College Basketball

Tuesday marks an important day in college basketball, with the transfer portal officially opening. Several players already announced their decisions to transfer, while there’s bound to be plenty additional moves in the coming days. The UNC men’s basketball program already has one player in the portal: freshman guard Isaiah Denis. He could very well return, particularly with Michael Malone being …

KENT — This looks like it will be the Kent State men’s basketball team’s biggest blow of the transfer portal era. Delreccro Gillespie posted on Instagram on April 6 that he will enter the portal for his final year of eligibility. Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress also reported Gillespie’s decision earier in the day. Kent State Golden Flashes forward Delrecco Gillespie …

College basketball powerhouses Michigan and UConn will meet Monday night, April 6 for the 2026 NCAA Men’s Championship as March Madness concludes at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Michigan (36-3) is seeking to end a long championship drought. The Wolverines have lost in the NCAA final four times since their last title in 1989 (an 80-79 win overtime win …

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has hired Lucas McKay as its first men’s basketball general manager. McKay, whose appointment was announced Monday, leaves Clemson, where he had the same role. He has more than 20 years of experience in college basketball, including 14 years at Clemson under coach Brad Brownell. Advertisement He joins an Oklahoma program that decided to retain …

College basketball rankings: Michigan, Duke, Michigan State lead way-too-early Top 25 for 2025-26 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Would it sound paranoid to state our belief that the biggest reason for the change to opening the basketball transfer period in April was to make the Way-Too-Early Top 25 …

Indiana forward Josh Harris plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3’s Joe Tipton. He has three years of eligibility remaining. Harris missed the 2025-26 season for Indiana due to a lower-body injury. He transferred to Indiana last offseason after spending his true freshman year at North Florida. Advertisement In his lone seasons with the Ospreys, Harris started in …

Michigan is the heavy favorite to win its second NCAA Tournament crown tonight. The Wolverines have rolled through March Madness and their dominating Final Four win over Arizona is the reason for the opening line of Michigan -7.5. It’s settled down to UM -6.5 as of Monday afternoon before tipoff (8:50 p.m. ET/5:50 p.m. PT, TBS/HBO Max). Advertisement RELATED: Michigan, …

Is Yaxel Lendeborg playing for Michigan tonight vs. UConn in national championship? originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Michigan jumped on Arizona from the get-go on Saturday and never looked back, leading to a dynamic 91-73 Final Four victory. Advertisement While the Wolverines are likely in good spirits heading …

Not a surprise. Redshirt junior point guard Braeden Smith becomes the third Gonzaga Bulldog to enter his name in the NCAA transfer portal, along with junior wing Emmanuel Innocenti and redshirt freshman guard Cade Orness. After transferring away from the Colgate Raiders and redshirting in 2024-25, Smith started 18 of the 35 games for the Zags in 2025-26. The 6-0 …

March Madness doesn’t need a tagline. The name says everything. Every single year, the NCAA Tournament delivers something that makes you forget whatever you were doing and just stare at the screen. And no moment does that quite like a buzzer-beater. Not a close loss. Not a big comeback. A buzzer-beater, where the ball is in the air, and a …

North Carolina has plucked both its football and men’s basketball coaches from the professional ranks in the last two years, hiring New England Patriots legend Bill Belichick prior to the 2025 season and former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone on Monday, April 6, sources confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. Former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, one of the sport’s legendary …

Kansas transfer portal tracker: Jayhawks live updates, news on commits, departures of Flory Bidunga, Bryson Tiller, Paul Mbiya originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Bill Self is back for another season with the Kansas Jayhawks. That’s the good news. Advertisement The uncertain reality is what every college basketball offseason …

On Sunday, Boston College junior guard Fred Payne announced his decision to enter the transfer portal. Fred Payne (@fred_.5) • Instagram photo Payne was Boston College’s leading scorer in 2025-26, leading the Eagles offense with 15.8 points per game on 40% shooting from the field. He was one of the lone bright spots for a BC offense that finished 339th …

John Blackwell is leaving Wisconsin after scoring 19.1 points per game for the Badgers this season. Blackwell issued an Instagram post Monday saying he won’t return to Wisconsin next season and is instead going through the NBA draft process while also entering his name in the transfer portal. The transfer portal for basketball officially opens Tuesday. Advertisement “This was one …

A member of Tennessee’s 2025-26 roster entered the NCAA transfer portal. Vols’ combo guard Bishop Boswell declared his entry into the transfer portal, according to Joe Tipton of On3. The 6-foot-4, 203-pound guard is from Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. 247Sports ranked him as the No. 13 combo guard and No. 8 player in North Carolina during …

The Wisconsin Badgers kicked off the offseason with a key addition, as they landed Australian guard Owen Foxwell over the weekend, securing a potential replacement for Nick Boyd at point guard. Foxwell, a 22-year-old guard, comes to Wisconsin after several years of professional experience, including in the NBL, where he averaged 11.1 points and 4.5 assists last season. Seen as …

Gonzaga guard Braeden Smith plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3’s Joe Tipton. Smith has one season of eligibility remaining. Smith played in all 35 of Gonzaga’s games this past season. He averaged 5.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 17.1 minutes per game. The 6-foot guard shoot 46.7% from the field and 33.3% from beyond the …

With the national title game set to be played Monday night, the college basketball transfer portal will officially open Tuesday, and at least three Colorado Buffaloes plan to enter the portal. Star freshman guard Isaiah Johnson was widely expected to depart, but the program is also losing starting forwards Sebastian Rancik and Bangot Dak. Advertisement Those losses are buoyed by …

A member of Tennessee’s 2025-26 basketball roster will enter the NCAA transfer portal. Vols’ power forward J.P. Estrella declared his intent to enter the transfer portal on Monday, according to Joe Tipton of On3. Advertisement The 6-foot-11, 241-pound forward is from Scarborough, Maine. He was a four-star prospect in Tennessee’s 2023 signing class. Estrella appeared in 25 games during his …

Kentucky Basketball forward Mouhamed Dioubate is headed to the transfer portal after just one season in Lexington, according to Joe Tipton of On3. The former 4-star recruit (high school and transfer) committed to Mark Pope and the Cats after spending two seasons playing for Nate Oats and the Alabama Crimson Tide. In Tuscaloosa, Dioubate was known as a defensive stopper …

Arkansas guard DJ Wagner plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. Wagner spent two seasons with the Razorbacks after beginning his career at Kentucky. Wagner played under John Carlipari for his entire college career so far. Now, he’ll be looking elsewhere to play during his senior season. Advertisement He averaged 7.4 points, 2.4 assists and 1.6 rebounds …

Let’s just start with this — Kevin Willard and Villanova will be fine moving forward. Now that we got that out of the way, we can discuss how the Wildcats are being impacted by this era of college basketball. Advertisement Acaden Lewis and Bryce Lindsay announced on Sunday that they will be entering the transfer portal. Lewis will enter the …

John Blackwell just wrapped up his best season at the University of Wisconsin, but instead of running it back, the 6-foot-4 guard is keeping his options wide open. Blackwell put up career numbers in 2025-26 CBB season, averaging 19.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists while shooting nearly 39% from three-point range. He saved his best performances for the biggest …

INDIANAPOLIS — Coach Dusty May saw Tarris Reed Jr.’s potential on tape when he took the Michigan job. Reed just didn’t see any viable path to fulfill it with two 7-footers coming to Ann Arbor with May. So the 6-foot-11, 265-pound St. Louis native stayed in the transfer portal, found a school willing to give him a fresh start and …

On Sunday, a Big Ten team won the NCAA women’s basketball tournament championship for the first time since all the way back in 1999, with conference newcomer UCLA thumping South Carolina 79-51. Tonight at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the league will hope a similarly long drought will come to a merciful end. Advertisement Michigan men’s basketball’s matchup against UConn …