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Championship coaches Calipari and Drew both have Top 25 teams with lot of new players
DALLAS (AP) — National championship-winning coaches John Calipari and Scott Drew are in similar situations, getting started this season with Top 25 teams while coaching a bunch of new players. In Calipari's case for his debut with 16th-ranked Arkansas, he is coaching a new team. ...
Jayden Nunn scores 16, Norchad Omier has double-double as No. 8 Baylor beats No. 16 Arkansas 72-67
DALLAS (AP) — Jayden Nunn had 16 points while Norchad Omier had a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds as eighth-ranked Baylor bounced back from a season-opening blowout loss and held on to beat No. 16 Arkansas 72-67 on Saturday night. The Bears (1-1) never trailed five...
John Calipari wins Arkansas debut as 16th-ranked Razorbacks beat Lipscomb 76-60
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — John Calipari won his debut as Arkansas coach when the 16th-ranked Razorbacks held off a second-half rally by Lipscomb and pulled away for a 76-60 victory Wednesday night. Freshman guard Boogie Fland scored 17 points and Florida Atlantic transfer Johnell...
Led by Mark Sears, No. 2 Alabama is perhaps SEC's best hope to end national title drought
Alabama enters the season as perhaps the Southeastern Conference’s best hope to end its national title drought in men’s basketball. Nate Oats and the second-ranked Crimson Tide are fully embracing those expectations, with Mark Sears and Grant Nelson returning and several...
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...
