College Basketball

New head coach Michael Malone and North Carolina have done a strong job building their roster through the transfer portal so far. The Tar Heels have found a high-value point guard, added two productive transfers, a top international prospect and brought back key players from last season. They still need another backcourt depth piece and a starting big man to …

The college basketball transfer portal closed last Tuesday, and the NBA early-entry deadline was last Friday, so ESPN updated its way-too-early rankings ahead of the 2026-27 season. Todd Golden did some major recruiting within his own program, retaining Alex Condon, Boogie Fland and Thomas Haugh — the latter of whom was an expected lottery pick. Rueben Chinyelu is testing the …

Michigan head coach Dusty May just completed one of the more dominant March Madness runs in recent memory, and the whole thing is documented in Made for March, a four-part docuseries streaming now on Paramount Plus. But beyond the trophy, there are real questions about how he built this team, what it actually cost, and whether this is now simply …

The Kentucky Wildcats transfer portal build under Mark Pope is not just about chasing names. It is about rebuilding a backcourt with toughness, spacing, pace, and trust. That is why the addition of Jerone Morton matters. Morton is not walking into Lexington as a headline-only transfer. He is coming home as a proven college guard with real minutes, real production, …

Kentucky continues to fill out its roster through transfer portal, landing former Washington State guard Jerone Morton. The Winchester (Ky.) native spent his first two seasons at Western Kentucky before moving up to the Palouse last year. With the Cougars, he averaged 7.8 points, 2.6 assists and 1.9 rebounds per game while starting 29 of the team’s 32 contests and …

Washington State point guard Jerone Morton has committed to the Kentucky Wildcats. UK Sports Network announced the news on Wednesday. A Lexington native, Morton played at George Rogers Clark and was part of their 2022 Sweet 16 Championship team and runner-up the following season. He was an unranked class of 2023 recruit who signed with Morehead State. After two seasons, …

Kansas’ Tyran Stokes commitment brings outrageous LeBron James, Magic Johnson comparison originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Tyran Stokes has some big shoes to fill. Advertisement Less than 24 hours after the nation’s No. 1 college basketball recruit committed to the Kansas Jayhawks over the Kentucky Wildcats, he received …

The fan sentiment surrounding the NCAA Tournament’s imminent decision to expand from 68 teams to 76 teams can summarily be described as overwhelmingly negative. No one is asking for more play-in games. No one wants to wait until Wednesday night to fill out half of their bracket because they have no idea who will actually be playing in the first …

It won’t have as much riding on the outcome, but it will be fun nonetheless when Duke and UConn meet in college basketball next season. A rematch of the Elite Eight thriller, won by the Huskies on a deep three-pointer by Braylon Mullins after a turnover by Cayden Boozer, is set for Thanksgiving Eve inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. …

College basketball fans are trying to wrap their mind around what a 76-team NCAA tournament bracket would look like, and whether the NCAA’s decision will help or hurt the product. ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Williams took a stand on Wednesday, speaking out against the expanded version of March Madness set to take effect next spring. Advertisement “What I hate …

The Big 12 just added another star for next season. Consensus top high school recruit Tyran Stokes has committed to the Kansas Jayhawks, he announced Tuesday night on ESPN. Stokes chose Kansas over a number of other notable programs, with former BYU head coach Mark Pope’s Kentucky Wildcats coming in second place for his services. Advertisement The 6-foot-7 small forward …

Mark Pope looks like a coach who is already on his last legs at Kentucky. He has whiffed on high-end recruits. He has not made a splash in the transfer portal. Kentucky doesn’t appear to be a top-20 team, let alone top-10. That’s not the Big Blue standard. If Kentucky has a season anything close to its recently-concluded campaign — …

The Kansas Jayhawks have done it again. For the second consecutive season, the Jayhawks will arguably feature the nation’s most talented freshman. Darryn Peterson showed flashes of brilliance during his first and only season with Kansas, and the Jayhawks are hoping that Tyran Stokes can provide the same electricity. Advertisement While both players bring supreme ability to the floor, their …

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger has agreed to a 10-year contract extension that will increase his annual salary to $6 million, athletic director Jamie Pollard announced Wednesday. Otzelberger led the Cyclones to a 29-8 record and their third NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in five years this past season. He is 124-53 since becoming head coach in 2021-22. …

UConn’s roster is set to look a lot different next season, but Huskies coach Dan Hurley is hoping a new cast of characters can carry the torch of recent success. Wofford transfer guard Nils Machowski will be one of the players Hurley looks at to lead the way. Machowski averaged over 17 points for the Terriers in his college basketball …

Former LSU forward Jalen Reed has long had a lot of promise, yet it’s gone unfulfilled, as he’s struggled mightily with injuries since he joined the Tigers. Having only played in 14 games in the past two seasons — six just last year — the fifth-year player hasn’t quite been able to stay healthy enough to be a consistent impact …

After months of speculation and a drawn-out recruitment, Tyran Stokes — the No. 1 ranked high school men’s basketball player in the class of 2026 — committed to the Kansas Jayhawks on Tuesday over Kentucky. And though Stokes made it seem that the recruiting race was awfully close between the two bluebloods, recent reports suggested that the 6-foot-7 wing from …

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger has agreed to a 10-year contract extension that will increase his annual salary to $6 million, athletic director Jamie Pollard announced Wednesday. Otzelberger led the Cyclones to a 29-8 record and their third NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in five years this past season. He is 124-53 since becoming head coach in …

Illinois basketball has recruited at the highest levels over the past decade, and that isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Brad Underwood has put together an incredible program, and the Illini continue winning every season. Advertisement No, we aren’t always led by experienced upperclassmen either. Illinois has brought in plenty of freshmen who go on to have big first years with …

The offseason up to this point for head coach Jon Scheyer and the rest of the Duke basketball program has been an overwhelming success. Duke has brought back four of its top six scorers in Patrick Ngongba, Caleb Foster, Cayden Boozer, and Dame Sarr. Redshirt freshman Sebastian Wilkins is also back with the program. Scheyer and Co. are also bringing …

The seemingly inevitable change that absolutely nobody wants appears to be coming in 2027. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments to 76 teams. The expansion is on track to be formalized in the upcoming weeks, and the new 76-team tournament formats will begin next year. …

The First Four in Dayton is now but quaint memory as we careen head-on into the brand new Mediocrity Mega Mania era, a sprawling NIT Lite of a play-in to the NCAA tournament that will include not eight but 24 teams. You didn’t ask for it, and baby, you got it. This is the result of the NCAA’s impending decision …

Tyler Perkins making All-Big 5 First Team feels like something Villanova fans have seen before. For those who value every box out and contested rebound at the Finn, seeing a gritty 6-foot-4 guard earn top honors in the city is a familiar sight. Ten years ago, Josh Hart used a junior season on the All-Big 5 First Team as the …

By hiring Michael Malone as their men’s basketball coach, the North Carolina Tar Heels hope they can return to college basketball glory. UNC will carry another, largely new-look roster into the 2026-27 season though Jarin Stevenson and Jaydon Young are among the notable returning players. North Carolina landed a couple high-profile transfers, including score-first guard Terrence Brown, who averaged nearly …

With the transfer portal mostly settled, it’s time to start assessing rosters for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season. In the Big Ten, several teams majorly reconstructed their rosters in the past few weeks. Who brought in the best haul from the 2026 version of the portal? Here’s our subjective rankings of the top five transfer portal classes in the Big …