PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: BD's Cassidy Trotter picks Michigan Tech - WiscNews Like a lot of teenagers, Cassidy Trotter dreamed of going to college somewhere far away. Somewhere entirely new. Somewhere exciting, with endless possibilities. And that dream was close to being realized when Lehigh University came calling, trying to recruit the star player on Beaver Dam’s prep … [Read more...]

Clutch players on each top-25 team - ESPN 8:45 AM ET The Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings for next season in college basketball have been updated, and now that rosters are beginning to crystallize, it's time to get familiar with each team. We've already touched on each team's defining song and an alternate profession for each coach. Now it's time to look between the lines. If the clock is winding … [Read more...]

Which former college basketball players are competing in 2016 Rio Olympics - CBSSports.com The college season is long gone, the NBA Playoffs have been over for almost a month, and now even NBA Summer League has wrapped up. We're just about out of basketball. But wait -- the Olympics are around the bend. Rio will have 12 teams competing for gold. And there's a college basketball angle to this. Of … [Read more...]

Lenoir City basketball player Michaela McFalls picks Air Force - Knoxville News Sentinel By Dave Link of the Knoxville News Sentinel 9:31 p.m. 0 Lenoir City High School rising senior Michaela McFalls embraces the challenge of being a student-athlete at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. It's a big reason the 6-foot forward committed Friday to play basketball for Air Force, … [Read more...]

ACC offseason storylines: Duke anchors the country's deepest conference - CBSSports.com The ACC has separated itself as the premier league in college basketball. The conference had four teams in the Elite Eight last March during the NCAA Tournament and continues to be a cut above everyone else in the sport. Check out our breakdown below for five offseason storylines in the ACC. 1. Duke … [Read more...]

Summer league wrapup: Even in the offseason, NBA dominates - ESPN 9:12 AM ET J.A. AdandeESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN.com senior writer since 2007 Around The Horn panelist Formerly at Los Angeles Times LAS VEGAS -- Rarely have meaningless games felt so important. The takeaway from this year's Las Vegas NBA Summer League wasn't the winners and losers -- it was the interest. It helped carry the … [Read more...]

Duke picks Jefferson, Jones, Allen as team captains - Bloomington Pantagraph DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke has picked Amile Jefferson, Matt Jones and Grayson Allen as its captains this season. Coach Mike Krzyzewski announced the selections Friday. Jefferson will be a team captain for the third time in his five seasons at Duke while Jones was picked for the second time and Allen is a captain for … [Read more...]

Most of the time, college football conference favorites don't win their leagues - SB Nation Seeing as it's college football conference media days season, it's also the time of year for conferences to release their official preseason polls. This means we now learn exactly where each team in the country is expected to land at the end of the year. The Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC have released their … [Read more...]

GOP convention speaker list: Gingrich and Christie, but no Pence - Politico Indiana Gov. Mike Pence met with Trump on Wednesday. | AP Two of Donald Trump’s possible vice-presidential picks are slated to speak at next week’s Republican convention in Cleveland next week, but one much-talked about VP contender is noticeably absent from the list of speakers. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who met with … [Read more...]

Jerardi: Enjoying the Sixers' slog out of basketball hell - Philly.com (blog) I am not sure if it says more about how dead a sports time this is or how dead the Sixers have been, but who is not watching the Summer League games? Now that management has said it is not only trying to acquire talent, but also trying to win games, the Sixers have suddenly become hot. For the longest time, the … [Read more...]