College Basketball

NCAA Tournament expansion is here, and it’s raising a lot of questions. Chief among those is how the bracket will look, which affects the teams as well as the fans competing in pools across the country. The 76-team field goes into effect this upcoming season. It adds eight teams to the field we are familiar with, all of them playing …

It is always instructive when something bad happens to look back and figure out how in the world we got here. Today we wake to the mustache painted on the Mona Lisa: The beautifully perfect masterpiece of the NCAA tournament bracket graffitied with an additional eight teams. It would seem, much like Rabbi Noah and Joanne, nobody wants this. Advertisement …

The way Alan Huss looks at NCAA Tournament expansion, the more the merrier. The new Creighton coach said he thinks the move from 68 to 76 teams will have minimal impact on the sport overall and give more teams a chance to experience March Madness, so it’s a good thing. Advertisement But some of the biggest voices in the game, …

Kansas State transfer guard Abdi Bashir Jr., one of the best shooters in the portal, has committed to LSU, he told On3. The 6-foot-7 junior averaged 13.2 points per game this season while shooting 44.4% from three. He led the Wildcats in made three-pointers with 67, despite being limited to just 18 games due to injury. As a sophomore last …

UCLA women’s basketball lost six players to the WNBA, all of whom contributed to all 79 points the Bruins scored in the national championship game on April 5. As the defending champions enter a rebuilding phase, five new transfer portal additions will help make up for those losses. ESPN ranked UCLA’s transfer portal class at No. 5 in the nation. …

TEMPE, Ariz. — Randy Bennett was thrilled to be introduced as the next coach at Arizona State, his hometown school and the only place that could lure him away from a 25-year career at Saint Mary’s. A health issue interrupted, sending him to the hospital and pushing back his introductory news conference to five weeks after he was hired. Advertisement …

When the Oregon Ducks begin play in the 2026-27 season, a whole new roster from the year prior will take the floor. To date, they’ve secured eight commitments in the transfer portal, replacing the eight transfers who departed after a 12-win season, the Ducks’ lowest win output 18 years. Of course, much of their lack of success can be attributed …

The 2025-2026 Michigan Wolverines were one of the best college basketball teams of all time. For the Michigan fanbase, it was arguably the most fun season ever to watch your team. Countless plays and games are etched into my brain forever. If you had to pick just one moment from the season to be your favorite, which would you choose? …

Much of the focus surrounding the Indiana men’s basketball program this year has been centered on the incoming transfer class, rightfully so. As of now, Indiana’s portal class is fourth nationally, per 247 Sports. Darian DeVries also has a top 20 incoming class of high school players, though, and it’s made up of just three players, Vaughn Karvala, Prince-Alexander Moody, …

Indiana men’s basketball had quite a bit of time on its hands between the end of its first season under head coach Darian DeVries and the official start of its offseason with the transfer portal opening shortly after the conclusion of the Final Four. The staff wasted no time. Advertisement Indiana was aggressive in those first few days of the …

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats missed on a number of their early targets in the transfer portal. Donnie Freeman ended up at St. John’s, Rob Wright went back to BYU, and as they tried to land recruit Tyran Stokes, many of the other options signed elsewhere. Now, the options are limited, and Kentucky needs to add a couple of …

One of the bigger “what-ifs” of the last 30 years when it comes to Kentucky basketball is just how far the 2003 Wildcats could have gone if Keith Bogans had not suffered a severely sprained ankle. That 2003 team was both the SEC regular season (16-0) and tournament champ, losing in the Elite Eight to a Marquette team led by …

Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries spoke with the media on Thursday to provide a few offseason updates. The Hoosiers signed all six of their transfer portal commitments as of his press conference, with former Villanova guard Bryce Lindsay doing so following his visit this week. DeVries touched on Indiana’s approach to the portal, the frontcourt pairing, additional work …

Kentucky Basketball is continuing its aggressive approach in the transfer portal, holding a Zoom meeting with Iowa State transfer forward Milan Momcilovic, according to Jacob Polacheck of KSR+. Momcilovic, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound forward, is also currently testing the NBA Draft waters while weighing his college options for next season. The rising senior forward would bring elite shooting efficiency and high-level …

NCAA WBB committee chair puts positive spin on controversial expansion appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. As expected, the NCAA on Thursday unanimously approved the proposal to expand March Madness to 76 teams beginning next year. Eight teams will be added to the current format, which has been in place since 2011. Advertisement …

Divine Ugochukwu is leaving Michigan State basketball. The combo guard reportedly will transfer to Louisiana State after one season with the Spartans, according to On3.com. The former Miami (Florida) guard from Sugar Land, Texas, has two years of eligibility remaining. Advertisement The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Ugochukwu averaged 5.1 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists and started 12 games for the Spartans …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Players Era will expand from 18 to 24 teams this year and split into two tournaments, with the two most recent national champions headlining a pair of loaded fields. Michigan, which won the national title in April, will be in the Players Era Sixteen on Thanksgiving week in Las Vegas. The Wolverines routed Gonzaga 101-61 …

Will Wade is still settling in as the LSU Tigers’ men’s basketball coach. It was a shocking move when he left the NC State Wolfpack after just one season and an NCAA Tournament appearance to lead the Tigers. Early into his tenure with LSU, Wade hasn’t found much success with the transfer portal. The Tigers had 11 players depart during …

Next year’s Players Era Festival will have a new format, it was announced Thursday. 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 The tournament, held in Las Vegas, will expand to 24 teams and be televised …

The NCAA Tournament has officially voted to expand. There’s been a lot of talk about the NCAA Tournament expanding in recent years. The 64-team NCAA Tournament moved up to 68 teams several years ago. However, that’s felt like that perfect number. Advertisement Until now, of course. The NCAA Tournament, on both the men’s and women’s side, will be expanding from …

Bill Self and the Kansas basketball coaching staff added another impact player through the transfer portal on Thursday after the Jayhawks received a commitment from Radford transfer Dennis Parker Jr. The 6-foot-6 guard averaged 18.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game this season for the Highlanders while shooting 48.4% from the field and 37.7% from 3-point range. Advertisement His biggest …

The Kentucky Wildcats finished the 2025-26 college basketball season on a disappointing note. Entering March Madness as a No. 7 seed, they suffered a second-round loss to the No. 2 Iowa State Cyclones. Throughout the offseason, Mark Pope and his staff have struggled to utilize the transfer portal. With four additions and seven losses, Kentucky’s transfer class ranks 16th in …

The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments will be expanding to 76 teams, beginning next season. CBS Sports college hoops insider Matt Norlander confirmed the news. “The voting in favor of expanding March Madness was unanimous from the men’s and women’s committees, per a source,” Norlander reported on Thursday afternoon. Advertisement “An emergency joint meeting for the men’s and women’s …

The magical March Madness cocktail will now include eight more teams, eight more games and more of one other ingredient, too: beer. Maybe wine, too. The NCAA on Thursday announced a long-expected expansion of its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to 76 teams each starting next season, explaining that it made the money part work by opening sponsorship opportunities to …

Expansion is coming to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament whether the fans like it or not and judging by the responses, the answer is decisively “not.” On Thursday, the NCAA formally announced that the tournament will be expanding from 68 to 76 teams starting next year. The first 12 games will be called the March Madness Opening Round rather than …