NCAA Basketball News

Former Liberty County High School and Miami basketball player Rion Brown has signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv, a team in Israel, according to his agent.

The Brooklyn Nets signed a pair of 2014 draft picks Wednesday, inking guard Markel Brown and forward Cory Jefferson to multi-year contracts.

McCallum, from the University of Detroit, scored 29 points and helped key a big Sacramento rally in the final minutes, as the Kings topped the Houston Rockets 77-68 Monday night to win the NBA Summer League championship game.

'It has its ups and downs, but to be able to take care of your family, like get your mom a new car,... Some would say Spencer Dinwiddie would have been better served returning for his senior season at Colorado - especially considering the knee injury that forced him to miss the last two months of the season.

Doug McDermott and Victor Oladipo are among the 13 players named to the USA Basketball Select team that will practice against the group headed to the World Cup in Spain.

The Bulls acquired 22-year-old McDermott after Denver drafted him with the 11th overall pick, then quickly traded him to Chicago.

Coach Richard Pitino says Buggs has been taking part in noncontact workouts but will be "good to go" by late September, in plenty of time for the season.

Martin and his players are embarking on a weeklong series of events in the community to build goodwill and urge fans to purchase season tickets.

Chatman is the only returning starter for a team that has made the NCAA tournament three straight years.

Mar 19, 2014; Buffalo, NY, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes guard Aaron Craft speaks during a news conference at First Niagara Center.

There's not a player in the 2015 class who has received the kind of hype that surrounded Andrew Wiggins.

UMass gives FGCU 3rd NCAA tourney team on schedule Minutemen join Xavier, Pitt as teams that made Big Dance last year Check out this story on news-press.com: http://newspr.es/1mxPO9S FGCU went 22-13 last season and won a share of the Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season title under coach Joe Dooley.

Miami was the pick to win the ACC's cluttered Coastal Division despite receiving fewer first-place votes than two other teams.

General manager Mitch Kupchak on Monday described Young as a "bright spot" during last year's losing season.

Nine years after leading the North Carolina men's basketball team to a national championship, Williams returns to the Tar Heel state as a member of the Charlotte Hornets.

"Kirk has always been a big part of creating the professional culture we want day in, day out surrounding our club," said Chicago Bulls general manager Gar Forman.

Braun has signed with a team in Belgium's top league, and Wright with a team in Austria's top league.

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It's never too early to start looking ahead to what North Carolina is set to face in terms of competition during the 2014-15 season, even if it's not set in stone yet.

The Utah Jazz might soon become Australia's favourite NBA team, with Brisbane's Brock Motum accepting an invite to a training camp with the franchise.