ACC Basketball

BLACKSBURG — New Virginia Tech men's basketball coach James Johnson has landed his first player. Johnson says guard Adam Smith is transferring from UNC Wilmington to the Hokies. Smith started 29 games for the Seahawks as a freshman and was ...  

The Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Ten announced on Tuesday the matchups for the 2012 ACC/Big Ten Women's Basketball Challenge, including a home game for North Carolina against Ohio State. This year's challenge will mark the sixth year of an event that has been extended to 2016.  

The Atlantic Coast Conference is incredibly rich in basketball tradition and has been for decades, with blue bloods Duke and North Carolina having ... championships and is coached by Hall of Famer Jim Calhoun. If fellow powerhouse Syracuse can depart ...  

So, yesterday I wrote this piece over at the mothership. It's all about the ACC and basketball excellence and the league having to recognize that the basketball excellence has not translated into financial success in the current athletic climate.  

Columbus, OH, United States (AHN Sports) – The Ohio State women’s basketball team will travel to Chapel Hill to face the North Carolina Tar Heels Nov. 28 in the 2012 ACC/Big Ten Women’s Basketball Challenge. This year’s challenge will ...  

Swofford’s theft of Syracuse and Pittsburgh from the Big East changed the balance of basketball power. The ACC reclaimed first place in that derby, and for as much money as football generates we cannot forget that basketball is itself an ...  

Michigan State will play at North Carolina State on Nov. 29 as the women's field for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge was announced Tuesday. The Spartans are 3-2 in the Challenge. Last year, MSU lost to No. 9 Miami, 76-60, in East Lansing. The Spartans ...  

IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa women’s basketball team will travel to Tallahassee, Fla. to face the Florida State Seminoles as part of the sixth annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The game is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 28. Start time and television ...  

The University of Minnesota women's basketball team will host Virginia in the sixth annual ACC/Big Ten Women's Basketball Challenge, the conference offices announced Tuesday. The teams will meet at Williams Arena on Thursday, Nov. 29. The ...  

It was all too perfect. In the morning, the COIA is blasting UK and imploring every program to refuse a neutral-site game with Kentucky out of fear it will lead to a path that will "professionalize" college basketball. In the evening, it's learned Kentucky ...  

It'll be a who's who of who's that destined to confuse even serious college basketball fans over the span of six rounds. Yes, the Big East tournament could theoretically have the same amount of rounds as the main bracket of the NCAA tournament. Yippie!  

INDIANAPOLIS — Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame and Purdue have agreed to continue playing the Crossroads Classic through 2014. The schools made joint announcements Wednesday, saying they had agreed to extend the contract for two more years. Last year marked ...  

Though college basketball recruiting is amid its dead period, that doesn't mean prospects are taking any time off. Plenty of top players continue to stand out, and many should see increased attention once visits and evaluations start again on May 27.  

Two college basketball recruiting analysts, writing for ESPN RecruitingNation recently gave Wisconsin and Marquette solid grades for their 2012 classes. Dave Telep, writing for ESPN Insider, gave Marquette a "B" grade for signing forwards Steve ...  

We could have given you a preseason top 25 for the next college basketball season on the day after the Final Four ended. The Kentucky Wildcats had five starters scheduled to return. They’d have looked like a pretty fair pick to repeat.