[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] Getty Images What a week it was in college basketball. Coming off a long Christmas break, there was plenty of action as conference play ramped up, giving us plenty to analyze and discuss in this week’s report card. Now that class is back in session, I have vowed one thing as a resolution in…
[ad_1] Howard’s Seth Towns has been named the HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Player of the Week for Dec. 24-30 after scoring 18 points, pulling down 12 rebounds, dishing out two assists and recording three steals in the Bison’s 71-66 victory at La Salle. The double-double performance for Towns, a graduate student from Columbus, Ohio, snapped…
[ad_1] USATSI It’s the official end of the 2023 calendar year and the end of a semester, so before we turn the page to a new year and look ahead to college basketball’s second and most important semester — replete with conference play, conference tournaments and March Madness — it’s time to first kick off…
[ad_1] North Carolina Central’s Ja’Darius Harris was named the HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Player of the Week for Dec. 17-23 after scoring 21 points, pulling down 10 rebounds and dishing out two assists in the Eagles’ 79-70 victory vs. Longwood A redshirt senior from Trenton, Tennessee, Harris’ first-career double-double led the Eagles over the Lancers for…
[ad_1] Duke needed a big win in the worst way last week when they faced previous No. 10 Baylor at Madison Square Garden. The Blue Devils were in danger of potentially dropping their fourth game before the turn of the calendar year and simultaneously likely dropping out of both Top 25 polls with a loss….
[ad_1] Retired Australian tennis player Nicole Pratt has lavished praise on Coco Gauff for her eloquence during WTA‘s 50th-anniversary celebrations in September. Gauff, one of the only recognizable members from the current roster who attended that night, was given the stage to deliver a speech. The 19-year-old kept her composure and displayed maturity beyond her…
[ad_1] North Carolina Central’s Fred Cleveland Jr. was named the HBCU All-Stars National Spotlight Player of the Week for Dec. 10-16 after averaging 21.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals for the week. A senior from Chicago, Cleveland led the Eagles to a 102-50 victory vs. St. Andrews with a career-high 30 points as…
[ad_1] NEW YORK — More than 13 years ago, Baylor and Duke squared off in a massive game in this building, Madison Square Garden. Jon Scheyer was a player then, a senior point guard for the Blue Devils. The scene: the 2010 Elite Eight. Scheyer scored 20 points, played all 40 minutes and the top-seeded…
[ad_1] Living up to the hype as a touted recruit isn’t easy. Each season, players ranked near the top of said recruiting rankings struggle to find a rhythm at the college level and either spend multiple years in school and/or never make it to the NBA. The stress can be ten fold when your dad…
