Rick Barnes signs lifetime contract with Tennessee, allowing coach to finish storied career in Knoxville

Rick Barnes will remain the coach of the Tennessee Volunteers for the remainder of his career, with the school announcing it has signed the 71-year-old Barnes to a lifetime contract on Thursday.... Read more »

How will the NBA change by 2050? Wemby usurps both LeBron James and Michael Jordan, plus more bold predictions

In the 2000-01 season, the average NBA team attempted 13.7 3-pointers per game. In the 2024-25 campaign, that figure jumped to 37.6. No center averaged even four assists 25 years ago. Nikola... Read more »

Notes and thoughts on Texas men’s basketball official roster drop

Yesterday, the official roster for the 2025-26 season dropped for Texas men’s basketball, outlining the players fans will see take the floor on November 4 against Duke in Charlotte to start off... Read more »

Lakers all in with Luka Dončić as Jeanie Buss and Rob Pelinka travel to Poland to watch him play for Slovenia

The Los Angeles Lakers’ front office is 100 percent behind superstar Luka Dončić and his decision to represent his native country Slovenia in the 2025 EuroBasket tournament. Team governor Jeanie Buss and... Read more »

Bracketology: Where Tennessee sits in Lunardi’s preseason projection

As with all college sports these days, Tennessee basketball has completely reloaded going into the 2025-26 season. Rick Barnes stiff-armed retirement rumors this spring despite losing the core of his program as... Read more »

Lakers’ Rob Pelinka, Jeanie Buss visit Luka Dončić ahead of EuroBasket opener

Los Angeles Lakers executives Rob Pelinka and Jeanie Buss made the trip to Poland to support their star guard, Luka Doncic, in his international play for Slovenia in EuroBasket. Slovenia begins group... Read more »

Pac-12 secures long-term media rights deal with The CW as conference gains more momentum ahead of expansion

The Pac-12 announced Tuesday it has secured a long-term, secondary media rights deal with The CW as it prepares to launch a rebuilt conference with nine members in 2026. This agreement is... Read more »

Tyrese Haliburton on if he regrets playing in Game 7 of Finals: ‘No. Hell no.’

“It’s the Finals, man. I’ve worked my whole life to be here and I want to be out there to compete. Help my teammates any way I can.” That was Tyrese Haliburton... Read more »

Mark Cuban explains why he doesn’t think NBA expansion will happen any time soon

NBA expansion has been a constant topic of conversation for years, but there’s been very little progress on making it become a reality. League commissioner Adam Silver said in July that the... Read more »

College basketball rankings: Projected starting lineup for every Top 25 And 1 team heading into 2025-26 season

Summer workouts are over, rosters are nearly set and the battles for playing time will ramp up in earnest in short order with the college basketball season a mere 69 days away.... Read more »