UGA Basketball
Recruiting
SEC Basketball
Kentucky
Louisville Courier Journal: If healthy, could C.J. Fredrick be John Calipari's best Kentucky basketball shooter?
South Carolina
The State: 5-star GG Jackson decommits from UNC to ‘explore other options’
College Basketball
Louisville Courier Journal: Why Louisville, ACC are looking for ESPN to return to bargaining table
“I think that they understand that the ACC has to be extremely healthy for college athletics to be successful,” Heird said of ESPN. “And so I think they do feel an obligation to make sure that transpires. Not every decision — it’s hard to believe — is based on the bottom line."
Belmont
The Tennessean: What Belmont basketball expects as life in Missouri Valley Conference begins
Clemson
Chicago Sun Times: Lake Forest’s Asa Thomas commits to Clemson
chicago.suntimes.com
Monmouth
Asbury Park Press: Monmouth basketball: CAA schedule is Hawks' most daunting lineup ever
North Carolina
Borzello ESPN: No. 6 prospect G.G. Jackson becomes first recruit to decommit from North Carolina men's basketball program since 2003
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Purdue
Indianapolis Star: Purdue basketball lands Jack Benter, a high-scoring, sweet-shooting in-state 2024 guard
Utah
KSL SLC: Craig Smith Energized About 2023 Utah Basketball
kslsports.com
High School, Prep School
NJ.com: D.J. Wagner, NJ Scholars set to draw biggest names in college basketball, create huge buzz as they chase Nike Peach Jam title
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WFTS TB: Eric Dailey, Jr. shoots for new heights and 4th USA Basketball gold medal
www.abcactionnews.com
NBA
Denver
NBA.com: Report: Nuggets, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope agree to 2-year extension
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LA Lakers
NBA.com: Q&A: Jeanie Buss expects the Lakers to be 'more competitive' this season
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Miami
Boston Herald: The terrible twos? Heat aware they may have to find a better way
When it comes to Miami Heat two-way contracts, there has been an all-or-nothing aspect to the equation. And then there are the likes of Daryl Macon, Yante Maten and Matt Williams Jr. They, too, held Miami Heat two-way contracts.
www.bostonherald.com
New York
San Antonio
The Ringer: Jeremy Sochan Is the Spurs’ Latest International Man of Mystery
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History
Hoops Birthdays
Archie (Shake & Bake) Clark PG Minnesota LAL, PHI, BAL, SEA, DET 1966-1976 7-15-1941 81 YOA
NBA Legends: “Born in Arkansas, Clark was the fourth child in a family of 12. His passion for sports began on the baseball field in 1946 when he was five years old. He even made the junior high school swimming team, but didn’t start playing basketball until he reached the 10th grade. Clark shined on the basketball court and the baseball field. Following high school, he looked for work in the steel mills, but due to the recession, joined the Army where he remained for three years. Lucky for the University of Minnesota, Clark may have missed his major league opportunity when the Detroit Tigers invited him to spring training 10 days after joining the Army.
Attached to an Air Force missile unit in Maryland, he participated on the Andrews Air Force Base intramural basketball team. His coach, Buzz Bennett, a former Minnesota basketball player, was captured by Clark’s talents and gave a Minnesota assistant a call. At 21 years old, Clark accepted a scholarship. He now sits 19th on the school history list with 1,199 total points. He is listed among other Gophers for record-breaking career performances, including a scoring average of 16.7 points to place 10th all-time for career scoring average and ninth for free-throws made with 291. He was named MVP in 1966.
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1966 NBA Draft, Clark enjoyed a 10-year NBA career, including stops with the Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, Baltimore Bullets, Seattle Supersonics and Detroit Pistons.”
AP (7-06-1968) 76ers Trade Chamberlain to Lakers for 3 Men; CHAMBERS, CLARK, IMHOFF INVOLVED
PHILADELPHIA, July 5 (AP) -- “Wilt Chamberlain, the Philadelphia 76ers' record-cracking giant, has been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for three players -- Darrall Imhoff, Archie Clark and Jerry Chambers -- and an undisclosed amount of cash, The Associated Press learned today.”
John Crotty PG Virginia UT, MIA, POR, SEA, DET, DEN 1992-2003 7-15-1969 53 YOA
Troy Daniels SG VCU HOU, MIN, CHA, MEM, PHO, LAL, DEN 2013-2020 7-15-192 31 YOA
Derrick Favors PF Tech NJ, UT, NO, OKC 2010-present 7-15-1991 31 YOA
B/R (1-14-2009) “On Wednesday, Derrick Favors a 6'9, 225 lbs power forward from (South Atlanta, GA) announced he will be attending Georgia Tech. He picked the Yellow Jackets over N.C. State and Georgia.
Derrick Favors who is a consensus top five prospect will be a impact player for Georgia Tech next season in the ACC. Coach Paul Hewitt now has very impressive incoming class for next year.”
Red & Black (1-06-2010) Georgia upends No. 20 Yellow Jackets, 73-66
“It's been 33 years since the Georgia Tech men's basketball team has won in Athens.
Make that 34.
The Bulldogs (8-5) defended their home court once again with a 73-66 victory over the rival Yellow Jackets.
As the final seconds ticked down on the clock with the win securely sealed, the chants of "just like football" rang down from the Stegeman Coliseum crowd. And, in a way, it was just like the football version a month and half prior. Georgia Tech (11-3) came in with all the hype, the loftier ranking - No. 20, a star-powered offensive and an expected blowout victory.
The only problem with that was coach Mark Fox had his players believing otherwise.
"I told our players [before the game], I said, 'I expect you to win, don't run around like you won the Super Bowl if we win the game tonight because I expect you to win,'" Fox said. "It was a great win for our team, our program and our school."
"We talked to the guys this week about all of the records and that we could do something that a Georgia Tech team hasn't done in a really long time," Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt said. "But, and it sounds cliche, when two rivals meet, the records and all that stuff get thrown out and you just have to play the game."
And it was sophomore forward Trey Thompkins who took care of business. Facing a loaded Georgia Tech fron tcourt consisting of two projected lottery picks in next June's NBA Draft - Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors, two of Thompkins' great friends - it was Thompkins who looked like the future NBA star in the second half, scoring 14 of his team-high 20 points in the second half.
"Trey played very well," Fox said. "I told him right before the [second] half 'be aggressive, get to the glass, get to the line, it'll come back,' and he really matured and played at a high level in the second half."
As vital as Thompkins was in the second half to maintaining Georgia's lead, the Bulldogs' 24-of-29 (82.8 percent) shooting from the foul line - making nine of their last 10 in the final minute - starved off Georgia Tech's last ditch effort.
"We're the No. 1 free throw shooting team in the league, and I told them that," Fox said. "But we shoot free throws well, and we knew that late in the game that would probably be to our advantage."
As important as free-throw shooting was, Ricky McPhee, who had 16 points on the night, played an equally crucial role. With Georgia up three with a minute and half remaining, Tech attempted to trap point guard Dustin Ware, but he spotted an open McPhee on the left wing. McPhee knocked down a 3-point shot - one of his four on the night - to dash Tech's hopes. Thirty seconds later, he again hit a crucial runner in the lane to put the game out of reach.
"Seniors are supposed to step up and make plays, and that's exactly what he did," Albert Jackson said of McPhee. "You can't explain how much those shots led to us getting the victory."
For McPhee and the rest of the players, the game wasn't just an instate rivalry, but a chance to gain bragging rights over friends they'd played against since childhood. And those childhood connections led to some bantering between the two teams prior the game with Leslie saying that the Jackets were "talking crap" before the game.
"It was a thing between us. We talk back and forth to each other, exchange words, talk some smack," Thompkins said.
But all that talk was just pre-game chatter, as the Dogs once again defended homecourt, despite Gani Lawal's best effort - who scored a game-high 21 points and caused constant problems for the Dogs. Georgia made Lawal's front court mate Favors a non-factor, as he got in foul trouble for much of the game and was held to only eight points in 21 minutes.
"Gani is Gani. He's been doing that for years and he's been doing it great," Thompkins said. "I expected everything from him. I expected that from him, and he's a great player. Granted, Derrick got into a little bit of foul trouble but when he was in, he was a factor."
Georgia will look to use the lessons learned from competing against a talented front court when they face an equally talented front court in Kentucky's Patrick Patterson and Demarcus Cousins at Rupp Arena for their first conference game Saturday.
"We have to go to Rupp Arena, which is one of the hardest places to play in, but Kentucky and Georgia Tech are two extremely talented teams," Thompkins said. "If we can do this against Georgia Tech, we can do this against an extremely talented team in Kentucky."
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Tobias Harris PF Tennessee MIL, OR, DET, LAC, PHI 2011-present 7-15-1992 30 YOA
Chris Johnson C LSU POR, BOS, NO, MIN 2010-2013 7-15-1985 37 YOA
Luke Kornet C Vanderbilt NY, CHI, BOS, CLE, MIL 2017-present 7-15-1995 27 YOA
Damien Lillard PG Weber State POR 2012-present 7-15-1990 32 YOA
Anthony Randolph PF LSU GS, NY, MIN, DET 2008-2014 7-15-1989 33 YOA
Khalid Reeves PG Arizona MIA, CHA, NJ, DAlL, DET, CHI 1994-2009 7-15-1972 50 YOA
Richard Washington PF UCLA KC, MIL, DAL, CLE 1976-1982 7-15-1955 67 YOA
Lorenzo Williams PF Stetson CHA, ORL, BOS, DAL, WAS 1992-2000 7-15-1969 53 YOA
Recruiting
SEC Basketball
Kentucky
Louisville Courier Journal: If healthy, could C.J. Fredrick be John Calipari's best Kentucky basketball shooter?
If healthy, could C.J. Fredrick be John Calipari's best Kentucky basketball shooter?
C.J. Fredrick missed last season with a hamstring injury, but his shooting ability makes him an essential piece for the Kentucky Wildcats if healthy.
www.courier-journal.com
South Carolina
The State: 5-star GG Jackson decommits from UNC to ‘explore other options’
College Basketball
Louisville Courier Journal: Why Louisville, ACC are looking for ESPN to return to bargaining table
“I think that they understand that the ACC has to be extremely healthy for college athletics to be successful,” Heird said of ESPN. “And so I think they do feel an obligation to make sure that transpires. Not every decision — it’s hard to believe — is based on the bottom line."
Why Louisville, ACC are looking for ESPN to return to bargaining table
Louisville athletic director Josh Heird and North Carolina Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz see revised rights deal as key to ACC stability.
www.courier-journal.com
Belmont
The Tennessean: What Belmont basketball expects as life in Missouri Valley Conference begins
What Belmont basketball expects as life in Missouri Valley Conference begins
Belmont's move to the Missouri Valley Conference was made with its basketball programs in mind. The logos of the move are already visible on campus.
www.tennessean.com
Clemson
Chicago Sun Times: Lake Forest’s Asa Thomas commits to Clemson
Lake Forest’s Asa Thomas commits to Clemson
Asa Thomas, one of the state’s top prospects in the Class of 2023, is headed to the Atlantic Coast Conference.
chicago.suntimes.com
Monmouth
Asbury Park Press: Monmouth basketball: CAA schedule is Hawks' most daunting lineup ever
Monmouth basketball: CAA schedule is Hawks' most daunting lineup ever
The Colonial Athletic Association unveiled the conference opponents for the 2022-23 men's basketball season, as Monmouth enters its first year in the league.
www.app.com
North Carolina
Borzello ESPN: No. 6 prospect G.G. Jackson becomes first recruit to decommit from North Carolina men's basketball program since 2003
Jackson 1st UNC recruit to decommit since 2003
Elite rising senior G.G. Jackson announced Thursday that he has decommitted from North Carolina, becoming the first prospect to decommit from the Tar Heels in nearly 20 years.
Purdue
Indianapolis Star: Purdue basketball lands Jack Benter, a high-scoring, sweet-shooting in-state 2024 guard
Purdue basketball lands Jack Benter, a high-scoring, sweet-shooting in-state 2024 guard
High-scoring 2024 guard Jack Benter committed to Purdue Thursday night. The 6-4 Brownstown Central junior-to-be announced the news via social media.
www.indystar.com
Utah
KSL SLC: Craig Smith Energized About 2023 Utah Basketball
Craig Smith Energized About 2023 Utah Basketball
Utah basketball head coach Craig Smith couldn't contain his energy and excitement about his 2023 team after a frustrating first season.
kslsports.com
High School, Prep School
NJ.com: D.J. Wagner, NJ Scholars set to draw biggest names in college basketball, create huge buzz as they chase Nike Peach Jam title
D.J. Wagner, NJ Scholars set to draw biggest names in college basketball, create huge buzz as they chase Nike Peach Jam title
D.J. Wagner, NJ Scholars set to draw a biggest names in college coaching, create huge buzz at Nike Peach Jam
WFTS TB: Eric Dailey, Jr. shoots for new heights and 4th USA Basketball gold medal
Eric Dailey, Jr. shoots for new heights and 4th USA Basketball gold medal
Palmetto-native Eric Dailey, Jr. played his high school basketball at IMG Academy. He's college-eligible, but he's weighing all of his options while chasing another gold medal with USA Basketball.
www.abcactionnews.com
NBA
Denver
NBA.com: Report: Nuggets, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope agree to 2-year extension
Nuggets, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope agree to 2-year extension | NBA.com
With Kentavious Caldwell-Pope reportedly locked in, all 5 Denver starters are under contract for at least 3 seasons.
LA Lakers
NBA.com: Q&A: Jeanie Buss expects the Lakers to be 'more competitive' this season
Q&A: Jeanie Buss expects the Lakers to be 'more competitive' this season | NBA.com
Lakers' governor opens up about her expectations for the upcoming season, her recent Kobe Bryant tweet and the hiring of Darvin Ham.
Miami
Boston Herald: The terrible twos? Heat aware they may have to find a better way
When it comes to Miami Heat two-way contracts, there has been an all-or-nothing aspect to the equation. And then there are the likes of Daryl Macon, Yante Maten and Matt Williams Jr. They, too, held Miami Heat two-way contracts.
The terrible twos? Heat aware they may have to find a better way
When it comes to Miami Heat two-way contracts, there has been an all-or-nothing aspect to the equation. And then there are the likes of Daryl Macon, Yante Maten and Matt Williams Jr. They, too, hel…
www.bostonherald.com
New York
San Antonio
The Ringer: Jeremy Sochan Is the Spurs’ Latest International Man of Mystery
Jeremy Sochan Is the Spurs’ Latest International Man of Mystery
No NBA franchise has mined more overseas talent than San Antonio. Will this year’s lottery pick continue the team’s storied tradition of international success stories? The Spurs may have found a player as singular off the floor as he is on it.
www.theringer.com
History
Hoops Birthdays
Archie (Shake & Bake) Clark PG Minnesota LAL, PHI, BAL, SEA, DET 1966-1976 7-15-1941 81 YOA
NBA Legends: “Born in Arkansas, Clark was the fourth child in a family of 12. His passion for sports began on the baseball field in 1946 when he was five years old. He even made the junior high school swimming team, but didn’t start playing basketball until he reached the 10th grade. Clark shined on the basketball court and the baseball field. Following high school, he looked for work in the steel mills, but due to the recession, joined the Army where he remained for three years. Lucky for the University of Minnesota, Clark may have missed his major league opportunity when the Detroit Tigers invited him to spring training 10 days after joining the Army.
Attached to an Air Force missile unit in Maryland, he participated on the Andrews Air Force Base intramural basketball team. His coach, Buzz Bennett, a former Minnesota basketball player, was captured by Clark’s talents and gave a Minnesota assistant a call. At 21 years old, Clark accepted a scholarship. He now sits 19th on the school history list with 1,199 total points. He is listed among other Gophers for record-breaking career performances, including a scoring average of 16.7 points to place 10th all-time for career scoring average and ninth for free-throws made with 291. He was named MVP in 1966.
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1966 NBA Draft, Clark enjoyed a 10-year NBA career, including stops with the Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, Baltimore Bullets, Seattle Supersonics and Detroit Pistons.”
AP (7-06-1968) 76ers Trade Chamberlain to Lakers for 3 Men; CHAMBERS, CLARK, IMHOFF INVOLVED
PHILADELPHIA, July 5 (AP) -- “Wilt Chamberlain, the Philadelphia 76ers' record-cracking giant, has been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for three players -- Darrall Imhoff, Archie Clark and Jerry Chambers -- and an undisclosed amount of cash, The Associated Press learned today.”
John Crotty PG Virginia UT, MIA, POR, SEA, DET, DEN 1992-2003 7-15-1969 53 YOA
Troy Daniels SG VCU HOU, MIN, CHA, MEM, PHO, LAL, DEN 2013-2020 7-15-192 31 YOA
Derrick Favors PF Tech NJ, UT, NO, OKC 2010-present 7-15-1991 31 YOA
B/R (1-14-2009) “On Wednesday, Derrick Favors a 6'9, 225 lbs power forward from (South Atlanta, GA) announced he will be attending Georgia Tech. He picked the Yellow Jackets over N.C. State and Georgia.
Derrick Favors who is a consensus top five prospect will be a impact player for Georgia Tech next season in the ACC. Coach Paul Hewitt now has very impressive incoming class for next year.”
Red & Black (1-06-2010) Georgia upends No. 20 Yellow Jackets, 73-66
“It's been 33 years since the Georgia Tech men's basketball team has won in Athens.
Make that 34.
The Bulldogs (8-5) defended their home court once again with a 73-66 victory over the rival Yellow Jackets.
As the final seconds ticked down on the clock with the win securely sealed, the chants of "just like football" rang down from the Stegeman Coliseum crowd. And, in a way, it was just like the football version a month and half prior. Georgia Tech (11-3) came in with all the hype, the loftier ranking - No. 20, a star-powered offensive and an expected blowout victory.
The only problem with that was coach Mark Fox had his players believing otherwise.
"I told our players [before the game], I said, 'I expect you to win, don't run around like you won the Super Bowl if we win the game tonight because I expect you to win,'" Fox said. "It was a great win for our team, our program and our school."
"We talked to the guys this week about all of the records and that we could do something that a Georgia Tech team hasn't done in a really long time," Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt said. "But, and it sounds cliche, when two rivals meet, the records and all that stuff get thrown out and you just have to play the game."
And it was sophomore forward Trey Thompkins who took care of business. Facing a loaded Georgia Tech fron tcourt consisting of two projected lottery picks in next June's NBA Draft - Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors, two of Thompkins' great friends - it was Thompkins who looked like the future NBA star in the second half, scoring 14 of his team-high 20 points in the second half.
"Trey played very well," Fox said. "I told him right before the [second] half 'be aggressive, get to the glass, get to the line, it'll come back,' and he really matured and played at a high level in the second half."
As vital as Thompkins was in the second half to maintaining Georgia's lead, the Bulldogs' 24-of-29 (82.8 percent) shooting from the foul line - making nine of their last 10 in the final minute - starved off Georgia Tech's last ditch effort.
"We're the No. 1 free throw shooting team in the league, and I told them that," Fox said. "But we shoot free throws well, and we knew that late in the game that would probably be to our advantage."
As important as free-throw shooting was, Ricky McPhee, who had 16 points on the night, played an equally crucial role. With Georgia up three with a minute and half remaining, Tech attempted to trap point guard Dustin Ware, but he spotted an open McPhee on the left wing. McPhee knocked down a 3-point shot - one of his four on the night - to dash Tech's hopes. Thirty seconds later, he again hit a crucial runner in the lane to put the game out of reach.
"Seniors are supposed to step up and make plays, and that's exactly what he did," Albert Jackson said of McPhee. "You can't explain how much those shots led to us getting the victory."
For McPhee and the rest of the players, the game wasn't just an instate rivalry, but a chance to gain bragging rights over friends they'd played against since childhood. And those childhood connections led to some bantering between the two teams prior the game with Leslie saying that the Jackets were "talking crap" before the game.
"It was a thing between us. We talk back and forth to each other, exchange words, talk some smack," Thompkins said.
But all that talk was just pre-game chatter, as the Dogs once again defended homecourt, despite Gani Lawal's best effort - who scored a game-high 21 points and caused constant problems for the Dogs. Georgia made Lawal's front court mate Favors a non-factor, as he got in foul trouble for much of the game and was held to only eight points in 21 minutes.
"Gani is Gani. He's been doing that for years and he's been doing it great," Thompkins said. "I expected everything from him. I expected that from him, and he's a great player. Granted, Derrick got into a little bit of foul trouble but when he was in, he was a factor."
Georgia will look to use the lessons learned from competing against a talented front court when they face an equally talented front court in Kentucky's Patrick Patterson and Demarcus Cousins at Rupp Arena for their first conference game Saturday.
"We have to go to Rupp Arena, which is one of the hardest places to play in, but Kentucky and Georgia Tech are two extremely talented teams," Thompkins said. "If we can do this against Georgia Tech, we can do this against an extremely talented team in Kentucky."
Georgia upends No. 20 Yellow Jackets, 73-66
It's been 33 years since the Georgia Tech men's basketball team has won in Athens.
Tobias Harris PF Tennessee MIL, OR, DET, LAC, PHI 2011-present 7-15-1992 30 YOA
Chris Johnson C LSU POR, BOS, NO, MIN 2010-2013 7-15-1985 37 YOA
Luke Kornet C Vanderbilt NY, CHI, BOS, CLE, MIL 2017-present 7-15-1995 27 YOA
Damien Lillard PG Weber State POR 2012-present 7-15-1990 32 YOA
Anthony Randolph PF LSU GS, NY, MIN, DET 2008-2014 7-15-1989 33 YOA
Khalid Reeves PG Arizona MIA, CHA, NJ, DAlL, DET, CHI 1994-2009 7-15-1972 50 YOA
Richard Washington PF UCLA KC, MIL, DAL, CLE 1976-1982 7-15-1955 67 YOA
Lorenzo Williams PF Stetson CHA, ORL, BOS, DAL, WAS 1992-2000 7-15-1969 53 YOA
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