College Basketball

Kentucky Basketball forward Mouhamed Dioubate is headed to the transfer portal after just one season in Lexington, according to Joe Tipton of On3. The former 4-star recruit (high school and transfer) committed to Mark Pope and the Cats after spending two seasons playing for Nate Oats and the Alabama Crimson Tide. In Tuscaloosa, Dioubate was known as a defensive stopper …

Arkansas guard DJ Wagner plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. Wagner spent two seasons with the Razorbacks after beginning his career at Kentucky. Wagner played under John Carlipari for his entire college career so far. Now, he’ll be looking elsewhere to play during his senior season. Advertisement He averaged 7.4 points, 2.4 assists and 1.6 rebounds …

Let’s just start with this — Kevin Willard and Villanova will be fine moving forward. Now that we got that out of the way, we can discuss how the Wildcats are being impacted by this era of college basketball. Advertisement Acaden Lewis and Bryce Lindsay announced on Sunday that they will be entering the transfer portal. Lewis will enter the …

John Blackwell just wrapped up his best season at the University of Wisconsin, but instead of running it back, the 6-foot-4 guard is keeping his options wide open. Blackwell put up career numbers in 2025-26 CBB season, averaging 19.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists while shooting nearly 39% from three-point range. He saved his best performances for the biggest …

INDIANAPOLIS — Coach Dusty May saw Tarris Reed Jr.’s potential on tape when he took the Michigan job. Reed just didn’t see any viable path to fulfill it with two 7-footers coming to Ann Arbor with May. So the 6-foot-11, 265-pound St. Louis native stayed in the transfer portal, found a school willing to give him a fresh start and …

On Sunday, a Big Ten team won the NCAA women’s basketball tournament championship for the first time since all the way back in 1999, with conference newcomer UCLA thumping South Carolina 79-51. Tonight at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the league will hope a similarly long drought will come to a merciful end. Advertisement Michigan men’s basketball’s matchup against UConn …

Notre Dame guard Cole Certa plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3’s Joe Tipton. He will have a DNC tag when he goes in, per Jamie Shaw. The NCAA Transfer Portal will officially open on April 7 and close on April 21. The new 15-day window was enacted following a recommendation by the men’s basketball oversight committee. Athletes don’t …

Auburn basketball has plenty to celebrate as it just won its first NIT championship after being snubbed for an NCAA Tournament bid. However, roster building for the 2026-27 season begins now, as the NCAA Transfer Portal window for college basketball opens on Tuesday, April 7. Auburn head coach Steven Pearl will meet with every underclassman over the next few days …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. UConn Huskies doubters are running out of excuses. Connecticut wasn’t tough enough to beat Michigan State. It wasn’t talented enough to upset Duke. And it wasn’t big enough to cut down Illinois. Yet Dan Hurley has his program playing in its third national …

The UConn Huskies are one win away from their third national championship in four years. Standing in the way are the Michigan Wolverines, who rolled into Monday night’s title game in Indianapolis after dismantling Arizona 91-73 in the Final Four. UConn needed a grittier effort to get past Illinois 71-62, but the No. 2 seed showed enough to keep its …

March Madness is the place where college players turn into legends. One big performance can change everything in a single night. Sometimes, one deep run is enough to define a player’s entire career. While many players shine briefly, only a few manage to deliver again and again on the biggest stage. Scoring in the NCAA Tournament is never easy. The …

North Carolina’s coaching search has stalled at a critical moment, with the Tar Heels still without a head coach just days before the transfer portal opens April 7. After missing on top targets, the program now faces the prospect of a prolonged, uncertain search. UNC fired Hubert Davis on March 19, after the Tar Heels blew a 19-point second-half lead …

Tennessee guard Clarence Massamba plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3’s Joe Tipton. He just finished up his freshman season with the Volunteers. The NCAA Transfer Portal will officially open on April 7 and close on April 21. The new 15-day window was enacted following a recommendation by the men’s basketball oversight committee. Athletes don’t have to commit …

What channel is the NCAA championship on? TV schedule, time for 2026 college basketball title game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. After beginning with 68 teams a few weeks ago, the NCAA Tournament pool is down to just two teams who will battle it out for glory on …

The ACC has long been one of the most storied conferences in college basketball, home to iconic programs, legendary coaches, and championship banners that stretch back decades. While the action on the floor gets all the attention, what these teams wear while playing it matters more than you might think. With 18 programs now calling the ACC home, the conference …

The 2026 college basketball transfer portal will open on Tuesday, April 7, and heading into his second season at the helm, Texas A&M coach Bucky McMillan will need to land five or more portal players to have a shot at making it back to the NCAA Tournament, especially adding more size to the front court, and a another scoring guard …

While it’s been over a decade since Kentucky Basketball was in the National Championship game, the Big Blue fanbase and all fans of college basketball will be glued to their televisions tonight as Michigan and UConn clash in the title game. Tonight’s matchup is a battle between a season-long heavyweight in Dusty May & the No. 1 seed Michigan Wolverines …

UCLA is the national champion, but for the first time in my way-too-early power rankings for The Athletic, UCLA will not be the top-ranked team heading into the 2026-27 season. With all due respect to Cori Close and the success of the Bruins program over the last few years, the reality is that six seniors are leaving. It was touch-and-go …

When Connecticut basketball announced its return to the Big East ahead of the 2019-2020 season, it was a moment that signified the return of one of the original members and powerhouses of the conference. It came at a time when relative newcomer Dan Hurley was working on bringing the winning culture and toughness of the Jim Calhoun era back, and …

Arkansas basketball’s chances of winning a national title in 2027 will be determined over the next two weeks. The men’s transfer portal opens on April 7 and runs through April 21. John Calipari will be in the market for impact players who can lift the Razorbacks past the Sweet 16, where each of Calipari’s first two seasons in Fayetteville came …

Honor Huff scored 38 points and made eight 3-pointers to help West Virginia rally for an 89-82 overtime victory over Oklahoma in the College Basketball Crown championship game on Sunday in Las Vegas. Chance Moore added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Mountaineers (21-14), who trailed by 13 points in the second half before rallying. Brenen Lorient scored 15 points in …

INDIANAPOLIS — As Steve Alford walked among the masses in the state where he used to walk on water, the people came to walk along beside him. His Indiana luster, after all these years, still hasn’t worn off. Some stopped and stood from afar, gathering their courage, before asking Alford for an autograph or a selfie. Every one of them had …

With the 2025-26 season – a campaign that will go down as one of the best in program history – officially in the books for Illinois, it’s only right to zoom out and take a look back. From a team perspective, considering the Illini reached their first Final Four in 21 years, there wasn’t much else the Illinois faithful could …

Sometimes, it only takes one game to undo everything you thought you knew. That’s exactly what happened to former NBA champion, now basketball analyst, Kenny Smith. Just days after making his pick for the national championship, he had to backtrack and flip the script after the Final Four games. “I’m going to go against my bracket board,” he said on …

Mark Few has managed to retain talent at an extraordinarily high level for the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the transfer portal era. In fact, over the half-decade of heavy transfer movement, Gonzaga has never had a player enter the portal who averaged 20+ minutes per game or started the majority of their games in the previous season. Advertisement Until now. Easter …