College Basketball

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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. …

“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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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: …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The NCAA transfer portal opened on Tuesday after the 2025-26 basketball season concluded. Michigan defeated UConn, 69-63, in the national championship game on Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Following the national title game, Tennessee freshman guard Troy Henderson plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, according to Joe Tipton of On3. Advertisement The 6-foot-1, 186-pound guard appeared …

Yet another player on the Tennessee basketball roster has entered the transfer portal. Troy Henderson, who flashed in spots as a freshman in Knoxville, will look for new opportunities in the portal. He joins fellow freshman guard Clarence Massamba in the portal, who announced his decision this morning. Henderson was a late find for Rick Barnes in last year’s cycle. …

Once the transfer portal opens on Tuesday, the Kentucky Wildcats and coach Mark Pope are expected to be very busy. They have multiple roster spots to fill, and are in need of an influx of talent. They are rumored to be interested in a number of players already, and Kwame Evans Jr. is another name to watch. Kentucky Sports Radio …

SN Archive: One risky decision delivered Michigan’s last basketball national championship (April 10, 1989, issue) originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Michigan won the 2026 NCAA men’s basketball national championship, its first since 1989. This article, ‘Wolverines Complete Mission’ by Paul Attner, originally appeared in the April 10, 1989 …

Look, Tom Izzo is a Hall of Famer. He has appeared in 28 consecutive NCAA tournaments, the longest ever streak by a coach at one school, and has eight Final Four appearances under his belt. He has made the championship game twice, winning one back in 2000. In his 31 years as head coach, he has never had a losing …

The Wisconsin Badgers will be relying on a considerably different group of players in 2026-27. The Badgers already were going to lose three of their top six scorers, as Nick Boyd, Braeden Carrington and Andrew Rohde were in their final seasons of eligibility. Advertisement Now with John Blackwell planning to enter the transfer portal, UW will lose at least four …