AP MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL PRE-SEASON POLL
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SMITH NAMED BIG TEN’S PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue junior guard Braden Smith has been voted the Big Ten's preseason Player of the Year in voting done by the league coaches and media. Smith was also the only unanimous selection on the 10-person preseason All-Big Ten team and was joined on...
BALLO NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN TEAM
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana sixth-year senior center Oumar Ballo was named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team as determined by a media vote, the league announced on Tuesday afternoon. Ballo, a transfer from Arizona, was twice named to the All-Pac-12 First Team, a...
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USA SMOKES SERBIA BEHIND STEPH CURRY, DOMINANT DEFENSE Team USA ran away from Serbia for a 105-79 exhibition game victory on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi to improve to 3-0 on the team’s pre-Olympics tour. Bam Adebayo scored at will — inside and out — and helped Anthony...
TEACHING BASKETBALL TO KIDS IN THE US IS BECOMING A BIT MUDDLED, AND THE NBA IS SEEKING SOLUTIONS
(AP) Victor Wembanyama’s on-court warmup session before games when he played in France would last for about an hour. It consisted of plenty of stretching, lots of passing and dribbling drills, then a little bit of shooting. The basics. The skills. Nothing else. “It’s...
247SPORTS PREDICTS CARLYLE HEADED TO THE HOOSIERS
The transfer portal could be kind to the Indiana Men’s Basketball program. First, 247 predicts the #1 player in the portal is predicting Center Oumar Ballo is headed to IU and so is the #11 player in guard Kanaan Carlyle. Kanaan Carlyle entered the transfer portal...
BALLO PREDICTED TO GO TO INDIANA
The #1 player in the transfer port is predicted to head to Bloomington. According to 247Sports.com, Oumar Ballo is 100% predicted to sign with Indiana. Ballo is a 7-0 center who played the last two season at Arizona. Accodring to 247, He began his college career at...
PURDUE’S ZACH EDEY IS THE OVERWHELMING CHOICE FOR 2ND STRAIGHT AP PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — The child who wanted Zach Edey’s autograph during his Purdue recruiting trip apparently saw something others missed. Big Maple was destined to be a basketball star. While many college coaches passed on the unpolished Canadian prospect as...
BOILERMAKERS BATTLE NORTH CAROLINA STATE IN SATURDAY’S NATIONAL SEMIFINALS
GAMEDAY INFORMATION -- GAME 38 /// NCAA TOURNAMENT NATIONAL SEMIFINALS [1 - MW] Purdue (33-4) vs. [11 - S] North Carolina State (26-14) Saturday, April 6, 2024 6:09 p.m. ET | 3:09 p.m. PT Glendale, Arizona | State Farm Stadium (63,000) TELEVISION: TBS, TNT, TruTV (Ian...
SYCAMORES HEAD TO HISTORIC HINKLE FIELDHOUSE FOR NIT FINAL FOUR
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Indiana State men's basketball heads to its first-ever NIT Final Four, this year hosted in Indianapolis at Hinkle Fieldhouse. ISU NOTES: » ISU has recorded the best season since 1978-79 (33-1). ISU's 31 wins is second-most in program history...