Kim Caldwell’s first season as the head coach of the Lady Vols ended on Saturday in Birmingham with a 67-59 loss to the Texas Longhorns. Tennessee went 24-10 in Caldwell’s first season at the helm. The Lady Vols beat UConn for the first time since 2007 and played a couple of great teams (LSU, South…
Texas Longhorns men’s basketball is en route to a near total transformation ahead of next season, starting with the hiring of former Xavier head coach Sean Miller. The next phase is now developing with the recent opening of the transfer portal , and Texas has already become a possible destination for multiple recruits, with the latest being Nevada transfer Nick…
No, Nolan Richardson hasn’t passed but apparently Stephen A. Smith thought he had FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The truth is Nolan Richardson probably got a good laugh when someone told him he’s apparently dead now. It will probably get worked into one of his talks at some point in time. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, trying to…
For overcoming season filled with injuries and adversity to help program reach the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in five years, the 2025 University of Arkansas team earns basketball’s final Razorbackers of the Week Injuries and adversity may have limited the 2024/2025 Arkansas Razorback basketball team throughout the season, but it didn’t prevent them from…
The Tennessee Volunteers and head coach Rick Barnes are focused on trying to come out of Sunday with a win over the Houston Cougars to advance to the Final Four. Regardless of what happens on the court, Tennessee is also now battling for a top transfer portal target who could help the team significantly next season. The…
For the second time this season, the Lady Vols pushed 1-seed Texas to its limit but again fell short in the Sweet 16 with a 67-59 loss. Tennessee had Texas on the ropes with the lead early in the fourth quarter, but things slowly fell apart for the Vols as Texas put continuous pressure on…
Nothing went right for the Vols in the first 20 minutes. Where did this awful shooting come from? The Tennessee basketball team has been fantastic throughout the NCAA Tournament shooting the rock, but everything that could have gone wrong in the first half against the No. 1 seed Houston in fact did go wrong. In the first…
From one “new” guy to another. It’s been quite an eventful handful of months for West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker, having to hire a new football coach and men’s basketball coach in the same year. If anyone knows what it takes to win here, it would be new head football coach Rich Rodriguez. During his press…
A new name for Mountaineer fans to keep their eyes on. West Virginia will search far and wide in the transfer portal to rebuild the roster essentially from scratch. New head coach Ross Hodge recently dipped down into the Division II level to reach out to Florida Tech guard transfer Donovan Brown. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound junior…
Jack Bicknell never stood a chance. Coaching was always going to be in his plan. His father, Jack Sr., was a head coach and coached his son at Boston College. But he tried to steer him in a different direction when it came to his own career choices. “He said ‘do something different’. He’s…
Of the 10 Duke basketball players who played in Saturday night’s 85-65 Elite Eight victory over Alabama, junior guard Tyrese Proctor and sophomore guard Caleb Foster were the only ones on the court when the 2023-24 Blue Devils saw their season come to an end, also in the Elite Eight, at the hands of the…
As has been the case in all but just a few Duke basketball games this season, it didn’t take long for the No. 1 seed Blue Devils (35-3) to assert their dominance on Saturday night. And via their 85-65 victory over the No. 2 seed Alabama Crimson Tide to capture the East Regional crown in Newark, N.J.,…