Welcome to BamaCentral’s “Just a Minute,” a video series featuring Alabama Crimson Tide on SI’s beat writers. Multiple times per week, the writers will group up or film solo to provide their take on a topic concerning the Crimson Tide or the landscape of college sports. Watch the above video as BamaCentralwriter Theodore Fernandez explains why Alabama basketball should pursue …

Shams Charania fired back at now-former Bucks coach Doc Rivers while appearing on “The Pat McAfee Show on Monday, dropping the gauntlet down that he just documents “the news and the truth can hurt sometimes.” The NBA insider was discussing where the Bucks will go after a disastrous season concluded on Sunday with a loss to the 76ers, when Charania …

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Former Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Dusty Stromer found himself a new home in the West Coast Conference, announcing his commitment to San Diego on Sunday after spending last year with the Grand Canyon ‘Lopes. Stromer becomes the fourth Zag to transfer to a WCC school in the past three years, joining Dom Harris (LMU), Jun Seok Yeo (Seattle), Pavle Stosic (Pepperdine), …

Everyone loves a best-case scenario. Well, folks, Houston Rockets fans (finally) have one. Why finally? It’s been a challenging 2025-26 season. Fred VanVleet was down from the onset. Steven Adams didn’t take too long to follow. Without a pair of players whom the Rockets saw as integral to their game plan, there were times when it didn’t seem like they’d …

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STILLWATER — The recruiting trail led Steve Lutz to Tobacco Road. The Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach secured his first transfer portal commitment Monday with the addition of 6-foot-6 wing Luka Bogavac from North Carolina, according to multiple reports. Advertisement The 22-year-old Bogavac (pronounced BO-guh-VAHTS) has only played one year of college basketball, but was listed as a junior last …

INGLEWOOD — The Warriors will go from playing a meaningless game to one for all the marbles against the same opponent, in the same venue, only three days apart. They have 72 hours to lock in from practice to play-in mode before a win-or-go-home rematch against the Clippers inside the Intuit Dome at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Advertisement “Super easy,” …

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2025-2026 Stats:39 games played (39 starts)557 points (14.3)138 rebounds (3.5)345 assists (8.8)66 steals (1.7)8 blocks (0.2)113 turnovers (2.9).440 field goal percentage.362 3-point percentage.825 free throw percentage 2025-2026 Awards / Honors1st Team All- Big TenAll-Big Ten Tournament TeamBig Ten Tournament MVPConsensus All-AmericanNCAA Tournament All-Region TeamNCAA Record for Career Assists (1103) Advertisement Season Retrospective Honestly, what more can we say about number …

For six weeks, Lakers coach JJ Redick emphasized that the focus was on his team, not their variety of opponents, as they looked to build the right mentality for the playoffs. That stopped being the case as soon as the final buzzer of the regular season went off after the Lakers beat the Jazz on Sunday night. Advertisement The Lakers …

The most glaring need on the Oregon Ducks men’s basketball roster is at the point guard position, as star point guard Jackson Shelstad departed via the transfer portal, ending up with the Louisville Cardinals. Each of the Ducks’ other ball-handlers, Jamari Phillips, Wei Lin and Drew Carter, also will not be back. Head coach Dana Altman has secured the commitments …

BATON ROUGE, La. — All-Big 12 point guard Jada Williams, who was among nine Iowa State players to enter the transfer portal, will play next season at LSU. Coach Kim Mulkey on Monday announced the addition of Williams, who averaged 15.3 points and led the Big 12 with 7.7 assists per game in her only season at Iowa State after …

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina freshman Caleb Wilson is headed to the NBA draft after what he called “the most fun year of my life” playing for the Tar Heels. The program released a video statement Monday from the 6-foot-10 forward regarded as a top prospect in the June draft. That made Wilson’s one-and-done route official, coming after he …

After the 2024 Paris Olympics concluded, I wrote a piece entitled “Age does not defeat joy, even in sports“.  I talked about how some of the “senior members” of the USA Olympic basketball teams, and in particular, Steph Curry and LeBron James, had conquered the world joyfully. For me, that same word “joy” describes the 2025-26 regular season for the …

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Famed ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale is facing another battle with cancer. Vitale said Monday that biopsy results had confirmed a diagnosis of melanoma in his lung and liver cavity, which will have him starting immunotherapy. It marks his fifth battle with cancer, which sidelined him from the airwaves for two years before his return shortly before March Madness in 2025. …

It was weird getting to zone out last night. Over the years I’ve been pretty open about my tendency to do this when the game gets out of hand for the Spurs, but (for the most part) I just wasn’t able to disengage like that this season. Advertisement That is, I think, one of the biggest compliments that I can …

Devin Royal has officially committed to Villanova. After much speculation, the Ohio State transfer lands with the Wildcats. Royal visited the campus on Monday and the news broke shortly later on at night via Joe Tipton of On3. Royal is now the second transfer that head coach Kevin Willard has landed, joining Oregon big man Kwame Evans Jr. Advertisement Royal …

If you go looking through the Knicks’ biggest playoff rivals, the Hawks aren’t the first matchup that comes to mind. They’re not Miami, they’re not Indiana, and they haven’t been a consistent playoff opponent at all. In fact, it’s a pretty rare matchup. But when these two teams do meet in the postseason, it usually ends up reflecting exactly where …

For the second straight offseason, Kentucky Basketball is in contention for San Diego State center Magoon Gwath. After news broke over the weekend that Kentucky had reached out to the 7-0, 210-pound big man, KSR’s Jacob Polacheck and Matt Jones are reporting that Gwath is planning to visit Lexington sometime later this week. This comes after the Wildcats narrowly missed …

The 2026 NBA postseason is here! The play-in tournament tips off Tuesday with two high-stakes matchups. In the East, a couple of Southeast Division rivals will face off in an elimination game, as the No. 9 seed Charlotte Hornets host the No. 10 seed Miami Heat. The winner will advance with a shot at earning the No. 8 seed on …

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Now in its second week of existence, the college basketball transfer portal is in full effect. UNC just landed its first portal commitment on Monday, from Virginia Tech freshman Neoklis Avdalas. North Carolina will also have a few of its 2025-26 starters gone via the portal, such as starting point guard Derek Dixon, who committed to Arizona on Monday. Advertisement …