On Friday, five-star twins Cameron and Cayden Boozer — the No. 2 and No. 21 players, respectively, in the 2025 recruiting class — announced their long-awaited commitments to Duke, picking the Blue Devils over fellow finalists Miami and Florida.
In doing so, both continue the family legacy that their father, Carlos — who started on Duke’s 2001 national championship team, before embarking on his 13-year NBA career — began 25 years ago.
“Duke nation, baby!”
Five-star basketball recruits and twin brothers Cameron and Cayden Boozer announce that they will be joining
Cameron Boozer is the best 2025 recruit to commit to a school thus far, and both he and Cayden will likely be the focal points of the 2025 team.
Cooper Flagg, Duke’s freshman star and No. 1-ranked recruit in 2024, is expected to leave college for the NBA following one season with the Blue Devils, as he has a chance to be the first player taken in the NBA draft.
Coming off the No. 1 recruiting class in 2024, Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs are looking to add another title to the mantle in 2025.
The state of Georgia is loaded in the rising senior class, punctuated by seven five-stars, a few of whom are major targets. UGA already has a head start with commitments from three of the top seven in-state targets pledged and two more trending in their direction — five-star defensive linemen Elijah Griffin and Justus Terry.
The Bulldogs now have 21 commitments in the cycle and sit at No. 4 in the On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings.
Georgia Class Breakdown
Of Georgia’s 21 pledges, 12 project to the offensive side of the ball and 9 are expected to play defense at the next level. Five-stars Zayden Walker and Isaiah Gibson, along with five-star tight end Elyiss Williams, four-star EDGE Darren Ikinnagbon, four-star cornerback Shamari Earls and four-star wideout Talyn Taylor give UGA six commits who rank in the top-100 in the country. 12 of the 21 pledges hail from the Peach State, with an average distance from Athens of just 305.4 miles.
Purdue and Nebraska will be headed to Nashville in August for a big-time volleyball event, according to a report from The Hastings Tribune. The Boilermakers and Cornhuskers are among four teams that will participate in the inaugural “Broadway Block Party,” scheduled for Aug. 31 at Bridgestone Arena. The other two teams are Kentucky and Tennessee, both from the SEC.
According to the report, Purdue will play Tennessee and Nebraska will take on Kentucky. Each team is receiving $40,000 for participating in the event. The “Broadway Block Party” will be a double-header event, rather than a tournament format.
Big Ten Volleyball: Purdue, Nebraska Among 4 Participants in ‘Broadway Block Party’
Purdue and Nebraska will participate in the inaugural Broadway Block Party in Nashville on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. Kentucky and Tennessee are also playing.
Purdue and Nebraska will be headed to Nashville in August for a big-time volleyball event, according to a report from The Hastings Tribune. The Boilermakers and Cornhuskers are among four teams that will participate in the inaugural “Broadway Block Party,” scheduled for Aug. 31 at Bridgestone Arena. The other two teams are Kentucky and Tennessee, both from the SEC.
According to the report, Purdue will play Tennessee and Nebraska will take on Kentucky. Each team is receiving $40,000 for participating in the event. The “Broadway Block Party” will be a double-header event, rather than a tournament format.
Both matches will air on ESPN.
Purdue concluded the 2024 campaign with a 27-7 mark, reaching the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive season. The Boilers went through major changes in the offseason via the transfer portal. There will be plenty of new faces wearing the black-and-gold during the 2025 campaign. Coach Dave Shondell will be entering his 23rd season at Purdue.
Nebraska is coming off a 33-3 campaign in 2024, reaching the Final Four. But there’s been a major change in Lincoln, with coach John Cook retiring after 25 seasons as the leader of the Huskers. Dani Busboom Kelly — a former Nebraska player — is the new head coach after spending the previous eight years at Louisville.
Majewski’s Tweet came in response to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello giving details about Woodson’s buyout. There are two problems with Bruce Pearl coming to Bloomington: He’s employed by Auburn and Indiana has a head coach.
A Silver Lining in Buyouts
If the Hoosiers want to make this happen, there is a silver lining regarding the buyouts from former coaches. First, former football head coach Tom Allen agreed to reduce his buyout to 15.5 million dollars from 20.8 million. Second, donors handle former basketball coach Archie Miller’s 10.3 million dollar buyout.
After Allen receives his second lump-sum buyout payment this year, Indiana is done paying him. Mike Woodson’s 12.6 million dollar buyout can be paid in annual payouts of one million dollars, which would ease the burden of his settlement. Potentially, that could open the door to hire a new head coach.
Sep 21, 2024; Clemson, South Carolina, USA; Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney with running back Phil Mafah (7) and safety Khalil Barnes (7) before a game against the North Carolina State Wolfpack at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Ruinard-Imagn Images | Ken Ruinard-Imagn Images
Friday, the Clemson football program got some unfortunate news on the recruiting trail. Graceson Littleton, a 4-star defensive back from Tampa, Florida announced that he is decomitting from the Tigers 2025 recruiting class and opening his options back up.
The highly-rated prospect had been committed to the Tigers since June. His departure dropped Clemson’s current recruiting class ranking from No. 17 nationally to No
With the early signing window opening next month, the Tigers have a very small class right now. Only 13 players are currently committed to head coach Dabo Swinney’s program.
Typically, Swinney does a great job of holding onto recruits who have pledged to play for him. However, in the current recruiting cycle, a handful of potentially impactful players have walked back their commitments to the Tigers. Along with Littleton, that group includes three-star offensive lineman Jaylan Beckley, four-star quarterback Blake Hebert, four-star defensive lineman Isaiah Campbell, and four-star edge rusher Bryce Davis.
The Clemson Tigers entered the final week of the college football regular season hoping for a Miami Hurricanes loss to sneak into the ACC Championship, and that wish was granted after Syracuse pulled off the win. The Tigers went on to win the ACC and make their way into the playoffs despite a 9-3 regular season record. While they went on to lose to the Texas Longhorns in the first round, it was a sign there was something to look forward to in Clemson for 2025.
One of the reasons for that optimism is quarterback Cade Klubnik, who opted to return to the Tigers despite being draft-eligible. In 2024, Klubnik threw for 3,639 yards and 36 touchdowns while adding 463 yards on the ground and seven rushing scores. While he’ll be a Heisman candidate in 2025, it will be in large part due to the help of his top receiver. In a recent piece by PFF, Clemson’s star underclassman receiver was named the top returning receiver in the ACC for 2025.
After having 41 catches for 708 yards and five scores, freshman Bryant Wesco Jr. heads into his sophomore season with the Tigers ranked as the seventh-best receiver in the country and the top receiver in the ACC for next season.
Jackson-Davis, who played at Indiana from 2019-23 and who has been with the Golden State Warriors the last two seasons, was not technically an All-Star, but due to the format change in the All-Star Game, he got to take part.
There was not an All-Star Game in the traditional sense. All-Star Sunday featured four teams – one featuring young players against teams featuring established All-Stars. Jackson-Davis and Candace’s Rising Stars had played their way to Sunday’s activities by winning Friday’s Rising Stars Challenge.
Games were played with the first team to score 40 points earning the win.
Jackson-Davis was part of Candace’s Rising Stars, coached by women’s basketball legend Candace Parker. They took on Shaq’s OGs, a team of established stars, coached by Shaquille O’Neal.
One of Jackson-Davis’s teammates on the Rising Stars was his former nemesis at Purdue, Zach Edey, who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies.
Shaq’s OGs defeated Candace’s Rising Stars 41-25. Jackson-Davis played six minutes and made his only shot. He also had an assist and a steal.
Jackson-Davis and the Rising Stars advanced to the All-Star Game by winning the Rising Stars Challenge on Friday.
Jackson-Davis, playing for Team C, scored six points in Friday’s first game as Team C defeated Team T 40-34.
In Friday’s Rising Stars championship game, with a target score of 25, Team C beat Team G League 25-14. Jackson-Davis did not score in that game.
Jackson-Davis is averaging 7.6 points and 5.9 rebounds for the Warriors. He’s started 37 of the 49 games he’s played in for Golden State, though his minutes have been diminished of late. The Warriors are currently 28-27 and have the 10th and final spot to make the postseason from the Western Conference.
Cooper Flagg hoping to overcome illness as Duke basketball tries for bounce back win
The Blue Devil star is trying to get some rest ahead of the stretch run of the season
ByKevin Connelly|
Feb 8, 2025; Clemson, South Carolina, USA; Duke basketball forward Cooper Flagg (2) listens to Duke Blue Devils Head Coach Jon Scheyer during the second half at Littlejohn Coliseum. | Ken Ruinard-Imagn Images
Cooper Flagg has been dominant for the Duke basketball team over the last few weeks but it felt like something has been off while watching him.
In the Blue Devils’ victory against Syracuse on Wednesday, Flagg wasn’t looking to score nor was he aggressive on the offensive end and finished with only 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field in 28 minutes in a blowout victory.
After a largely successful first season on the job, Duke appears to be rewarding coach Jon Scheyer with a long-term commitment.
The Blue Devils have signed Scheyer to an extension through the 2028–29 season, according to a Friday afternoon report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Scheyer, 36, guided Duke to a 27–9 record in the program’s first season following the retirement of longtime coach Mike Krzyzewski. The ACC tournament champion Blue Devils were seeded fifth in the NCAA tournament, defeating Oral Roberts in the first round before losing to Tennessee in the second.
Duke coach Jon Scheyer wants the Atlantic Coast Conference to implement measures to prevent court-storming after star big man Kyle Filipowski was hobbled following a collision with a fan during a weekend loss at Wake Forest.
Scheyer said Monday that Filipowski was “a little bit sore” following the incident, which left him sporting a bag of ice on his knee after banging his right leg into the leg of a fan running by him toward midcourt.
Denny Crum turned Louisville basketball into a civic treasure and Freedom Hall into a vibrant landmark of the sport with two national championships, six Final Fours and massively entertaining teams.
Yes, his local standing grew more only hallowed after he left the sideline, an affable and approachable coaching emeritus never far away from the Cardinals in body or spirit, and doing a radio show with his old rival from Kentucky, Joe B. Hall.
Yes, he was a multi-dimensional legend. The national champion who won 675 games and spanned eras. He lost to John Wooden’s last Final Four team at UCLA and beat Mike Krzyzewski’s first Final Four team at Duke. But he also bred horses, collected Louis L’Amour novels and often went off to Idaho to hunt and fish.
Any remembrance of the career of the man who passed away this week at 86 must start with all that. But an intriguing question should be included.
What if Denny Crum had said yes to UCLA back in the 1970s?
How very different might college basketball history have been in two storied places had he gone thataway instead of thisaway when he came to the fork in the road of his career?
Denzel Edwin Crum was a UCLA guard for John Wooden in the 1950s, then a UCLA assistant for Wooden in the late 1960s. Did a lot of recruiting for Wooden, including landing a tall California kid named Bill Walton. And he already had a strong and competitive voice. When the Bruins stormed to another national title in 1971, a curious sidebar was the sight of Wooden and Crum arguing on the bench about substitution strategy. Question the Wizard? In public? Who had the gumption to do that? Wooden threatened to banish Crum to the end of the Bruins bench, but he understood his No. 1 aide was clearly ready to fly away on his own.
