Southeastern RUMORS & NEWS

MSN.com "Emanuel Miller emerged as the top scoring option for Buzz Williams during the 2020-21 season. The expectations were high for Miller moving into next season, but it appears that the Aggies won’t be the team to benefit from his emergence in the future. According to a report from Jeff..." April 17

Rocky Top Talk "The biggest piece of the offseason puzzle for Rick Barnes and Tennessee is now in place. The Volunteers picked up a commitment from Brandon Huntley-Hatfield today, adding a five-star piece to the frontcourt for the first time in the Barnes era. The top 2022 prospect will reclassify..." April 15

ESPN "South Carolina's Frank Martin admits he did a bad job as men's basketball coach last season. He also believes his track record shows that he knows how to turn things around. "I did a poor job of leading this year," Martin said Thursday of the Gamecocks' 6-15..." April 15

Knoxville News Sentinel "Jonas Aidoo committed to Tennessee basketball on Wednesday. The four-star center is the No. 60 prospect in the 247Sports Composite. He is the highest-rated big to commit to Tennessee under coach Rick Barnes. The 6-foot-11, 215-pound Aidoo decommitted from..." April 14

Total Pro Sports "Daryl Edwards Jr. has a long road to recovery after being hit by a drunk driver. The former LSU basketball player was seriously injured in a car accident last week that caused severe injuries. A drunk driver was going the wrong direction on a Houston-area freeway and it resulted in..." April 13

ESPN "Longtime UConn assistant and former Huskies player Shea Ralph is the new women's basketball coach for the Vanderbilt Commodores, the school announced Tuesday. She replaces Stephanie White, who was fired on April 6 after going 46-83 in five seasons. Ralph is the..." April 13

The Auburn Plainsman "Bruce Pearl reeled in a big fish on Monday with the commitment of former 5-star forward Walker Kessler. Kessler announced the news in an Instagram post. The former North Carolina forward announced he was entering the transfer portal on March 22, after spending his freshman season with..." April 12

247 Sports "Throughout the recruitment process, 5-star center Lee Dort and 4-star guard Noah Shelby didn't lack quality options. With a plan in place for the pair to commit early in the summer, multiple high-major schools battled for what projects to be one of the better inside-out..." April 08

Tuscaloosa News "Nimari Burnett, a five-star prospect in the Class of 2020, announced Thursday that he would transfer from Texas Tech, where he had an up-and-down freshman season, and join the Alabama basketball program.  Burnett, a McDonald’s All-American and five-star prospect from..." April 08

ESPN "Miami transfer Chris Lykes announced his commitment to the Arkansas basketball program on Wednesday, becoming the Razorbacks' second transfer pickup this spring. Lykes chose Arkansas over USC. A 5-foot-7 guard from Maryland, Lykes played just two..." April 07

ESPN "Kentucky Wildcats freshman Devin Askew, a former five-star basketball recruit, has entered the transfer portal, the school announced Monday. Askew, a 6-foot-3 point guard from California, started 20 games during his first season in Lexington. He averaged 6.5 points and 2.9..." April 06

Roll Bama Roll "Another April, another big recruiting month for Nate Oats and the Alabama Crimson Tide. It turns out that playing (and winning) with an up-tempo scheme that prioritizes attacking the rim and running teams out of the gym with a barrage of three-point shots is quite appealing to college and..." April 06

A Sea of Blue "The Kentucky Wildcats are wasting no time in ensuring next season’s roster does not suffer the same issues the team did this past season. Late Monday afternoon, the school announced the addition of Kellan Grady, a graduate transfer from Davidson. Grady,..." March 30

SI "Following a crushing loss at the hand of Oral Roberts in the NCAA tournament, the Florida Gators walked into the offseason with a number of questions to be answered ahead of next season. Just over a week later, the already large amount of uncertainty surrounding their personnel..." March 30

Larry Brown Sports "Arkansas is headed to the Elite Eight after making a big comeback against Oral Roberts on Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, and Davonte Davis got credit for the winning shot. The Razorbacks came back from down by seven at the half and 12 in the second half to win..." March 28

Yardbarker "Paul Mills got emotional when talking about his team after Oral Roberts was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. The Golden Eagles made a run in March Madness and were leading Arkansas most of the game until losing at the very end. They were trying to become the first..." March 28

Black Sports Online "Did someone say HBCU? Hercy Miller is a phenomenal prospect and will take his talents to Tennessee State University. This move breaks the narrative that Black nationally ranked hoopers don’t want anything to do with HBCU programs. During an episode on Stephen..." March 27

Bleacher Report "As LSU's men's basketball team saw its season come to an end with a second-round loss to Michigan in the NCAA tournament on Monday, Shareef O'Neal, the son of Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, revealed he has been sidelined by a stress fracture in his foot. The younger..." March 23

ESPN "George Mason has hired Tennessee assistant Kim English as its next head coach, the school announced Tuesday. English beat out several high-major assistant coaches for the job, sources told ESPN. "Kim English is a rising star in the college basketball world,"..." March 23

ESPN "Troy coach Chanda Rigby said a missed call late in an 84-80 loss Monday to No. 2 seed Texas A&M cost the No. 15 seed Trojans a shot at a historic upset in the NCAA women's basketball tournament. Troy was making its fourth tournament appearance and looking for its first win. A..." March 23

USA Today "South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley took NCAA president Mark Emmert to task Friday over disparities in provisions for the men's and women's tournaments. "What we now know is the NCAA’s season long message about..." March 20

ESPN "Florida guard Tyree Appleby left the Gators' first-round NCAA tournament game against Virginia Tech on Friday after taking an elbow to the forehead in the second half. CBS reported Appleby was receiving stitches and questionable to return to the game at..." March 19

Complex "If you’re a college basketball junkie, you’ve come to the wrong place.  If you’re an NBA fanatic who only tunes into college basketball when it’s NCAA Tournament time, we’re glad you’re here.  While college basketball die-hards..." March 16

Sportsnet "If you haven’t completed a bracket yet, consider this one of your final warnings. This is not a drill. After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the March Madness men’s NCAA basketball tournament is back. Of even more interest to those of us north of the..." March 16

CBS Sports "If there was any doubt about Alabama's ability to survive the singe-elimination pressure of postseason basketball, the Crimson Tide erased it Sunday with an 80-79 win over No. 3 seed LSU in the SEC Tournament title game. The victory capped an impressive three-day run for the top-seeded..." March 14

ESPN "Kentucky Wildcats freshman Cam'Ron Fletcher has entered the basketball transfer portal, the school announced Saturday. Fletcher, a former ESPN 100 prospect from St. Louis, played just nine games for the Wildcats this season and was asked to step away from the team..." March 13

247 Sports "John Fulkerson won’t be available for Tennessee this afternoon when the Vols face Alabama in the SEC Tournament semifinal round at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. A Tennessee spokesperson on Saturday said Fulkerson is out for the remainder of the SEC Tournament after being..." March 13

Sporting News "Florida's Omar Payne was ejected from Friday's meeting with Tennessee in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals after he threw a pair of blatant elbows against John Fulkerson. Payne was seen throwing an initial elbow after Keon Johnson got a short bucket to make the game..." March 12

TMZ "Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has just signed a bill that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women's sports ... insisting the future law will help keep competition fair. LGBTQ+ leaders, however, say the governor's actions Thursday could cause serious..." March 11

Alabama "The SEC coach of the year and SEC player of the year are both from Alabama. Nate Oats was named the conference coach of the year Tuesday while Herbert Jones was selected as both the SEC player of the year and SEC defensive player of the year. Oats, who led the Crimson Tide..." March 09

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette "Arkansas guard Moses Moody continues to join elite company. The Razorbacks’ star freshman was named SEC freshman of the year by the league's coaches on Tuesday. He is the second Arkansas player to win the award, joining Patrick Beverley in 2007. " March 09

CBS Sports "A girls high school basketball team in Tennessee had its season end suddenly after its coach's son decided to punch an opposing coach in the face repeatedly. In addition to the postseason ban this year, the team at Arlington High School will also face fines and other penalties, according to..." March 05

CBS Sports "It's been ages, if ever, since Alabama was this good in men's basketball. The program has certainly never been this entertaining or cutting-edge. The Crimson Tide's road win against Mississippi State over the weekend clinched their first regular-season..." March 03

Larry Brown Sports "John Calipari knows that Kentucky’s hopes of making the NCAA Tournament are almost non-existent.  Kentucky lost at home 71-67 to Florida on Saturday. The Wildcats are now a pathetic 8-14 on the season and have no shot at making the NCAA Tournament as an at-large team. They..." February 28

CBS Sports "South Carolina's men's basketball program was formally punished by the NCAA on Thursday for its role in the college basketball bribery scandal. The Committee on Infractions handed down a ruling that included a two-year probation and other recruiting restrictions. The..." February 25

USA Today "Tennessee Republicans are up in arms over a state college basketball team's decision to kneel last week during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," prompting legislators to warn the public university system not to allow student athletes to do so again. A..." February 23

Bleacher Report "Chris Mack was in quite the celebratory mood after his team defeated John Calipari's Kentucky Wildcats on Dec. 26, but the Louisville Cardinals men's basketball head coach apologized for his actions after video of him enjoying the win went public. As Shannon..." February 22

USA Today "It’s been a very good 2021 for Alabama, which one month after winning another national championship in football is poised to capture the program’s first regular-season conference championship in men’s basketball since 2002 and one of the top eight seeds in next month’s..." February 20

Alabama "Alabama announced Thursday a three-year contract extension for head men’s basketball coach Nate Oats. The new deal runs through the 2026-27 season and raises his pay to $3.225 million annually. " February 19