NCAAB RUMORS AND NEWS

Kansas City Star "Blue-chip basketball prospect Bryce Thompson, the most sought-after high school player in the state of Oklahoma since former OU Sooners guard Trae Young of Norman, announced he will play college basketball at Kansas. Thompson, a 6-foot-4 senior guard out of Tulsa’s Booker T...." November 12

NBC Sports - College Basketball Talk "Cassius Winston suited up on Sunday night. He didn’t have to. He wasn’t expected to. After staying with the Winston family until 4 a.m. on Sunday morning, Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo let Cassius know that it was up to him. If he wanted to play, his teammates had his..." November 11

Yahoo! Sports "The NCAA has denied Alabama's appeal seeking immediate eligibility for Villanova transfer point guard Jahvon Quinerly. Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats and athletic director Greg Byrne announced the NCAA's Committee for Legislative Relief's decision on Monday. It came out..." November 11

CBS Sports "The brother of Michigan State star Cassius Winston died in a train accident on Saturday night in Albion, Michigan. According to the Detroit Free Press, Zachary Winston was struck and killed by an Amtrak train. Zachary Winston is a college basketball player for Division III Albion along..." November 11

CBS Sports "Seton Hall guard Myles Powell will be sidelined indefinitely after suffering an ankle injury on Saturday in the Pirates' 74-57 win over Stony Brook. After the 12th-ranked Pirates victory, coach Kevin Willard said he isn't anticipating Powell back onto the court..." November 10

Clutch Points "Basketball fans can always count on Enes Kanter to speak up on injustices that happen on and off the court. The opinionated Boston Celtics big man was quick to jump on the legal issues top prospect James Wiseman is facing. As expected, he fired off against the NCAA for..." November 10

CBS Sports "Memphis freshman James Wiseman was ruled ineligible by the NCAA but still took the floor in the Tigers' home game Friday after a Memphis court granted a temporary restraining order against the NCAA's decision. Wiseman, the No. 1 overall recruit and a potential future No. 1 draft pick,..." November 09

Yahoo! Sports "The family of Wisconsin basketball assistant coach Howard Moore suffered an unspeakable tragedy earlier this year, when the coach and his family were hit in their car by a drunk driver. Moore’s wife Jennifer and daughter Jaidyn, as well as the driver in the other car,..." November 09

Sportsnaut "Stunning news broke Friday evening as Memphis attorney Leslie Ballin shared that the NCAA has ruled James Wiseman ineligible to play for the Tigers in 2019-20. The NCAA deemed that Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway was deemed a booster (what?) because he helped finance..." November 09

Larry Brown Sports "Potential No. 1 NBA draft pick James Wiseman has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA. According to Wiseman’s lawyers, the player was ruled ineligible because current coach Penny Hardaway helped finance Wiseman’s move to Memphis from Nashville in 2018. Hardaway was a high..." November 09

SI "Rick Pitino has been hired to coach Greece's national basketball team, he announced on Twitter on Friday. The team looks to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and will participate in an Olympic qualifying tournament in June.  Pitino could coach Bucks star..." November 09

CBS Sports "They thrashed them. Clobbered 'em. Walloped the poor fellas into next Thursday. Pulverized and pummeled the sorry souls.  A devastating vaporization. A belligerent beatdown -- and an intra-Division-I record.  Friday night in Salt Lake City, the..." November 09

Larry Brown Sports "Potential No. 1 NBA draft pick James Wiseman has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA. According to Wiseman’s lawyers, the player was ruled ineligible because current coach Penny Hardaway helped finance Wiseman’s move to Memphis from Nashville in 2018. Hardaway was deemed a..." November 08

USA Today "Former Purdue men's basketball coach Gene Keady is adamantly against NCAA athletes getting paid for their name, image and likeness.  Keady was interviewed Thursday by Dan Dakich on "The Dan Dakich Show."  About 14 minutes into the..." November 08

Sporting News "John Calipari believes college basketball needs spring football to prosper. Wait, let him explain. He makes more sense of it. "It would be good for college basketball if we start playing in August," Calipari told reporters following Kentucky's victory over..." November 08

People "Andrew Jones is back in the game! The Texas Longhorns basketball guard made a triumphant return to the court on Tuesday night, rejoining the rotation for the University of Texas at Austin team, after missing the past two seasons while receiving treatment for..." November 08

Yahoo Sports - NCAAB " Freddie Gillespie sat gazing at the TV in the winter of 2017, seeing not just the team that would go on to win the national championship, but his future.  Despite only having played a handful of years of organized basketball, suffering two broken ankles, a busted foot..." November 08

NBC Sports - College Basketball Talk "Kalin Bennett, a freshman big man at Kent State, became the first scholarship Division I men’s basketball player this season. On Wednesday night, in the opening game of the season for the Golden Flashes, Bennett scored a bucket with less than three minutes remaining. " November 08

CBS Sports " Duke developed a pattern in recent years, either by design or circumstances, that often featured two players scoring points at a rate noticeably higher than everybody else on the team. One season it was Grayson Allen and Brandon Ingram. Last season it was RJ Barrett and Zion..." November 08

Sporting News "Greg Paulus became a Division I head coach through an unconventional path, and not just because he played both point guard at Duke and quarterback at Syracuse. At 33, Paulus was named head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles. There no longer is an “interim” attached to his..." November 08

Clutch Points "Your Veteran Scribe admits to becoming an amateur referee analyst and a professional referee critic. That’s largely because over the last few years, YVS has spent more time at Sony Stadium than in the game venues. The television eye and the curse of replay have made even casual fans..." November 08

Total Pro Sports "On Tuesday, the 24th ranked Auburn Tigers basketball team opened their 2019 campaign by playing the Georgia Southern Eagles at home, and although the Eagles played them tougher than they expected, the Tigers came out with the win. " November 07

The Score "More than 22,000 people escaped the cold and passed through revolving doors at the Carrier Dome, optimistically welcoming the return of college basketball. It didn't take long, however, for their ear-ringing cheers and harmonic chants to be replaced by an anxious ambient..." November 07

CBS Sports "Following No. 11 Virgina's 48-34 victory vs. Syracuse on Wednesday, I asked Orange coach Jim Boeheim if it was a beneficial thing for his team and all ACC teams to be forced to match up against each other to start the season. Of course, in most cases, power-conference..." November 07

NBC Sports - College Basketball Talk "One of the main story lines heading into Tuesday night’s Champions Classic opener, at least in regards to what Kansas is actually going to be on the court, is who Bill Self planned on using at the four. As it turns out, Kansas started both of their seven-footers, with sophomore..." November 07

Fox Sports "Michigan men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard may have accidentally committed an NCAA violation when he slipped up during a news conference ahead of the team’s first game. Howard was asked about recruiting during a Monday press conference. He mentioned the offers the..." November 07

Rolling Stone "Taylor Swift has announced her first non-Lover Fest gig in 2020, a free concert in Atlanta set around the NCAA March Madness tournament. Swift will headline the Capital One JamFest on April 5th, 2020 at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, an event that also..." November 07

Sporting News "Hawaii's men's basketball team will begin its 2019-20 season without head coach Eran Ganot on the bench. Ganot announced Wednesday that he was taking a temporary leave of absence because of an unspecified medial condition.   " November 07

CBS Sports "It took North Carolina freshman Cole Anthony just 37 minutes to take an ax to the ACC record books in his college debut Wednesday night. In a 76-65 win for the No. 9 Tar Heels over ACC foe Notre Dame, the first-year point guard turned in 34 points, 11 rebounds and five..." November 07