College Basketball

INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Karaban’s voice cracked. It was starting to settle in. He had just finished his memorable Connecticut career on the wrong side of a 69-63 result on the final night of the college basketball season. Advertisement “I’m just reminding myself right now that when I came into UConn, how much I’ve grown, and I’m ultimately leaving UConn in …

Charles Barkley reveals the irony of Michigan’s win over UConn appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. NBA legend Charles Barkley made it clear during the NCAA Tournament that he was rooting for Arizona to win it all. But in the end, he acknowledged that Michigan proved why it was the top program this …

A member of Tennessee’s 2025-2026 basketball team entered the NCAA transfer portal. Vols’ power forward Jaylen Carey declared his entry into the portal, according to Joe Tipton of On3. The 6-foot-8, 267-pounder began his college basketball career at James Madison in 2023. He appeared in 36 games and averaged 7.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game with the Dukes. Advertisement …

Michigan basketball’s win vs. UConn seals historic Big Ten feat appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Michigan basketball delivered a defining moment Monday night, taking down the UConn Huskies by a score of 69–63 in Indianapolis to capture the 2026 NCAA national championship. The victory secured the Wolverines’ first national title since 1989 …

The transfer portal for college basketball is officially open now that the national champion is over. Even before the 15-day window began, several in-state players announced their intention to enter the portal. Here are the in-state players at the Division I level who are on the move (will be updated): Advertisement Luke Almodovar, Southeast Missouri State (Noblesville) The 6-3 Almodovar, …

Alex Karaban’s collegiate career ended with a loss to Michigan in the National Championship Game on Monday night. Karaban, who spent the last four seasons with UConn, finished the game with 17 points and 11 rebounds in a 69-63 loss to Michigan. UConn was down by four at halftime, but wasn’t able to make up the deficit in the second …

The NCAA basketball transfer portal opened Tuesday, April 7 and runs through April 30. It’s a dead period with no visits permitted until April 10. In-person and off-campus evaluations are permitted April 10-30. From May 1 to June 30, in-person, on-campus visits are permitted during the “quiet period.” An evaluation period takes place from May 8 to 10 at the …

INDIANAPOLIS — Twenty years ago, well before he’d piece together a roster to produce the best basketball team in Michigan history, Dusty May didn’t know a ton about the school. He was living a stone’s throw from Ann Arbor at the time, working as a low-level assistant coach at Eastern Michigan. But all he really knew was that the Wolverines …

It was a heck of a 2025-26 season, with Arizona returning to the Final Four for the first time in 25 years. But thanks to the current setup in college basketball, each year brings with it a very different team for the Wildcats and almost every school in Division I thanks to graduation, the NBA Draft and the NCAA transfer …

It was 1989, and the word was out. Only weeks before Michigan began playing in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, the team’s coach had accepted a job at another school. Though the coach had planned to leave at the season’s end, Michigan’s athletic director, famed football coach Bo Schembechler, immediately dismissed the coach and replaced him with someone deemed more …

INDIANAPOLIS — The best player on college basketball’s best team could not hide his frustration. Yaxel Lendeborg hated that the knee and ankle injuries he suffered two days earlier were preventing him from showcasing his All-American form with Michigan locked in a tight battle against UConn on Monday night and the national championship at stake. Advertisement He winced and punched …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — UConn executed coach Dan Hurley’s game plan in Monday night’s national championship slugfest against Michigan. The Huskies were physical, controlled the pace and held the Wolverines’ potent offense in check. But this time, the big shots that propelled them to the cusp of a third national championship in four seasons simply didn’t fall. Advertisement Not for fabulous …

UConn went into Monday’s NCAA championship game with a clear plan: Muck things up and grind down Michigan’s offense. It worked until it didn’t as Michigan made more plays down the stretch to secure a 69-63 win and the national championship. Advertisement UConn’s strategy was correct against a deep and more talented Michigan roster that entered Monday’s game averaging 87.8 …

INDIANAPOLIS — UConn executed coach Dan Hurley’s game plan in Monday night’s national championship slugfest against Michigan. The Huskies were physical, controlled the pace and held the Wolverines’ potent offense in check. But this time, the big shots that propelled them to the cusp of a third national championship in four seasons simply didn’t fall. Advertisement Not for fabulous freshman …

On a night where they shot a season-worst 2-of-15 from three, where their injured star looked like a shell of himself, where they lost the rebounding battle and played a style and pace for more conducive to their opponent’s strengths, on a night where seemingly everything that needed to happen in order for Michigan to be once again deprived of …

After winning the national championship on Monday night in Indianapolis over UConn, Dusty May and the Michigan Wolverines are among the favorites to win it all next season. According to FanDuel, Michigan has the second-best odds to win the national title next year with +800 odds, right behind Duke at +700. Other teams right behind them include Arizona (+1,200), Florida …

Denzel Aberdeen isn’t quite ready to call it a college career. According to Pete Nakos, the Kentucky Basketball guard is entering the transfer portal in hopes of securing a fifth playing season, though he will obviously need a Hail-Mary waiver to accomplish this. Aberdeen, who spent three entire seasons at Florida, completed his fourth and seemingly final playing season at …

Michigan held on late to beat UConn 69-63 at Lucas Oil Stadium on Monday night to win the national title. (Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) (Jamie Schwaberow via Getty Images) The ball is tipped! The 2026 NCAA tournament is now officially in the books, so it’s time for the annual, and iconic, look back through March Madness. Michigan held …

The NCAA transfer portal officially opens on Tuesday, and the Virginia Tech Hokies could use some good news. Since the end of the season, four players have already announced their intentions to enter the portal: Izaiah Pasha, Neoklis Avdalas, Christian Gurdak and Jaden Schutt. You could make the argument that Tech isn’t going to miss all of those players, but …

Michigan basketball had a lead over UConn at halftime of the national championship, but the Wolverines’ best player was far from happy. Michigan big man Yaxel Lendeborg was interviewed by TBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson and gave a surprisingly candid response to her question about his condition. Advertisement “I feel awful,” he said. “I missed the plays I don’t usually …

One more non-surprising decision as the fourth Gonzaga Bulldog puts his name in the transfer portal, the third in the last two days. Graduate wing Steele Venters joins junior wing Emmanuel Innocenti, redshirt junior guard Braeden Smith, and redshirt freshman guard Cade Orness in the search for another college basketball program to call home. Venters will have another season of …

Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg looked little like his All-America self in the first half of Monday’s NCAA championship game vs. UConn. At halftime, he confirmed that he’s not feeling like himself in an unusually candid halftime interview. TNT’s Tracy Wolfson asked Lendeborg how he was feeling after playing all 20 minutes of the first half in which Michigan took a 33-29 …

One-fifth of all women’s college basketball players are now in the transfer portal originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The transfer portal season has arrived in women’s college basketball. Just one day after UCLA took home their first National Championship, some of the best players in the sport are …

North Carolina basketball moved quickly on Monday, hiring a former NBA coach … but not Billy Donovan. The Tar Heels hired former Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone in a surprising off-the-radar move experts did not anticipate. Let’s talk about this huge development for UNC basketball, which occurred before the national championship game between UConn and Michigan. Didn’t want to wait …

Another Missouri Tiger has entered the transfer portal. With the departures of Anthony Robinson II and Sebastian Mack, the guard position has taken yet another hit. In what may be somewhat of a surprise, T.O. Barrett plans to enter the transfer portal per a report from Joe Tipton via On3. Barrett is coming off of a breakout sophomore season with …