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Hailey Van Lith is headed to TCU for a final season after a one-year run with LSU
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Hailey Van Lith, who joined LSU this past season and reached the Elite Eight with the defending national champion before a loss to Caitlin Clark and Iowa, is transferring to TCU for her fifth and final season. Van Lith spent her first three seasons with...
Hunter Dickinson announces his return to KU; UCLA signs Tyler Bilodeau from portal
Kansas star center Hunter Dickinson announced Friday he would return for a final season with the Jayhawks. Coach Bill Self also said he has signed a fourth player from the transfer portal in Rylan Griffen, a starter on the Alabama team that reached the NCAA Final Four. ...
USC gives Lindsay Gottlieb a contract extension following deepest NCAA Tournament run in 30 years
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California coach Lindsay Gottlieb has signed a contract extension through the 2029-30 season after the Trojans reached the NCAA Elite Eight in her third season and made their deepest tournament run in 30 years, athletic director Jen Cohen announced Friday. ...
Florida center Micah Handlogten to sit out next season while recovering from a broken left leg
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida center Micah Handlogten, who gruesomely broke his left leg in the Southeastern Conference championship game last month, is planning to take a medical redshirt next season and work toward returning to the court and becoming “an absolute monster” in the fall of...
New Orleans hires Stacy Hollowell as basketball coach
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The University of New Orleans has hired Texas Southern assistant and former Loyola-New Orleans coach Stacy Hollowell as the Privateers' basketball coach. Two years ago, Hollowell coached Loyola to an NAIA championship. Following that season, he joined the staff...
G Javian McCollum transferring to Georgia Tech after leading Oklahoma hoops in scoring
ATLANTA (AP) — Guard Javian McCollum is transferring to Georgia Tech after leading Oklahoma in scoring this past season. The 6-foot-2 McCollum started all 30 games he played for the Sooners, averaging 13.3 points per game while hitting 40.4% from the field and 31.4% from 3-point...
Charlotte hires Tomekia Reed as women's coach after highly successful tenure at HBCU Jackson State
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte announced the hiring of Tomekia Reed as women’s basketball coach on Thursday after she helped Jackson State win five consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference championships during a highly successful six-year tenure with the Tigers. Reed was...
Kentucky coach Mark Pope adds Baylor assistant Alvin Brooks III as associate head coach
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has hired Baylor assistant Alvin Brooks III as associate head coach, bringing in a 20-year coaching veteran who helped build the Bears into the 2021 national champions during eight seasons with the program. Recently-hired Wildcats head coach Mark Pope...
Civil lawsuit dismissed against former Texas Tech basketball player Pop Isaacs
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A civil lawsuit against former Texas Tech basketball player Pop Isaacs was dismissed this week after he had been alleged in the assault of a 17-year-old girl during the team's trip to Bahamas in November. Isaacs’ attorneys said in a statement Wednesday that...
Arizona lands Oakland star forward Trey Townsend out of transfer portal
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Oakland forward Trey Townsend is transferring to Arizona following a breakout run in the NCAA Tournament. Townsend, who announced his decision Wednesday on Instagram, was named the Horizon League player of the year last season after averaging 17.3 points, 8.1...
