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hoopshq.com | Hayley McGoldrick |Riley Frain |Drew Blouin |Krysten Peek
Departures: KJ Lewis, 6-foot-4 sophomore guard (transferred to Georgetown); Caleb Love, 6-foot-4 senior guard (out of eligibility); Conrad Martinez, 6-foot sophomore guard (transferred to High Point); ; Emmanuel Stephen, 7-foot freshman center (transferred to UNLV); Trey Townsend, 6-foot-6 senior forward (out of eligibility); Henri Veesaar, 7-foot sophomore center (transferred to North Carolina) Returnees: Tobe Awaka, 6-foot-8 senior forward; Anthony Dell’Orso, 6-foot-6 senior guard; Motiejus...
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1 week ago | 
hoopshq.com | Hayley McGoldrick |Riley Frain |Drew Blouin |Krysten Peek
When Vaccaro got home that night, his father Natale asked him what happened. “My father didn’t read or write too well,” Vaccaro, 85, said during an hourlong conversation with Hoops HQ last week. He grew emotional as he recounted the rest of the story. “My dad said, ‘You tell the truth. You believe he was wrong?’ I said, ‘Yes, Dad, that wasn’t right.’ And he said, I’ll cry right now.
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1 week ago | 
hoopshq.com | Tristan Freeman |Seth Davis |Riley Frain |Drew Blouin
Yessoufou is expected to spend just one season at Baylor before entering the 2026 NBA draft, where he is projected to be a first-round pick. “I think if things go well at Baylor, and they do an incredible job of developing guys, he’s solidly in the first round next year,” one NBA scout says. “And if it goes really well, then he’s pushing lottery, if he’s not already in there.” At first, Yessoufou’s parents were dubious of their son’s fascination with basketball.
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1 week ago | 
hoopshq.com | Tristan Freeman |Seth Davis |Riley Frain |Drew Blouin
On April 23, the parties in the House v. NCAA case assembled in U.S. Judge Claudia Wilken’s courtroom in Oakland, hoping that she would approve the settlement that will usher in a new era in college sports. Instead, Judge Wilken kicked the matter back to the litigants yet again due to her objections to the provision on roster limits.
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1 week ago | 
hoopshq.com | Tristan Freeman |Seth Davis |Riley Frain |Drew Blouin
Ryan Conwell, 6-foot-4 senior guard, 16.5 points per game at XavierIsaac McKneely, 6-foot-5 senior guard, 14.4 points and 2.9 assists per game at VirginiaAmong the most valuable players in the portal are those who can shoot well from three-point range (40-plus percent). Louisville got two of those in Conwell and McKneely, who led their high-major teams in scoring. There will be plenty of breakout candidates and mid-major guys moving up who can become stars.
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1 week ago | 
hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Tristan Freeman |Riley Frain |Drew Blouin
Notre Dame to TCU Miles shocked the world when the likely No. 2 overall pick in the WNBA passed up the chance to potentially join the Seattle Storm and announced she was entering the transfer portal. Miles made three Sweet Sixteen appearances, and despite coming off an ACL tear last season she averaged a career-high 15.4 points per game along with 5.8 assists, which ranked 15th in the country.
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2 weeks ago | 
hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Tristan Freeman |Riley Frain |Drew Blouin
Bloggers and the nascent NBA Twitter community swarmed to the 15-second clip like ants on a dropped lollipop. The spirit behind the video’s viral popularity made it abundantly clear: nobody expected the 50-some-odd-year-old coach to have handles like that. “People look at me: short, fat guy coaching, and just assume I could never do anything,” Van Gundy said. “The bar was low.
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2 weeks ago | 
hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Tristan Freeman |Riley Frain |Drew Blouin
Crowe, a 6-foot-3 point guard, was the best scorer on the court during the first session. The lefty guard got to his spots with ease and finished through contact at the rim. Although he still favors attacking the left side of the floor, he did show some promising signs finishing with both hands during a close 85-82 win over AZ Unity Saturday afternoon. Crowe averaged 25.3 points, 4.7 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game as the Oakland Soldiers won all three of their games.
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2 weeks ago | 
hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Tristan Freeman |Riley Frain |Drew Blouin
The 6-foot-4, 190-pounder, who was a combo guard in high school, scheduled visits to both. But the Hokies and coach Mike Young made sure he never made it to Winston Salem, N.C., securing his commitment before he left Blacksburg. “They were basically talking to my agent and asking him and telling me, ‘What do we have to do so you don’t take this visit to Wake Forest?’” Pasha said. “Just by them saying that, that just spoke for itself. Like, they really want you. Want and need you.
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2 weeks ago | 
hoopshq.com | Seth Davis |Riley Frain |Drew Blouin
Painter acknowledged that his veterans wouldn’t have returned if the program hadn’t crossed a plausible financial threshold. Once that was done, they were ready to take a leap of faith. “Every person on my team could go in the portal and make more,” Painter said. “But they didn’t put themselves out there like that. They made that commitment and sacrifice to be on a championship caliber team.
