College Basketball

Even though Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs don’t have a complete roster, last week’s transfer portal additions have the national media back on board. Gonzaga climbed three spots – from No. 14 to No. 11 – in Gary Parrish’s updated college basketball rankings at CBS, which were published on Monday. The Zags jumped over Iowa State (12), Houston (13), …

The Duke Blue Devils will face arguably the most difficult non-conference schedule of any team in college basketball next season. Head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff assembled a slew of premier opponents for their club to face early in the season, which is fantastic for the program’s growth as a unit and for college basketball fans. Mar 27, 2026; …

The average minutes played by Zvonimir Ivisic in each of his three seasons of college hoops: 11.7, 19.1 and 17.2, respectively. That second season – which he spent at Arkansas – saw him start 19 games. Even then, he cracked the 30-minute mark just four times. Ivisic also started four games for the Illini a season ago, surpassing 25 minutes …

The flurry of roster moves for Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs continued on Monday, although this time it wasn’t a new transfer portal addition…exactly. Skylar Wicks, who committed to the Zags back in late June, had his eligibility waiver approved by the NCAA for the upcoming 2026-27 season – according to Dushawn London of 247Sports. Advertisement Gonzaga has not …

Last month, Dovydas Buika committed to BYU. There is a lot to like about the guard/wing from Lithuania. He has a versatile skill set that makes him capable of playing multiple positions, something that caught Kevin Young’s eye. Let’s take a deeper look at Buika’s game. Advertisement Player Profile Buika has a strong basketball IQ with a good feel for …

Kentucky’s Mark Pope drops eye-opening truth bomb on NBA prospect appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Kentucky Wildcats are coming off a decent season last year in which they went 22-14 and advanced to the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament. It was Kentucky’s second year under head coach Mark Pope, …

Surprisingly, according to 247Sports’ Dushawn London, Gonzaga Bulldogs commit Skylar Wicks has been granted a waiver from the NCAA for an additional year and his final season of college basketball eligibility. The 6-6 Saint Francis Red Wolves hybrid wing transfer since early July will now officially suit up for the Zags for the 2026-27 season, having received the approval on …

Kansas State basketball once again saw its name receive acclaim for the upcoming CBB season. And once again, it’s to a former player on his new team. CBS Sports did its top 25 postseason rankings, lauding former Wildcats’ forward Taj Manning as a piece that will help Iowa State next season. The popular news outlet ranked the Cyclones No. 12 on …

Mark Pope and Kentucky Basketball began pursuing Michigan State fifth-year transfer Jaxon Kohler on August 1, following the news of the class of 2022’s updated eligibility and fifth-year option. When Jon Rothstein broke the news that Kentucky was, in fact, targeting Kohler, a couple of other schools were mentioned as contenders for the sought-after forward transfer. The schools mentioned on …

North Carolina basketball is taking full advantage of its preseason opportunities in 2026. The Tar Heels will face USC in an exhibition game on Friday, October 9, at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, giving Michael Malone’s team a second high-major opponent before the regular season even begins. The newly announced “Preseason Premiere” will tip at 7 p.m., with tickets scheduled …

We were talking about Duke’s win over Texas Tech in the 2022 NCAA tournament recently, and how tough that game was. As you may remember, the Red Raiders had a 33-29 lead at the half, and their no-middle defense was very challenging. Advertisement Things changed in the second half. Duke shot 71% in the second half, outscoring Texas Tech 49-40, …

The Duke basketball program released its full non-conference schedule for the 2026-27 college basketball season last week, and it is a gauntlet of a slate. We have spent a lot of time discussing the slew of premier opponents the Blue Devils will go up against early in the regular season, with a couple of matchups having the potential to be …

The Field of 68 is reviving college basketball’s opening-day 24-hour marathon, nearly a decade after ESPN discontinued the event; ESPN launched the format in 2008, running 14 games across five time zones in its debut year and continuing the tradition for nine seasons before ending it in 2017. ESPN spokesperson Josh Krulewitz said at the time that the marathon presented …

The 2026 football season is rapidly approaching and, no surprise, the Duke Blue Devils are receiving little to no respect in preseason polls and articles. The ACC media preseason poll predicts Duke will finish 10th out of 17 teams. ESPN analytics predict Duke will win only five of 12 games. It is time for our Blue Devils to outperform the …

With the NCAA’s recent federal court injunctions creating additional eligibility for countless players around the country, schools are getting a chance at a “second” offseason with transfers who weren’t previously thought to be available. Kansas is one of several programs looking to make another addition to round out the 2026-27 roster. On Monday, the Jayhawks were linked to yet another …

Prepare to alter your sleep schedule, college basketball fans. If you stay up late for Game 7 of the World Series on Halloween night, then wake up early to watch Notre Dame and Villanova open the season at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on Sunday, Nov. 1, you should prepare to spend your football Sunday in a siesta. That’s because the Field …

The Duke basketball program returned three starters from a team that won the ACC regular-season and tournament titles, earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, and made the Elite Eight. All three of those starters, Dame Sarr, Caleb Foster, and Patrick Ngongba, were massive retentions. Not only did head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff get rotation …

If there’s one thing that Mick Cronin and UCLA basketball do well, it’s taking care of the basketball. Looking ahead to the 2026-2027 UCLA basketball season, I asked myself, what has UCLA done well, and what can it improve upon? From there, I found an answer in the same vein as the game. When plotting steals versus turnovers, nearly the …

Florida basketball stayed on top of the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 rankings on Monday, following updates made after the court ruling that granted Class of 2022 players a fifth year of eligibility. That same ruling ended the question of whether Florida would get Denzel Aberdeen back or not. The Kentucky transfer guard who spent his first three seasons …

UCLA basketball has not been what it once was, to say the least. In the past three seasons, the Bruins have finished the year with fewer than 25 wins and have not advanced past the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In fact, most Bruin fans are still holding on to that Final Four run in 2021. With the status …

Ahead of the 2026-27 season, we will compare Virginia’s starting lineup with the rest of the ACC. The Cavalier starters have yet to be finalized, but four of the five are essentially locks to take the floor first (Chance Mallory, Sam Lewis, Thijs De Ridder and Johann Grunloh). The five on five series begins with Duke, which beat Virginia in …

Big Blue Nation is very excited to see this year’s Kentucky basketball team take the floor when November rolls around, and it sounds like the Wildcats had a really good summer camp. The summer has come to an end for Pope and the Wildcats, and for the most part, Coach Pope is happy. There are some areas where this Kentucky …

The American Volleyball Coaches Association released its preseason rankings on Monday and Florida volleyball will open the season ranked No. 17 in the AVCA/TARAFLEX Preseason Top-25 poll. That makes it 36 straight years that the Gators have been included in the preseason poll. It also represents the seventh-straight preseason top-25 appearance for head coach Ryan Theis during his head coaching …

Duke Brennan was a big part of Villanova last season as the Wildcats were able to return to the NCAA Tournament. The big man is now looking for a home for the upcoming season in his fifth year. Brennan has narrowed his list to five teams and they all bring different fits. Advertisement Brennan averaged 12.4 points and 10.3 rebounds …

The Arkansas basketball Bahamas tour was a success. We aren’t revising that fundamental assessment. The Razorbacks showed a lot of promise, flying across the court on defense and dominating at that end of the floor. They showed shotmaking ability, balance, versatility, depth, and tenacity. Their young players began to grow up. Scorers showed they could pass the ball and facilitate …