NCAA Basketball News

And with the 10th pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers select long pause Elfrid Payton of Louisiana Lafayette .

Financial terms were not announced, but under the NBA's rookie pay scale, Payne will make about $1.5 million in his first season.

With less than three months remaining before the start of the 2014-15 basketball season, it is time to begin looking at possible starting fives.

Starting Five: College basketball teams on the rise in 2014-15 USA TODAY Sports examines the best story lines for the 2014-15 college basketball season.

Orlando high school basketball star Antonio Blakeney is being highly recruited by the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky.

Don't sleep on Gonzaga, though. Even if there are a bunch of teams favored ahead of the Bulldogs, who are listed at 25-1, according to The Bulldogs had their best season when they had their most complete roster.

UNC basketball lives by its recruiting prowess, and that means keeping a close eye on events such as the 2014 Nike Peach Jam.

For the fourth time in six years, Belmont Abbey College's men's basketball team will get a chance to show its talents against ACC competition in a preseason exhibition game.

The 2014 Michigan State football team is scheduled to report for preseason camp Aug. 1, four weeks before the Aug. 29 season opener against Jacksonville State.

Charleston coach Doug Wojcik yells out to his players during their game Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 at TD Arena.

The senior guard must become a more consistent scorer in order to lessen the pain of Doug McDermott's graduation.

On Wednesday the University of New Mexico announced that Merv Lindsay has asked for and was granted his release from scholarship.

A trio of local University basketball teams have been named among the best academically by the National Association of Basketball Coaches on Wednesday, July 23. Below are the releases from Gonzaga, Eastern Washington and Whitworth highlighting the academic accomplishments of the players from each program.

Now the freshman guard is looking to step out of the shadow of big brother Scottie Wilbekin and make a name for himself in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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.