Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Five-star senior Julian Phillips, the last remaining available five-star basketball prospect in the 2022 class, announced his commitment to Tennessee on Thursday. Phillips chose the Volunteers over Auburn, although the G League Ignite team had emerged as an option late in the process. […]

As a former politician, David Bartlett knew that he had to sell a vision but in 2017 when he announced plans to make Tasmania “NBL ready in three years” he had no idea he was laying the groundwork for a 2022 NBL grand finalist. The former Tasmanian Premier was recruited to become president of the […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. North Carolina guard Caleb Love announced Sunday he is returning to Chapel Hill for another season, giving the Tar Heels a legitimate case for the preseason No. 1 ranking. The deadline for underclassmen wishing to declare their intentions to enter the NBA draft […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Elite junior G.G. Jackson, one of the top players in the 2023 class, announced his commitment to North Carolina on Wednesday. Jackson chose the Tar Heels over South Carolina, UMass, Duke, Auburn, Georgetown and a couple of other programs that tried to jump […]

Australian star Dante Exum has soared in Spain since joining Barcelona, throwing down four poster dunks in the past 20 days. Exum’s high-flying exploits have been the toast of the storied club, which won the Copa del Rey earlier this season, leads the Spanish ACB competition and is the top-seed in the EuroLeague play-offs leading […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright is expected to retire after 21 seasons as men’s basketball head coach at Villanova, sources confirmed to ESPN. Fordham’s Kyle Neptune, who spent 10 years under Wright as a video coordinator and assistant coach, is expected to […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe, the consensus National Player of the Year, announced Wednesday he is returning to Lexington for another season. Tshiebwe made his announcement on SportsCenter, saying he came to a decision last week and will look to improve his NBA draft […]

Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash says Ben Simmons has been cleared for contact, a notable step toward his debut with the team. Nash also said Simmons participated in a four-on-four drill without issue. Simmons was officially ruled out for game two of the Nets’ first-round play-off series against the Boston Celtics on Thursday (AEST). Nash […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. SMU star guard Kendric Davis, the AAC Player of the Year, entered the transfer portal Monday afternoon. Davis, a 6-foot point guard from Houston, has been one of the most productive guards in the country the past two seasons. This past season, Davis […]

All season the Melbourne Boomers have let their defence do the talking. Whenever they faced the doubt, delays and even the despair of a season where nothing was assured due to COVID-19, the Boomers locked in on their defence and let the rest sort itself out. So, it was fitting that their long-awaited WNBL championship […]