Unrivaled women's basketball league is valued at $650 million after new funding round
Unrivaled has raised funds that put its valuation at $650 million, the 3-on-3 women's basketball league announced Wednesday. That's nearly double its valuation from a year ago, when the league closed a Series B funding round. Unrivaled also…
Maryland Basketball Finds Instant Impact in Two Standout Newcomers
Power forward Tomislav Buljan and guard DJ Wagner have wasted no time making their mark in College Park, and Hoops HQ's latest newcomer rankings reflect just how quickly they've elevated Maryland's roster. Buljan debuts at No. 7, earning…
UCLA Basketball Picking Up Steam With Elite 2028 Recruit
Mick Cronin has continued to pick up steam with the 2028 recruiting class, as he has just added another major prospect to the list of potential targets for the Bruins. Benjamin Berrouet has scheduled an official visit with UCLA on Oct. 28, which…
How Ole Miss Basketball Roster Is Impacted by SEC's New Policy
The Ole Miss Rebels and the other 15 teams in the SEC will have to pay close attention to the new set of massive eligibility rules that the conference released on Tuesday amid a growing trend of players attempting to return to college athletics…
Football & Basketball Tuesday Night Roster Updates
The fluctuation of rosters does not seem to want to stop. Tuesday afternoon brought some interesting developments on the gridiron and the hardwood. Friday morning, Seth Trimble was declared as a signed member of the Louisville Basketball team, then…
Iowa Basketball Stats: Predicting Stat Leaders for the Hawkeyes in 2026-27
The 2025-26 season was an objective success for the Iowa Hawkeyes basketball program in Ben McCollum's first year as the head coach in Iowa City. You can't ask for much more than a March Madness run to the Elite 8 with a group of transfers thrown…
Adrienne Shibles named head coach for Colby College women's basketball team
Adrienne Shibles' Hall-of-Fame coaching career began at Colby College following her outstanding basketball career at Bates College, where she scored 1,005 points before graduating in 1991. She went on to become an assistant coach for the Colby…
Who is San Diego State basketball's newest international player?
Samson Mashebinu, a 6-foot-8 freshman forward from Nigeria, attended classes on the first day of the fall semester at San Diego State after he was discreetly added to the roster earlier this month. There were no pronouncements on social media, no…
Women's Basketball League Unrivaled Raises More Than $100 Million From Carmelo Anthony, Ashton Kutcher, Alex Morgan, University of California Fund and More
Unrivaled, the women's three-on-three basketball league, announced that its Series C fundraise has surpassed an initial $100 million target and is now oversubscribed — valuing the league at $650 million. The funding round was led by Ten…
UW Unveils Ho-Hum Non-Conference Basketball Schedule
Revealing its 11-game non-conference schedule, the University of Washington basketball team will face BYU in Hawaii, Baylor in downtown Seattle, Utah in Salt Lake City and a host of lower-level opponents at Alaska Airlines Arena. Following a…
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