Arizona, Gonzaga, USC can battle for Washington transfer with perfect guard name originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. One of the best names, and best players, in the transfer portal? Zoom Diallo. Advertisement He’s ranked a four-star transfer recruit by 247Sports, and the guard from the University of Washington …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. A first-round playoff series between the Boston Celtics and Charlotte Hornets would be a dream scenario for NBA neutrals, and we get another sneak preview as the teams square off tonight. Advertisement Charlotte has picked up four straight victories and won at TD …

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North Carolina has officially hired NBA championship-winning coach Michael Malone to lead the Tar Heels’ basketball program. The school announced Malone’s hiring on Tuesday and scheduled an introductory news conference for later in the day. Malone will replace Hubert Davis, who was fired March 24 after five seasons as the successor to retired Hall of Famer Roy Williams. Advertisement In …

Oklahoma State guard Jaylen Curry plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, On3’s Joe Tipton has learned. Curry is on the move for the second consecutive offseason, only spending one year in Stillwater. UMass is where his college basketball career got underway. But now, Curry is looking for school No. 3 for what should be his final year of eligibility. …

The transfer portal parade continues out of Knoxville today, and this one might hurt the most for the future of the program. Amari Evans, a promising freshman guard, will enter the transfer portal and hit the open market. The former 4-star prospect seemed to be a perfect cultural fit with Tennessee and Rick Barnes, flashing big defensive ability and toughness. …

We have a jam-packed episode of The Dunker Spot coming your way! First, Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones look at the top-six in the Western Conference (Thunder, Spurs, Nuggets, Lakers, Rockets, Wolves) and share their biggest questions for each team as we inch closer to the playoffs. From there, the guys shift to the WNBA and react to the Chicago …

Arizona men’s basketball’s season ended short of the ultimate goal, but the team’s place among the best in program history was solidified again Tuesday in the final Associated Press poll of the season. Arizona is ranked No. 3 in the AP Top 25, behind national champion Michigan and runner-up UConn. Arizona spanned nearly the entire regular season ranked inside the …

LeBron James’ 2025-26 campaign is so obviously the greatest age-41 season in NBA history, it is actually hilarious. Only four other players have even managed to play half a season at 41 years old, and James has essentially matched their production combined. Here they all are: AGE SEASON PTS-REB-AST FG%/3P%/FT% PER LeBron James 41 2025-26 21-6-7 51/31/74 20.1 Kevin Willis …

It is a busy day of news for the Syracuse Orange, and that is continuing. The team appears to be losing its top scorer and rebounder from the 2025-26 season. Forward Donnie Freeman, who played two years for the Orange, is entering the portal, according to a report from Tobias Bass of The Athletic. On3 released a similar report shortly …

One week ago, the Los Angeles Lakers clinched their spot in the NBA playoffs. They had won 15 of 17 games behind a surge from Luka Dončić and looked prime to lock up the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. How quickly things can change. Advertisement Dončić injured his left hamstring late in a blowout loss to the Oklahoma …

The college basketball season ended last night. It ended well, with UConn battling gamely against Michigan but ultimately coming up just short. Some really boneheaded fouls and the inability to make a shot against the Wolverines suffocating defense did them in. Somehow the Huskies were in it at the end, but for once they couldn’t get it done. Dan Hurley …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Two teams coming off rare wins will look to make it two in a row as the Brooklyn Nets host the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night. Advertisement Milwaukee is sitting much of what little talent they still have for this game, so my …

WEST LAFAYETTE − For two years, Aaron Fine spent practices going head-to-head with first-team All-American point guard Braden Smith. Now the Purdue basketball walk-on is exploring his options elsewhere. Advertisement Fine confirmed to IndyStar he’s entered the transfer portal, while keeping the option open of returning to Purdue. He has three years of eligibility remaining. After redshirting the 2024-25 season, …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The final week of the NBA season usually sees some unexpected results. As the Minnesota Timberwolves back into the playoffs, they are ripe candidates to provide one of those results, especially as the Indiana Pacers play what may be their best basketball of …

A fifth player from the 2025-26 Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team appears to be departing. Guard Luke Fennell, a six-foot-six guard who played one year with the Orange, is entering the transfer portal, according to a report from 247Sports. Advertisement Fennell played in 10 games for Syracuse, averaging 1.1 points, 0.6 rebounds, and 0.4 assists in 6.5 minutes per game. …

The 2025-26 men’s college basketball season came to an end on Monday, April 6, with maize-and-blue confetti falling from the rafters of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis after Michigan held on to beat UConn 69-63 in the championship game of the 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament. One day after the Wolverines hoisted the NCAA championship trophy, cut down the nets and …

“They said I couldn’t do it,” Final Four Most Outstanding Player Elliot Cadeau said on social media after winning the National Championship. Who’s the “they?” His former team, the North Carolina Tar Heels. Advertisement Cadeau, with the help of his teammates, also used some more colorful language to describe North Carolina. He’s not the only former Tar Heel to bear …

Now that the confetti has been swept up and the nets have been cut down, there is one final piece of business to close the book on the men’s college basketball season. Michigan takes its rightful place as No. 1 in the season-ending USA TODAY Sports coaches poll after claiming the program’s second title with a defeat of Connecticut. The …

“One Shining Moment” has played. The 2025-26 college basketball season has come to a close. With that, the final ranking of the Men’s Other Top 25 has been compiled. Utah State closes the season atop the ranking. The Aggies won the Mountain West regular season and tournament championships. They were the only team from the conference to reach the NCAA …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Two teams whose seasons feel like they’ve been in extended garbage time clash on Tuesday, when the Chicago Bulls visit the Washington Wizards. Advertisement The Bulls come in riding a seven-game losing streak, while Washington has just a single win in its last …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The blue-and-maize confetti was still flying around the stadium when a new tradition in college basketball kicked off without much fanfare. The transfer portal opened. Every team out there with title hopes for 2027 — even the new champions at Michigan — knows the chances of cutting down the nets a year from now will hinge largely …

Perhaps the most intriguing storyline heading into the final week of the NBA regular season, aside from who is eligible for postseason awards, is the race to avoid the play-in tournament. The only thing settled is that the Detroit Pistons have clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and await the return of star Cade Cunningham, who has …

The opening of the transfer portal is here, and the Kentucky Wildcats are set to be active in pursuing players looking for fresh starts. A veteran point guard is something Mark Pope is looking for, and former LSU guard Dedan Thomas Jr. is one of their current targets, per Kentucky Sports Radio. Thomas was a top 50 player in the …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Sportsbooks are struggling to handicap one of the best Rookie of the Year races in NBA history, thanks to the excellence of Kon Knueppel and Cooper Flagg. Advertisement Flagg is currently the odds-on favorite at major sportsbooks, despite Knueppel, his roommate at Duke, …