Ryan Reid, former Florida State basketball player, dies at 38

Getty Images Former Florida State basketball Ryan Reid died Wednesday, French professional basketball club SLUC Nancy Basket shared. Reid spent four seasons with the Seminoles from 2006-10 as a key piece in the earlier years of... Read more »

Auburn’s Tahaad Pettiford, former blue-chip recruit and top returning player, arrested on suspicion of DUI

Getty Images Tahaad Pettiford, one of Auburn’s top returning players next season, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of DUI. The sophomore point guard and former five-star was stopped in Lee County, Alabama,... Read more »

Cooper Flagg cold in NBA summer league debut; American Amanda Anisimova reaches Wimbledon final

Happy Friday everybody. This is Carter Bahns, filling in for Zach. We’ve got a big summer weekend ahead, highlighted by the MLB Draft and the run-up to next week’s All-Star Game, the... Read more »

Ex-Alabama basketball player Darius Miles’ capital murder case set for week of Dec. 1

Imagn Images Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles will stand trial for capital murder the week of Dec. 1, a date set by Tuscaloosa-based Judge Daniel F. Pruet. This decision comes more... Read more »

NCAA tables tournament expansion, delaying March Madness decision with 72, 76-team options still possible

The NCAA Tournament is remaining at 68 teams — for now.  Both the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball committees met this week to discuss potentially expanding the NCAA Tournament field... Read more »

Why a rising mid-major power with an NCAA Tournament team opted out of revenue-sharing — and advertised it

The June 30 deadline for schools to opt in to the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement came and went with hardly a peep from many of the reported 18% of... Read more »

Less is more: Why Princeton star Caden Pierce’s shrewd move to pause playing career is the way to go

Former Ivy League Player of the Year Caden Pierce created a headline this week by announcing he intends to redshirt next season, graduate in May and eventually enter the transfer portal to... Read more »

Georgia Tech set to hire Tennessee’s Ryan Alpert as new athletic director, per reports

Imagn Images Georgia Tech is set to hire Ryan Alpert as its next athletic director, pending board approval Tuesday, according to multiple reports. The 37-year-old has served as Tennessee’s deputy athletics director... Read more »

FIBA U19 winners and losers: College basketball takeaways on AJ Dybantsa, Mikel Brown Jr. and Olivier Rioux

The United States earned redemption in the FIBA U19 World Cup on Sunday with a 109-76 title-game win over Germany that returned the Americans to glory after they finished a disappointing fourth... Read more »

Here’s the math and data that prove why the NCAA Tournament doesn’t need to expand

The Division I men’s basketball committee will convene in Savannah, Georgia, this week for its annual summer summit. There are many items on the agenda, but only one of them is of... Read more »