Category: NCAA Basketball

Monmouth’s Madison Durr earns Oscar Robinson National Player of the Week honors

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Courtesy of the CAA CAA Player of the Week Madison Durr of Monmouth has been selected as one of five Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week honorees by the USBWA (U.S. Basketball Writers Association) on Tuesday. Durr became the second Monmouth player this season to earn national recognition, joining teammate Abdi Bashir Jr., who garnered the accolade on Nov. 19. The Hawks’ guard is also the third CAA player and second in as many weeks to secure the USBWA’s weekly honor as UNCW’s Bo Montgomery captured the award on Jan. 29. The Atlanta…

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February 3 CAA Men’s Basketball Notebook

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Courtesy of the CAA DOUBLE OHHH-VERTIME Madison Durr (40 pts., 19-19 FT) and Abdi Bashir Jr. (32 pts.) led Monmouth past Drexel, 104-97, in double OT. Durr’s 40-point outing was just the eighth in program history. He also went 19-for-19 from the line, the most without a miss by a Division I player in a game this season and a new CAA record, surpassing W&M’s Mit Winter’s 17-for-17 mark on Jan. 24, 2001, against James Madison. Durr became the 26th player in NCAA history with 19+ FT made without a…

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CAA hands down suspension to Drexel’s Yame Butler

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From the CAA: Commissioner Joe D’Antonio has issued a suspension to Drexel men’s basketball student-athlete Yame Butler for a violation of the conference’s sportsmanship policy. Butler committed a violation of the conference’s sportsmanship policy during the second half of the Dragons’ game against Northeastern on January 23. Butler will sit out the first half of Drexel’s game against Delaware on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 25).

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CAA announces docket of 2024-25 men’s hoops games to appear on CBS Sports Network

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Courtesy of the CAA Twenty-seven CAA men’s basketball games will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network in 2024-25 to continue the league’s national television presence. CBS Sports Network will show 24 regular season conference contests and its continued coverage of the Jersey Mike’s CAA Men’s Basketball Championship’s final two days with the two semifinals and title game. These games are in addition to the two December 28contests announced this summer for the CBS Sports Classic: HBCU Showcase. N.C. A&T will host NC Central, and Hampton will welcome Howard for a…

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VA’s Tony Bennett suddenly announces retirement

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Courtesy of Brendan Marks of The Athletic Virginia coach Tony Bennett — one of the winningest college basketball coaches in the history of the ACC and the sport at large, who delivered the program’s first and only national championship in 2019 — is retiring, the school announced Thursday afternoon. Bennett’s retirement is effective immediately, and his final press conference will be Friday. The 55-year-old ends his career not just as Virginia’s all-time wins leader, possessing a 364-136 record over 15 seasons in Charlottesville, but as one of the most storied…

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Check out the “UNC PE” Jordan Tatum 2

Brandon King

The Tatum 2 gets the Tar Heel PE treatment. Designed specifically for the North Carolina hoops program, this iteration of the Tatum 2 sports a textured synthetic foundational layer overlaid with that of black nubuck at the toe as well as piece at the eye row that extends down to the mid near the heel.  On the rear heel is stamped the word “CREATE”.  Grey and blue pods on the sides along with branding on the tongue.   A grey midsole and blue-tinted translucent rubber outsole rounds out the aesthetic.  As it…

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Ohio State shows off LeBron PEs

Brandon King

Earlier this week, Ohio State unveiled their roster of team-exclusive LeBron footwear. The Buckeyes fleet of LeBron footwear consists of three LeBron NXXT Gen- a white-based colorway and a red-based look. Both featured tri-branded tongues with Ohio State, LeBron and Nike logos. The third color is based on Lebron’s first signature sneaker, the Air Zoom Generation. There are also a pair of LeBron XXI- a white iteration and a red colorway. The white color, which LeBron recently wore in host 40-point outing against the Oklahoma City Thunder, sports and embroidered…

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Duquense Basketball shows off fleet of LeBron PEs

Brandon King

Duquesne Basketball unveiled their lineup of team-exclusive Lebron footwear for this season. The sneaker roster includes two sets of the LeBron NXXT Gen and the LeBron XXI. All of which are outfitted in the Dukes’ navy, red and white colors and will feature Duquesne branding. A retail release seems unlikely, however if that changes, we will be on top of disseminating that information.

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Former Oklahoma 2-sport star Ryan Minor passes at 49

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title image via Oklahoma Athletics Courtesy of Sooner Sports — The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department is deeply saddened by the loss of former two-sport standout Ryan Minor, who passed away Friday from cancer. He was 49. Minor, an All-American in basketball and a pitcher and first baseman who helped the OU baseball team to the 1994 national title, was drafted professionally in both sports. He arrived at OU in the fall of 1992 as a member of Billy Tubbs’ men’s basketball team and Larry Cochell’s baseball squad. He played…

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Paige Bueckers inks deal with the Swoosh

Brandon King

UCONN star Paige Bueckers is the latest addition to the Nike Basketball family, as the brand announced Wednesday that she was signed to a NIL deal. Just 46 games into her collegiate career, the Hopkins, Minnesota native is already a highly decorated player with honors to her credit such as: Bueckers will begin her Nike run as one of the host of athletes that will wear the G.T. Hustle 2, which is planned to debut in three colorways this fall.

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