College Basketball

One of the feel-good stories of March Madness is now in the NCAA’s sights. The Long Island University Sharks made the NCAA men’s basketball tournament this year after winning just three games just three years ago. Advertisement It turns out the Sharks had multiple ineligible players during coach Rod Strickland’s first two seasons, when the Sharks won a combined 10 …

After years of debate, the NCAA Tournament is on the cusp of expanding. Multiple NCAA committees have approved growing the field from its current 68-team format to 76 ahead of the 2026-27 season, a person involved in the discussions said Thursday. The NCAA will next ratify its contract with CBS and Warner Bros. Discovery before making it official. Advertisement The …

The Oregon Ducks are taking their spot in one of the most high-profile college basketball tournaments next season. Dana Altman’s Ducks will be in Las Vegas for the week of Thanksgiving to compete in the Players Era Tournament, which will have a new format this time around. The Players Era Tournament has expanded to 24 teams, and this edition of …

The change no one but sagging high-major teams wanted is here. The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are set for their biggest expansion since the 1980s. NCAA committees voted Thursday to approve plans that will bump 68-team fields up to 76, doubling the number of play-in games played on Tuesday and Wednesday for the men’s side of the bracket. …

LAS VEGAS — 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 to …

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 …

College basketball’s November calendar just became even more loaded after Players Era expansion originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. College basketball’s push toward massive early-season events took another major step Thursday when the Players Era Championships officially expanded to 24 teams and secured ESPN as its exclusive broadcast partner. …

Rutgers basketball is scheduled to head back to the Players Era Tournament next season, but this time, things are going to look drastically different because the tournament has expanded to 24 teams and has been split into two separate brackets. On top of all of these changes, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported on Thursday morning that the Players Era Tournament and EverWonder Studio, …

Tennessee basketball has gotten a lot of headlines over the past few weeks. Now we know a little more about what should be their first chance to showcase itself in late November. The Players Era Tournament, an event that has nearly single-handedly changed the look and feel of Thanksgiving week, will move to a 24-team structure this season. The teams …

Eric Musselman tasted the NCAA tournament during his stints with Nevada and Arkansas, but he has yet to reach the big dance with USC. The head coach is hoping that additions like Jadis Jones via the transfer portal will help the Trojans get back to March Madness. Jones has been one of the most impressive players in the Ohio Valley …

As USA TODAY Sports and others race to find out what an expanded men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournament would look like, Arkansas head coach John Calipari is one person who is skeptical about the decision. With that said, coach Calipari has one request that he believes could redeem the idea of going to a 76-team field. Advertisement “I am …

After a busy April that saw Xavier men’s basketball add six players via the NCAA’s transfer portal, the Musketeers have landed their first portal commitment of May According to Pete Nakos of On3 Sports, Drake transfer Braden Appelhans is headed to Xavier. Advertisement Xavier, which has built one of the nation’s top transfer portal hauls over the last month, adds …

Radford transfer guard Dennis Parker Jr. has committed to Kansas, he told On3. The 6-foot-6 junior averaged 18.3 points and 5.9 rebounds per game this season, while shooting 48.4% from the field and nearly 38% from three. Advertisement Parker exploded for 53 points, knocking down 10 threes, in a game against Coppin State this year, the most points scored by …

It’s only May, but the ghost of that 9-seed loss to Utah State in 2026 is still lingering. For head coach Kevin Willard, the 2025-26 season was a resounding success — it proved the Villanova Wildcats could get back to the Big Dance — but the early exit left a what-if taste in everyone’s mouth. Now, as the dust settles …

It hasn’t been too memorable of an offseason for the UCLA Bruins, but even without any marquee additions to Mick Cronin’s roster, UCLA still ranked No. 22 in the Rothstein 45, which was released on Wednesday. The Rothstein 45 is an annual ranking by college basketball insider Jon Rothstein. UCLA is coming off of a Round of 32 loss in …

Once again, the Wisconsin Badgers failed to bring in a priority in-state recruit. This time around, Greg Gard let Donovan Davis, a 6-foot-7 power forward, commit to Iowa State. According to Rivals’ Joe Tipton, the Kaukauna native is one of the highest-rated players to commit to the Cyclones in the modern recruiting era. Advertisement Davis had the Badgers in his …

The whole concept of Blue Bloods is annoying. Some teams have been very successful over the decades, obviously, including Duke. But the term seems kind of dumb. That said, people use it, so who would be a Blue Blood? Most of these teams would probably make your list, but some you’d surely drop. Advertisement Indiana has been mostly irrelevant since …

Dan Issel is one of the legends of Kentucky Basketball. Issel is Kentucky’s all-time leading scorer and one of the best to wear the blue and white, so it was interesting to see Issel join Lou Williams, Michelle Beadle and Chandler Parsons on Run It Back to talk about Kentucky. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Maybe the most interesting bit was when Issel …

76-team NCAA Tournament expansion nearing final approval appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NCAA Tournament delivered once again in 2026, with Michigan coming out on top after a dominant run to the national championship. However, one controversial topic loomed in the background throughout the entire Big Dance: March Madness expansion. Advertisement Expansion …

USC men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman has added a Cinderella story to his collection of proven returners and heralded newcomers. It involves Jadis Jones, a guard from Lindenwood in the relatively obscure Ohio Valley Conference. Advertisement Jones announced his commitment to the Trojans on Wednesday, posting a picture of himself in a USC jersey alongside the caption “let’s do it …

The men’s Illinois basketball team has had one of the best offseasons in the country, with five of their key players from last season committing to return to the program. Brad Underwood and the Illini are poised to make another deep run in the NCAA tournament in 2026-27, with multiple sources ranking them as a top-10 team in their way-too-early …

Final team recruiting rankings for 2026 have been unveiled recently on ESPN and 247Sports, and the Kansas Jayhawks find themselves with one of the highest rated classes in the country. With the addition of No. 1 recruit Tyran Stokes, the 2026 Kansas class rose to No. 3 on ESPN’s final team rankings and No. 2 on 247Sports. Arkansas and Duke …

It’s been a few weeks, and Oregon Head Coach Dana Altman continued to wheel and deal, completing the majority of his roster for this upcoming basketball season. After bringing in Andrew Meadow, Jasper Johnson, Tyrone Riley, and Pharoah Compton to complement blue chip recruit Tahj Ariza, Altman added some more beef to the frontcourt and filled the point guard position …

An unfortunate reality of college basketball these days, especially for programs like the Wisconsin Badgers, is that high school recruiting has taken somewhat of a backseat in roster building. Greg Gard and the Badgers have turned their focus more to the transfer portal because you know more or less what you are getting in a player who has real experience …

Mark Cuban’s honest take on Indiana basketball’s $10 million roster appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Indiana basketball has entered a new financial era, with the Hoosiers reportedly surpassing $10 million in roster construction as NIL spending continues to reshape college basketball. Advertisement The program continues rebuilding under second-year head coach Darian DeVries …