John Calipari will be the next coach of Kentucky after accepting an eight-year, $35-million deal, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Calipari plans to bring his “whole staff” with him, Memphis assistant coach Orlando Antigua said.
“Go Big Blue,” Antigua wrote in a text message.
Memphis point guard Tyreke Evans also plans to leave and will head to [...]

Tobias and Tyler Harris will likely transfer back to Half Hollow Hills West on Long Island from Long Island Lutheran.
“It’s 99.99 percent that Tobias and Tyler Harris will be transferring back to Half Hollow Hills West after the school year,” said Torrel Harris, the boys’ father.
Under New York State rules, you are allowed a one-time [...]

Xavier Henry is waiting to hear from John Calipari before he makes his next move.
The 6-foot-6 Henry, a shooting guard out of Putnam City (Ok.) High, is part of Calipari’s star-studded recruiting class at Memphis that also includes unsigned 6-10 center DeMarcus Cousins. But if Calipari takes the eight-year, $35-million deal on the table from [...]

There will be no college announcement from Lance Stephenson today.
Apparently the coaches at Kansas, Maryland and St. John’s — as well as their fans — will have to wait until Stephenson finalizes his plans.
“Me and my family and I have decided that we are going to wait it out and I’m going to make the [...]

The friendship between Jim Calhoun and Tom Izzo dates back a decade to when both men guided their teams to the Final Four for the first time in 1999.
Izzo’s Michigan State team lost to Duke in the national semifinals that year before Calhoun’s UConn club beat the Blue Devils 77-74 for its [...]

Two of the top available point guards on the market could soon be finding new homes.
Lamont Jones of Oak Hill Academy will visit Southern Cal April 10-11 and will sign in New York April 17 just before the Jordan Brand Classic at Madison Square Garden, according to Oak Hill coach Steve Smith.
Asked where Jones will [...]

The Associated Press All-America teams were named and six of the 15 picks came out of the loaded Big East.
ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team All-America
Blake Griffin, 6-10, So., Oklahoma, 335 votes (71 first team)
Tyler Hansbrough, 6-9, Sr., North Carolina, 304 votes (50 first team)
DeJuan Blair, 6-7, So., Pitt, 294 votes
James Harden, 6-5, So., Arizona State, [...]

Lance Stephenson is expected to name Kansas as his college destination when he makes his announcement Tuesday at the McDonald’s All-American Game in Miami.
“My guess is Kansas based on his cancelling of the [college] announcement at [Madison Square] Garden and the fact that he wants to be able to have a chance to win a [...]

Just a few days after losing to Villanova in the NCAA Tournament, Duke is back in the headlines.
Seth Curry, the younger brother of Steph Curry, is transferring to Duke, according to the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer. He will have to sit out a year as per NCAA transfer regulations.
“Seth committed before he left [Sunday],” [...]

Sherrod Wright took an official visit to George Mason from Thursday-Saturday and said he’s been getting the most love from George Mason and Central Florida.
“Central Florida and George Mason are showing me the most,” said Wright, the 6-foot-4 wing from Mount Vernon (N.Y.) High.
Wright said he wasn’t certain whether he would take a visit to [...]