College Basketball

Iowa is reloading coming off of its Elite 8 appearance in Year 1 under Ben McCollum, and the Hawkeyes have picked up another key addition in Illinois State transfer guard Ty’Reek Coleman. The Aurora (Ill.) native is coming off a standout freshman season for the Redbirds and chose the Hawkeyes over Nebraska and a host of other programs. In his …

A pair of former Michigan basketball players are on the move to another Big Ten team. Shooting guard Winters Grady and center Malick Kordel have both transferred to Minnesota, according to reports. Grady shared the news on social media, one day after he took a visit to Minneapolis and posted photos in Golden Gophers gear at Williams Arena. Advertisement The …

A pair of former Michigan basketball players are on the move to another Big Ten team. Shooting guard Winters Grady and center Malick Kordel have both transferred to Minnesota, according to reports. Grady shared the news on social media, one day after he took a visit to Minneapolis and posted photos in Golden Gophers gear at Williams Arena. Advertisement The …

Wisconsin forward Aleksas Bieliauskas has committed to South Carolina out of the NCAA transfer portal, per DraftExpress’ Jonathan Givony. He spent just one season with the Badgers. He’ll be looking to help revitalize a South Carolina program that has fallen on hard times in recent years under coach Lamont Paris. Paris, interestingly enough, also has ties to Wisconsin as a …

Since Jasper Johnson first entered the transfer portal, we’ve seen several schools pick up steam with the former Kentucky Basketball guard. Alabama, Arkansas, and even Missouri were all thought to be the leader at one point or another, but now, it appears a non-SEC school has jumped into the lead. Advertisement On Friday, Larry Vaught reported that he believed Oregon, …

It’s been an eventful recruiting week for BYU. The Cougars have had 8 players enter the transfer portal since it opened April 7. One of those players, Rob Wright, has withdrawn and will return to BYU for his junior year. Rob’s decision is the biggest news for BYU this offseason. Rob is one of the best point guards in college …

Maryland men’s basketball head coach Buzz Williams has focused on bringing more experienced size to his 2026 roster, and he has done so with the signing of Maban Jabriel. This won’t be a traditional big, though — Jabriel, who spent his first two seasons at Queens University (North Carolina), is an incredibly unique player. The Canadian stands at 6-foot-9 and …

Florida State’s pursuit of one of the transfer portal’s most coveted front-court pieces has entered the final stretch. Colorado forward Sebastian Rancik has narrowed his recruitment to Florida State and Kentucky, with Luke Loucks’ staff emerging as a finalist after hosting the 6-foot-11 sophomore on an official visit earlier this week, according to Warchant’s Matt LaSerre. The decision represents a …

Utah transfer Terrence Brown is one of the best players in the transfer portal and someone the Kentucky Wildcats were hoping to get on campus for a visit this weekend. That won’t be happening, as the standout point guard has postponed his visit due to a family matter, according to KSR’s Jacob Polacheck. The trip could be rescheduled but is …

Zavier Zens, a three-star high school prospect from Wisconsin, has committed to Illinois, per his X account. Zens is ranked as the 237th-best player in the class of 2026 according to 247Sports Composite rankings. Despite being named Mr. Basketball in the state of Wisconsin, Zens is rated as just the third-best player in the state. Advertisement A cousin of NBA …

TCU men’s basketball continues to scout talent at the JUCO level, gaining a commitment from State Fair Community College shooting guard Gavin Murphy. Murphy, who started his collegiate career at Ole Miss before playing two seasons at the JUCO level, averaged 10.8 points per game on 50% shooting, 48% shooting from the 3-point line and 87% shooting from the free-throw …

Three-point shooting is a major remaining need for the Texas Longhorns in the NCAA transfer portal that head coach Sean Miller and his staff are attempting to address by setting up a visit from UC Irvine Anteaters transfer guard Jurian Dixon. To get Dixon on the Forty Acres next week, his portal recruitment will have to last past a two-day …

When Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic entered the transfer portal, it sent a major shockwave across the college basketball landscape, as he’s now widely regarded as one of the best players available, if not the outright No. 1 player in the portal. Well, technically he’s available, but Momcilovic is testing the 2026 NBA Draft waters and is believed to be …

The complete overhaul of the Washington State men’s basketball roster has officially kicked off this week. David Riley and his staff have so far brought in five new players from the transfer portal this week. Starting with point guard Lazerek Houston who arrives to the Palouse via Central Missouri, a division II school. Houston, who will be entering his sophomore …

The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball program officially welcomed George Washington guard Trey Autry to the team on April 17. In a post on social media, the team included a quote from longtime head coach Greg Gard after he secured his first transfer of the offseason. Advertisement “We are very excited to have Trey coming to Wisconsin,” Gard said. “He brings …

The Illinois Fighting Illini reached the Final Four of the 2026 men’s NCAA tournament for the first time since 2005. Illinois ended up losing a tight game to the UConn Huskies before Michigan cut down the nets in the national championship game. Most programs as successful as Illinois was this past season are scrambling right now to replace the loss …

The hunt for a guard via the transfer portal remains ongoing for the Iowa Hawkeyes, who are trying to fill the void left by Bennett Stirtz. While Iowa has been tied to many different guards, none of them have come to fruition quite yet. The latest transfer portal that the Iowa Hawkeyes and head coach Ben McCollum are tied to …

Tennessee basketball on verge of landing $3M top transfer scorer over North Carolina, Michigan originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball and head coach Rick Barnes are on an absolute heater right now when it comes to bringing in talent for next season. With increased NIL …

And there you have it: only Tyler Perkins and Matt Hodge remain from this past season, which was the case before Kevin Willard arrived. Malachi Palmer had a good first (and seemingly only) season on the Main Line, as well as stepping up admirably in the place of the injured Hodge. The 6’6” sophomore averaged 4.6 points and 1.7 rebounds …

We know that Week 0 of the college football season has become synonymous with taking the sport international, as the Aer Lingus Classic from Dublin, Ireland, signifies the start of the season. College basketball is now getting into the overseason action. In the first game of its kind, college basketball will see two teams, Notre Dame and Villanova, both the …

Notre Dame and Villanova will play a men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader to open the season in Rome, Italy, a matchup the Catholic schools are promoting as a chance to celebrate their shared mission and heritage. The jointly hosted event scheduled for Nov. 1 will include “special programming that brings together academics, athletics and spirituality,” Villanova said in its announcement. …

With guard depth remaining a need for the Texas Longhorns in the NCAA transfer portal, head coach Sean Miller’s program landed a commitment from Tennessee Volunteers transfer guard Amari Evans on Friday after buzz began to build between Evans and the Longhorns on Thursday. The 6’5, 220-pounder with a 6’10 wingspan has three seasons of eligibility remaining after signing with …

There has been a flurry of activity in the college basketball transfer portal late this week. Here are some updates on local players: K.J. Windham The 6-3 Windham, a state champion at Ben Davis and 2024 Indiana All-Star, committed to James Madison on Thursday. He averaged 5.6 points and 2.0 assists in 29 games as a freshman at Northwestern. Windham …

The date for the annual Marquette-Wisconsin men’s basketball game has been set. The 2026-27 renewal of the in-state basketball rivalry will be on Saturday, Dec. 5 in Milwaukee, according to the game contract the Journal Sentinel obtained via an open records request. Advertisement The contract does not dictate a time or TV assignment. As a Marquette home game, MU has …

Chestnut Hill just received a deposit that they hope will pay dividends next fall. Money Williams’ transfer portal process ends with a commitment to Boston College. The guard spent his first three college seasons at Montana, where he was a two-time All-Big Sky selection. His best work came as a junior, when he averaged over 20 points per game. Advertisement …