NCAA Basketball News

The lottery was created to help the poor get rich, or at least respectable. It was the Robin Hood of competitive sports drafting systems.

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation.

In the last three years and five of the last six, the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft has been a player who declared after only one year of college basketball .

A 6-4 guard from Tampa, Fla., Mackey will sit out the 2013-14 season to fulfill NCAA transfer requirements and be eligible to play for the Ospreys in 2014-15 as a junior.

Memphis power forward Tarik Black will transfer to Kansas and will be eligible to play for the Jayhawks for the 2013-14 season.

Kentucky forward Nerlens Noel celebrates after scoring against Vanderbilt forward Rod Odom in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Jan.

His name is Calbert Cheaney, and he's only the school's - and Big Ten's - all-time scoring leader.

The feared tornadoes didn’t come Sunday evening. But the heavy winds, which split trees and downed power lines on both sides of the state line, sure did.

Canadian Myck Kabongo is the seemingly typical 6'2 180 lb college point guard. Small, quick and likely destined to be a second round draft pick despite his skill level.

Vander Blue has watched his friend and mentor Wesley Matthews beat the odds to succeed in the NBA, gaining a starting role with the Portland Trail Blazers.

But that doesn't mean all the uncertainty surrounding the franchise disappeared when Vivek Ranadive and his ownership group agreed to purchase a controlling interest in the team last week.

St. Joseph's coach Phil Martelli recently ran into a longtime acquaintance, a businessman.

The New Zealand Beakers will be hoping their pursuit of Sydney Kings power forward Darnell Lazare is more successful than their bid to lure Kiwi college star Isaac Fotu back from the University of Hawaii.

A dozen notes on everything UM: .I'm told that Hurricanes point guard Shane Larkin is "torn" regarding his decision whether to enter the NBA Draft or return for his junior season.

The UVa women's lacrosse team fell behind 4-0 early against North Carolina and never could take the lead, losing 13-9 to the Tar Heels in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.

Fresno State guard Kevin Olekaibe, who last month asked for and was granted a release from his scholarship, is off to a destination still to be decided.

Jabari Parker, Rodney Hood, Quinn Cook and Rasheed Sulaimon give the Blue Devils the league's best, most athletic lineup.

A lot of Pitt fans have been focused on the players who have been exiting the program in recent months, and for good reason.

C.J. McCollum remains intrigued with the 76ers even though they didn't request to interview him at the NBA draft combine.

There was a letter from Sean, an inmate in a supermax prison in Florence, Colo. Sean is serving a 39-year sentence for fire-bombing a synagogue in 2001, but wrote that he has renounced his racist skinhead past.