College Basketball

One of Virginia’s intriguing road games is a visit to Clemson – the first since the 2023-24 season. The Tigers finished fifth in the ACC last season, ahead of Louisville, NC State and others. Clemson has the talent to win on any given night. However, Virginia’s personnel present several problems for the Tigers. Advertisement PG: Chance Mallory (So.) versus Zac …

Ohio State’s full non-conference schedule has been announced, complete with five high-major opponents. Before the season opener on Nov. 2 against BYU, the Buckeyes will play two exhibition games-Cincinnati at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Oct. 7 and Butler at home on Oct. 25. Here are the three most important non-conference games on Ohio State’s schedule, ranked by importance. …

Amidst a tumultuous offseason of roster-building chaos, Mark Few and the Gonzaga coaching staff have also been putting together the program’s first non-conference schedule as members of the Pac-12. With the Pac-12 regular season set to consist of 16 games, Gonzaga has up to 16 non-conference matchups – and as many as four exhibitions – they are allowed to schedule …

The Oklahoma Sooners may have scored one of the biggest steals in the transfer portal. According to 247Sports, Duke Brennan committed to the Oklahoma Sooners following a Colorado injunction granting an extra year of eligibility to athletes from the high school class of 2022.  This is beyond exciting news for Sooner basketball fans after Tae Davis decided to enter the …

Former Michigan State basketball star forward Jaxon Kohler is expected to meet with a pair of top tier programs on Wednesday. According to a report from college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, Kohler met with Kentucky via a Zoom call earlier in the day and is expected to meet with BYU in the evening. Both Kentucky and BYU are considered the …

A former Michigan State Spartans point guard has been in touch with a number of schools as he looks for a new team to complete his college career. Former Spartans point guard Tre Holloman has reportedly received interest from a number of schools since entering the transfer portal. Holloman is one of many players that are pursuing a fifth year …

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Atlantic Coast Conference rivals North Carolina and N.C. State will meet in a nonconference men’s basketball game in Greensboro on Dec. 15. The schools on Wednesday announced the scheduling of the neutral site Tobacco Road Classic several months after the ACC reduced its conference slate from 20 to 18 games. That, along with more teams as …

Illinois basketball boasted one of the biggest and most imposing front lines in college basketball last year and is bringing back another star-studded roster for a run at the national championship.  The Fighting Illini have become one of the most physical teams in the Big Ten, and the nation, and coach Brad Underwood hopes to keep it that way for …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs haven’t had the best luck with international recruits in the year 2026. Not only did the team lose starting point guard Mario Saint-Supery, who returned to Spain in mid-July, but they also missed out on German guard Jack Kayil – who opted to stay in the NBA draft process – and have commitments from …

UConn men’sbasketball team will be battle-tested by the time it meets Ohio State in the2026-27 season, having already faced defending champion Michigan. And the Buckeyeswill come into the game having played Youngstown State and Marshall, two teams thatthey have played to an 8-0 combined record. Advertisement UConn and OhioState announced Wednesday that their previously announced home-and-home series willbegin on Nov. …

Rutgers Athletics has announced the full non-conference schedule for Men’s and Women’s basketball for one of the most intriguing seasons for both of them in recent memory. On the Men’s side, head coach Steve Pikiell needs to show signs that he is still the guy who can right the ship after a few disappointing seasons over the last couple of …

Dash Lovell: “Yeah, they’re going to figure it out directly. But individually, it’s about trying to develop what you need. When we talk about flying around and shooting, it’s basketball. It doesn’t matter who you play with. You’re going to have to make a catch-and-shoot jump shot. Now that he has guys like Bron, those guys are going to draw …

Oklahoma has added another major piece to their roster ahead of the 2026-27 college basketball season. Villanova transfer center Duke Brennan has committed to the Sooners, giving Porter Moser one of the top remaining big men available in the transfer portal, On3’s Joe Tipton reports. Brennan recently received another year of eligibility, and he quickly became a player to watch …

How LeBron’s son Bryce James played in Arizona’s loss to Lithuania originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball team lost 99-88 to Lithuania’s national ‘B’ team on Wednesday. The first game of an international exhibition tour for Tommy Lloyd’s team featured Bryce James coming off …

In the first leg of its Lithuania tour, Arizona’s youth, inexperience and lack of cohesion showed itself in a 99-88 loss to the Lithuania ‘B’ Team on Wednesday morning. A slow first half proved to be the difference with the Wildcats only scoring 37 points by halftime. Arizona turned its performance around in the second half and got the deficit …

BYU senior big man Keba Keita plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, a source told On3. Keita was part of a California lawsuit that granted 73 student-athletes a temporary restraining order against the NCAA, effectively giving them a fifth year of eligibility. The lawsuit allows Keita to enter the transfer portal outside of the normal window (April). He now …

The Oklahoma Sooners and Porter Moser added another big-time talent to the roster this week after bringing on B.J. Edwards from SMU. This time, the Sooners went to the Big East and snagged a commitment from Villanova transfer big man Duke Brennan. At Oklahoma, Brennan will be at his fourth school, having started his career at Arizona State. The Chandler, …

Duke has come close to winning its sixth national title in program history over the past two seasons, losing in the Final Four in 2025 before dropping a heartbreaker to UConn this past season, despite being named the top overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. If Joe Lurandi’s NCAA Bracketology is right, Jon Scheyer and the Blue Devils will have …

Each day summer passes by, we inch closer to college basketball season. Tar Heel Nation is bursting with excitement for Michael Malone’s first year as head coach, hoping his successful 12 years as an NBA boss translate smoothly to the collegiate game. North Carolina doesn’t have its full 2026-27 schedule yet, but continues to tease fans by announcing non-conference matchups. …

Duke Brennan, Villanova’s double-double machine from a year ago, will not be returning to the Main Line in his fifth season. Brennan chose Oklahoma over Villanova, Oregon, Ole Miss and USC. While it would have been nice to see “Big Duke” back in the white and blue, it was unlikely to happen with the Luigi Suigo and Kwame Evans Jr. …

Oklahoma has added another major piece to their roster ahead of the 2026-27 college basketball season. Villanova transfer center Duke Brennan has committed to the Sooners, giving Porter Moser one of the top remaining big men available in the transfer portal, On3’s Joe Tipton reports. Brennan recently received another year of eligibility, and he quickly became a player to watch …

After listening to University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley speak with Jon Rothstein of CBS on Wednesday, one thing became pretty clear to me. When it comes to the keys for the 2026-27 version of the Huskies, Hurley is counting on one word: “jump.” Advertisement Why? Because he’s expecting several players to take a “jump” forward. Speaking with …

The Duke Blue Devils will face several elite teams in the non-conference portion of their schedule this season. Head coach Jon Scheyer has made a grueling non-con slate a regularity for his teams since he took over in Durham. Duke will take on at least four teams with a high chance of being ranked inside the top 10 of the …

Both members of Indiana men’s basketball’s 2025-26 center rotation are back in college basketball with fifth years of eligibility. Just one will suit up for the Hoosiers again. Sam Alexis announced his return in the wake of the program’s international trip to Lima, for which he joined the roster to give the Hoosiers another option at the five. But Reed …

The Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team just added a player with experience via the transfer portal. Per Pete Nakos of On3, Columbia guard Kenny Noland has committed to Michigan. Noland started 28 games for Columbia last season, averaging 17.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists. Keegan Pope of On3 classifies Noland as a true combo guard. Noland shot 49.5 percent …