Category: NCAA Basketball

NBL News: Melbourne will take on St. Mary’s Geals in preseason action

Staff

Courtesy of Melbourne United Media Basketball is finally back! Melbourne United will hit the court for the first time this preseason in an exhibition matchup with storied American college basketball program St Mary’s. Featuring a lineup full of a mix of new and familiar faces, United will aim to get their season off to a great start on Tuesday evening in Keilor. PLAYERS TO WATCH A number of players will suit up for Melbourne for the first time on Tuesday, including NBL1 standouts Makuach Maluach and Malith Machar, both of…

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Jackson State women’s hoops to play in WNIT

Staff

From Jackson State University Athletics: The Jackson State University women’s basketball team has been selected to play in the Preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament in November. The three-time defending regular season Southwestern Athletic Conference champions and two-time defending SWAC Tournament champions will face Colorado, Louisiana-Lafayette, and Texas Tech in a three-game round-robin event. Jackson State will play at Colorado on November 12, at Texas Tech on November 15, and against Louisiana-Lafayette in a contest hosted by Texas Tech on November 16. “I am excited for our team to be selected…

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UCONN’s Paige Bueckers blows out knee, will miss entire season

Brandon King

Paige Bueckers is the most exciting and likely the best players and unfortunately for her UConn and even fans of college basketball she missed 19 games last season due to a a tibial plateau fracture and lateral meniscus tear. Now in a cruel twist of fate it appears the injury clock for Bueckers will keep on ticking away. Wednesday afternoon news emerged and Bueckers had torn her ACL effectively sidelining her for the entirety of the 20 2223 basketball season. Bueckers suffered the injury Monday during a pickup game to…

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March 31, 2022 NCAA StatCap: Xavier is 2022 NIT Champs

Brandon King

Top Performers Performers pt rb ast Jack NungeXavier vs. Texas A&M 15 11 4   2 stl  Quenton JacksonTexas A&M vs. Xavier 23 6 0   12-14 ft Colby JonesXavier vs. Texas A&M 21 4 3   3 stl  Dwon OdomXavier vs. Texas A&M 18 3 2 Henry ColemanTexas A&M vs. Xavier 7 9 0 Hassan DiarraTexas A&M vs. Xavier 12 2 3 Tyrece RadfordTexas A&M vs. Xavier 15 7 1 Manny ObasekiTexas A&M vs. Xavier 6 0 0 Zach FreemantleXavier vs. Texas A&M 6 8 3 Nate JohnsonXavier vs. Texas A&M 7…

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March 28, 2022 NCAA Basketball StatCap

Brandon King

Who Got It Done pt rb ast Orlando RobinsonFresno St. vs. Southern Utah 20 7 3   3 stl  Javon FranklinSouth Ala. vs. Coastal Caro. 17 12 4   2 stl , 2 blk Rudi WilliamsCoastal Caro. @ South Ala. 17 3 2   3 stl  Alex AndersonSouth Ala. vs. Coastal Caro. 10 6 2   3 stl  Essam MostafaCoastal Caro. @ South Ala. 12 7 4 Jordan CampbellFresno St. vs. Southern Utah 11 5 3 Isaiah HillFresno St. vs. Southern Utah 8 1 7 Destin WhitakerFresno St. vs. Southern Utah 9 2 1…

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January 25, 2022 College Basketball StatCap

Brandon King

Who Got It Done top 5 are pictured pt rb ast Azar SwainYale vs. Columbia 37 3 2   6-8 3-pt Iverson MolinarMiss. St. @ Kentucky 30 3 3   3 stl , 2 blk Oscar TshiebweKentucky vs. Miss. St. 21 22 1   3 stl  Jabari WalkerColorado @ Oregon 24 11 2 Miles NorrisUCSB @ Cal St N’ridge 31 5 1   9-10 3-pt Ryan RollinsToledo vs. Buffalo 25 11 5   13-16 ft Jamarius BurtonPitt vs. Syracuse 21 6 5   2 stl  Adama SanogoConnecticut vs. Georgetown 19 8 0   2 stl , 2…

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December 21, 2021 College Basketball StatCap

Brandon King

Who Got it Done top 5 are pictured pt rb ast Jordan UsherGa Tech vs. Georgia St. 30 11 0   5-6 3-pt Norchad OmierArkansas St. vs. Lyon 31 10 1   15-19 fg Mark SearsOhio vs. S.C. Upstate 33 8 3   10-10 ft Femi OdukalePitt vs. Jacksonville 28 2 3   5-7 3-pt Demaree KingJacksonville St. @ UALR 32 1 1   9-11 3-pt Mouhamadou GueyePitt vs. Jacksonville 15 12 4   4 blk Iverson MolinarMiss. St. vs. Winthrop 22 3 3 Markquis NowellKansas St. vs. McNeese St. 18 4 10   2 stl  Manny…

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December 19, 2021 college basketball StatCap

Brandon King

Who Got it Done top 5 are pictured pt rb ast George PapasMonmouth vs. Colgate 30 4 5   6-9 3-pt Jacob OgnacevicLipscomb vs.  35 6 0   12-15 fg Kendric DavisSMU @ New Mexico 33 5 3 Kimani LawrenceArizona St. vs. San Francisco 18 10 6   3 stl  Tyler BurtonRichmond vs. Old Dominion 29 10 0   10-12 ft Caleb GrillIowa St. vs. Southeastern LA 20 5 5   6-10 3-pt Madut AkecDetroit vs. Central Mich. 25 10 2   10-11 ft Austin TriceOld Dominion @ Richmond 20 16 1   2 stl  Keshawn JusticeSanta…

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Penny Hardaway remaining at Memphis

Brandon King

From Joseph Zucker of B/R: Anfernee Hardaway will be remaining at Memphis and will not take the Orlando Magic’s vacant head-coaching position, according to multiple reports. Hardaway would have represented a connection to the Magic’s golden era. Orlando reached the 1995 NBA Finals and appeared to be a budding dynasty until Shaquille O’Neal left for the Los Angeles Lakers ahead of the 1996-97 season. Following a lengthy playing career, the 49-year-old went into coaching and climbed up the ladder to return to his alma mater, Memphis, in 2018. The Tigers have gone…

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Supreme court rules against NCAA in athlete compensation dispute

Brandon King

Monday the Supreme Court ruled unanimously (9-0) against the NCAA in a dispute over limitations on types of compensation that athlete-student can receive. The Justice Neil Gorsuch penned decision will pave the way for athletes to finally being able to partake in the mountains of cash they generate for everyone else.

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