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Good morning, BBN! This weekend was a wild one on the recruiting trail as the Kentucky Wildcats failed to lock up two of their primary options at power forward. Sebastian Rancik chose to head to Tallahassee to play for Florida State, while Mark Pope and the staff waited out Donnie Freeman, who is now committed […]
Donnie Freeman picked St. John’s over Kentucky. The Wildcats felt confident this one was heading to Lexington. Instead, Rick Pitino stepped in late and flipped the script, landing a priority target that Mark Pope had spent significant time recruiting. And that’s where this loss stings the most. Jeff Goodman believes it is down to mentality. […]
The Pittsburgh Pirates are off to a good start so far this season, with the starting rotation and some improved hitting playing major roles. However, there’s still one important piece of the rotation still to add, and that is starting pitcher Jared Jones. He was injured last season and given a 10-12 month recovery time, […]
Kentucky Basketball’s pursuit of a frontcourt centerpiece took a major hit this week, and the fallout is drawing sharp criticism from the fanbase and national media. After Sebastian Rancik committed to Florida State on Sunday and Donnie Freeman followed by choosing St. John’s on Monday, Kentucky was left empty-handed despite being heavily involved with both […]
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Hoops Mizzou Basketball’s transfer portal haul started off with the additions of Jaylen Carey, Jamier Jones, and Bryson Tiller. It’s a good start for Dennis Gates and the staff as they have landed multiple Top-50 ranked players in the portal. Though with the departure of […]
The Celtics’ Game 1 blowout was surgical. Limiting their turnovers to eight and Philly to 4-of-23 from behind the arc certainly helped, but offensively, Boston stuck to their core offensive principles en route to a 123-91 win over the 76ers. There are 2,350 square feet from midline to baseline and head coach Joe Mazzulla maximizes […]
The first of two Arizona men’s basketball players in the NCAA transfer portal has reportedly found a new home. Former Arizona forward Sidi Gueye is transferring to Santa Clara, Jonathan Givony of Draft Express shared Monday night. Gueye entered the portal shortly after it opened. Gueye becomes the second Wildcats player to transfer to Santa […]
Rutgers has landed another member of the frontcourt prepared to battle for a starting spot. Manhattan transfer Will Sydnor announced on Monday night that he has committed to Rutgers. Sydnor attended Manhattan as a member of the 2024 recruiting class. He hails from Brooklyn and attended The Patrick School. Now, the 6-foot-8 forward returns to […]
The portal continues spinning, and Kentucky has swung and missed on another prospect, as Donnie Freeman has committed to Rick Pitino and the St. John’s Red Storm. 247 Sports’ Sydney Cuillier broke the news first. Kentucky recently hosted Freeman for a visit and was thought to be close to securing his commitment, but a late […]
The Atlanta Braves faced the Washington Nationals this evening in hopes of winning their MLB leading sixth straight win behind their new and improved ERA leader, Bryce Elder. The Nationals came into the game scoring the third most runs per game in all of MLB thus far this season, but also have an ERA north […]
Donnie Freeman has become a household name among the BBN at this point in the week as we all await his commitment, but the vibe in recent days has shifted away from Kentucky Basketball being the favorite. Well, the bad news kept trickling in on Monday night, as one recruiting insider has picked the talented […]
@AllSportsDACC and me (@TalkinACCSports ) are back at it with our ACC Football Previews. In this podcast we’re looking at Wake Forest publisher @ConorONeill_DI of Deacon Illustrated. We appreciate Conor joining! In this order, these are the topics we covered on the podcast. It’s episode 587 @ConorONeill_DI tells us about himself Wake Forest’s men’s basketball thoughts Major Strengths coming back for … Continue reading »
Leading up to the 2026 MAAC Tournament in Atlantic City, Brendan Coyle was struggling. The sharpshooter who made 94 threes at a 39% clip in his junior season had dipped below 30% as a senior. When he walked on to play for Carm Maciariello in 2022-23, and then redshirted, he probably didn’t envision his career […]
Montana Wheeler Bio Position: Point Guard Height: 5’10’ Weight: 170 Hometown: Houston, Texas Recruiting Class: 2025 Eligibility: Sophomore – 3 Years Remaining Former Team: Bradley High School Rankings: Not Ranked Transfer Portal Rankings: 3* (90.8) – National Ranking: 233 – Point Guard Ranking: 44 High School Career I’m going to contradict some of the above information and won’t bore you with the explanation, but […]
Two weeks after taking over as head coach of the Virginia women’s basketball program, Aaron Roussell has made his most significant hire yet, officially naming former Florida head coach Kelly Rae Finley as associate head coach on Monday. Finley took over Florida’s program as interim coach in 2021 before being hired permanently in February of […]
The transfer portal is whirling at the moment as the Kentucky Basketball staff looks to lock in and finish up their roster. At the moment, Donnie Freeman is the most popular name among the BBN. However, the fanbase will now need to focus on another recruitment that could become quite important depending on how the […]
Maryland men’s basketball’s 31.7% average on 3-point shots was 303rd-best in the country during the 2025-26 season, and of its shooters that had double-digit makes on the year, all but Andre Mills have hit the transfer portal. The Terps were likely to most acutely feel the loss of microwave scorer Diggy Coit, a guard who […]
Crystal Palace and West Ham share the points after a balanced 0-0 draw, with both sides missing key chances in South London.
According to a report published Monday afternoon, a fifth non-conference opponent for IU basketball’s 2026-27 season is now known. Alex Rosinski reported that the Hoosiers will host Eastern Illinois on Monday, November 2. It will be the season-opener for Indiana. ... The post Report: IU basketball to host Eastern Illinois next season appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
Former UConn forward Dorka Juhász made history by being named the youngest-ever EuroLeague Most Valuable Player. The 26-year-old averaged 12.8 points on 52.0 percent shooting to go along with 8.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.0 steals in 24.0 minutes for Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring out of Istanbul, Turkey. She also made the All-EuroLeague First Team. Meanwhile, […]
The Utah Jazz rejoice as a coin flip for the 4th-best lottery odds fell in their favor, securing the first-round pick away from Oklahoma City’s greedy clutches. At the fifth odds, there was a chance of slipping to the ninth pick and falling out of the top-8 protection bubble. At four, those odds are erased […]
Kevin Willard’s Wildcats have been ravaged by the transfer portal, but he’s slowly started filling the holes left behind. That trend continued Monday when it was reported that 7-foot-1 Nico Onyekwere removed his name from the portal, choosing to return to the Main Line for the 2026-27 season: This is good news for Willard and […]
Former UConn men’s basketball center Eric Reibe has announced his commitment to transfer to the University of Southern California on Instagram. The four-star freshman from Germany was a key piece off the bench for the Huskies. behind Tarris Reed Jr. He averaged 5.9 points on nearly 66% from the field and 3.3 rebounds in 40 […]
He’s back! Patrick Ngongba II has announced that he’s returning to Duke for his junior year, and we cannot be more excited on DBR Bites #162. Pat’s return will have some expectations attached to it as he seeks to be one of the best centers in the country next season. Jason and Donald are excited […]
Real Madrid’s second UEFA Youth League title will be remembered for many reasons — but above all, for the emergence of Javi Navarro as its defining figure. Hero in the semi-final. Hero again in the final. Across two matches that went the distance, Navarro delivered one of the most remarkable goalkeeping performances in the competition’s […]