On December 9, 2011, John Calipari gave a press conference in Lexington, Kentucky, and few people remember him. Pre-match press conferences are not particularly noteworthy events in the best of times; It is not particularly remembered when the game that follows it is a classic, when it is stressed by the end of the ages. … Read more
Oscar Chiboy and Kentucky Wildcats are expected to compete for a national championship in the 2022-23 season. Silas Walker swalker@herald-leader.com The four games the Kentucky men’s basketball team plays in the Bahamas this week will not be significant in the grand scheme of the 2022-23 season. These are shows in August, three months before the … Read more
Tommy Lloyd set an impossibly high standard for first-year college basketball coaches everywhere last season while mentoring Arizona to the regular-season Pac-12 Championship, the Pac-12 Championship title and the #1 ranked NCAA Tournament. If the second year under the previous long time Gonzaga The assistant will be similarly productive, and will require the Wildcats to … Read more
After helping to enforce a shot-clock violation in first possession, the former Maryland men’s basketball guard Milo Trimble He entered into a familiar three-point strike and drained it easily. DawgTalk then exploded for 20-3 and eventually led 33-13 after the first quarter. The College Park Boys of the former Hoyas limited the … Read more
FAYETTEVILLE – The shot clock is a little shorter. This is the length of the court. Warm wider. Target direction allowed. There is one less official. These are some of the differences in playing the FIBA rules that the Arkansas Razorbacks will be testing during their four-game European tour compared to the NCAA rules. University … Read more
Mike Woodson’s first job at leading the Indiana program came long before he officially took over as head coach last March. Former IU coach Bob Knight was a stickler at the top, and when it came to making a strong impression on young Isaiah Lord Thomas III, Woodson was up to the task. One of … Read more
Under the NCAA’s expanded rules in 2020, Division I basketball is, for all intents and purposes, a year-round sport, and it looks like athletes’ bodies may not be on board with the new plan. In just over a month, four Minnesota League players lost their 2022-23 seasons to season-ending knee injuries during NCAA-approved summer training. … Read more
Paradise Island, Bahamas – Sometimes well-intentioned plans can be thrown out with an unexpected result. On the eve of the first two exhibition games at the Atlantis resort, Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtman wrote a definitive script for practice. Within the Imperial Arena, the site of the annual Battle 4 Atlantis event, Holtman … Read more
With the beginning of August and the football season moving from dream to reality, we here at Land-Grant Holy Land are committed to providing the best football coverage possible. But also, the best possible basketball coverage too. Similar to last season, we will be running player and team previews between now and the start of … Read more
The NCAA won praise last year for doing so Agreed to pay the salaries of referees in men’s and women’s basketball tournaments equally. The gesture only cost about $100,000, a fraction of the roughly $900 million networks pay annually to broadcast March Madness. has not been The NCAA studies the differences between men’s and women’s … Read more
