College Basketball

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Iowa State Cyclones fans were certainly excited when they heard that Milan Momcilovic had officially withdrawn from the 2026 NBA Draft and would be returning to school.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. …

The ACC released conference opponents for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season on Thursday, giving Clemson its first look at next year’s league slate. Clemson will play Georgia Tech home and away as its designated rival matchup, while Florida State will also appear twice on the schedule as the Tigers’ rotating repeat opponent. Advertisement At home, Clemson is set to host …

All eyes in the college basketball world were on former Iowa State Cyclones star Milan Momcilovic on Wednesday after he made the decision to withdraw his name from the NBA draft and officially enter the transfer portal. Several programs were rumored to be interested in the sharpshooting forward, but according to basketball insider Adam Zagoria, Momcilovic is now down to …

St. John’s men’s basketball has been reborn since hiring head coach Rick Pitino, but the college legend doesn’t have many years left leading the program. Pitino will turn 74 years old before the 2026-27 regular season, making him the oldest power conference coach in America by a couple years over Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, Tennessee’s Rick Barnes, and Houston’s Kelvin …

Purdue men’s basketball’s nonconference schedule has almost completely come into focus before the end of May. The full benefit of the games announced Thursday will not be known until later this winter. Typically, the depth of competition the Boilermakers bring to Mackey Arena — and not merely in home-and-home series with major conference opponents or special events — pays off …

The 2026-27 college basketball season is still months away, but with most rosters taking shape, some of the top programs in the country are already generating serious buzz. Most teams have just a handful of roster spots remaining after hitting the transfer portal hard this offseason, and now that the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline has come and gone, much of …

Jalen Rose is never one to miss an opportunity to defend Michigan basketball — especially when Tom Izzo is sitting nearby. During an appearance this week at the Mackinac Policy Conference alongside Dusty May and Izzo, the Michigan legend took a playful but pointed jab at Michigan State while celebrating the Wolverines’ 2026 national championship season. Advertisement “I just need …

My article prologues are running out as BYU continues its search for a starting caliber big man. The latest miss was Croatian Center Michael Ruzic, who went to LSU in a massive money deal. BYU offered Ruzic millions of dollars, but it didn’t match LSU’s offer. I tend to not throw out numbers I hear publicly, but the number I …