Tag: college basketball
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Air Force men’s basketball announces 2027 conference schedule featuring Mountain West newcomers
Air Force men’s basketball announced its initial Mountain West schedule less than three months ahead of its season opener Nov. 2. The provisional version released Tuesday shows the Falcons hosting nine home games as part of an 18-game schedule with home-and-home series with all nine opponents. Game dates are subject to change after conference television…
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Colorado State’s annual reunion shows growth of basketball program entering Pac-12
FORT COLLINS — Ali Farokhmanesh’s only regret came when he saw the teams he put together actually take the floor. “We should not have put Kyle (Jorgensen) and (Isaiah Stevens) on the same team,” Farokhmanesh said. “I regret that decision because it’s just trash talk the whole game.” Everything else, though, was gravy. The second-year…
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Meet the new Pac-12: Everything to know about 9 universities bringing back the West’s premier conference
Two years after the best of the West left it for dead, the Pac-12 has risen from the ashes. UCLA and USC was the first wave to exit. Then came Oregon and Washington and, later, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah, leaving Oregon State and Washington State behind to fend for themselves in the cutthroat…
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Colorado alumnus and Celtics star Derrick White takes high-level role with Buffs men’s basketball program
BOULDER — Derrick White shares the title NBA champion with six current Celtics teammates. He and Jayson Tatum both won gold with USA Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. But he’s now got a unique title that he’s bringing back with him to Boston. “I’m gonna tell them to refer to me as…
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Where Tad Boyle’s CU Buffs rank among biggest Big 12 winners and losers in transfer portal
Roster building will continue into the summer across college basketball, but the bulk of the work has been done. Aside from the very few deciding whether or not to stay in the NBA Draft or return to college, the big names in the transfer portal have all found new homes. After a really successful season,…
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Expanded NCAA Tournament is latest example of change in college sports no one asked for | Tyler’s take
The greatest sporting event has lost a piece of its soul. Even as sports on every level — from high school to college to professional and all across the globe — have become increasingly corporatized in the 21st century, we still had the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. It didn’t matter if you were a college…
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Air Force men’s basketball completes coaching staff with addition of Brian Boyle
The last piece of head coach Joe Crispin’s first academy coaching staff has been added. Brian Boyle joins the Air Force men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach for the 2026-27 season after more than a decade in the NBA and NBA G League. His most recent stint was two seasons as an assistant coach…
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Air Force adds Eric Brennan to men’s basketball staff as assistant coach
Joe Crispin continues to add to his staff, bringing in Eric Brennan as an assistant coach for Air Force men’s basketball. Brennan was previously the head coach at NCAA Division III Rowan University for three seasons from 2023-26 and spent eight seasons at Rowan overall. Crispin preceded Brennan as head coach at Rowan from 2016-2023,…
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Air Force men’s basketball adds Carson Cunningham as associate head coach
New Air Force men’s basketball coach Joe Crispin is starting to shape his staff with the addition of Carson Cunningham as associate head coach. Cunningham was an assistant coach at Missouri State for the past two seasons. Before that, he was an assistant coach at Army during the 2023-2024 season. “I have had the pleasure…
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Star Colorado freshman Isaiah Johnson reportedly entering transfer portal
Tad Boyle is once again experiencing the harsh side of the transfer portal era. After a promising freshman season, Colorado’s leading scorer, Isaiah Johnson is leaving Boulder and entering the transfer portal, per multiple reports. The announcement comes as the Buffaloes are getting ready to play in the College Basketball Crown next week in Las…