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NCAA Basketball: Top 50 players returning to same team for 2024-25 season
The NCAA basketball offseason is so oversaturated with transfers and draft declarations that everyone tends to just focus on the player movement. But the next season is often dictated by the best players who choose to stay with their current school. With entry into the transfer portal now closed, here is your refresher on the fifty most impactful players returning to their team from last season.
House Bill Seeks to Protect NCAA From Athlete Rights Drive
The NCAA has found its men in Washington: Reps. Russell Fry (R-S.C.) and Barry Moore (R-Ala.)Union-Free NCAA Collective Bargaining Idea Gains Backers On Thursday, the two GOP congressmen introduced legislation that would grant the NCAA an absolute liability shield to establish and enforce its rules. The legal safe harbor would extend to universities and college athletic conferences, as well. As worded, the bill would immunize the NCAA, leagues and member institutions from potential claims under “any law or regulation” so long as they’re in compliance with amateurism rules. The bill’s language is nearly a verbatim copy of what appeared in a bill...
Is Ohio State Buckeyes' Will Howard the Answer at Quarterback?
The Ohio State Buckeyes have been about as dominant as any team can be on the field over the past few seasons. That has been largely in part to excellent quarterback play from Justin Fields and C.J. Stroud. But Fields and Stroud are in the NFL now, and last season,...
Dell McGee: The Georgia State Head Coach’s Salary, Career Record, Age & Resume
Shawn Elliott won a good number of games as Georgia State’s head football coach. The Panthers were 41-44 during his seven-year tenure, but they appeared in and won bowl games in three of the last four seasons. In 2023, they were 7-6 overall and won the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
Game of the year? Look to the new Big Ten, but it won't come from The Game
It is always a fun topic to preview potential game of the year candidates on the schedule. Though the season is still months away, a few games jump out. Most years, the regular-season finale between Ohio State and Michigan is in the mix. The annual rivalry dubbed The Game for its elite potential, the Buckeyes and Wolverines traditionally face off for the highest of stakes.
3 SEC football coaches with the hottest seats ahead of 2024 season
The 2023 season was kind to some of the top SEC football programs like Alabama, LSU, and Georgia. While only the Crimson Tide made the College Football Playoff, Georgia held the No. 1 spot in the rankings all season as the reigning back-to-back national champs and LSU fielded the Heisman Trophy winner in Jayden Daniels.
Georgia, Tennessee in recruiting fight for 4-star WR
Two long-time SEC rivals are in the middle of a fight on the football recruiting trail, especially as it relates to four-star wide receiver Thomas Blackshear, who is in the sights of both Georgia and Tennessee as he looks to make a decision on his future. The wideout said it's...
Republicans unveil legislation protecting NCAA, conferences from legal challenges
A pair of GOP lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation to protect the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), college conferences and member schools amid ongoing legal challenges and allow them to continue regulating student-athletes’ compensation and other matters. Republican Reps. Russell Fry (S.C.) and Barry Moore (Ala.) unveiled The Protect the Ball Act on Wednesday, which…
Changing Sides, Former Michigan Linbacker Commits to UW
Well, the University of Washington football team will have one player on the roster who can hold up a College Football Playoff national championship ring from Houston. Changing title-game sides, former Michigan linebacker Hayden Moore revealed on Wednesday he has committed to the Huskies, becoming coach Jedd Fisch's 10th transfer portal pick-up over the past three weeks.
Fry introduces bill addressing NIL; Coastal Carolina athletic officials, others react
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — South Carolina Sen. Russell Fry on Wednesday introduced the Protect the Benefits for Athletes and Limit Liability Act to address the ever-changing landscape of the name, image and likeness landscape in college athletics. The bill, co-sponsored by Fry and Alabama Sen. Barry Moore, addresses the “onslaught of litigation universities and […]
Report: Riley Kugel will not play at Kansas
Former Florida guard Riley Kugel will not play for Kansas this season, CBS Sports reported Wednesday. Kugel committed to the Jayhawks on April 1, days after entering the transfer portal, but Kansas coach Bill Self said Monday that Kugel's future in Lawrence was "up in the air." The 6-foot-5 sophomore is now back to being recruited by high-majors, per the report. Kugel averaged 9.2 points and 3.5 rebounds and shot 39.4 percent from the field in 33 games (11 starts) this past season but lost his starting job in December. He was on the bench for both the semifinals and final of the SEC tournament. The Gators beat Texas A&M in the semis but lost to Auburn in the final. Kugel did play in Florida's 102-100 loss to Colorado in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. He had 11 points, four rebounds and three steals in 21 minutes. In 2022-23, Kugel averaged 9.9 points and 2.8 rebounds and shot 45.6 percent in 32 games (17 starts). He averaged 17.3 points over the final 10 games of the season and earned SEC All-Freshman honors. --Field Level Media
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