What college basketball can look forward to from the freshman class
The season is over and draft hopefuls have declared. But college basketball's incoming freshman class, headlined by Duke's top-ranked trio, could be pretty exciting.
The season is over and draft hopefuls have declared. But college basketball's incoming freshman class, headlined by Duke's top-ranked trio, could be pretty exciting.
Troy Brown, a freshman forward at Oregon this past season, told ESPN he will enter the 2018 NBA draft. Brown is No. 20 in the ESPN 100 draft rankings.
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Headlined by the 1972 UCLA Bruins, 80 teams have cut down the nets at an NCAA tournament. Villanova became the latest, winning its second title in three years. Where does this triumph rank all time?
Andrew Rowsey scored 29 points and dished out nine assists and Marquette had its highest-scoring output of the season in a 101-92 victory over Oregon on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the NIT.
Freshman Victor Bailey Jr. hit 7 of 8 3-pointers and scored 23 points, both career bests, and Oregon rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat Rider 99-86 in a first-round NIT game on Tuesday night.
The Pac-12 task force, created in response to the FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball, has finalized several recommendations for change including a proposal to end the so-called "one-and-done" age-limit rule.
Jonah Mathews scored 27 points, Elijah Stewart added 15 and Southern California stormed its way into the Pac-12 tournament title game with a 74-54 rout over Oregon on Friday night.
Elijah Brown scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half and Kenny Wooten had a second straight game-ending blocked shot, helping Oregon rally for a 68-66 win over Utah in the Pac-12 tournament semifinals on Thursday night.
Oregon coach Dana Altman on the Ducks thrilling 68-66 come-from-behind win over Utah: "I was really happy the guys stayed with it. We had to get some stops. It's a tribute to their competitiveness." Oregon trailed by as many as 11 points midway through the 2nd half.
Payton Pritchard scored on a runner late in overtime and Kenny Wooten had a pair of blocked shots in the final 13 seconds, lifting Oregon to a 64-62 victory over Washington State in the opening round of the of the Pac-12 tournament on Wednesday night.
Payton Pritchard scored 14 points and Paul White added 13 as Oregon turned back a late rally by Washington to preserve a 72-64 victory on Saturday to end the Pac-12 Conference regular season.
Malachi Flynn scored 28 points with eight rebounds and five assists; Robert Franks added 19 points and five rebounds as Washington State held on in the final seconds to defeat Oregon, 78-76 on Thursday night.
No. 14 Arizona played without coach Sean Miller and lost 98-93 to Oregon in overtime at the end of a difficult Saturday for the troubled Wildcats program.
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Arizona | 14-4 | - | 27-8 |
USC | 12-6 | 2 | 24-12 |
Utah | 11-7 | 3 | 23-12 |
UCLA | 11-7 | 3 | 21-12 |
Stanford | 11-7 | 3 | 19-16 |
Oregon | 10-8 | 4 | 23-13 |
Washington | 10-8 | 4 | 21-13 |
Arizona State | 8-10 | 6 | 20-12 |
Colorado | 8-10 | 6 | 17-15 |
Oregon State | 7-11 | 7 | 16-16 |
Washington State | 4-14 | 10 | 12-19 |
California | 2-16 | 12 | 8-24 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
Bol Bol | C | Signed | 96 |
Louis King | SF | Signed | 93 |
Will Richardson | PG | Signed | 89 |
Miles Norris | PF | Signed | 84 |
Final Fours | 2 |
Tournament Record | 23-14 |
Championship Seasons | 1939 |
Tournament Appearances | 15 |