College Basketball breaking news

Kansas atop AP preseason Top 25 (AP) For the second time in its storied basketball history, Kansas is No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason Top 25. The Jayhawks were a runaway choice Thursday, receiving 55 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to easily outdistance Michigan State, […]

[Read more →]

Kansas Jayhawks top preseason hoops ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll Pollsters think Kansas can put distractions aside and dominate the college basketball world.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsbreakingnews.com%2Fcollege-basketball%2Fkansas-jayhawks-top-preseason-hoops-espnusa-today-coaches.html’;
addthis_title = ‘Kansas+Jayhawks+top+preseason+hoops+ESPN%2FUSA+Today+coaches%27′;
addthis_pub = ”;

[Read more →]

Florida coach Billy Donovan says guard Nimrod Tishman cleared to play Israeli guard Nimrod Tishman is eligible to play for Florida.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsbreakingnews.com%2Fcollege-basketball%2Fflorida-coach-billy-donovan-says-guard-nimrod-tishman.html’;
addthis_title = ‘Florida+coach+Billy+Donovan+says+guard+Nimrod+Tishman’;
addthis_pub = ”;

[Read more →]

Presented By:

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsbreakingnews.com%2Fcollege-basketball%2Fpresented-by-ex-coach-odom-chose-as-new-maui.html’;
addthis_title = ‘Presented+By%3A+%09%09%09Ex-coach+Odom+chose+as+new+Maui’;
addthis_pub = ”;

[Read more →]

Atlanta to host 2012 ACC tournament (AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament is headed back to Atlanta in a few years — but to a different venue. Commissioner John Swofford said Sunday that the 2012 tournament will be played at Philips Arena. That's the 18,729-seat home of […]

[Read more →]

Recruiting close to home again lifts Illinois Bruce Weber won games, but fans roasted the Illini coach for letting local talent get away. Jeff Goodman explains how it all changed.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsbreakingnews.com%2Fcollege-basketball%2Frecruiting-close-to-home-again-lifts-illinois-bruce.html’;
addthis_title = ‘Recruiting+close+to+home+again+lifts+Illinois+%09%09%09%09%09%09Bruce’;
addthis_pub = ”;

[Read more →]

Player Rankings: Big 12 features top wing commanders The competition is as fierce as the debate. While players often blur the positional line, when it comes to shooting guards and wings Willie Warren and the Big 12 soar above the rest, Gary Parrish says. […]

[Read more →]

Kentucky’s Calipari may start 3 freshmen (AP) New Kentucky coach John Calipari says the Wildcats could open his first season with three freshman starters. That doesn't mean he's downplaying the high expectations. Those three came from the nation's top recruiting class and include point guard John Wall. At the […]

[Read more →]

Stanford freshman Brown out for season with torn ACL Stanford freshman Andy Brown will miss the season with a left knee injury.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsbreakingnews.com%2Fcollege-basketball%2Fstanford-freshman-brown-out-for-season-with-torn.html’;
addthis_title = ‘Stanford+freshman+Brown+out+for+season+with+torn’;
addthis_pub […]

[Read more →]

Injuries put early damper on UCLA’s preseason LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five UCLA basketball players have been sidelined by injuries during preseason practice.

addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsbreakingnews.com%2Fcollege-basketball%2Finjuries-put-early-damper-on-uclas-preseason-los.html’;
addthis_title = ‘Injuries+put+early+damper+on+UCLA%27s+preseason+LOS’;
addthis_pub = ”;

[Read more →]