Manhattan, NY – The St John Red Storm hosted the Pittsburgh Panthers Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden looking to push their win streak to four, St John’s was without their star forward Julian Champagnie who was out due to COVID-19. St John’s led most of the way, ending the first half up 34-31 in […]
2019-20 NetScouts Basketball All-International Teams
NetScouts Basketball has announced their All-International teams for the 2019-20 college basketball season. The first team is comprised of Filip Petrusev (Gonzaga), Omer Yurtseven (Georgetown), Udoka Azubuike (Kansas), Marcus Carr (Pitt) and Lamine Diane (Cal State Northridge). Petrusev, a 6-11 sophomore center from Serbia, was the cog in the middle for Gonzaga’s highly rated team. […]
Syracuse Overcomes Slow Start to Top Pitt
Pittsburgh, PA- The Syracuse Orange overcame an ice cold first half and a poor shooting performance to outlast the Pitt Panthers 60-55 Saturday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh. Freshman reserve big Bourama Sidibe had a breakout performance for Syracuse, as he scored a career-high 18 points and pulled down 16 rebounds. Sophomore […]
Duke Rolls Over Pitt
Pittsburgh, PA – The talented Duke Blue Devils utilized the combination of balanced scoring and stifling defense to avenge last weekend’s loss to NC State by steamrolling Pitt 87-52. The Blue Devils had six players score in double-figures, led by freshman phenom Marvin Bagley III, who tallied 16 points to go along with 15 rebounds. […]
Six Basketball Tournaments in Six Days
My annual east coast trip for the start of the college basketball season is over. I covered six tournaments in six nights traveling between New York City and Rhode Island and made it back home by Thanksgiving despite a major rain and wind storm. The first event on Thursday night was the 2K Sports Classic, […]
Basketball Times: Pitt’s Adams, UNLV’s Bennett Top Imports
In our current Basketball Times column the top incoming international college basketball recruits are reviewed. Big Steven Adams (New Zealand) of Pitt and Anthony Bennett (Canada) of UNLV top the list. We also write about Volodymyr Gerun (Ukraine, West Virginia), Prezmek Karnowski (Poland, Gonzaga), Amedeo Della Valle (Italy, Ohio State), Stefan Jankovic (Serbia/Canada, Missouri) and […]
Prep Tourney a Showcase for Future Stars
Mark your calendar for the weekend of Feb. 2-5 if prep school basketball is your passion. The 2012 National Prep School Invitational will take place that weekend at Rhode Island College. Thirty teams from all over the United States and one from the Canary Islands will battle for bragging rights and the attention of 100 […]
