College Basketball

Butler basketball is one of 12 power conference programs with a new head coach for the 2026-27 season. Former Bulldogs point guard Ronald Nored takes over a team that has finished over .500 once in the past six seasons. As is common these days, a new coach means an almost entirely new roster. Just one returning player saw extensive court …

Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje is really good at basketball. The incoming Duke basketball rookie wasn’t particularly well known when he originally committed to the Blue Devils in late April, as he has been playing professionally on the junior circuit with FC Barcelona. Advertisement However, his performances with Team USA at the FIBA U17 World Cup in Istanbul have not only earned …

Full disclosure before we begin. This article is biased. Completely and unapologetically, biased. Nate Heise was my favorite player on last year’s Iowa State team and I will not pretend otherwise. If you came here for objectivity I suggest you read literally anything else on this website. Now. Let us talk about Nate Heise. Advertisement The Journey Northern Iowa Panthers …

Michigan State basketball is sitting right outside the top five in the latest preseason poll from one notable national analyst. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports has released another batch of early rankings for next season, with the Spartans continuing to remain as a top 10 team. In Rothstein’s latest rankings, the Spartans came in at No. 6 in the country. …

Indiana men’s basketball got a bit more good news this week. Markus Burton, likely to start at point guard, has been cleared for all basketball activities, per reporting from CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein. Burton suffered an ankle injury with Notre Dame last December and required season ending surgery. He’s good to go with summer fully underway. Advertisement …

The LSU Tigers are adding former McNeese student manager Amir “Aura” Khan to Will Wade’s staff, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. After becoming one of college basketball’s most recognizable personalities, the fan favorite is heading to Baton Rouge. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – MARCH 22: Amir “Aura” Khan of the McNeese Cowboys ahead of their second round of the …

In what must be viewed as a major win for the university amidst a turbulent summer, on Monday Kevin Guskiewicz stated that he would continue to serve as Michigan State’s president.  This comes over a month after announcing his planned departure for the same role at Clemson University, citing an unworkable situation with MSU’s Board of Trustees. Join the conversation! …

On Monday night, 5-star wing/small forward DeMarcus Henry announced that he has trimmed his list to eight schools. The list includes Kentucky, North Carolina, BYU, Louisville, UConn, Kansas, Ohio State, and Arkansas. Henry is a smooth, three-level lefty scorer who is highly sought after by many programs all around the country. Originally from California, currently playing high school ball for …

Mark Pope doesn’t want perfection from his newest weapon. He wants an absolute barrage. We’ve all heard the quote by now, and if you haven’t, go check out Alex Frank’s awesome piece by clicking here. Pope’s vision for Milan Momcilovic is something we have never seen in Kentucky Basketball history. He wants him to take 10 3s a night. Advertisement …

Vanderbilt player leads 12-person NCAA basketball eligibility lawsuit appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. College basketball is facing another legal hurdle after former North Carolina and Vanderbilt center Jalen Washington became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking additional eligibility tied to the NCAA’s new age-based model. Advertisement The filing centers on players …

The feelings from what happened to the Illinois basketball team in March are still mixed right now. I am so proud of the way the Illini played and how we fought tooth and nail to get to the Final Four. The disappointment of not winning a national title is still there, though. Those feelings collide and make a perfect storm …

Former Kentucky basketball player Kerr Kriisa has been indicted after an alleged $2.2 million fraud scheme, per the Department of Justice. The 6-foot-3 guard “allegedly carried out a scheme to obtain nearly $2.2 million from multiple victims using false representations, fabricated identities, and deceptive communications,” per the DOJ’s news release. Advertisement Among his alleged fabrications in the indictment is a …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Only four of Arkansas’ non-conference matchups for the 2026-27 season are confirmed, but three of them are huge games that will put the Razorbacks on a national stage well before March. The rest of the Hogs’ non-conference slate is yet to be confirmed. Here are those four games ranked by importance. Advertisement 4. Central Michigan | Dec. …

Mark Few has developed and sent professional basketball players all over the world during his 27-year tenure in Spokane as head coach of the Gonzaga Bulldogs. While most of the attention is on Gonzaga’s numerous successful NBA players – including All-Stars Domantas Sabonis and Chet Holmgren, plus key role players like Rui Hachimura, Jalen Suggs, and Andrew Nembhard – the …

A lot of attention has gone to offseason transfer portal pickups such as Terrence Brown and Matt Able, but one other pickup is flying under the radar. New North Carolina head coach Michael Malone has also picked up former Virginia Tech forward Neoklis Avdalas, a 6-foot-9, 215-pound sophomore who had himself a solid rookie season for the Hokies. He averaged …

Mark Pope has a very unique Kentucky roster this season because it features a lot of players who possess a ton of upside. This is the type of team that could be really good if everything goes well or could struggle is these players don’t hit their upside. Teams like this are also a lot of fun for fans because …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs lost 11 players from the roster last season and have been working overtime the past three months to put together a new-look team heading into the Pac-12 in 2026-27. Gonzaga is near the end of the line, with 14 of 15 available roster spots now accounted for following last week’s additions of 23-year-old French …

As one of the few Kentucky veterans on the roster next season, Trent Noah is being leaned on for guidance. Whenever one of the transfers is unsre of something, Noah is one of the guys that they watch, learn from and listen to. Even though he has that quality experience, Noah is going to really have to earn his minutes …

As the college basketball season gets set to start in a couple of months, the Iowa State Cyclones will be one of the top teams in the country to keep an eye on. Coming off a really strong campaign, the Cyclones are a program that has been heading in the right direction for the last several years. Last season, Iowa …

It’s another day with more reports that Michigan basketball will keep a few of more of its players on the roster despite the departure of Dusty May. Today, multiple reports said fans should expect center Marcus Moller, guard/forward Ricky Liburd, and forward Oscar Goodman on the roster for the 2026-2027 season. Center Marcus Moller Earlier today, Rivals’ Joe Tipton shared …

Kerr Kriisa, who previously played for the Kentucky Wildcats during the 2024-25 season and most recently suited up for the Cincinnati Bearcats, has been arrested and indicted as part of a $2.2 million fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors allege that the 6-foot-3 guard conned victims by using “false representations, fabricated identities, and deceptive communications.” Ex-Wildcats Guard Kerr Kriisa Arrested for Fraud …

Kentucky basketball is still living in the urgency of the 2027 recruiting cycle, but Mark Pope’s staff is not recruiting with tunnel vision. The Wildcats are already looking further down the road. That is where Liam Mitakaro enters the picture. Mitakaro, a 2028 guard out of Bella Vista Prep in Scottsdale, Arizona, has become one of the more compelling young …

Aside from championship banners, the best thing a college basketball coach can produce is a long list of former players who go on to compete professionally. The NCAA has always been a de facto minor league system for the NBA, NFL and Major League Baseball. Now, NIL money and direct payment make college athletes professional apprentices who earn while they …

The Spartans got bigger down low this upcoming season, but can Michigan State’s lone transfer portal addition, Anton Bonke, be as big as Tom Izzo needs him to be? Bonke is a 7-foot-2 skyscraper of a man who takes what seems like the minimal amount of steps to get up and down the court, yet still has the ability to …

College basketball journeyman Kerr Kriisa, who played for four teams in six years, has been indicted by the FBI on multiple counts of wire fraud that occurred during his time in West Virginia. The charges, which were unrelated to sports gambling or actions on the court, are laid out in court documents obtained by USA TODAY Sports. They include five …