Category: College Headlines

The North Carolina Tar Heels are national champions. One year after a heartbreaking loss to Villanova at this same stage, the Tar Heels beat Gonzaga, 71-65, in a choppy, back-and-forth title game. This year, it was the Tar Heels that made clutch plays down the stretch and spilled out onto the the court in celebration. […]

After leading Kentucky to the Southeastern Conference regular-season and tournament titles as well as an appearance in the Elite Eight, freshman point guard De’Aaron Fox has decided he will put his name in the 2017 NBA Draft. He plans to sign with an agent, which would effectively end his career at UK. Source: Eric Lindsey […]

Sources tell ESPN 980 that Georgetown has hired Patrick Ewing as its next head coach. The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski has confirmed. Sources: Patrick Ewing has a multi-year deal to become Georgetown’s coach. He will start immediately, leaving Charlotte’s staff now. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) April 3, 2017 Source: ESPN 980 (Washington) via Twitter and Adrian Wojnarowski via […]

Micah Shrewsberry confirmed yesterday that he will meet with UMass officials this morning in what is the Celtics assistant coach’s second interview for the vacant men’s basketball job in Amherst. Shrewsberry also said he will go into the meeting with an open mind, not knowing what he will do if the job is offered. But […]

Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva has announced former Virginia Commonwealth University head basketball coach Will Wade will lead the LSU basketball program as its new head coach. Source: LSUsports.net

According to multiple NBA executives, (Grayson) Allen likely would have been a first-round pick a year ago after a sophomore season in which he averaged 21.6 points and shot 42 percent from 3-point range. Now, most of those same executives tell ESPN that the junior guard projects as a mid-second-round pick — if he opts […]

His (Greg Oden) student-coaching duties could expand down the road, but right now, the duties mostly consist of working with the Buckeyes post players. “A new beginning?” Oden said. “Yeah, this is definitely a new beginning for me.” (Thad) Matta thinks Oden would make a terrific coach, that the combination of his skills, knowledge and […]

Indiana sophomore forward OG Anunoby will miss the rest of the season, according to a statement released by the team on Friday. “It has been determined that OG Anunoby will undergo surgery on his right knee and will miss the remainder of the season. He is expected to make a complete recovery,” the statement read. […]

Five-star point guard Quade Green has committed to Kentucky. Green chose the Wildcats over Syracuse, although Villanova, Temple and Duke were also on his final list of five schools. Source: Jeff Borzello of ESPN