College Basketball

Michigan basketball’s X-factor to beat Arizona in Final Four tilt appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. After dominating throughout the 2025-2026 college basketball season, Michigan and Arizona meet in the Final Four with everything on the line. Led by their frontcourt tandem of Yaxel Lendeborg, Aday Mara and Morez Johnson Jr., the Wolverines …

Duke’s fantastic 2025-26 college basketball season came to a shocking end on Sunday. For a while, it looked like Duke was going to do just enough to get past UConn and advance to the Final Four, but UConn’s Braylon Mullins had other ideas. The Huskies stole the ball from the Blue Devils, leading to Mullins draining a three-pointer from the …

North Carolina remains deep in its coaching search, and school officials hope to have a hire in place before April 7, when the transfer portal opens. Two reported top candidates, Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd and Michigan’s Dusty May, have both led their teams to the Final Four, slowing the process. If either wins the national title, the odds of UNC landing …

Sunday evening, Braylon Mullins sent UConn to an all-time victory over Duke as part of a comeback for the ages in the Elite 8. It also capped the most-watched game of the 2026 NCAA Tournament so far as TV ratings keep rising. An average of 13.4 million viewers tuned to CBS as UConn rallied from 19 points down to defeat …

A lot can change over the course of a college basketball season, even for a Final Four team. That’s certainly the case for Illinois and UConn, which squared off on Nov. 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Huskies won that matchup 74-61, but both teams have made notable personnel changes that alter how the rematch figures to …

Illinois is back in the Final Four for the first time since 2005, which is funny because, for much of February and early March, the Illini looked a lot more like a team that might be packing for an early tournament exit than one preparing for college basketball’s biggest stage. The talent was always obvious. The ceiling was always high. …

BYU basketball star Delaney Gibb is proving you don’t need to make the NCAA Tournament to become a fan favorite in March. Gibb started her career at BYU by winning Big 12 Freshman of the Year. She followed that up by earning All-Big 12 honors this season. Not only is she already a member of the program’s 1,000-point club, she’s …

UConn HC Dan Hurley saw Final Four clash with Illinois coming after November meeting appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. UConn basketball is just two wins away from a national title after pulling off one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the NCAA Tournament. During Sunday’s Elite Eight tilt against Duke, …

For the third time since their college basketball season ended, the Virginia Tech Hokies see another player enter the NCAA transfer portal. First, it was sophomore guard Izaiah Pasha, followed by freshman guard Neoklis Avdalas. On Tuesday, freshman center Christian Gurdak became the latest name to enter the portal. Advertisement Gurdak, a 6-foot-10, 260-pound freshman center from Charles Town, West …

Duke vs. UConn draws bigger audience than college football’s top rivalry, best numbers since 1993 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. In the Elite Eight, UConn defeated Duke to advance to the Final Four for the third time in four years. The late-game heroics by Braylon Mullins also brought …

Officially, the transfer portal for men’s basketball doesn’t open up until the day after the national championship game. However, that doesn’t stop anyone from making an announcement or a declaration that they will be in the portal once it opens. It makes sense: Get the word out that you’re available, and no sense waiting until the moment things are officially …

Tarleton State star guard, college basketball’s second leading scorer entering transfer portal originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. High major college basketball programs that aren’t currently competing in the NCAA Tournament should have their antennas up as players announce their plans to enter the transfer portal. Advertisement There will …

Khani Rooths got “CARDS” tattooed on his left calf before his second season with Louisville basketball. Commitment. Attitude. Responsibility. Discipline. Sacrifice. On Tuesday, Rooths’ representation with 20/20 Management told 247Sports’ Dushawn London that the 6-foot-10 forward from Washington, D.C., intends to enter the NCAA transfer portal when it opens April 7. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining. Advertisement Rooths …

Louisville forward Khani Rooths plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3’s Joe Tipton. He has two years of eligibility remaining. Rooths made 31 appearances and two starts for the Cardinals this past season. He averaged 5.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 15.9 minutes per game. Rooths shot 44.9% from the field and 22.4% from 3-point range. …

Gonzaga basketball HC Mark Few voted into Hall of Fame as part of 2026 class appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Gonzaga basketball program has taken college basketball by storm. Since the start of the 2000s, Gonzaga has become a mainstay in college basketball. The biggest reason is how Mark Few built …

8 2026 NBA Draft prospects whose stock shot to the moon during March Madness appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. March Madness is beloved because of both the quality and quantity of games. There are 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament field, and many of the matchups end in iconic fashion. Advertisement What …

UConn basketball HC Dan Hurley breaks silence on referee headbutt appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Whenever Dan Hurley is involved in a viral scene with a referee, it tends to be negative. However, it was the exact opposite when UConn head basketball coach Dan Hurley went forehead-to-forehead with Roger Ayers in the …

In the afterglow of super soakers, cowboy hats, and Kylan Boswell teaching David Mirkovic how to cut down a net, the conquering Illini are back in Champaign and preparing for a revenge game against UConn. On Sunday, I was already thinking about what to write about how Illinois can poke holes in Duke’s long, fierce switching defense, until UConn came …

In the high-stakes theater of March Madness, the players capture the highlights, but the coaches provide the script. Reaching the Final Four is the ultimate litmus test for a collegiate coach. It requires a rare blend of tactical genius, psychological warfare, and the stamina to survive three weeks of single-elimination chaos. As we stand in 2026, the landscape of college …

Arizona basketball HC Tommy Lloyd drops the mic on Final Four’s ‘event’ status appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Arizona basketball coach Tommy Lloyd wants his team’s entire focus to be on Michigan and not on the theatrics of being in the Final Four. As exciting as he knows the moment is, Lloyd …

Your Georgetown Hoyas may be facing an even steeper offseason climb today with the news that another key contributor intends to depart. Malik Mack, the team’s second-leading scorer and top minutes-earner over the past two seasons, has entered the transfer portal. Mack played two seasons under head coach Ed Cooley on the Hilltop after transferring from Harvard. His departure signifies …

Florida State’s men’s basketball roster continues to thin this offseason, with Martin Somerville and Shah Muhammad becoming the latest Seminoles to enter the NCAA transfer portal. Somerville, a sophomore guard, started 10 of FSU’s 33 games during 2025-26 season and averaged 8.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. The former UMass Lowell transfer completed his first season in …

Brad Underwood gets real about Final Four opportunity ahead of Illinois-UConn rematch originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Illinois Fighting Illini are four days away from potentially clinching their spot in the national title game should they knock off the UConn Huskies in Indianapolis Saturday night at Lucas …

The 2026 NCAA Tournament has been the usual wild ride (Good lord, UConn, and you, Braylon Mullins), and now we’re down to the Final Four, sports fans. No surprise there. But it is a bit jarring not to see Duke among the Regional winners. As you most definitely have heard, read, and seen and seen and see again, Dan Hurley’s …

Ian Eagle calls viral moment from UConn-Duke ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. UConn shocked the college basketball world in the final moments of Sunday’s 74-73 win over Duke. Braylon Mullins became a March Madness hero with one flick of the wrist, sending the Huskies to a third …