PRESS BOX: Louisville places two assistants on leave Louisville placed two assistant coaches on leave Friday amid the FBI probe into corruption in college basketball as the university continued its investigation into NCAA violations involving paying a recruit. The suspensions leave the program with only acting head coach David Padgett to lead the Cardinals as […]
Suspended Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino received 98 percent of the money from the university’s current contract with Adidas, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported Thursday. According to the newspaper, Pitino got $1.5 million of the money as part of his personal services agreement with the shoe and apparel firm, with the school getting only $25,000. The […]
North Carolina won the National Championship this past season and they did it without one of their spot up shooters in Kenny Williams. He was injured in practice in February and missed the rest of the season after undergoing surgery. However, he has been cleared to resume basketball activities according to FanRag Sports. Williams will […]
The University of Louisville Athletic Association voted unanimously on Monday to initiate the process of dismissing head basketball coach Rick Pitino for cause. Pitino reportedly stands to lose $44 million remaining on his existing contract, per Yahoo Sports, if fired with cause. According to his contract, Pitino must be given 10 days’ notice before any […]
Kentucky basketball is always reloading and never rebuilding, that thanks to John Calipari’s ability to recruit better than just about any college basketball coach in the nation. With that said, not everything is great in #BBN land as the college basketball season quickly approaches. Kentucky announced via a press release that star recruit Jarred Vanderbilt […]
Louisville assistant coach David Padgett was named the Cardinals’ acting head coach on Friday, two days after Rick Pitino was placed on unpaid leave. The action against Pitino came after he was linked to a federal corruption investigation that affected college basketball. Interim university president Greg Postel announced the promotion of Padgett during a press […]
Four top US university basketball coaches and an Adidas executive were charged with corruption and fraud Tuesday in a sprawling scandal over player recruitment payoffs and athletic gear sponsorship bribes. Federal justice officials in New York unveiled felony charges against a total of 10 people in the case that lays bare the seedy underside of […]
The third member of what was once known as the Sports U “Fab Five” has committed. Hudson Catholic forward Louis King, a five-star recruit in the class of 2018, committed to Oregon in a video posted to Twitter on Thursday, picking the Ducks over Seton Hall, Purdue, N.C. State and Kansas. “I would like to […]
Despite averaging just 3.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 11.5 minutes, Duke freshman forward Harry Giles will enter the NBA Draft and plans to stay in it, the school announced on Tuesday. The 6-foot-10 Giles had knee surgery before the season began, which prevented him from playing in the Blue Devils’ first 11 games and slowed […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In a Final Four overrun by fresh faces, North Carolina is the one old hand that maneuvered through all the minefields to make it to Glendale, Ariz. Luke Maye’s 18-footer from the left wing with 0.3 seconds left lifted the top-seeded Tar Heels to a 75-73 win over second-seeded Kentucky for the […]