College Basketball

The Duke basketball program has been the cream of the crop in the Atlantic Coast Conference over the past several seasons. Through head coach Jon Scheyer’s first four seasons in Durham, the Blue Devils have won three ACC Tournament titles. The program has also won each of the last two ACC regular-season and tournament crowns. Mar 27, 2026; Washington, DC, …

Former Duke basketball player and assistant Johnny Dawkins is now locked in for another three years at the helm of the UCF basketball program. On Thursday afternoon, the Knights announced that the 62-year-old Dawkins has agreed to an extension through the 2028-29 season. The program’s official social media team revealed the news via the following post: “I want to thank …

The NBA Draft declaration deadline has come and gone, meaning the majoirty of player movement towards the pros is now complete. The transfer portal is still active, with former Iowa State star Milan Momcilovic opting to stay in school and remain the top portal target, Having clarity on the status of several draft prospects is a key milestone in the …

The 2026-2027 ACC opponents have been set for every team, and it is going to be an interesting slate for Virginia Basketball. UVA is likely going to enter the the upcoming season as a top 10 team and one of the contenders to win the conference. While the dates have yet to be announced, here is the slate for Virginia …

Iowa State Cyclones star Milan Momcilovic withdrew his name from the 2026 NBA Draft, meaning he will be back in college for his senior year. Alas, to the disappointment of Cyclones fans, it almost certainly won’t be spent in Ames. Because of the timing of his decision, he entered the transfer portal along with declaring for the NBA draft, meaning …

The Atlantic Coast Conference revealed conference opponents for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season. Eighteen league games await, with two home-and-aways (season rotation, rival) on the docket for Virginia Tech. The ACC’s new system was implemented last year. A quick explainer: Each team has two home-and-away opponents: one primary partner – a rival – and a variable opponent that shifts from …

Mark Pope missing on some of his top targets in the transfer portal has overshadowed some of the elite additions he has made to this roster. Once the roster is finally put together and Coach Pope has his team for the 2026-27 season, Big Blue Nation will start to get excited, and there is one thing they should be excited …

Former North Carolina point guard Derek Dixon made a difficult decision to depart Chapel Hill this offseason, and he explained his reasoning in a recent interview. Dixon departed from the Tar Heels after a freshman season that saw him average 6.5 points and 2.7 assists per game, while also knocking down nearly 40 percent of his three-point tries. On paper, …

Just as the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team did in landing a home-and-home series against the UConn Huskies, the men’s program is following suit by locking up a flagship early-season non-conference matchup. Following a magical March Madness run to the Elite 8 in head coach Ben McCollum’s first season in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes are upping the ante with a …

Iowa State Cyclones star forward Milan Momcilovic is officially coming back to school. Just a few hours ahead of the deadline that was set for 11:59 pm ET on May 27 to withdraw his name from the 2026 NBA Draft, Momcilovic made the difficult decision to put off his professional aspirations for at least one more year and return to …

After three years with the Iowa State Cyclones, star forward Milan Momcilovic is going to be taking his talents elsewhere for the 2026-27 season. All of his focus the last few weeks had been on the 2026 NBA Draft. But, with the deadline to maintain college eligibility being May 27, Momcilovic decided to withdraw and return to school for his …

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MADISON – Another piece of the Wisconsin basketball team’s non-conference schedule came to light May 28. According to a report by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, the Badgers will play in the Baha Mar Hoops Championship in Nassau, Bahamas. Rothstein wrote that North Carolina State and Seton Hall will also be in the field and that the fourth team has …

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Now that he finally has started signing players from the transfer portal again, Marquette coach Shaka Smart expects to continue doing it every year. “I would be shocked if there’s ever a spring where we don’t take any in the future,” Smart said Thursday during a media session previewing the start of summer workouts next week. Advertisement …

Iowa State Cyclones fans were certainly excited when they heard that Milan Momcilovic had officially withdrawn from the 2026 NBA Draft and would be returning to school. With Jackson Kiss recently decommitting from the program and flipping to the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, a spot was open on the roster. The fan base held out hope that Momcilovic would return to …

The deadline for NBA Draft prospects to decide if they wanted to return to college or stay in the draft was on Wednesday night, so we now have a clearer picture of rosters for the 2026-27 college basketball season. Two of the most notable decisions was Jeremey Fears Jr. returning to Michigan State, and Andrej Stojakovic returning to Illinois, which …

The Miami Hurricanes have rounded out their regular-season ACC slate, and it provides many quad-one road games, while the home slate, which sounds easy on paper, has challenges of it’s own. Head coach Jai Lucas is dragging Miami into the modern era with NIL and out-of-conference play, and this ACC schedule will provide a chance for the Canes to be …

The Marquette men’s basketball team has finalized another home-and-home series with a high-major opponent. According to program sources, the Golden Eagles will play Mississippi State at Fiserv Forum in the upcoming 2026-27 season and then in Starksville, Mississippi, in 2027-28. The dates are to be determined. Advertisement The Bulldogs and Golden Eagles last met in the 2022-23 season at the …

For weeks, the men’s college basketball transfer portal had calmed down after a frenetic stretch in April and early May in which more than 1,000 Division I players left their previous schools and decided on a new home. Now, the biggest prize available is back on the market. Advertisement Former Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic, the No. 1 player in …

The Kentucky staff, and a few other suitors, are hard at work trying to land Iowa State transfer Milan Mocilovic, the best available transfer left as a top three player in the portal. On Wednesday night just before the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline, Momcilovic opted to return to college next season. Now, it’s all about where he will end up. …

The Spartans received terrific news Wednesday night when star point guard Jeremy Fears Jr. withdrew his name from the NBA Draft, officially committing himself to Michigan State for the 2026 season. Michigan State’s floor general, who shattered the program record for most assists in a single season last year, now returns to East Lansing for another run with Tom Izzo …

Now that the deadline has passed for guys to decide whether to stay in the NBA Draft or return to college, we have some impactful moves to discuss regarding the Kentucky Wildcats and several of their opponents next season. There will be many familiar names returning to the sport and appearing on Kentucky’s 2026-27 basketball schedule, as well as a …

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Now that he finally has started signing players from the transfer portal again, Marquette coach Shaka Smart expects to continue doing it every year. “I would be shocked if there’s ever a spring where we don’t take any in the future,” Smart said Thursday during a media session previewing the start of summer workouts next week. Advertisement …

NOTE: This story has been updated with additional reporting. As Commissioner Travis Tellitocci and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference hosted the NCAA Tournament in Buffalo back in March, he kept hearing one question from others in the college athletics space. He even said he heard it from competing coaches. Advertisement What would the MAAC’s new name be? And I’ve lived …

As we sit in the doldrums of the offseason any bit of basketball news is big news here at Hammer and Rails. And short of a new player being added to the roster, the release of the non-conference schedule is just about the biggest thing we can have right now. So what do you know, it was released earlier today. …