One of the nation's top small forwards is headed to the Oregon Ducks. Five-star recruit Troy Brown announced his intention to join the Ducks in a Bleacher Report commitment video Monday: He chose Oregon over the Kansas Jayhawks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgetown Hoyas, per Jeff Borzello of ESPN.com. Brown, who stars at Centennial High School in Las Vegas, is the nation's No. 11-ranked recruit and the No. 3-ranked player at his position in the ...

An unlucky start to the college basketball season continues for the Duke Blue Devils, as the team announced Monday that Marques Bolden has suffered a lower-leg injury.  It is currently unclear when he'll return to the court.  Continue for updates. Latest on Bolden's Timeline For Return  Wednesday, Nov. 9 Bolden is expected to miss one to two weeks and "maybe more," per ESPN's Jeff Goodman.  Duke Already Dealing With Multiple Injuries to Key Players According to Scout, Bolden is a 5-star prospect and rated ...

Daejon Davis is headed to the University of Washington after reaffirming his commitment to the team Monday.   The class of 2017 guard informed Evan Daniels of Scout of his decision: I’m going to Washington. After looking at all the schools and evaluating them equally, I just felt the highest level of trust with the coaching staff and the highest level of trust and support system from their academic advisors sand their athletic directors and everyone I met ...

Signing week for college basketball isn't nearly as exciting as the flipped commitments of its college football counterpart, but there are still plenty of intriguing storylines to stay aware of over the next week. Since there is still an abundance of 5-star talent that remains uncommitted, we could see a ton of changes to the recruiting landscape in just a short amount of time as some players will be deciding their futures very shortly. While some of ...

The annual debate over which college basketball league is best often ends up with the same answer: the Atlantic Coast Conference. For the 2016-17 season there might not even need to be a discussion before coming to this conclusion. Twenty percent of the preseason Associated Press Top 25 is comprised of schools from the 15-team league, the largest in Division I, but that's just the start of the ACC's depth and strength. Many experts are predicting ...

The start of the 2016-17 college basketball season is under a week away, but we couldn't let it get here without one final batch of predictions. Our panel of college basketball experts consists of Kerry Miller, C.J. Moore and Brian Pedersen. In total, there were 12 questions posed to each of them on a range of topics: Cinderella teams most likely to reach the Final Four, the best dunker in the country, how the six power conferences stack up and much ...

Maryland guard Melo Trimble was forced to leave the Terrapins' exhibition against Catawba College on Saturday after suffering an ankle injury, according to SB Nation's Matt Ellentuck. Continue for updates. Latest on Trimble's Timetable for Return Saturday, Nov. 5 According to the Baltimore Sun's Jon Meoli, Maryland confirmed Trimble sprained his ankle and wouldn't return to the game. The school said he should only be out for a few days, per Ellentuck. Ellentuck also shared a replay of how Trimble injured ...

There are 351 Division I college basketball programs, and 50 of them are breaking in new coaches for the 2016-17 season. Another 42 have coaches entering their second year on the job, the same number that are in year three at their school. Job security doesn't exist for most coaches. A bad year or two can lead to the seat getting warm and cause the axe to come close to falling. Or just make for some ...

Some have already declared the 2016-17 men's college basketball season the Year of the Freshman, but studs in new homes like Virginia's Austin Nichols and Syracuse's Andrew White III are hoping to instead make it the Year of the Transfer. While people continue to insist that the vast majority of transfers are going from No Name State to John Doe University, the annual lists of impact transfers just seem to get longer and longer. Jon Rothstein ...

The college basketball season is rapidly approaching, and this will mark an important season for the game's freshman class. There are currently 15 freshmen listed in the latest Draft Express 2017 NBA mock draft. Many of them will be under pressure to produce right away at the college level. It also means all eyes will be on them from the beginning of the season. Major college basketball programs can have hit-or-miss nonconference schedules. So here's a breakdown ...