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Purdue’s Zach Edey highlights Wooden top 50 list

Edey, a 7-foot-4 center from Toronto, withdrew from the NBA draft on deadline day last May to return to the Boilermakers for his senior season. He was the perceived front-runner a year ago for essentially the entire season, establishing his candidacy at the Phil Knight Legacy in late November and finishing the season averaging 22.3 […]

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Champions Classic 2023: Inside Duke-Michigan State, KU-Kentucky

But Scheyer has put his stamp on Duke’s program in his second season as head coach. With a recent commitment from five-star prospect Cooper Flagg, a potential No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft, the 36-year-old head coach showed he can position Duke to continue competing for more national titles. That’s significant. With an […]

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2023 Champions Classic betting picks: Duke-Michigan State, Kansas-Kentucky

It’s eight days delinquent, but welcome to the unofficial start to college hoops season. The Champions Classic always feels like the real start to the season (and should be the actual tipoff event), with four of the biggest brands in the sport playing in a doubleheader. Let’s get to the picks. Odds courtesy ESPN BET […]

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Men’s college basketball Power Rankings: Arizona rises; MSU, Duke fall

A top-five team (Michigan State) loses at home to the Sun Belt favorite (James Madison) in overtime A matchup between two top-12 teams (Duke and Arizona), a game that went down to the final seconds A battle between a top-25 team (Baylor) and a borderline top-25 team (Auburn) that went down to the final minute […]

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Hunter Dickinson scores 21 in Kansas debut as Jayhawks stomp North Carolina Central

More Teams. More Games. Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr. channel their inner splash bros as they drop a combined 32 points in the first half for the Jayhawks. (1:32) LAWRENCE, Kan. — Hunter Dickinson had seven points, two rebounds and a block in the first 90 seconds of his Kansas career Monday night, then […]

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Kansas clear No. 1 in AP preseason hoops poll, followed by Duke

More Teams. More Games. Check out some of Kevin McCullar Jr.‘s top moments with Kansas from last season. (2:03) Bill Self likes to remind his team that the faces might change at Kansas but the expectations within his program never do. Expectations outside the program? Turns out they are as high as possible this year. […]

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The 2023-24 men’s college basketball offseason recap

The buzzer sounded on UConn’s win over San Diego State in the men’s college basketball national championship game exactly six months ago — but the entire landscape of the sport has changed in that time. Rick Pitino is back in the big time; Bob Huggins is no longer coaching. Arizona will be headed to the […]

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Dick Vitale’s men’s college basketball Preseason Top 25 for 2023-24

Kansas is my preseason No. 1. Bill Self continues his mastery of college basketball, and with the return of Kevin McCullar Jr., and the addition of Michigan transfer Hunter Dickinson, the Jayhawks have one of the most talented rosters. Of course, don’t forget about top defenders Dajuan Harris Jr. and K.J. Adams Jr., who will […]

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Kansas has exhibition streak snapped by Bahamian national team

Hield scored 19 points and Gordon had 12 for the Bahamas, which is preparing for the upcoming FIBA World Cup. The Jayhawks, who had not lost an exhibition since 2012, routed a select team from Puerto Rico to begin a three-game tour of the Caribbean last Thursday. Their new-look lineup led by Michigan transfer Hunter […]

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The average age in men’s college basketball in 2023-24

The NBA eligibility rules that made those Wildcats and Blue Devils teams possible are still with us. One-and-done is still here, as demonstrated most recently by players like Brandon Miller, Jarace Walker and Jalen Hood-Schifino. The most talented 18-year-old players in the world are still required to play one more year somewhere other than the […]

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