College Basketball

The University of Cincinnati has confirmed its 2026 non-conference game with the Dayton Flyers will take place on Saturday, Nov. 14, at UD Arena. A time has not yet been announced. The Bearcats have not played in Dayton since Dec. 4, 2004, when the Bob Huggins’ Bearcats defeated the Flyers 65-55. Armein Kirkland was UC’s top scorer with 23 points. …

Pat Kelsey’s 2026-27 Louisville roster appears to be locked into place … without one last additional piece. Iowa State transfer Milan Momcilovic, the highest-rated available player in the portal by everyone who ranks that sort of thing, has committed to Kentucky. The 6’8 sharp-shooter chose the Cats over Louisville, St. John’s and Arizona, among others. Advertisement Momcilovic was the best …

Arizona and Arkansas will reportedly play in Phoenix next season, then hold a two-year home-and-home series over the following two seasons. While UA confirmed last month that it would play a high-major team on Dec. 19 in Phoenix, CBS Sports reported that the Razorbacks will be the opponent and that the two teams will play on campus sites during the …

While the end result wasn’t up to par with the North Carolina standard, there are some key things the Tar Heels can carry with them from last season to the next. While some areas on the stat sheetneed improvement, the Heels showed strength in others, and heading into next season, they should aim to keep it that way. Advertisement Turnover …

The Duke basketball program going through one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country has become a regularity for Duke fans, and that won’t change in 2026-27. Head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have already scheduled a gauntlet of a non-con slate for their team, most recently setting up a date with Georgia at Madison Square Garden as …

Building a Mount Rushmore for Villanova basketball post-2000 is mostly just an exercise in making everyone mad (even though that’s not the point of this article). When a program wins two national championships and makes four Final Fours in under two decades, a top-four list becomes an impossible math problem. How do you weigh rings against talent, or foundational legacy …

Now with the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline behind us, the roster picture for college basketball next season is largely set. The big game of musical chairs for some of the biggest names in college hoops is over, and the Tennessee Volunteers were one of the biggest winners of the entire cycle. Rick Barnes has used the transfer portal plenty over …

College basketball fans have something to talk about at the water cooler this morning, as ESPN released its way-too-early Top 25 rankings following the final wave of NBA Draft decisions and roster announcements across the country. Now, with rosters as close to finalized as they are going to get for the 2026-27 college basketball season, the first major preseason rankings …

For every college basketball fan wishing for a regime change, your prayers might be answered in the best possible way. Billy Donovan will be the most desirable candidate when the coaching carousel starts next year. With the Orlando Magic reportedly hiring San Antonio Spurs assistant Sean Sweeney, that likely closes the door on Donovan staying in the NBA. He has …

UConn men’s basketball continues to add depth to their 2026-27 team, as the Huskies have added 7-footer Elmir Džafić to the roster via the transfer portal. The Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina native played for his country’s FIBA U18 championship team and appeared in seven games for Arkansas last season. Džafić (pronounced El-Meer JAWF-ich) played just 16 minutes in total last …

No coach in the country needed a win more than Kentucky Wildcats basketball coach Mark Pope. After missing on Tyran Stokes, Pope had a well-earned reputation as a guy who could attract top recruits, but couldn’t land them. On Monday night, he might have finally put that to rest when he landed one of the best players available in the …

When the transfer portal opened, Dana Altman made it clear that he wanted to recruit an entirely different style of team. After losing standouts such as Jackson Shelstad, Nate Bittle and Kwame Evans Jr., the Oregon Ducks needed a reset. Altman brought in a host of talented transfers to redefine the team’s identity. There is plenty of size and defensive …

Darian DeVries first season as the head coach of Indiana men’s basketball ended in disappointment when the Hoosiers were left out of the NCAA Tournament field on Selection Sunday. A late season collapse full of blowout losses doomed Indiana’s postseason hopes after a brief stretch of quality play.‘ With the program facing another transfer portal heavy rebuild heading into the …

Kentucky has gotten the best available player in college basketball’s transfer portal. Former Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic committed to the Wildcats late Monday night, according to multiple reports. Momcilovic was the No. 3 player in On3’s transfer rankings after he removed himself from NBA Draft consideration. After the 2025-26 season, Momcilovic simultaneously entered the transfer portal and explored declaring …

Milan Momcilovic has made an important decision regarding the future of his collegiate basketball career. He had declared for the 2026 NBA draft. However, the forward withdrew his name from the draft to return to college. Initially, the Kentucky Wildcats and the Louisville Cardinals were the top two teams to land Momcilovic. On Monday, On3 reported that the forward decided …

The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball season didn’t end on a high note, but Greg Gard’s squad picked up several notable wins during the regular season. For this list, the Big Ten Championship tournament has been excluded. It would’ve been easy to include the Badgers’ 91-88 overtime victory over No. 9 Illinois, but instead, this focuses solely on the regular season. …

Now that the deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA Draft and return to college has passed (you made us sweat it out, Jeremy Fears, but thank you for returning), we thought it might be interesting to compare roster retention and turnover among Big Ten men’s basketball teams.  We’re going to look at how much production each Big Ten …

Entering his second season at the helm, Texas A&M coach Bucky McMillan has rebranded the Aggie basketball program as one of the premier destinations for future NBA players to develop and play on one of the fastest-paced offenses in the SEC, centered around efficiency near the rim and three-point shooting. After leading the Aggies to the NCAA Tournament during his …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As it turns out, the Louisville men’s basketball program will not be adding an last-minute cherry on top of their portal class. Former Iowa State star forward Milan Momcilovic, who has been tied to the Cardinals for the last few weeks, announced Monday night that he has committed to arch rival Kentucky. St. John’s was also in …

The Iowa State Cyclones have been waiting to see where one of their top players would be going for next season, and a decision has been made. Coming off a great season, the Cyclones knew that their roster was going to look a lot different after the campaign was over. Iowa State was a fairly veteran group, with arguably their …

After nearly a week of waiting, we finally got an answer on where Milan Momcilovic is heading. On Monday night, the top three overall transfer from Iowa State announced his committment to Kentucky, choosing the Wildcats over Louisville and Arizona. Mark Pope just picked up his biggest get yet in his time in Lexington. Landing Momcilovic is absolutely massive for …

The Kentucky Wildcats just landed one of the biggest prizes of the transfer portal. Former Iowa State Cyclones forward Milan Momcilovic, widely viewed as the No. 1 player available this spring, has committed to Kentucky after also drawing serious interest from Louisville, Arizona, and St. John’s. It is a major pickup for the Wildcats, especially because Momcilovic brings exactly what …

All eyes in the college basketball world are on former Iowa State Cyclones forward Milan Momcilovic. After he decided to withdraw from the 2026 NBA Draft, focus immediately shifted to where he would be playing his senior year. Iowa State fans held out some hope he would return to Ames, especially after Jackson Kiss decommitted and flipped to the UNLV …

Former Iowa State Cyclones star forward Milan Momcilovic is dominating the college basketball headlines. He is easily the best player remaining in the transfer portal and will reshape the roster and outlook for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season for whichever team he chooses. Right now, it is down to three suitors: the Arizona Wildcats, Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals. Advertisement …

The Arizona Wildcats never had him, but perhaps feel they lost a big player on Monday, June 1, when Iowa State star Milan Momcilovic committed to coach Mark Pope and the University of Kentucky Wildcats, according to multiple reports. Momcilovic, 6 feet 8, had Arizona and Louisville, along with Kentucky, on a very short list. Advertisement He was seen as …