College Basketball

Between being ruled academically ineligible in his freshman season and tearing his ACL this past February, Matt Hodge has been through a lot in a short amount of time. That resilience and commitment to Villanova basketball is going to be key, as his recovery and role for the upcoming season is crucial to the Wildcats’ success. Hodge suffered his season-ending …

Team: Xavier Musketeers 2025-26 Record: 15-18, 6-14 Big East 2025-26 Big East Finish: Tied with Georgetown for 10th, which means last, but at least they won the tiebreaker by way of head-to-head record to be the #10 seed in the conference tournament. Advertisement Final 2025-26 Computer Rankings NET: #96KenPom.com: #94BartTorvik.com: #94 Postseason: The Musketeers got a little boost at the …

If Arkansas basketball fulfills its potential this season, Jordan Smith is consistently seen as the reason the Hogs will live up to the billing. The Athletic joined the Smith chorus in a recent offseason evaluation: “Smith, the No. 3-ranked player in the freshman class, per the 247Sports Composite, is the unquestioned leader of the group. He will immediately be one …

The crazy, messy world of college sports athlete eligibility just helped the Arkansas Razorbacks. Mark Mitchell had submitted paperwork to attend the University of Kentucky and give coach Mark Pope the missing roster piece he sorely needed, but the SEC’s recent move to clamp down on player movement and lingering legal entanglements surrounding eligibility led Mitchell to go back to …

On Saturday, Dushawn London reported that one of 2028’s top prospects will make his way to Lexington for an official visit to Kentucky. Brady Pettigrew added Kentucky and North Carolina to his long list of visits. Pettigrew is ranked No. 18 in 247 Sports and No. 10 on ESPN. Advertisement The highly-ranked 6-foot-3 combo guard has a super versatile offensive …

College football season may have just begun. But college basketball season is only two months away! On Monday, USC men’s basketball announced its nonconference schedule for the 2026-2027 season. Following three exhibition games, the Trojans will open up the season on November 2 at Galen Center against Milwaukee. They will then travel up to Northern California to face Wichita State …

The 2026 Kentucky volleyball team is off to a 3-1 start this season, and fresh off of back-to-back wins after losing to Pittsburgh. Tonight, they’ll try to make it a third win in a row, but the competition steps up, and they’ll face the UCLA Bruins. Tonight’s match against UCLA is a rematch from last year’s NCAA Tournament where the …

The Mark Mitchell saga is officially over for Kentucky Basketball, for better or for worse. That mess is now in Dennis Gates’ and Missouri’s hands at this point, and the Tigers will continue the fight to get Mitchell another year of college basketball, back where he played his junior and senior seasons.  Now, Kentucky will pivot to try to complete …

As we inch towards November and the start of the college basketball season, it’s time for the various multi-team events to start pumping out their official schedules with dates and times and so on. We have two of those to address here, as we have Bahamas-related updates for both Marquette men’s and women’s basketball. The first one is merely confirming …

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Illini women’s basketball 2026-27 schedule is coming together as the team announced a trip down to the Bahamas over Thanksgiving weekend in the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship Tournament. Illinois is set to duel Marquette on Friday, Nov. 27, followed by a matchup with Saint Jospeh’s, Sunday, Nov. 29 before gearing up for conference play. The …

Mark Mitchell will not be a Kentucky Wildcat after all, as he will be heading back to Missouri to play his fifth season of college hoops. This was a big blow for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats, but the reality is, next man up. The next man for the Kentucky Wildcats is Ousmane N’Diaye. The Senegalese power forward has …

The Iowa State Cyclones men’s basketball team has turned into one of the most consistently productive programs in the country. Since T.J. Otzelberger took over as head coach from Steve Prohm, the team has qualified for the NCAA tournament five out of five times. Accomplishing that feat in Year 1 after taking over a squad that went 2-22 is an …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have gained some traction in both the 2027 and 2028 recruiting trails over the last several weeks. The Blue Devils have sealed a couple of official visits with top recruits and have now added potentially one of their top targets in the 2028 recruiting class to the mix. Mar 26, 2026; …

For the fifth time since 2021, Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will play a high-major non-conference opponent at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle – once again giving fans living on the west side of the state a chance to take in Zag basketball. This year’s Battle in Seattle will be later than usual, with Rocco Miller of Bracketeer.org reporting …

Last November, Will Brunson was in Cameron Indoor Stadium for an unofficial visit with the Blue Devils when the 2025-26 Duke basketball squad defeated the visiting Howard Bison, 93-56, as part of The Brotherhood Run. At the time, the 6-foot-5, 185-pound small forward, who just so happens to be the son of 1993-96 Duke basketball reserve Stan Brunson, attended Rutgers …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — One of Michigan’s top recruits, guard Brandon McCoy Jr., will miss the 2026-27 season for the defending national champion Wolverines after suffering a right knee injury. New Michigan coach Mike Boynton Jr. announced on Tuesday that McCoy suffered an ACL injury to his right knee. Advertisement McCoy was ranked as the No. 14 prospect in the …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mid-Major fans and fans across the country. We know the men’s college basketball season will end in Detroit, with the Final Four held there for the first time since 2009. Advertisement However, the location for the men’s NIT …

In this first episode of the new upcoming season, Isaac Bourne, Ian Sacks and Tanner McGrath start conference previews with talks on the first four conferences alphabetically as college basketball season strides its way toward two months until it begins. Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Advertisement View Link America East It’s Vermont’s conference to lose…again. The Catamounts return Gus Yalden, who is …

Michigan men’s basketball freshman Brandon McCoy Jr., one of the top-ranked players of the 2026 recruiting class, will miss the entire 2026-27 season due to injury, the program announced on Tuesday, Sept. 1. McCoy Jr. suffered an ACL injury in his right knee, per the announcement. The injury occurred in an exhibition game against KK Mega SUPERBET in Montenegro, the …

Duke is opening one of college basketball’s most prominent spaces for sponsorship inventory, putting an Edward Jones logo on Coach K Court at Cameron Indoor Stadium as part of a four-year deal negotiated by Learfield. The court logo sponsorship starts this year and runs through the 2030 college basketball season, with the option to extend the agreement beyond that. Representatives …

While the Kansas basketball program lost a commitment from Javon Bardwell in early August, Bill Self has remained active on the recruiting trail. The Jayhawks are hosting several official visitors in the coming weeks now that the recruiting dead period has come to a close. Since KU is back to square one with its 2027 class, it needs to make …

It’s now just two months before the start of the new college basketball season. We are getting even closer to October preseason practice and the eventual start of the journey for John Calipari’s Arkansas team. The Athletic offered an offseason look at the Razorbacks. The industry consensus remains bullish on the Hogs: “Outside of Arizona, Arkansas had the highest ceiling …

Good morning, BBN! Yesterday was a busy day for the BBN, as it began with most of us thinking we would get clarity on the Mark Mitchell situation for the Kentucky Wildcats. Well, we definitely did, just not in the way we all intended. Advertisement Reported by Jeff Goodman, Mitchell has decided to decommit from UK and re-enroll at Missouri …

It has been 22 years since Illinois entered a college basketball season ranked in the top five of the AP poll. Said campaign culminated in a trip to the national championship game – which is the furthest the Illini program has ever trekked in the Big Dance. Can Illinois, which many expect to find itself in the top five of …

A major news day for both the 2026-27 and 2027-28 non-conference schedules with the Gonzaga Bulldogs men’s and women’s teams. Men’s Basketball Under coach Mark Few, Gonzaga will return to the Battle in Seattle at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, for the next two seasons. Advertisement The Bracketeer’s Rocco Miller announced that Gonzaga will have two future matchups …