College Basketball

The Players Era Tournament officially revealed both brackets on Thursday, outlining the path for each team during the Thanksgiving week event. Las Vegas will play host again, where Tennessee will open up on Tuesday, November 24th against Maryland. Yes, that sets up an obvious meeting with former Tennessee guard Bishop Boswell, who will now be tasked with slowing down Dai …

The brackets are set for the Players Era tournaments. The Oregon Ducks are scheduled to participate in the 16-team bracket during the week of Thanksgiving, and they will compete alongside several big brands and championship-contending programs. Oregon will be tossed in the deep end after a 12-20 season last year. The expectations are that the Ducks will improve this season, …

The Gonzaga Bulldogs will take on first-year coach Casey Alexander (previously with the Belmont Bruins) and the Kansas State Wildcats in the opening round of the Players Era 16 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 24. The Zags are 1-2 against the Wildcats in their all-time history. Last season, Kansas State finished with a 12-20 overall record and placed second-to-last …

Earlier this offseason, it was announced that the Michigan men’s basketball team would be making its return to the Players Era Championships in Las Vegas for the 2026-27 season. And according to multiple reports on Thursday, the full bracket has been set and Michigan’s first-round matchup has been revealed. The format for this year’s tournament is a bit different than …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida center Rueben Chinyelu decided Thursday he will return for his senior season to run it back with a stacked frontcourt that helped the Gators win a national championship in 2025. Chinyelu formally removed his name from the NBA draft to play another year with fellow big men Alex Condon and Thomas Haugh. Coach Todd Golden’s …

The first opponent for Rutgers basketball in the Players Era Tournament has been announced, as they are now scheduled to play Houston on November 17th, 2026, for the tournament’s opening round, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Houston and Rutgers have squared off once before in the Steve Pikiell era. In 2021, both teams advanced to the round of …

Purdue men’s basketball’s next in-season tournament features at matchup with Boilermaker ties and a guarantee of another power conference game. The Boilermakers will participate in the Fort Myers Tip-Off at Suncoast Credit Union Arena during Thanksgiving week. The rest of the field includes Oklahoma, Pitt and DePaul. Advertisement Purdue will play DePaul on Nov. 24, and then the Boilers will …

The Duke basketball program will enter the 2026-27 season with a lot of hype on a national scale, and for good reason. Head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have built a roster ready to win and consistently perform at a very high level. Scheyer and Co. prioritized roster continuity, bringing back Patrick Ngongba, Dame Sarr, Cayden Boozer, and Caleb …

The Duke basketball program has shown continued interest in 4-star 2027 recruit Kager Knueppel, the brother of former Duke basketball freshman star Kon Knueppel. Kon spent one season with the Blue Devils in 2024-25 before declaring for the 2025 NBA Draft, where he was selected with the fourth overall pick by the Charlotte Hornets. Knueppel went on to have a …

Neutral site non-conference tournaments have been a thing for decades in men’s and women’s college basketball, but we’re only getting more and more of them with the onset of the NIL era. Now, Indiana men’s basketball is linked to the latest one. The “Diamond Cup,” is an eight-team event under discussion to be played starting in the 2027-28 season, per …

Forwards Filip Jovic of Auburn and Sergej Macura of Mississippi State and guards Jaylen Petty of Texas Tech and Azavier Robinson of Butler have joined UCLA through the transfer portal, coach Mick Cronin said. Macura will be a junior this fall and has two seasons of eligibility remaining. Jovic, Petty and Robinson will be sophomores and have three seasons left. …

A proposed nonconference tournament is in the works for the 2027-28 men’s college basketball season featuring eight of the sport’s top programs including Arizona. CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander reported Wednesday that an 8-team pool play tournament called the ‘Diamond Cup’ is in the later planning stages. The tournament would feature Arizona, Connecticut, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and North Carolina. …

The Michigan men’s basketball team already looked like it landed one of the more intriguing front court additions in the transfer portal when former Cincinnati Bearcat Moustapha Thiam committed last month, and it only continues to look more and more like a match made in heaven. In a recent On3 article highlighting under-the-radar transfer portal additions that could shape the …

Isaiah Whitehead is returning to Seton Hall to play basketball. No, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2016 Big East Tournament is not using his final two years of eligibility. But he will suit up in Walsh Gym this summer as the leader of the Pirates’ entrant into The Basketball Tournament (known as TBT), an intercollegiate alumni tourney that airs …

Look out, future. Kevin Willard and Co. are coming for you. Just days after extending an offer to class of 2029 phenom Mason Grivna, Willard and his staff spun the wheel back to 2028. Villanova has jumped early into the class of ‘28, extending a scholarship offer to rising junior combo guard Mazari Browne. The 6-foot-6, 185-pound prospect out of …

One of the Tennessee Volunteers’ biggest portal losses of the offseason came from the offensive line. And it’s a loss that Tennessee will feel, to some extent, during the 2026 season. Of the players the Tennessee Vols lost during the spring transfer window, the one they’d probably most like to have back in 2026 is offensive lineman Lance Heard. Advertisement …

The NBA Draft has always divided scouts, executives, and fans because projecting young talent is rarely straightforward. Some prospects dominate high school or college basketball but raise concerns about fit, athleticism, or long-term development. Others possess elite physical tools yet remain inconsistent offensively. That uncertainty creates polarizing prospects every year. Teams drafting near the top often debate whether to prioritize …

Duke’s deal with Amazon includes a game with Michigan, set to be played in Madison Square Garden on December 21st. As you probably know, the Big Ten and Fox have an issue with that game, arguing that Fox should have the broadcast/streaming rights since it is in a shared territory (Rutgers would theoretically qualify). Advertisement Enter Mick Cronin. The UCLA …

Mark Pope has set his eyes on the next target for Kentucky. After a disappointing season laden with injuries and a worse off season where Kentucky could not get their ideal recruits, Mark Pope might have some luck. Kentucky got eliminated in the second round of the NCAA tournament due to multiple injuries. Moreover, with multiple players leaving for the …

There’s a new premier multi-team event potentially coming to college basketball in 2027, and the Gonzaga Bulldogs are expected to participate. The Zags are one of eight teams in “deep discussions” about joining the Diamond Cup, a proposed pool-play event that is currently in the late planning stages and expected to debut in the 2027-28 season, according to a report …

It has been a busy transfer cycle for Gophers men’s basketball with five players coming in from the portal and five more leaving. Four of their significant departures have found new homes, so let’s break down all the landing spots. Chansey Willis Jr. (Kent State) Willis is heading back to the Mid-American Conference (MAC) after one season with the Gophers. …

Is there a legitimate feud brewing between Tom Izzo and Will Wade? No, but both coaches are trending on social media this Wednesdasy. Earlier this week, the LSU men’s basketball team landed commitments from former St. John’s star RJ Luis Jr. and Saliou Niang despite the fact that both players are pros. Luis averaged 18.2 points per game in his …

The world is waiting, or at least the Illinois basketball portion of the world is waiting to hear news from Andrej Stojakovic. It has been a couple of weeks now since Stojakovic shocked the Illini fanbase and declared for the NBA Draft while still keeping the door open to fully returning to Champaign. The NBA Draft Combine is complete, and …

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats have two big decisions surrounding the program, and they are the NBA Draft decisions made by Malachi Moreno and Milan Momcilovic. Big Blue Nation is hoping that Moreno will be back in Lexington next season as the starting center for the Wildcats. It sounds like this decision is just about 50/50 for the Kentucky …

For the last couple of years, something about Mick Cronin’s recruiting at UCLA just felt off. It was not that UCLA completely stopped getting talent. The Bruins still landed solid transfers, tough defenders, and players that fit Cronin’s system. But the biggest issue was obvious: UCLA kept losing local stars. That should never happen at a school like UCLA. Many …