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Oweh scores 21, No. 23 Kentucky routs Wright State 103-62 in Mark Pope's debut as Wildcats' coach
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Otega Oweh scored 21 points, Koby Brea added 18 off the bench, and No. 23 Kentucky shot 60% to blow out Wright State 103-62 in Mark Pope's Wildcat debut on Monday night. Pope replaced John Calipari in April after the Hall of Famer left for Arkansas and...
Arkansas tops list of six preseason Top 25 teams that didn't reach 2024 NCAA Tournament
Arkansas has only one scholarship player back from a team that finished a game below .500 last year, yet the Razorbacks open this season in the AP Top 25. Consider that a testament to the way new coach John Calipari reshaped his roster by adding transfers and freshmen. ...
Tipoff: Where the top transfers in college basketball have landed
After Dusty May left Florida Atlantic to take over Michigan’s program, plenty of the top remaining players from the Owls’ 2023 Final Four team departed as well. But they didn’t all follow their former coach to Ann Arbor. They scattered to various programs. ...
Roster chaos born of NIL money and the transfer portal have turned college hoops upside-down
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — KJ Adams Jr. is sitting in a corner of Hadl Auditorium, just down the hallway from Allen Fieldhouse, the historic home of the top-ranked Kansas basketball team, and the place that the senior forward has called home for the past four years. He is a rarity these...
From Coach Cal at Arkansas to Alabama's title pursuit, storylines abound in SEC filled with talent
John Calipari was asked recently what it will feel like when Feb. 1 finally rolls around. “What's February 1st?” he replied with mock innocence. “That's my dad's birthday.” It's also the day Calipari, who will be about three months into his first season...
John Calipari brings high hopes to No. 16 Arkansas
Arkansas (16-17, 6-8 SEC) Eric Musselman took Arkansas basketball to its highest level since Nolan Richardson was coach. Now, Razorbacks faithful are hoping John Calipari can return all the way to those 1990s Richardson-era memories. The former Kentucky coach is preparing for his...
Alabama leads new-look SEC with Calipari changing schools, Texas and Oklahoma along for the ride
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is the Southeastern Conference favorite in basketball, not football. John Calipari is leading a team with high expectations, just not at Kentucky. And Texas and Oklahoma are along for the ride now, too. The SEC has matched its record with eight NCAA...
Cancer survivor helps inspire college basketball doubleheader exhibition to benefit St. Jude
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Nick saw the dark circles under his eyes that never went away, noticed how he struggled down basketball courts he used to cover in a sprint and how he had to rest on the exam table when his pediatrician took his mother outside to talk. In the car, the high...
Kansas tops AP Top 25 preseason men's basketball poll ahead of Alabama, defending champion UConn
Kansas was picked first in the AP Top 25 preseason men’s basketball poll Monday, getting the No. 1 nod on half of the 60 ballots from a national media panel to start the season ahead of Alabama and two-time defending national champion UConn. Kansas scooped up 30 first-place votes...
John Calipari is cautious but excited heading into his first season coaching at Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Even if John Calipari wins big at Arkansas, he cautions that he might not win quickly. “It normally takes my programs two or three years to really get stuff established the way you want it,” Calipari said Tuesday. The former Kentucky...
