College Basketball

Is Johnny Dawkins building the next Big 12 powerhouse? Master P visits UCF, could be next GM originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Johnny Dawkins has spent the last ten years as head coach of the UCF Knights basketball program and his hard work is starting to pay off. …

Duke’s UConn nightmare has continued into the transfer portal. The Blue Devils’ Nikolas Khamenia announced on social media Saturday that he’s transferring to the fellow blue blood program, simply stating “committed” alongside him in a Huskies uniform. Advertisement The rising sophomore averaged 5.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, and one assist per game on 44.4 percent from the floor and 34 percent …

The early April weeks were harrowing for Northwestern basketball. Tyler Kropp and Tre Singleton, two of the best recruits in Wildcat basketball history, entered the transfer portal. It was a difficult pill to swallow, as NU’s future hopes were basically dependent on Singleton and Kropp’s development in Evanston. Advertisement So, what was next for Northwestern? It started with the transfer …

After securing the talents of rising sophomore guard Ty’Reek Coleman through the transfer portal on April 17, Iowa basketball has its second commitment in as many days by landing former Saint Mary’s center Andrew McKeever. The towering 7-foot-3, 275-pounder from Livermore, Calif., averaged 8.2 points on 50% of his field goal attempts and shot 62.8% from the free throw line, …

After a stellar freshman season that included NCAA Tournament heroics that will make him a legend in March Madness lore, UConn shooting guard Braylon Mullins has a big decision to make on his future. That decision is now in. Speaking to The Field of 68, Mullins announced that he will be returning to UConn for his sophomore college season rather …

Kentucky Basketball could be closing in on a major addition to its frontcourt, according to KSR’s Matt Jones. Jones posted on Twitter that “Kentucky will have (absent a major change) either Freeman or Rancik by tomorrow,” while also noting the Wildcats still need to add another shooter and another big to round out the roster. Advertisement One of the top …

In a sign of the increased compensation infiltrating college basketball, a significant prospect has passed on the NBA Draft to stay in college for the first time in a few years. UConn freshman Braylon Mullins — a potential lottery pick in the 2026 NBA Draft — passed on the NBA for a year and will return for his sophomore season …

Former Indiana Mr. Basketball and Greenfield-Central High School star Braylon Mullins will return to UConn for his sophomore season, his father, Josh Mullins, confirmed to IndyStar. The 6-6 freshman averaged 12.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, shot 33.5% on 3s and hit the game-winning shot against Duke to send UConn to the Final Four in Indianapolis. Advertisement Mullins has been projected as …

Braylon Mullins arguably had the one shining moment of the 2026 NCAA tournament. He’ll return to UConn for an opportunity to earn some more next season. Mullins has decided not to declare for the NBA Draft and will stick with the Huskies for his sophomore season, he announced via Instagram on Saturday. Mullins’ father also confirmed his son is returning …

Wisconsin men’s basketball has added a sharpshooting wing via the transfer portal. Miami (Ohio) transfer Eian Elmer has signed with the Badgers, the team announced April 18. The 6-foot-7 wing will join UW with one year of eligibility remaining. Advertisement Elmer averaged a career-high 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 49.8% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range …

The Kentucky Wildcats have now landed a pair of transfer portal commitments in Zoom Diallo and Alex Wilkins, but both of those guys are backcourt players. When it comes to the frontcourt, Kentucky has a lot of work to be done, as Malachi Moreno is set to be the only returning player who logged significant minutes last season. Advertisement On …

The Wisconsin Badgers had been relatively quiet over the first week of the transfer portal as they looked to see who would be available and what players best fit their system. Well, a couple of those dominoes are starting to fall, and the biggest one was announced on Saturday afternoon, as Miami (OH) transfer guard Eian Elmer has committed to …

Rising sophomore Braylon Mullins announced Saturday night that he will return to UConn for his sophomore season. Mullins, who flashed elite shotmaking skills all season and hit one of the most iconic shots in NCAA tournament history to lift the Huskies past Duke, is likely eschewing a first round selection in this year’s NBA Draft for another shot at an …

Michael Malone, UNC retain former top-50 guard out of the transfer portal originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Another UNC Tar Heels player has withdrawn from the transfer portal. After Jaydon Young decided to return to Chapel Hill, Isaiah Denis wasn’t far behind him.The 6-foot-5, 180-pound combo guard announced …

Dana Altman might not have been able to secure commits from two talented guards who recently visited, but he did pick up a former top prospect. Kentucky transfer guard Jasper Johnson announced his commitment to the Oregon Ducks on Saturday. Johnson was the No. 25 prospect in the 2025 class, per Rivals Industry Ranking, and is another combo guard the …

Duke Basketball receives good news in transfer portal battle for top-5 player originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Duke Blue Devils haven’t made a lot of noise in the transfer portal during this cycle. But there have been clear targets for Jon Scheyer and his staff over the …

With graduations and outgoing transfers, the UNC men’s basketball team needs to reshape its backcourt for the 2026-27 season. North Carolina received some good news earlier Saturday, with freshman guard Isaiah Denis withdrawing himself from the transfer portal. The Tar Heels are also awaiting decisions from a few key targets, most notably Terrence Brown and Juke Harris. Advertisement On Saturday, …

Former Furman guard Alex Wilkins has committed to Kentucky, On3’s Joe Tipton reports. The transfer guard will have three years of eligibility remaining after a breakout freshman campaign. The 6-foot-5 guard averaged 17.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists in 35 starts for Furman during the 2025-26 season. He did so while shooting 46-percent from the field and just under …

Mark Pope is working overtime to piece together a Kentucky Basketball roster that currently looks alarmingly bare. With only Zoom Diallo, Reece Potter, Kam Williams, and Trent Noah officially locked in for next season, and Malachi Moreno exploring the draft while Braydon Hawthorne’s status remains unofficial (he told the Herald-Leader he’d be back a month ago, but no announcement from …

Dan Hurley has another impact transfer from the portal, as the Huskies have landed Nikolas Khamenia from Duke. Khamenia, a 6-foot-8 forward, was the No. 19 recruit in the country per 247Sports composite rankings before joining Duke last season. Like his future teammate Najai Hines, Khamenia is a rising sophomore and has three years of eligibility remaining. Khamenia averaged 5.7 …

It hasn’t been a program-shattering transfer portal season so far for the UCLA Bruins but Mick Cronin has now added four players, after news broke that Azavier Robinson was committing to UCLA on Saturday. UCLA’s 2025-2026 group had a few flashes of greatness but there was plenty of frustration mixed in, as the Bruins finished the year 24-12 with another …

The UCLA Bruins have yet to go big game hunting this year in the transfer portal but Mick Cronin and the Bruins added another recruit with guard Azavier Robinson out of Butler committing to UCLA early Saturday morning. Robinson just finished off his freshman season with the Butler Bulldogs, where he averaged 6.1 points and 2.5 assists. Robinson is the …

Kentucky transfer guard Jasper Johnson has committed to Oregon. He announced the news on Saturday. In his freshman season at Kentucky, Johnson averaged 4.9 points, 1.6 assists, and 1.1 rebounds in 35 games off the bench. The Lexington native, who was a four-star recruit, originally committed to Kentucky over Alabama and North Carolina. Advertisement Although Johnson entered his freshman campaign …

The Wisconsin Badgers got some surprising news earlier this offseason, as starting freshman forward/center Aleksas Bieliauskas announced he’d enter the transfer portal. It was unexpected, as the Badgers wanted Bieliauskas back in the fold to have a strong frontcourt in 2026 with Nolan Winter, Austin Rapp, and Will Garlock, but unfortunately, the financials couldn’t match, and the freshman elected to …

The Wisconsin Badgers have their second addition in the transfer portal, and it’s a big one (literally): Hofstra transfer center Victory Onetu. Onetu, a junior this past season, spent his first year of college basketball at Hofstra, averaging 4.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks on 17.9 minutes per game. Playing in all 35 contests, he made 17 starts. Advertisement …