College Basketball

Modern-day college basketball is characterized by movement. Endless movement – not on the floor, but off of it, from players and coaches alike. There is the coaching carousel, of course, but in recent years the transfer portal has also created a de facto free agency in the college game. The latter development has rewarded Illinois occasionally – but more often …

Rick Barnes and the Tennessee Volunteers have been cleaning up in the transfer portal this month, securing three commitments to bolster their depth next season. While players from smaller schools have primarily been the focus, it appears the Volunteers are an emerging threat to land one of the best players available around the country. Pete Nakos of On3.com reports that …

The key attributes that made the 2025-26 Illinois men’s basketball team historically special – its size, its sweet-shooting bigs and its Balkan flavor – will be back on the menu in Champaign next season. At Wednesday’s annual Kickin’ Cancer fundraiser hosted by Illini coach Brad Underwood, among others, the club received some of the biggest news possible when 7-foot twin …

As Mark Pope and the Kentucky Basketball coaching staff try to figure out their backcourt headed into next season, one possible option is off the table. Georgia Bulldogs guard Jeremiah Wilkinson announced that he will be transferring to Arkansas earlier this week, despite garnering interest from Kentucky. Advertisement Wilkinson was one of the top scorers in the SEC last season, …

Dustin Ford isn’t a slam dunk hire by the University of Akron just because he learned from former longtime Zips men’s basketball coach John Groce for 18 seasons. Ford’s pedigree is another reason he represents the epitome of a logical choice to fill the big shoes Groce has left behind at UA. Advertisement Thieves in Cambridge, Ohio, knew houses were …

Before he was known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lew Alcindor electrified the basketball world with his debut for UCLA. It wasn’t a surprise. He had been a high school sensation that Wilt Chamberlain took under his wing. Everyone was after him, even many southern schools that were just beginning to integrate. Ultimately, he chose to leave New York City and go …

Tennessee basketball is rebuilding the roster for the 2026-27 season. Freshman forward DeWayne Brown II and freshman guard Troy Henderson are the Vols’ only two confirmed returning players. Four of the Vols five starters have either transferred or exhausted their eligibility. Advertisement Tennessee has three incoming high school recruits in 6-foot-8 forward Ralph Scott, 6-6 wing Manny Green and 6-1 …

Many of the top men’s college basketball transfers are off the board as rosters are starting to shape up ahead of the 2026-27 season. But transfer portal rankings are hardly an exact science, and best fit is usually a better indicator for future success than anything. Advertisement While Yaxel Lendeborg, a first-team All-American in 2025-26, was rated the No. 1 …

Tennessee basketball rumors: Insider lays out scenario where Nate Ament returns to Volunteers appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Tennessee basketball had a lot of ups and downs during the 2025-26 season, but the Volunteers found their best basketball in March once again. For the third consecutive season, Rick Barnes led his team …

The battle between Kansas and Kentucky to secure a commitment for the No. 1 recruit in the 2026 class continues to intensify now that Tyran Stokes has returned home from his visit to Kentucky without making a commitment. Stokes was in Lexington earlier this week to see the campus and hear a final in-person recruiting pitch from Kentucky head coach …

Indiana basketball loses starting guard to transfer portal appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Despite sputtering through the 2025-2026 season, Indiana has been successful in the college basketball transfer portal. However, they suffered a key loss with guard Tayton Conerway hitting the open market. Advertisement Conerway started 19 of his 27 games for …

The Gonzaga Bulldogs still have quite a bit of work to do this offseason to finalize the first roster they will take with them into the new look Pac-12 in 2026-27. The Zags lost five players to graduation and another six have entered the transfer portal, leaving the team with six current spots to fill after the addition of transfer …

Indiana men’s basketball landed its fifth transfer portal commitment of the offseason and second in the frontcourt on Wednesday when former Alabama forward Aiden Sherrell signaled his intentions to join the Hoosiers for the 2025-26 season, per reporting from Joe Tipton of On3. Sherrell is a rising junior who spent the first two seasons of his college career at Alabama. …

Marquette lands top 5 rated Louisville transfer appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Marquette basketball delivered some highlight moments on the floor, notably Nigel James’ wicked dunk versus Georgetown. But the Golden Eagles now pulled off their first offseason win: Landing a prized Louisville transfer. Advertisement The Big East program reeled in Sananda …

Wednesday was a good day for Illinois basketball fans. A handful of Illini basketball players who were critical to the team’s Final Four run this season will return for the 2025-2026 season. What we know After the Illini season ended at the hands of UConn in the Final Four, there were questions lingering about how many players, if at all, …

Darryn Peterson and the Kansas Jayhawks did not end the 2025-26 college basketball season how they had hoped. After falling short in the Big 12 Tournament and finishing with a 23-10 regular-season record, Kansas earned the No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. But its March Madness journey ended in the opening weekend, suffering a second-round loss to St. John’s. …

Kansas transfer spurns Arizona as Missouri, Miami pull ahead appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Kansas basketball is addressing its early March Madness exit through a roster rebuild. That includes watching more than Darryn Peterson head for the NBA Draft. Bryson Tiller was a coveted target for Arizona, but Missouri and Miami are …

Indiana signs Alabama big man out of transfer portal appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Indiana Hoosiers have lost seven players in the transfer portal this offseason, but they’ve managed to secure the commitment of several new players via the portal, including a big one in former Alabama Crimson Tide big man …

Miami lands 33-game Villanova starter appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Miami (FL) basketball is stockpiling on talent after its first March Madness run under Jai Lucas. The Hurricanes now landed an experienced starter and shooter via Villanova. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Acaden Lewis is the newest member of the Hurricanes. He follows chiseled …

Texas A&M head coach Bucky McMillan is reuniting with Radford guard transfer Lukas Walls, who announced he had committed to the Aggies on Wednesday night on social media. Walls played for McMillan for two years at Samford, transferring to Radford ahead of last season when McMillan left to take over Texas A&M. Walls played in 32 games, making 26 starts …

Caleb Foster and the Duke Blue Devils did not have the 2025-26 college basketball season they were hoping for, despite earning the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Entering March Madness as one of the favorites to win it all, Duke fell just short of the Final Four after allowing a game-winning shot by the No. 2 seed …

Washington picked up its second transfer commitment of the offseason tonight when Gonzaga transfer Steele Venters announced his pledge to the Huskies on social media. The 6’7 Venters averaged 5.0 points per game last season on 36.7% 3-point shooting. This will be Venters’ 7th season on a college roster across 3 schools and all of them have come in the …

In the space of about four days this month, BYU’s basketball program went from one seemingly destined for the bottom half of the Big 12 standings in the 2026-27 season to one that could contend for one of those coveted top four seeds in the conference tournament next March. That’s how huge recent developments have been for coach Kevin Young …

2025-2026 Season Stats:39 Games (39 Starts)548 points (14.1)91 rebounds (2.3)80 assists (2.1)28 steals (.7)2 blocks (.1)39 turnovers (1.0)45% FG% (166/369)43.2% 3pt% (112/259)87.4% FT% (104/119)* Bold Indicates Career High 2025-2026 Season Awards / Honors:1st in B1G 3pt%3rd in B1G 3pt Attempts3rd in B1G 3pt Made (13th NCAA)149 Career Games Played (Purdue record)309 Career 3pt Made (Purdue record)One of four players in …

The Deacs have their 3rd addition of the portal with Kansas Jayhawk guard Jamari McDowell. McDowell is a 6-5 redshirt sophomore who averaged 3.3 points and 1.1 assists in 17 minutes per game for the Jayhawks this season. After redshirting in the 2024-25 season due to injury, McDowell was the 6th man for Kansas this season, playing in all 35 …