College Basketball

While the NBA playoffs continue to dominate headlines this spring, former NBA stars are continuing to reshape college basketball behind the scenes. NIL opportunities, transfer portal movement and growing financial investments have changed the landscape of the sport, and schools are increasingly looking for recognizable basketball names to help build programs in a new era. That trend added another major …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer always seeks to give his guys a tough non-conference schedule to best prepare them for postseason action. The 2026-27 campaign will be no different, as the Blue Devils have several marquee matchups on the slate thanks to Duke’s groundbreaking broadcast deal with Amazon, which allows the streaming service to exclusively broadcast three neutral-site, non-conference …

The college basketball season may still be months away, but one of the biggest games of the entire 2026-27 schedule is already locked in. Fans hoping for an early-season blockbuster got exactly that on Tuesday when it was officially announced that the reigning national champion Michigan Wolverines and UConn Huskies will meet again in a national championship rematch on Nov. …

USC men’s basketball’s 2025-2026 season was an extremely disappointing one. However, the Trojans have significantly upgraded their roster this offseason, and have a lot of a hype surrounding them heading into next year. The start of the 2026-2027 season is still nearly six months away. On Tuesday, however, we found out USC’s Big Ten opponents for conference play next year. …

Morez Johnson Jr. speaks up on potential Michigan return during NBA Draft process appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Michigan basketball reached the top of the mountain last season, winning the national title at the end of a dominant March Madness. run. The talent on that Michigan team will get all of the …

Arkansas fans aren’t going to like what the numbers may be saying about Meleek Thomas right now. The freshman shooting guard who spent this past season quietly becoming one of the most productive players in the SEC didn’t suit up for scrimmages at the 2026 NBA Draft Combine this week in Chicago. Advertisement He went through the drills. He posted …

The NCAA added a 32nd game to the schedule for the 2026-27 season, including a 20-game Big Ten schedule. There will be 12 non-conference games and 20 conference games before the conference tournament starts March 9, 2027. We will not know the specific date and times for conference games until September, but this tracker will be updated as we gather …

The college basketball transfer portal is winding down, with nearly all of the country’s top players having committed or signed with the school of their choosing. A few holdouts remain — namely those who are currently testing the NBA Draft waters over the next few weeks — but the excitement of the portal season is now largely over. The focus …

After a Final Four season, Illinois basketball is scheduling a fellow college basketball contender for the next two seasons. The Illini have scheduled a home-and-home arrangement with Duke, beginning in the 2026-2027 college basketball season. Advertisement What we know Illinois athletics announced on Wednesday that it will play Duke on Nov. 17 in the 2026-2027 season. The Illini will travel …

2025-2026 Stats:39 games played (0 starts)178 points (4.6)62 rebounds (1.6)32 assists (0.8)13 steals (0.8)3 blocks (0.1)12 turnovers (0.3).401 field goal percentage.355 3-point percentage.861 free throw percentage 2025-2026 Awards / HonorsNo Awards or Honors Advertisement Season RetrospectiveIn his sophomore season, Gicarri Harris was on a list of players for Purdue that the fans were hopeful to see meaningful progression. Although perhaps …

A promising season for the Duke Blue Devils ended with an Elite Eight heartbreaker against UConn and left some fans calling for head coach Jon Scheyer to get the boot. But rather than give him the ax, Duke is giving Scheyer something different: An absolutely loaded non-conference schedule. According to college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, Duke has added a home-and-home …

Illinois basketball guard Andrej Stojakovic announced in April that he’d be returning to the Illini. That enthralled the fan base. One of the best offensive playmakers in college basketball would be wearing orange and blue after helping the team to its first Final Four appearance in 21 years. Advertisement Then, he also declared for the 2026 NBA Draft. This means …

Roster retention was a key goal of Lisa Fortier and the Gonzaga women’s basketball program this offseason, with only one player from last year’s NCAA Tournament team – Ines Bettencourt – running out of eligibility. The Zags managed to keep 10 critical players from last season – including WCC Player of the Year Lauren Whittaker, All-Conference guard Allie Turner, and …

Brad Underwood continues to schedule aggressively for the Illini, and the latest marquee matchup announced is a home-and-home series with the Duke Blue Devils. Illinois will travel to Durham for the first game of the series on Nov. 17, while Duke will make the return trip to Champaign on Dec. 4, 2027. The Illini are now set to face Duke, …

In a surprising decision, German combo guard Jack Kayil with Alba Berlin told Draft Express’s Jonathan Givony that he’s staying in the 2026 NBA Draft. Technically, international players have until June 13 to withdraw, so his announcement coming much earlier than that makes one think this is a done deal. Currently, ESPN ranks Kayil as the No. 61 best available …

The Illini are headed to North Carolina this season. Illinois basketball announced Wednesday that it will play Duke on Nov. 17 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils will come to Champaign in December 2027. Duke and Illinois have matched up just twice this decade, most recently during the 2024-25 season. It was a game to forget for the Illini, …

In Year 2 of the Ben McCollum era, Iowa is looking to take a step forward. Yes, the Hawkeyes did just make a run to the Elite Eight, but they left much to be desired in the regular season – especially during Big Ten play. Iowa wound up finishing squarely in the middle of the pack, completing the 2025-26 season …

Illinois basketball to host Duke for first time ever as part of home-and-home appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Illinois basketball program is looking to turn the page to the 2026-27 season after a highly successful 2025-26 campaign that saw the Fighting Illini make it all the way to the Final Four …

The Duke Blue Devils continue to seek roster improvement through the transfer portal. So far, Jon Scheyer and his staff have landed three commitments. The group currently ranks 52nd in the nation with an average transfer rating of 93, per Rivals. While guard John Blackwell (Wisconsin Badgers) is viewed as the biggest splash so far, forward Drew Scharnowski (Belmont Bruins) …

Over the past few seasons, the Duke Blue Devils have been the cream of the crop in the ACC. The Blue Devils have a combined 36-2 record in league play over the last two seasons and have taken home both the ACC regular season and tournament titles in each of the last two campaigns. Duke has won three ACC Tournament …

More details are emerging about how Duke pulled off its landmark deal with Amazon, with ACC commissioner Jim Phillips shedding new light on the arrangement Wednesday. “ESPN was in every one of the conversations,” Phillips said. “To Duke’s credit, they came up with something creative and brought it to ESPN and us. Where it finished and where it started wasn’t …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer has done it again. Scheyer always aims to give his guys a daunting non-conference slate in order to best prepare them for the postseason. In 2025-26, the Blue Devils boasted what was likely the best resume in college basketball last season, compiling a 19-3 record in Quadrant 1 games. Mar 29, 2026; Washington, DC, …

One of Iowa women’s basketball’s fan favorites has a new coaching gig. Molly Davis was introduced as a new assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky in the Atlantic Sun Conference last week. Eastern Kentucky was the ASUN regular-season champion last season and earned a WBIT invite. The Colonels finished the 2025-26 campaign 25-9 (15-3 ASUN). Advertisement Davis arrives in Richmond, Ky., …

Michael Malone, UNC whiff on 2.6 blocks per game defensive star in transfer portal originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Earlier this month, Michael Malone and North Carolina received a massive frontcourt boost after losing Henri Veesar to the NBA Draft, landing 7-foot international star Sayon Keita. Advertisement The …

Duke has shown in the past that it isn’t afraid to schedule some of the top teams in college basketball to prepare for the NCAA Tournament. For Jon Scheyer’s Blue Devils, that will be the case again next season as they have added yet another marquee matchup against Illinois. The two schools have agreed to a home-and-home series beginning this …