An HBCU hired a Heisman Trophy winner to run its men's basketball program. Charlie Ward signed a five-year deal with Florida A&M, giving the SWAC some extra swagger and pop. Ward was an electric football player at Florida State in the early 1990s,

Coaches challenges could be coming to college basketball next season. In an attempt to enhance the flow of games, the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee has

Florida basketball forward Alex Condon was in ESPN's list of college basketball players whose NBA draft withdrawal decisions could shape next season.

It's been too long since Notre Dame and Butler last played basketball against one another, something that will change (sort of) this coming season.

FIBA contends that international players who leave for college basketball are no longer doing so for amateur purposes. FIBA is pushing for transfer fees.

Former Cavaliers assistant Johnny Montello has been named the program's 11th head women's basketball coach. He returns to Walsh after spending three seasons as the first assistant at Indiana University Indianapolis under former Cavs head coach Kate Bruce. Montello was an assistant coach at Walsh from 2016 to 2019 and again from 2020 to 2022.

From the perspective of a coach, it makes sense, too. The more big games you play in the regular season the more you're able to prepare for March. If your conference tournament or the NCAA Tournament is one of the first times your team has felt the pressure of a big moment, that's a bad omen for your team's ability to go deep.

Not even a week ago, as 247Sports' Travis Branham noted, "Kansas was tying a bow up on Dame Sarr." But it was Jon Scheyer's blueblood Duke basketball program that prevailed after swooping in during the homestretch of the Italian wing's recruitment.

Dame Sarr, one of basketball's top international prospects, publicly committed to Duke on Thursday, giving the Blue Devils another possible one-and-done prospect to slot into next season's starting lineup.