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, …

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The Colorado Buffaloes lost another player to the transfer portal, with guard Felix Kossaras becoming the latest member of the program to enter the transfer portal, according to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. Kossaras played in 28 games as a sophomore, making 17 starts before transitioning to a bench role. He averaged 4.6 points and 1.5 rebounds in 16.4 minutes of action …

After a couple of weeks of excruciating patience, the North Carolina Tar Heels have their new head coach. Former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone is bringing his talents to Chapel Hill, which was an unexpected hire by many. His name started getting brought up near the end of UNC’s coaching search, but nobody really knew how much there was behind …

And then there was one. The Deacs have their 7th loss of the offseason, with junior Forward Myles Colvin entering the portal. Colvin, a junior who transferred to Wake after 2 years at Purdue, was probably the best addition in the portal for the Deacs in the 2025 offseason. The 6-5 forward finished the season 2nd on the team in …

NBA general managers and scouts are heading home from the 2026 men’s NCAA Tournament with plenty to think about after three weeks of incredible action on the court. Now they have to figure out which March Madness performances are indicators of future greatness and which are more of a mirage. The 2026 NBA draft is expected to take place in …

As ‘One Shining Moment’ airs, the transfer portal opens — college basketball’s new era is here originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Michigan defeated UConn 69-63 on Monday night, earning the second title in school history. The win also snapped the Big Ten’s 26-year drought without a men’s basketball …

An electric regular season is nearing its end, which means two things: 1. We’re about to flow into an even crazier postseason. 2. It’s time to put the finishing touches on award races. Chief among them is the MVP award, the NBA’s most prestigious regular-season honor. There have been plenty of great individual campaigns this season, but the MVP race …

Though it doesn’t quite eclipse his two national championships and three Final Four appearances, Dan Hurley is known throughout the college basketball world for his spirited interactions with officials. After one of the most difficult losses of his career, though, the UConn coach had something else to give out to the crew who worked the game: praise. Advertisement REQUIRED READING: …

On the previous post, I tracked down as many former Rebels playing professional baseball as I could. I’ll admit, I did not scour every High A roster as the research became so tedious. Some of the former Rebs I have etched into memory where they are. Tim Elko and Jacob Gonzalez are together in the White Sox organization and Doug …

The transfer portal has officially opened and we gathered up some thoughts on where Gerry McNamara should be focused in for next year’s Syracuse Orange. What is the position or team need Syracuse needs to address the most in the portal? Kevin: Syracuse needs a #1 scoring option. Ideally they’d be a PG or Forward, but they need someone that …

Sports can be rather ruthless when it comes to poorly timed injuries. Luka Doncic, the Los Angeles Lakers’ only hope and a legitimate MVP candidate, strained his hamstring and is out indefinitely — very possibly missing the first round of the NBA Playoffs or more. Austin Reaves, their second primary offensive creator, went down to an oblique strain and could miss …

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The 2024-25 UNC men’s basketball season was filled with unknowns and underperformance. One particular Tar Heel who never lived up to his billing was Elliot Cadeau. Now in Ann Arbor, Cadeau is thriving as Michigan’s starting point guard, averaging a career-high 10.3 points per game. Advertisement Late Monday night, Cadeau just reached the pinnacle of every young basketball player’s collegiate …

Every day this week, the NBC Sports NBA writing crew is breaking down the league’s individual postseason awards and giving you their thoughts and predictions. After looking at MVP on Monday, it’s Coach of the Year today, a tight race between Boston’s Joe Mazzulla and Detroit’s J.B. Bickerstaff on most ballots. Here’s who we’ve got. Coach of the Year Kurt …

Now that the men’s college basketball 14-day transfer portal window is open, the recent entry of Butler leading scorer Finley Bizjack could be exactly the type of player Ben McCollum and Iowa basketball need to spearhead the offense with Bennett Stirtz graduating this spring. A 6-foot-4, 190-pound junior guard from Trophy Club, Texas, Bizjack powered the Thad Matta-led Bulldogs squad …

It’s really easy in this day and age to have an immediate thought about UNC’s decision to reportedly hire Michael Malone. The immediate reaction by the fan base was one of shock and an immediate comparison to Bill Belichick. In short—ON MY GOD WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU DO THIS AGAIN? Advertisement But just like I preached on Sunday that …