College Basketball

The Duke basketball program will enter the 2026-27 season with a lot of hype on a national scale, and for good reason. Head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have built a roster ready to win and consistently perform at a very high level. Scheyer and Co. prioritized roster continuity, bringing back Patrick Ngongba, Dame Sarr, Cayden Boozer, and Caleb …

The Duke basketball program has shown continued interest in 4-star 2027 recruit Kager Knueppel, the brother of former Duke basketball freshman star Kon Knueppel. Kon spent one season with the Blue Devils in 2024-25 before declaring for the 2025 NBA Draft, where he was selected with the fourth overall pick by the Charlotte Hornets. Knueppel went on to have a …

Neutral site non-conference tournaments have been a thing for decades in men’s and women’s college basketball, but we’re only getting more and more of them with the onset of the NIL era. Now, Indiana men’s basketball is linked to the latest one. The “Diamond Cup,” is an eight-team event under discussion to be played starting in the 2027-28 season, per …

Forwards Filip Jovic of Auburn and Sergej Macura of Mississippi State and guards Jaylen Petty of Texas Tech and Azavier Robinson of Butler have joined UCLA through the transfer portal, coach Mick Cronin said. Macura will be a junior this fall and has two seasons of eligibility remaining. Jovic, Petty and Robinson will be sophomores and have three seasons left. …

A proposed nonconference tournament is in the works for the 2027-28 men’s college basketball season featuring eight of the sport’s top programs including Arizona. CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander reported Wednesday that an 8-team pool play tournament called the ‘Diamond Cup’ is in the later planning stages. The tournament would feature Arizona, Connecticut, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and North Carolina. …

The Michigan men’s basketball team already looked like it landed one of the more intriguing front court additions in the transfer portal when former Cincinnati Bearcat Moustapha Thiam committed last month, and it only continues to look more and more like a match made in heaven. In a recent On3 article highlighting under-the-radar transfer portal additions that could shape the …

Isaiah Whitehead is returning to Seton Hall to play basketball. No, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2016 Big East Tournament is not using his final two years of eligibility. But he will suit up in Walsh Gym this summer as the leader of the Pirates’ entrant into The Basketball Tournament (known as TBT), an intercollegiate alumni tourney that airs …

Look out, future. Kevin Willard and Co. are coming for you. Just days after extending an offer to class of 2029 phenom Mason Grivna, Willard and his staff spun the wheel back to 2028. Villanova has jumped early into the class of ‘28, extending a scholarship offer to rising junior combo guard Mazari Browne. The 6-foot-6, 185-pound prospect out of …

One of the Tennessee Volunteers’ biggest portal losses of the offseason came from the offensive line. And it’s a loss that Tennessee will feel, to some extent, during the 2026 season. Of the players the Tennessee Vols lost during the spring transfer window, the one they’d probably most like to have back in 2026 is offensive lineman Lance Heard. Advertisement …

The NBA Draft has always divided scouts, executives, and fans because projecting young talent is rarely straightforward. Some prospects dominate high school or college basketball but raise concerns about fit, athleticism, or long-term development. Others possess elite physical tools yet remain inconsistent offensively. That uncertainty creates polarizing prospects every year. Teams drafting near the top often debate whether to prioritize …

Duke’s deal with Amazon includes a game with Michigan, set to be played in Madison Square Garden on December 21st. As you probably know, the Big Ten and Fox have an issue with that game, arguing that Fox should have the broadcast/streaming rights since it is in a shared territory (Rutgers would theoretically qualify). Advertisement Enter Mick Cronin. The UCLA …

Mark Pope has set his eyes on the next target for Kentucky. After a disappointing season laden with injuries and a worse off season where Kentucky could not get their ideal recruits, Mark Pope might have some luck. Kentucky got eliminated in the second round of the NCAA tournament due to multiple injuries. Moreover, with multiple players leaving for the …

There’s a new premier multi-team event potentially coming to college basketball in 2027, and the Gonzaga Bulldogs are expected to participate. The Zags are one of eight teams in “deep discussions” about joining the Diamond Cup, a proposed pool-play event that is currently in the late planning stages and expected to debut in the 2027-28 season, according to a report …

It has been a busy transfer cycle for Gophers men’s basketball with five players coming in from the portal and five more leaving. Four of their significant departures have found new homes, so let’s break down all the landing spots. Chansey Willis Jr. (Kent State) Willis is heading back to the Mid-American Conference (MAC) after one season with the Gophers. …

Is there a legitimate feud brewing between Tom Izzo and Will Wade? No, but both coaches are trending on social media this Wednesdasy. Earlier this week, the LSU men’s basketball team landed commitments from former St. John’s star RJ Luis Jr. and Saliou Niang despite the fact that both players are pros. Luis averaged 18.2 points per game in his …

The world is waiting, or at least the Illinois basketball portion of the world is waiting to hear news from Andrej Stojakovic. It has been a couple of weeks now since Stojakovic shocked the Illini fanbase and declared for the NBA Draft while still keeping the door open to fully returning to Champaign. The NBA Draft Combine is complete, and …

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats have two big decisions surrounding the program, and they are the NBA Draft decisions made by Malachi Moreno and Milan Momcilovic. Big Blue Nation is hoping that Moreno will be back in Lexington next season as the starting center for the Wildcats. It sounds like this decision is just about 50/50 for the Kentucky …

For the last couple of years, something about Mick Cronin’s recruiting at UCLA just felt off. It was not that UCLA completely stopped getting talent. The Bruins still landed solid transfers, tough defenders, and players that fit Cronin’s system. But the biggest issue was obvious: UCLA kept losing local stars. That should never happen at a school like UCLA. Many …

Three potential roster spots currently remain at the moment for Virginia Tech men’s basketball, which added another piece to its 2026-27 roster Monday. Stetson transfer guard Ethan Copeland committed to the program; the 6-foot-2, 184-pound junior has one year left under the current eligibility rules, though, if the five-in-five rules proposed by the NCAA become reality for this upcoming season, …

Mick Cronin hits Duke-Michigan Amazon game with ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ sledgehammer appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Coming into the 2026-27 college basketball season, one of the biggest games of the year was a scheduled matchup between the Michigan Wolverines and the Duke Blue Devils at Madison Square Garden. Only now, …

The dream of hosting the Kentucky Wildcats at the McCarthey Athletic Center is officially over, for now. After playing each of the last four seasons, Gonzaga and Kentucky will discontinue their yearly series, cancelling the remaining two games in a mutually agreed-upon decision announced by both schools. Advertisement According to the release, the decision was made to “allow each program …

Virginia’s best path to challenging for the ACC title is built on elite defense, domination on the offensive glass, and enough perimeter shooting to avoid scoring droughts. There were several times throughout the season last year where the Cavaliers struggled putting the ball in the hoop and couldn’t pull away from opponents. Now that they have more efficient scoring and …

Once again, the Wisconsin Badgers will be operating with a new-look roster during the 2026-27 season after adding via the transfer portal and the international pool of talent this offseason. Wisconsin is losing quite a bit of production, including its two leading scorers, as Nick Boyd is out of eligibility, while John Blackwell transferred to the Duke Blue Devils. That …

It’s no secret that Kentucky absolutely needs Malachi Moreno back for another year. Not only does he instantly raise the floor of the frontcourt, but he also adds significant improvements to the team as a whole. After wrapping up the NBA Combine, Moreno went to workout for his agency with many NBA scouts in attendance. Now, it’s time for him …

Todd Golden says what many coaches are thinking about college basketball right now originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. College basketball has spent the last few years changing at a speed nobody could have imagined. NIL deals worth millions, nonstop transfer portal movement and coaching carousel chaos have already …