College Basketball

For the fifth time in his college basketball career, PJ Haggerty is on the move. The 6-foot-4 guard announced on social media that he is transferring to Texas A&M after playing last season at Kansas State. Haggerty, 21, ranked fourth in the nation with 23.4 points per game for the Wildcats. He shot 35% on 3-pointers, while also averaging 5.3 …

Texas A&M’s first full offseason under head coach Bucky McMillan kicked off after the 2026 transfer portal opened on Tuesday, and after losing reserve guard Josh Holloway and Spanish sharpshooter Ruben Dominguez, who has since committed to Xavier, the Aggies landed one of the top available players in the portal, as former Kansas State standout guard PJ Haggerty is headed …

Delreccro Gillespie has found a new home. The former Kent State forward announced on Instagram on April 11 he has committed to play basketball at the University of Houston. He will have one year of eligibility remaining. Kent State Golden Flashes forward Delrecco Gillespie (23) flexes after a shot against Ohio during the second half of an NCAA college basketball …

Tennessee basketball made guard Dai Dai Ames its first transfer portal addition for the 2026-27 season on April 11. The Vols’ roster now has seven confirmed players with Ames, Belmont graduate transfer guard Tyler Lundblade, and freshman guard Troy Henderson and freshman forward DeWayne Brown II. They also have three incoming high school recruits with four-star prospects Ralph Scott and …

Kentucky Basketball has yet to land a transfer portal commitment, but thankfully, there are still plenty of good options available. On Friday, news broke that UConn center Eric Reibe was entering the portal. The former class of 2025 recruit was someone Kentucky made a hard push for in Mark Pope’s first season in Lexington, but the Huskies won out in …

Tahaad Pettiford is returning to the Auburn Tigers for his junior season, per Pete Thamel of ESPN. This is very good news for the Auburn basketball program, which will also return shooting guard Kevin Overton and forward Sebastian Williams-Adams. Auburn needed some good news on the basketball front with the transfer portal departures of Filip Jovic and Elyjah Freeman. Pete …

Former Georgia Bulldogs basketball recruiting target Jizzle James has entered the NCAA transfer portal. James spent the first three seasons of his college basketball career with the Cincinnati Bearcats in the Big 12. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound point guard has one season of eligibility left. James is coming off a strong season with Cincinnati where he posted 10.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, …

One of the top point guard prospects for Kentucky Basketball is off the board, as Dedan Thomas made his commitment to the Houston Cougars on Saturday. Jonathan Givony broke the news first. When the portal first opened this week, Thomas was among the first players the Wildcats reached out to following his lone season at LSU. They actually recruited Thomas …

Tennessee added a member to its 2026 basketball transfer portal class. Former California point guard Dai Dai Ames committed to the Vols over Xavier, Ole Miss and Kansas, according to Joe Tipton of On3. 247Sports ranked the 6-foot-2, 190-pound transfer rankes as the No. 12 point guard and No. 49 overall transfer in 2026. Advertisement Ames began his college basketball …

Tennessee basketball addresses offense first in the transfer portal, adding guard Dai Dai Ames, he confirmed with a shared Instagram post on April 11. Ames joins Belmont graduate transfer guard Tyler Lundblade as the Vols’ first offseason acquisitions. Advertisement Ames is a three-time transfer, originally starting at Kansas State. He left for Virginia to start the 2024-25 season and started …

Tennessee is recruiting toward its 2026 basketball transfer portal class. Former Notre Dame guard Jalen Haralson named Tennessee in his top three schools, along with Ohio State and North Carolina, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement The 6-foot-7, 220-pound guard was a four-star prospect when he committed to the Fighting Irish’s 2025 signing class. 247Sports ranks …

The North Carolina Tar Heels are still constructing their roster after the hiring of Michael Malone as the next head coach for the program. With the transfer portal underway, it’s already been a very active cycle for the Tar Heels in terms of interest and even a few decisions. While UNC saw Jaydon Young make the decision to return to …

When constructing Kentucky Basketball’s roster for the 2026-27 season, Collin Chandler was a name that was penciled in for a key role. First, he and Mark Pope have had a very close relationship for the better part of a decade, with Pope starting to recruit Chandler in 2019. On the court, Chandler was the Wildcats’ only player to shoot better …

The Tennessee Volunteers struck early in the college basketball transfer portal to kick off April with a commitment from a standout Belmont guard. It now appears head coach Rick Barnes has a chance of poaching a talented contributor from another small-school program. In his latest edition of Calling My Shot for the college basketball transfer portal, On3.com‘s Pete Nakos logged …

North Carolina continues to search the transfer portal for additions to next season’s roster, and one intriguing name has emerged. That player is 6-foot-9 combo guard Neoklis Avdalas, who is the No. 3 shooting guard and No. 20 overall player in 247Sports’ transfer portal rankings. Outside of Carolina, he has drawn interest from Arkansas, Florida State, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma State, …

On November 10, 2021, 17-year-old Collin Chandler announced his commitment to play basketball at BYU. Now, more than 1,600 days later and after both serving a full-time mission and spending two years at Kentucky, Chandler has again chosen the Cougars. Advertisement The former Wildcats guard is transferring to BYU, he announced Saturday via social media, becoming the Cougars’ first portal …

The Kentucky Wildcats seem to be on the verge of a major coup following an update on their pursuit of the No. 1 high school recruit in the nation. After going 24-12 in his debut season, replacing coaching legend John Calipari, Kentucky head coach Mark Pope is feeling the pressure. In 2025-26, the Wildcats finished with a 22-14 record and …

First-year coach Ronald Nored has his eighth member of the 2026-27 Butler basketball team committed, and the third out of the transfer portal. Treyson Anderson, a 6-foot-8 forward who played previously at North Dakota State, signed to play for the Bulldogs, a source familiar with discussions told IndyStar. Anderson will have two years of eligibility after playing 49 games (19 …

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Could a former Notre Dame star be headed to an in-state rival? Former Irish standout Markus Burton may soon be trading his blue and gold for cream and crimson. According to reports from On3, Indiana is interested and will host him in order to convince him to finish his career in Bloomington. Advertisement Burton, a 6-foot guard who led Notre …

Carmelo Pacheco is returning to the UCF men’s basketball program for the 2026-27 season. The 6-foot-6, 190-pound guard averaged 4.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in 31 games this season for the Knights. He was the top 3-point shooter on the team, connecting on 39% (43 of 109) of his shots from beyond the arc. Advertisement The Virginia native shot 40% …

St. John’s looks to be one of the most aggressive teams in the ongoing college basketball transfer portal, and they have been linked to another intriguing player in a new rumor. Over the first two months of the 2025-26 season, there were doubts about whether St. John’s could play up to the new standard they set the year before. Following …

There’s few people you’ll find who breathe UNC basketball more than Seth Trimble, who chose to play in Chapel Hill all four years of his collegiate basketball career. Trimble, who began his time as a Tar Heel playing sparingly off the bench, progressively grew into a reliable starter. Trimble earned North Carolina’s “captain” moniker during its 2025-26 campaign, delivering his …

Wisconsin star guard John Blackwell’s transfer recruitment may not be as narrowed as previously reported. After 247Sports’ Travis Branham reported that Blackwell was down to two schools, Illinois and Duke, DraftExpress’ Jonathan Givony took to X on Friday to report that his list has actually been narrowed to six: Alabama, Arizona, Duke, Illinois, Louisville and UCLA. Advertisement Givony notably cites …

It was only a matter of time, but that does not make it sting any less. Alvaro Folgueiras has officially entered the NCAA transfer portal. The 6-foot-10 forward from Malaga, Spain, who transferred to Iowa from Robert Morris ahead of the 2025-26 season, will explore his options elsewhere after one season in Iowa City. And what a season it was. …