HKK Siroki Brijeg (Division I) landed 26-year old Croatian 208cm forward Luka Barisic (college: W.Illinois) for new season. Barisic played most recently at Ilirija in Slovenian Liga Nova KBM. In 28 games he averaged 12.1ppg, 4.6rpg and 2.0apg last season. He can count that year as a very successful as was voted to Eurobasket.com All-Slovenian…
Reed Sheppard, a standout freshman for Kentucky, has decided to enter the NBA Draft, as reported by CBS Sports. Sheppard, who had a remarkable debut season with the Wildcats, will not be returning to college and is actively preparing for the upcoming draft on June 26. He has also signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA)…
The final Frosh Watch rankings of the 2023-24 college basketball season are here. With Selection Sunday less than five days away, most players on this list will play a critical role in deciding their respective teams’ postseason fates. Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard wasn’t even included in the first edition of these rankings back in November. As…
March is the most important month on the basketball calendar for many obvious reasons, one of them being: carousel season. We are on the precipice of at least four dozen coaching changes over the next five weeks. Last year, 12 jobs in the Big Six conferences flipped. Could 2024 exceed that? All it takes is…
The month of March is officially upon us, folks. And while March Madness is technically still a few weeks out, mayhem within the sport has been steadily increasing in recent days. The last week was a particularly busy one with the kind of fun finishes, stellar performances and general drama we often associate with the game….
South Carolina has been one of the best stories in college basketball this season, and freshman Collin Murray-Boyles is one of the reasons why. The Gamecocks are tied atop the SEC standings with Alabama. Remember: this is a team that was tabbed to finish last in the SEC preseason poll. Earlier this week, South Carolina…
How many sports can produce headlines that include Morgan Freeman getting smacked and a student manager earning national headlines all in the span of a week? It has to be just one, right? Oh, college hoops, how we love you! The sport delivered a batch of (mostly) good news across the landscape this week that…
Baylor coach Scott Drew has the luxury of having not one, but two elite first-year players on his roster. Ja’Kobe Walter has been one of the focal points of this entire class. Walter has been ranked near the top of Frosh Watch since its inception at the start of the season. Walter’s teammate, Yves Missi,…
If college basketball season ended today, it would likely result in Purdue center Zach Edey becoming the first player to repeat as Naismith Player of the Year since Ralph Sampson did it for Virginia in three straight seasons from 1981-83. Edey is playing roughly 2.5 fewer minutes per game than he did last season and…
This first weekend of conference play in 2024 is in the books. There were winners, losers, standout performances and upsets — the whole nine yards. Despite this freshman class being unpredictable at times, there has been a level of consistency near the top. USC star guard Isaiah Collier has been under a microscope this season…
