College Basketball

Call it the Rick Pitino effect. The NBA draft now matters for St. John’s. Access the St. John’s beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Zach Braziller about the inside buzz on St. John’s. Advertisement TRY IT NOW For the first time in the modern draft format, three Johnnies were selected. A …

BROOKLYN – Arkansas freshman shooting guard Meleek Thomas is the second of three Razorbacks off the board in the 2026 NBA Draft Tuesday night when he was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the No. 4 pick of the second round. He went into the Wednesday night projected as mid-to-late first round selection but slipped a few spots despite a …

Isaiah Evans had to wait a little longer than he originally expected to hear his name called in the 2026 NBA Draft. Mar 29, 2026; Washington, DC, USA; UConn Huskies guard Braylon Mullins (24) shoots the ball past Duke Blue Devils guard Isaiah Evans (3) in the second half during an Elite Eight game of the East Regional of the …

Moments after trading backup center Isaiah Stewart to the Memphis Grizzlies, the Pistons traded into the second round and selected college basketball’s premier shot blocker in Ugonna Onyenso of Virginia. It’s hard to get too excited by a player who lasts until the 53rd pick in the draft, but Onyenso has some eye-popping stats. Draft analyst Rich Stayman says, “Onyenso …

The ball left his hands at half-court just as the horn sounded. Six months of turf toe rehab and sophomore-slump whispers and quiet doubts about his ceiling — all of it compressed into a single, spiraling arc against the Santa Clara Broncos. Rupp Arena held its breath. Then the net moved. Advertisement That shot will live in Lexington for as …

Welcome to the NBA Henri Veesaar. With the 52nd pick in the second round, the Atlanta Hawks selected the former Tar Heel center and starting his NBA career. So what does Veesaar bring to the NBA? Strengths In today’s NBA there is nothing more valuable than a stretch four and despite playing the five at North Carolina, Veesaar should fit …

Who is Tyler Bilodeau? Meet the Nets’ newest draft pick from one of basketball’s most athletic families originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Brooklyn Nets added another intriguing frontcourt prospect in the 2026 NBA Draft by selecting former UCLA standout Tyler Bilodeau. Bilodeau arrives in Brooklyn after steadily …

Michigan State basketball did not need much in the transfer portal this offseason, and specifically only needed one addition at the center position. With that lone need, the Spartans landed on Charlotte transfer Anton Bonke. Bonke, a native of Vanuatu, will be coming to Michigan State after stops at Providence and Charlotte, is a 7-foot-2, 260-pound center that averaged 10.6 …

The UCLA Bruins men’s basketball team will get an early-season test against a perennial NCAA Tournament team this season. The Bruins released their matchups for the Rady Children’s Invitational, which will be held at Jenny Craig Pavilion at the University of San Diego on Nov. 26 and 27. Mar 22, 2026; Philadelphia, PA, USA; UCLA Bruins guard Skyy Clark (55) reacts …

A Hamilton County judge will decide whether to allow a fifth year of eligibility for some college athletes, including two who played on Xavier University’s men’s basketball team and two who hope to play this season for the University of Cincinnati. The four are among 15 college basketball players who are part of a lawsuit filed June 24, seeking to …

Cincinnati could be adding a 14th and 15th name to Jerrod Calhoun’s first roster in Clifton. On3’s Pete Nakos reported on Wednesday that pending UC addition MJ Collins is part of a 15-name lawsuit seeking an injunction to allow him and others to play amid the NCAA’s tentative approval of the five-year-to-play-five-seasons rule. Fellow 2025-26 Utah State teammate Kolby King …

After Ole Miss basketball’s Sweet 16 run in 2025, only two players from that squad remain on the roster. Since then, head coach Chris Beard has tried to replicate similar success by bringing in two talented transfer portal classes, ranked 26th in 2025 and 30th in 2026. Despite adding several transfers in 2025, the Rebels failed to identify a true …

Year one was full of ups and downs for Ross Hodge at West Virginia, which was to be expected given that he was the program’s fourth head coach in as many years and had to flip the entire roster in just a couple of months. Well before he and the Mountaineers ended their 2025-26 campaign with a win over the …

On Tuesday, the Division 1 Cabinet approved new eligibility rules. Student-athletes will have five years to play five seasons (with a few exceptions that impact BYU). The new rules can benefit a few notable BYU athletes. For those athletes that have not used their redshirt seasons, the new rules would grant them an extra year of eligibility. Many top athletes …

The upcoming 2026-27 season is the first in which the NCAA upped the maximum number of regular season games to 32. For Syracuse and the other 17 ACC teams, that means scheduling 14 non-conference games to pair with the 18 league match-ups, before the ACC Tournament is contested next season with a one-year move to Greensboro. Advertisement Through various reporting …

The college landscape has changed once again, this time for the better. On Tuesday, the NCAA Division I Cabinet unanimously approved a shift to a five-year eligibility model. The rules, however, will not allow those who have exhausted their final year of eligibility during the 2025-26 academic year to get an extra year, as you can see in the graphic …

There has been a lot of discussion surrounding the state of college basketball after Dusty May’s decision to leave Michigan for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Jay Bilas told Front Office Sports that the timing of May’s departure was less than ideal. May even spoke about the tumultuous state of college basketball to Jeff Goodman on The Field of 68 show …

Derrick White already has just added another line to his already impressive basketball resume. The Boston Celtics guard was named Colorado’s president of basketball strategy, where he will help mentor Buffaloes players and presumably help the program recruit players down the road by “inspiring future Buffaloes.” Advertisement White played his college basketball at Colorado as a senior, where he averaged …

We have released a few projected starting lineups for the 2026-27 Duke basketball program throughout the offseason, but some late additions could prompt changes. For the most part, the starting five is known. However, there are a few positions, namely point guard and power forward, that seem like the two most open position battles on the roster right now. Mar …

The 2026-27 Auburn men’s basketball roster is taking shape. On Tuesday, the Tigers officially signed one of the top international players in Lithuanian guard Mantas Rubstavicius. He is one of the final players to make up the group that Steven Pearl will be leading into the upcoming season. Rubstavicius is an extremely talented player who is a scoring threat in …

On Monday, it was reported that former Michigan head coach Dusty May was leaving Ann Arbor to take over as the next head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. It was later reported that the Mavericks were also heavily interested in Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer. The two sides even went so far as to hold a meeting, where Scheyer …

The second year of the Richard Pitino era at Xavier University will begin at Cintas Center on Monday, Nov. 2. According to a report from Rocco Miller, the Musketeers will open the 2026-27 campaign against Mount St. Mary’s. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Xavier finished 15-18 overall last season and went 12-6 at home. The Musketeers were 7-1 at Cintas Center during …

Yesterday, CBS Sports college basketball insider John Rothstein reported that Syracuse men’s basketball will face UConn in an exhibition game this October. The matchup is scheduled for October 13 at Mohegan Sun, approximately two weeks before the start of the regular season for both programs. Advertisement The announcement quickly generated excitement among fans, as it will provide Syracuse with an …

Indiana men’s basketball has not signed a center out of high school since Logan Duncomb committed to play for Archie Miller on April 7th, 2020. He appeared in 18 total games for Indiana over the course of two seasons, before transferring to Xavier, then Winthrop and finally Notre Dame. In that time, Indiana has had five different centers start. Trayce …

It’s Day 2 of the 2026 NBA Draft. The Sacramento Kings were active on Day 1, taking an anticipated franchise cornerstone prospect in Darius Acuff Jr. at No. 7 and pairing another shooter and winning role player with him at No. 29 in Alex Karaban, following a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers sending the No. 34 pick and a future …