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Roster turnover is common in college athletics these days and yesterday the Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team learned that two more players plan to enter the transfer portal. Both Sophie Burrows and Maddie Potts declared their intention to enter the transfer portal. Burrows averaged 11 points and 5.8 rebounds per game for the Orange this […]
UNC supports 28 varsity sports. In this decade, women’s soccer, field hockey, women’s lacrosse, and both men’s and women’s tennis have added to the University of National Champions’ accomplished list of title winners. Dean Smith, when asked about UNC being a basketball school, once famously said that UNC was in fact a women’s soccer school. […]
Rutgers fans, it’s game day! The Scarlet Knights have made the trip out to Las Vegas and will take on Creighton later tonight in the first round of the College Basketball Crown. Rutgers will look to build on its momentum from the end of the regular season and take down a Creighton team that has […]
Happy Thursday, everyone. Yesterday’s biggest news was the hire of Pauline Love as the new women’s basketball coach. Pauline Love, the former associate head coach at Oklahoma, was named as the next head coach of the Crimson Tide Wednesday, April 1. Love was Alabama’s assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under former coach Kristy Curry in 2024-25. “I’m incredibly honored […]
The Yankees’ pitching staff as a whole has been magnificent, allowing six runs across their first six games and tallying three shutouts in the first five. Max Fried has been at the forefront of this staff-wide domination, not allowing a run across his first two starts and 13.1 innings. His second start of the year […]
Just around five months ago, a 30-point performance against the defending national champion Florida Gators put freshman forward Koa Peat on the college basketball map. “Koa, it was a coming out party for him, so to speak,” UA coach Tommy Lloyd said at the time. “Everyone’s known about him, but no one’s really studied him […]
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There are plenty of frustrations and concerns around Kentucky Basketball, but according to some recently-released data, Kentucky Basketball continues to be elite when it comes to ticket sales. A new report from Sportico shows Kentucky Basketball earned about $8 million more on basketball ticket sales than any other school. We should note that this data […]
“Bucketheads” is LGHL’s men’s basketball podcast, hosted by Connor Lemons and Justin Golba. In every episode, they give you the latest scoop on the Ohio State Buckeyes and everything else happening in college hoops. Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio On episode 199 of the Bucketheads Podcast, Connor and Justin are back after two weeks to recap a chaotic last […]
Mark Pope is entering the most important offseason of his coaching career. It can not be understated or overstated; he must get every move inch perfect. That starts with nailing the targets he spends his NIL budget on. Here is who Kentucky is currently targeting. Brett Decker Jr., Liberty Brett Decker is a name that […]
Cooper Flagg, along with his Duke roommate Kon Knueppel, is generally seen as the leading candidates for NBA Rookie of the Year. It’s been a tremendous year for both former Blue Devils. In this interview with Pat McAfee, Flagg discusses his rookie season to date. He touches on something that Kevin Garnett discovered in his […]
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Hoops. Mizzou Basketball fans can see senior Jayden Stone representing the Tigers one last time. Stone will be playing in the NABC Division 1 College All-Star Game at the Final Four in Indianapolis this weekend. Stone will be on the West roster — and the […]
The race for our Rookie of the Year came down to some obvious candidates: Gavin McKenna of Penn State, Porter Martone of Michigan State and Ethan Wyttenbach of Quinnipiac.Because of how close this is, we decided, for the first time, to step back and do some deep statistical analysis, with the help of Claude.In the end, it went to Martone, who has already signed a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers...
While the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team appears to be hemorrhaging talent, Megan Duffy and the women’s team are getting a jumpstart on next season. On Wednesday, Talia Goodman of On3 revealed that the Hokies had landed a commitment from 6-foot-2 forward Alyssa Latham. Latham, a native of Glenwood, Illinois, was a four-star recruit out […]
Bill Self announced Wednesday afternoon that he will return for another season as head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks. There have been questions about whether Self would retire after he mentioned that he would be discussing his coaching future with his family due to concerns over health-related issues in recent years. Self’s announcement is big […]
In a conversation with Tim Staudt on The Game 730 AM in East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State Spartans coach Tom Izzo stated that he has scheduled a non-conference matchup with coach Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs for the 2026-27 season. No date or official location is set, but the game will reportedly be played […]
According to his agent, Ryan Murphy, redshirt freshman guard Cade Orness has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Orness becomes the first Gonzaga Bulldog from the 2025-26 roster to do so. The portal officially opens up the day after the national championship on Tuesday, April 7, and will be for 15 days until closing on April […]
The Gophers are one of 16 teams remaining in all of college basketball.
There are a lot of names to keep an eye on when the transfer portal opens on April 7th. Kentucky Basketball will likely have a roster filled with mostly transfers next season, which is fine. That’s how Mark Pope’s first roster at Kentucky was built, and it got the Cats to the Sweet 16. Another […]
Since Marquette men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart used TNT Sports to announce that he will be evolving the Golden Eagles roster for the 2026-27 season, it was reasonable to wonder precisely that would mean for most of the 2025-26 roster. We’ve already nailed down that Nigel James, the 2026 Big East Freshman of the […]
Tanisha Wright will not be the only All-Big Ten performer on the Lady Lions’ staff in 2026, as her teammate and the leading scorer in program history, Kelly Mazzante was named as one of her assistant coaches. (No, this is not a prank!) Mazzante played for Rene Portland from 2000-2004, earning National Freshman of the […]
The Kentucky Wildcats are geared up to build their roster ahead of the 2026-27 season. Mark Pope and staff are expected to be involved with San Francisco standout Tyrone Riley, according to Jacob Polacheck at KSR. Riley, a 6-6 small forward who averaged 12.2 points (36.8% from deep), 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and one steal […]
In my opinion, there was no better women’s basketball player this year other than Notre Dame guard, Hannah Hidalgo. So while the Naismith Award for that didn’t include her as a finalist, they did for the best defensive player — and of course she stole it. Hannah Hidalgo Wins Naismith Defensive Player Of The Year […]
It was reported by Jon Rothstein in the morning on Wednesday and then made official in the afternoon: Marquette men’s basketball assistant coach Nevada Smith will be leaving Milwaukee and heading to upstate New York as the new head coach for Siena. Here’s the press release: “My family and I could not be more excited […]
It’s going to be a big weekend for the Orange and Blue in Indy, and Illinois is hoping fans will partake in events all around the city leading up to the Final Four. In a press release Wednesday night, the Illini’s free Final Four open practice will be at 11 a.m. ET on Friday. Doors […]