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How Matt McMahon and LSU became college basketball’s 2022-23 expansion team
In the early afternoon hours of April 1, LSU sophomore Mwani Wilkinson entered his name into the transfer portal. In isolation, a four-points-per-game scorer exploring his transfer options wouldn’t have been a national story — but Wilkinson was the 13th member of the 2021-22 Tigers who was set to depart. Tari Eason and Darius Days […]
Continue readingDick Vitale’s dazzling dozen college basketball rankings after the NBA draft deadline
It’s great to have an All-American in Armando Bacot returning up front. Having Caleb Love, Leaky Black and R.J. Davis provides continuity and experience. The Tar Heels also bring in 6-9 recruit Jalen Washington and point guard Seth Trimble, providing lots of depth. Hubert Davis has a reason to smile and the Heels may add […]
Continue readingNCAA Division I men’s college basketball rosters, departures, newcomers for 2022-23
Between the one-time transfer waiver and the extra year of eligibility due to the pandemic-impacted 2020-21 season, keeping track of the comings and goings has become borderline impossible. As one coach said to me recently, it feels like every player in the country can find a year of eligibility if they really try. But keeping […]
Continue readingLSU’s Mwani Wilkinson becomes 11th men’s basketball player to enter transfer portal
LSU lost its 11th player to the transfer portal on Friday, with sophomore Mwani Wilkinson opting to leave the men’s basketball program. Freshman forward Alex Fudge entered the portal earlier on Friday. In a fairly unprecedented situation, that now leaves new coach Matt McMahon with zero scholarship players from this past season still on the […]
Continue readingSEC 2021-22 basketball predictions: Can Kentucky scratch its seven-year Final Four itch?
John Calipari and the Wildcats have drastically retooled the roster, with an eye toward reclaiming SEC supremacy and making what has recently become an elusive trip to the third weekend of the NCAA tournament. But they’ll have competition near the top of the SEC — the reigning conference champ Alabama Crimson Tide, a well-stocked Arkansas […]
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