USC's first full recruiting class since the NCAA levied severe sanctions against the Trojans is coming together quite nicely. The Trojans have verbal commitments from eight prospects, including two 5-star and three 4-star recruits, per 247Sports' composite rankings.  But head coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff are on the trail for more highly touted prep prospects to bring into the USC fold. The Trojans are in play for several top-tier players who have yet to give commitments to ...

The Huskies appear to be taking pages from the Rob Gronkowski playbook.  The UConn football program recently announced its plans to host a football clinic for women this June, featuring on-field drills and cocktails. Nick Schwartz of For The Win spotted details of the one-day event, which will run attendees $40 for an evening of football fundamentals taught by members of the Huskies staff at the team’s training facility in Storrs. Participants must be 21 years or ...

Memorial Day weekend may be the unofficial start to summer, but it also serves as a reminder that football is around the corner. SEC coaches, officials and administrators will head to Destin, Florida, this week, as the conference will hold its annual spring meeting session at the Sandestin Hilton.  Unlike years past when scheduling and realignment were hot-button topics, this year's event will take a different turn and new storylines will undoubtedly be pushed to the forefront. What ...

The road to Omaha is officially set, and chances are it's going to go through the SEC.  Of the 64 teams in the college baseball tournament field, 10 are from the powerhouse conference. As ESPNU pointed out, that sets a new record: Along with LSU, who earned the No. 8 national seed by winning the league, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and South Carolina will all host regionals.  The Big Ten has been at the complete opposite end of the ...

If I'm a fan of Fordham basketball, I'm rooting like heck for Tom Pecora. It's not that the Rams haven't had good coaches in the past, but there's something about Pecora that makes you want to believe he's the one who's destined to turn this thing around. Maybe it's the fact he's been a New Yorker from the start. Or perhaps it's just that you like to see good guys win, whether they grew up in your backyard ...

Schools now know where to book their flights and 16 teams are gearing up for some hungry visitors as the field of 64 has been set for the 2014 NCAA baseball tournament regionals.  The top 16 schools host a regional with four teams in a double-elimination format, and the winner of each advancing to a best-of-three super regional. The winner of that will be among the eight making the trek to Omaha, Nebraska, for the College ...

The Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team won the Mid-American Conference tournament for the fifth time in six years, but it doesn't look like earning a trip to the NCAA tournament ever gets old. Kent State scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and walked away with a 3-0 victory over Akron in the conference tournament final.  After the Golden Flashes recorded the final out of the game, it took right fielder T.J. Sutton ...

For a 5-star prospect, NCAA basketball recruiting is about being courted by the coaches of multiple elite programs. One of the keys to the decision facing those high school standouts is figuring out which team offers the best on-court opportunity for their own individual talents. Speedy forward Jaylen Brown, for example, needs an uptempo environment to maximize his offensive contributions. He could put up transition points in bunches at UCLA, where the style of the wide-open ...

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets navigated their way through a deep 2014 ACC baseball tournament field and capped off their run to the championship with a 9-4 victory over Maryland on Sunday. This marks the second title for Georgia Tech in three seasons, and it comes as the No. 9 seed in the bracket. Now the Yellow Jackets find themselves suddenly with an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. Coach Danny Hall was impressed with how ...

With one swing of the bat in the eighth inning on Sunday with two outs and a full count, Sean McMullen elevated the LSU Tigers to a 2-0 victory over the Florida Gators in the 2014 SEC baseball championship. As a result of downing the No. 1 RPI team in the nation, the Tigers seized their 11th SEC tournament title and fifth in the past seven years. McMullen's heroics followed what were seven innings of elite defensive ...