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Sons of Duke standout Carlos Boozer following father's footsteps to the Blue Devils

Oct. 11, 2024 13:17 PM EDT

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Cameron and Cayden Boozer are following in the path of father Carlos Boozer in playing basketball for Duke. The twin brothers, both ranked as five-star prospects, announced their commitment Friday in a video posted on The Players' Tribune. Cameron...

Big 12 coaches pick Kansas as preseason favorite, Jayhawks center Hunter Dickinson as top player

Oct. 10, 2024 19:05 PM EDT

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 coaches have tabbed Kansas as the preseason favorite to win a conference that had nine of its current teams make the NCAA Tournament last season. The Jayhawks were picked ahead of Houston, Iowa State, Baylor and league-newcomer Arizona in a vote that was...

The ACC believes it should earn more NCAA Tournament berths. It's time to make that happen

Oct. 10, 2024 18:51 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It wasn't that long ago that the Atlantic Coast Conference was flirting with its public goal of earning 10 bids to the NCAA Tournament to go with all those regular Final Four appearances. Things have gotten tricky since for a league that proclaims itself as...

Iowa needed a veteran guard, and Lucy Olsen and her mid-range game was a good fit

Oct. 10, 2024 14:49 PM EDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa found an experienced point guard in the spring to fill Caitlin Clark’s position. But while Villanova transfer Lucy Olsen finished only a couple of spots behind Clark in the rankings of the nation’s leading scorers last season, her offensive game is...

NCAA D-I Council appproves cutting football, basketball transfer portal windows from 45 to 30 days

Oct. 09, 2024 13:06 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA’s Division I Council has approved changes that will shorten the transfer portal windows for football and basketball from 45 to 30 days while keeping an additional 30-day window in all sports after the departure of a head coach. Tuesday’s decisions,...

USC star JuJu Watkins agrees to extension of her sneaker endorsement deal with Nike

Oct. 08, 2024 19:11 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — JuJu Watkins has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with Nike that will give the Southern California star one of women's basketball's biggest sneaker endorsement deals. A first-team All-American after a record-setting freshman season, the guard from Los...

Olivia Miles has fought back from a knee injury. She's set to return in Notre Dame's star backcourt

Oct. 08, 2024 17:24 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There were plenty of days that Olivia Miles felt the pangs of frustration building alongside the pain and soreness, all part of the Notre Dame All-American point guard's push to rehab her way back from a serious knee injury. Sometimes it came during the...

Vanderbilt forward Kijani Wright out indefinitely with health issue

Oct. 08, 2024 12:23 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt forward Kijani Wright, among the transfers brought in by first-year coach Mark Byington, is out indefinitely with a health issue that isn't related to basketball. “Due to the personal nature of medical information, no further details will be...

DePaul coach Doug Bruno on medical leave with assistant Jill Pizzotti taking over as interim coach

Oct. 07, 2024 20:15 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — DePaul women's basketball coach Doug Bruno will be away from the team indefinitely after he suffered a medical incident last month, the school announced Monday. The 73-year-old Bruno is at home recovering and will return to the team when he's able. Jill M. Pizzotti...

UNC relocates intrasquad scrimmage from Cherokee after Hurricane Helene's impact to region

Oct. 04, 2024 16:52 PM EDT

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has relocated its planned intrasquad scrimmage in western North Carolina due to damage from Hurricane Helene in that region and will instead hold it at home. The school had scheduled its Blue-White scrimmage for Oct. 13 at the Harrah's Resort...