College Basketball

The transfer portal has officially opened and we gathered up some thoughts on where Gerry McNamara should be focused in for next year’s Syracuse Orange. What is the position or team need Syracuse needs to address the most in the portal? Kevin: Syracuse needs a #1 scoring option. Ideally they’d be a PG or Forward, but they need someone that …

The 2024-25 UNC men’s basketball season was filled with unknowns and underperformance. One particular Tar Heel who never lived up to his billing was Elliot Cadeau. Now in Ann Arbor, Cadeau is thriving as Michigan’s starting point guard, averaging a career-high 10.3 points per game. Advertisement Late Monday night, Cadeau just reached the pinnacle of every young basketball player’s collegiate …

Now that the men’s college basketball 14-day transfer portal window is open, the recent entry of Butler leading scorer Finley Bizjack could be exactly the type of player Ben McCollum and Iowa basketball need to spearhead the offense with Bennett Stirtz graduating this spring. A 6-foot-4, 190-pound junior guard from Trophy Club, Texas, Bizjack powered the Thad Matta-led Bulldogs squad …

The NCAA transfer portal opened on Tuesday after the 2025-26 basketball season concluded. Michigan defeated UConn, 69-63, in the national championship game on Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Following the national title game, Tennessee freshman guard Troy Henderson plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, according to Joe Tipton of On3. Advertisement The 6-foot-1, 186-pound guard appeared …

Yet another player on the Tennessee basketball roster has entered the transfer portal. Troy Henderson, who flashed in spots as a freshman in Knoxville, will look for new opportunities in the portal. He joins fellow freshman guard Clarence Massamba in the portal, who announced his decision this morning. Henderson was a late find for Rick Barnes in last year’s cycle. …

Once the transfer portal opens on Tuesday, the Kentucky Wildcats and coach Mark Pope are expected to be very busy. They have multiple roster spots to fill, and are in need of an influx of talent. They are rumored to be interested in a number of players already, and Kwame Evans Jr. is another name to watch. Kentucky Sports Radio …

SN Archive: One risky decision delivered Michigan’s last basketball national championship (April 10, 1989, issue) originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Michigan won the 2026 NCAA men’s basketball national championship, its first since 1989. This article, ‘Wolverines Complete Mission’ by Paul Attner, originally appeared in the April 10, 1989 …

Look, Tom Izzo is a Hall of Famer. He has appeared in 28 consecutive NCAA tournaments, the longest ever streak by a coach at one school, and has eight Final Four appearances under his belt. He has made the championship game twice, winning one back in 2000. In his 31 years as head coach, he has never had a losing …

The Wisconsin Badgers will be relying on a considerably different group of players in 2026-27. The Badgers already were going to lose three of their top six scorers, as Nick Boyd, Braeden Carrington and Andrew Rohde were in their final seasons of eligibility. Advertisement Now with John Blackwell planning to enter the transfer portal, UW will lose at least four …

Monday night, Michigan captured the 2026 NCAA championship with a gritty display of tough-minded basketball. They needed every bit of it, because UConn matched them stride for stride in hard-nosed intensity. It wasn’t a pretty game, but it was hugely impressive. The NCAA tournament began 87 years ago, and over the decades it has featured some of basketball’s most brilliant …

With the transfer portal officially open, Kentucky Basketball continues to show interest in multiple players. According to Jacob Polacheck of KSR, Kentucky has shown early interest in Oregon junior forward Kwame Evans Jr., a versatile frontcourt player coming off a strong season with the Ducks. Advertisement Evans, who has spent all three of his collegiate seasons at Oregon, is coming …

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 …