College Basketball

Dayton gets new partner in NCAA opening round hosting duties appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. March Madness will experience growth once the 2027 NCAA Basketball Tournament arrives. A new 76-team format received unanimous approval back in May 2026. That also means Dayton will receive some help. Advertisement Wichita will serve as another …

The point guard position is one that has been elite at Villanova for two decades. The Wildcats saw Acaden Lewis put up impressive numbers during his freshman year before entering the transfer portal. With Tyler Perkins returning to Villanova, head coach Kevin Willard was hard at work looking to retool the backcourt — primarily at the point guard spot. In …

During this episode of Oskee Talk I discuss men’s basketball season tickets selling out (3:56), a new home for Mihailo Petrovic (10:20) and the Illini’s newest non-conference additions (11:52).  I also look back on how things have changed since Illinois’ last hoops matchup with Winthrop (15:46) and break down the way too early men’s Top 25 (23:47) and 2027 NBA …

Five-star power forward Marcus Spears Jr., who is one of the nation’s top prospects announced his commitment to the Longhorns on Thursday. He also revealed that he will reclassify from the 2027 recruiting class to 2026. The move allows the star to suit up for Sean Miller’s squad in the upcoming season. Spears Jr. is the son of former NFL …

In a major win for Mick Cronin, UCLA has reportedly secured the signing of Nikola Kusturica, amid major competition from other programs, including Kentucky. The 17-year-old is reportedly signing a multi-year deal with UCLA and will be eligible to declare for the NBA draft in 2028. Kusturica is already being considered a first-round pick in the 2028 NBA draft owing …

The Illinois basketball program is poised to make big strides in 2026, and they will do it against a bevy of non-conference opponents with interesting backstories. The Illini, who retained over 60% of their offense from a year ago, will have plenty of interesting matchups against teams from outside of the Big Ten. They will be tested on multiple occasions, …

Fifth-year Duke basketball leader Jon Scheyer and assistant Emanuel Dildy were at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday evening to check out 2027 Blue Devil recruiting pledge Kager Knueppel and potential commit Beckham Black in talent-stacked Nike EYBL Session IV action. The pair of Duke recruiters sat courtside behind the basket as Wisconsin Lutheran School four-star power forward Kager …

Redoing the roster, the University of Washington basketball team has been busy this offseason bringing in new players from overseas. Yet in the case of Nikola Dzepina, one of just five scholarship returnees, the Huskies sent him back home to Europe in pursuit of glory. Advertisement The 6-foot-10 Dzepina will play for the Serbian national team in the FIBA U20 …

The college basketball world received major news on Thursday afternoon, with Marcus Spears Jr., ESPN’s No. 1 recruit in the class of 2027, reclassifying to the class of 2026 and joining head coach Sean Miller at Texas. He will play two seasons of college basketball before becoming NBA Draft eligible, following in the footsteps of recent top-20 pick Jayden Quaintance, …

The Gonzaga Bulldogs received a significant financial windfall on Thursday, and it comes from a familiar face. Domantas Sabonis, who starred at Gonzaga in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons before embarking on what has been an outstanding NBA career so far, recently provided the school with a “transformative gift”, and had the program’s basketball strength and conditioning center named after …

photo via Spokesman-Review’s Colin Mulvany The not-so-well-kept secret is out. Three-time NBA All-Star forward/center Domantas Sabonis of the Sacramento Kings made a “transformative investment” to both the men’s and women’s basketball programs. While the exact amount isn’t disclosed, it is the largest ever made by a former player. Advertisement Sabonis took part in a golf clinic put on by Bank …

The NCAA has announced the second site for the Opening Round of the Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Wichita, Kansas, will join Dayton as the two host cities for the Opening Round of the 2027 and 2028 tournaments, according to an NCAA spokesperson. Advertisement This comes after the NCAA decided …

There was growing buzz as of late that one of Kentucky’s top targets in the 2027 class, Marcus Spears Jr., was getting set to reclassify to play in college next season. On Thursday, the announcement came, as the nation’s top prospect has decided to reclassify and commit elsewhere to the Texas Longhorns. Spears heading elsewhere means one of Kentucky’s top …

CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein reported today that Ryan Odom and hisVirginia Cavaliers will take on Vanderbilt in a unique outdoor exhibition game on September 27th at Credit One Stadium in Charleston, SC. It’ll ultimately be a double-header with The Citadel taking on Charleston in the other game of the day, in what should be an exciting change-up …

The Bearcats are getting two more talents on the 2026-27 basketball roster to complete Jerrod Calhoun’s first basketball team. An Ohio judge granted a preliminary injunction for 15 players to be able to join college basketball teams for a fifth year of eligibility. The Class of 2022 names, like MJ Collins, Kolby King, and others are now able to play …

The early days of the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team were somewhat inconsistent. There were winning seasons, but coaches came and went, so there were a lot of roster resets. This resulted in plenty of change from year to year, and the results were unpredictable. In 1927, after a 3-13 effort, John Mauer was hired to take over the program, …

The Pitt Panthers add another non-conference game to the 2026-27 basketball schedule, announcing they will play Penn State at the Palestra on Nov 8. The Palestra, which is celebrating it’s 100th anniversary, is a historic gym in Philadelphia that is currently home to the University of Pennsylvania’s Quakers indoor sports. This game marks another stop in the Panthers’ and Nitanny …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – As more of the Arkansas men’s basketball schedule continues to be released for the upcoming 2025-206 season it was confirmed earlier this week that the Razorbacks will face Michigan State on Thanksgiving Day in Detroit, bringing back an always-exciting matchup between a pair of hall of fame coaches in John Calipari and Tom Izzo. The upcoming Thanksgiving …

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio judge has granted a preliminary injunction for 24 men’s and women’s college basketball players suing the NCAA for eligibility, claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition. Judge Christopher Wagner said Thursday the NCAA eligibility rules have been applied to 2022 high school graduates in an arbitrary and capricious manner, adding …

Wichita, Kansas will be a new home for the opening round of the expanded Division I men’s basketball tournament in 2027 and 2028, the NCAA announced on Thursday. With the men’s tournament expanding to 76 teams for the upcoming season, the “First Four” that previously featured four games in Dayton, Ohio determining which four teams among the eight lowest-seeded automatic …

The University of Dayton has hosted the First Four of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament at UD Arena since 2001. The NCAA announced July 9 that, with the expansion of the tournament field from 68 to 76 teams, hosting rights for the opening round of the 2027 and 2028 tournaments have been awarded to Wichita, Kansas. Advertisement Wichita …

In his first campaign at Illinois, big man Zvonimir Ivisic missed just 12 two-pointers all season. Think about that for a second. He went 59-for-71 (83.1 percent) inside the arc in 2025-26. Defensively, Big Z registered a gaudy 1.9 blocks per game as a reserve (that’s 4.5 per 40 minutes). His advanced numbers were spectacular: an offensive box plus/minus of …

Top international recruit Nikola Kusturica signed with UCLA basketball on Thursday, July 9, landing coach Mick Cronin arguably the best prospect of the 2028 NBA Draft. Kusturica, from Serbia, is 17 years old and will play college basketball for at least two years, as he’s two years away from being eligible for the NBA draft. The 6-foot-9 forward is the …

A Hamilton County judge has issued a ruling that for now allows at least dozens of Division I college athletes to gain an additional year of eligibility. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Chris Wagner’s July 9 decision impacts both the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University men’s basketball teams, which can now add key players to their rosters. Hamilton County …

Michigan basketball has gotten a big commitment from one of its final players still deciding about where to play in 2026-27 after Dusty May’s departure. Quinn Costello, a McDonald’s All-American incoming freshman from Newman, Massachusetts (The Newman School), shared on his social media that he has reaffirmed his commitment to the Wolverines and will stay at U-M despite the departure …