Category: NCAA News Wire
Picking the preseason No. 1 in Pac-12 basketball is easy. Predicting which teams come next is mostly a roll of the dice. Arizona was the runaway winner of the media poll at Pac-12 Media Day in San Francisco on Thursday, picking up 31 of the 32 first-place votes. The other first-place nod went to UCLA, […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Florida and Kentucky are both coming off Final Four seasons. The two heavyweights are expected to contend for a Southeastern Conference title again this season. The question remains: Can the rest of the league close the gap in talent and performance? “I believe that you will see five or six teams from […]
NEW YORK – The first time Marquette guard Matt Carlino saw Steve Wojciechowski was on television – not playing, but conducting a halftime interview as a coach. “I was a little young to see him play, but he always did the halftime interview for Coach K (Mike Krzyzewski) at Duke,” said Carlino at BIG EAST […]
Syracuse officials will meet with the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions later this month as part of an inquiry into the athletic department, according to reports. Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim and athletic director Daryl Gross both refused to comment to the Syracuse Post-Standard on whether they would be present at the hearing. CBSSports.com reported […]
The Kentucky Wildcats are in familiar territory. For the second consecutive season, the Wildcats sit atop the first preseason USA TODAY Coaches Poll, which was released Thursday. Kentucky garnered 24 of the 32 first-place votes. No. 2 Arizona earned three, No. 3 Duke received two first-place votes and No. 4 Wisconsin received No. 1 consideration […]
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Wisconsin may be a unanimous pick to win the Big Ten basketball title but other usual suspects can’t be overlooked. The Badgers, who reached the Final Four in Dallas but lost to Kentucky in a thriller, were the top choice in a poll released Thursday at Big Ten media day. Michigan State, […]
The Kentucky Wildcats are in familiar territory. For the second consecutive season, the Wildcats sit atop the first preseason USA TODAY Coaches Poll, which was released Thursday. Kentucky garnered 24 of the 32 first-place votes. No. 2 Arizona earned three, No. 3 Duke received two first-place votes and No. 4 Wisconsin received No. 1 consideration […]
Kentucky’s preseason combine for NBA scouts will be televised by ESPNU, the school announced Friday. The network will air part of the event staged next Friday afternoon in Lexington, Ky., for talent evaluators — and the cable-viewing public. Last month, coach John Calipari said he decided to hold a combine for scouts this year rather […]
The Texas Longhorns suspended sophomore guard Martez Walker indefinitely following his arrest on a misdemeanor assault charge, head coach Rick Barnes announced Friday. On Wednesday night, a woman who stated to authorities that she was Walker’s girlfriend was transported to an Austin-area hospital for treatment after being assaulted in a campus dorm room. “We are […]
Illinois will be without its starting point guard from last season after senior Tracy Abrams suffered a torn ACL in his right knee during a preseason workout. Abrams was one of three returning starters from the 2013-14 team who were expected to lead the Fighting Illini this season. He averaged 10.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and […]
