College Basketball

Head coach Steven Pearl is entering his second season with the Auburn Tigers, and they have one goal on their minds: getting back to the NCAA Tournament. The program’s schedule for the 2026-27 season is essentially finalized, with Auburn having a non-conference schedule filled with places to trip up and some of the best opponents in the entire country. Pearl …

Former Gonzaga guard Silas Melson’s well-travelled professional career will make another stop in 2026-27. French Betclic Elite club JDA Dijon Basket, or Dijon, announced Melson as their newest player on Monday, becoming the 6’3 guard’s tenth different club since he graduated from Gonzaga in 2018. Advertisement Melson will make France his home for the first time, after previous stops in …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mizzou fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Mizzou Basketball has an intriguing non-conference schedule lined up for the upcoming season. As per usual, the Tigers have the Border …

It won’t be long until we get the complete 2026-27 Kentucky Basketball schedule. Until then, we’ll be getting announcements and reports about who the Cats are slated to face next season. According to KSR’s Matt Jones, Kentucky is working to set up a matchup with the West Virginia Mountaineers on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. The game would take …

The Deacs have released the full non-conference schedule for the 2026-27 season, and if you were hoping for some exciting home games before conference play starts, you are probably out of luck. Here’s a quick rundown of the schedule since the graphic above only has logos: Advertisement Nov. 2: Maryland Eastern Shore Nov. 10: Charleston Southern Nov. 25 : Battle …

Alabama basketball will face St. John’s in the 2026 RxBenefits C.M. Newton Classic on Dec. 12 at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. This will be a rematch from last season, as the Crimson Tide beat the Red Storm 103-96 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Alabama was ranked No. 15 at the time, while St. John’s was No. …

Mark Pope has a team for the 2026-27 season that has Big Blue Nation very excited. He brought in a very talented transfer portal class featuring superstar shooter Milan Momcilovic, who led Iowa State in scoring last season while shooting 48.7% from three. Other portal additions like Zoom Diallo and Alex Wilkins have national writers starting to buy into this …

Purdue men’s basketball has another upper-tier nonconference series in the works, Villanova coach Kevin Willard said on the “Inside College Basketball Now” podcast the Wildcats are working on scheduling a home-and-home series with the Boilermakers to begin in 2027. IndyStar confirmed the programs have discussed scheduling each other. Advertisement Willard did not specify whether Villanova’s home game would be played …

After the first-round loss by North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament last season, there were multiple culprits to blame for the early exit. When you look at last season’s stats, particularly the advanced ones, you can see that North Carolina ranked as an average team, far below the standard we expect from a program like North Carolina. VCU Rams forward …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have gotten more involved with the 2027 and 2028 recruiting classes over the past few weeks. The Blue Devils have recently offered a couple more top 2027 recruits to add to their target list, and they have already received a commitment from 4-star forward Kager Knueppel, the younger brother of former …

Butler basketball is one of 12 power conference programs with a new head coach for the 2026-27 season. Former Bulldogs point guard Ronald Nored takes over a team that has finished over .500 once in the past six seasons. As is common these days, a new coach means an almost entirely new roster. Just one returning player saw extensive court …

Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje is really good at basketball. The incoming Duke basketball rookie wasn’t particularly well known when he originally committed to the Blue Devils in late April, as he has been playing professionally on the junior circuit with FC Barcelona. Advertisement However, his performances with Team USA at the FIBA U17 World Cup in Istanbul have not only earned …

Full disclosure before we begin. This article is biased. Completely and unapologetically, biased. Nate Heise was my favorite player on last year’s Iowa State team and I will not pretend otherwise. If you came here for objectivity I suggest you read literally anything else on this website. Now. Let us talk about Nate Heise. Advertisement The Journey Northern Iowa Panthers …

Michigan State basketball is sitting right outside the top five in the latest preseason poll from one notable national analyst. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports has released another batch of early rankings for next season, with the Spartans continuing to remain as a top 10 team. In Rothstein’s latest rankings, the Spartans came in at No. 6 in the country. …

Indiana men’s basketball got a bit more good news this week. Markus Burton, likely to start at point guard, has been cleared for all basketball activities, per reporting from CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein. Burton suffered an ankle injury with Notre Dame last December and required season ending surgery. He’s good to go with summer fully underway. Advertisement …

The LSU Tigers are adding former McNeese student manager Amir “Aura” Khan to Will Wade’s staff, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. After becoming one of college basketball’s most recognizable personalities, the fan favorite is heading to Baton Rouge. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – MARCH 22: Amir “Aura” Khan of the McNeese Cowboys ahead of their second round of the …

In what must be viewed as a major win for the university amidst a turbulent summer, on Monday Kevin Guskiewicz stated that he would continue to serve as Michigan State’s president.  This comes over a month after announcing his planned departure for the same role at Clemson University, citing an unworkable situation with MSU’s Board of Trustees. Join the conversation! …

On Monday night, 5-star wing/small forward DeMarcus Henry announced that he has trimmed his list to eight schools. The list includes Kentucky, North Carolina, BYU, Louisville, UConn, Kansas, Ohio State, and Arkansas. Henry is a smooth, three-level lefty scorer who is highly sought after by many programs all around the country. Originally from California, currently playing high school ball for …

Mark Pope doesn’t want perfection from his newest weapon. He wants an absolute barrage. We’ve all heard the quote by now, and if you haven’t, go check out Alex Frank’s awesome piece by clicking here. Pope’s vision for Milan Momcilovic is something we have never seen in Kentucky Basketball history. He wants him to take 10 3s a night. Advertisement …

Vanderbilt player leads 12-person NCAA basketball eligibility lawsuit appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. College basketball is facing another legal hurdle after former North Carolina and Vanderbilt center Jalen Washington became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking additional eligibility tied to the NCAA’s new age-based model. Advertisement The filing centers on players …

The feelings from what happened to the Illinois basketball team in March are still mixed right now. I am so proud of the way the Illini played and how we fought tooth and nail to get to the Final Four. The disappointment of not winning a national title is still there, though. Those feelings collide and make a perfect storm …

Former Kentucky basketball player Kerr Kriisa has been indicted after an alleged $2.2 million fraud scheme, per the Department of Justice. The 6-foot-3 guard “allegedly carried out a scheme to obtain nearly $2.2 million from multiple victims using false representations, fabricated identities, and deceptive communications,” per the DOJ’s news release. Advertisement Among his alleged fabrications in the indictment is a …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Only four of Arkansas’ non-conference matchups for the 2026-27 season are confirmed, but three of them are huge games that will put the Razorbacks on a national stage well before March. The rest of the Hogs’ non-conference slate is yet to be confirmed. Here are those four games ranked by importance. Advertisement 4. Central Michigan | Dec. …

Mark Few has developed and sent professional basketball players all over the world during his 27-year tenure in Spokane as head coach of the Gonzaga Bulldogs. While most of the attention is on Gonzaga’s numerous successful NBA players – including All-Stars Domantas Sabonis and Chet Holmgren, plus key role players like Rui Hachimura, Jalen Suggs, and Andrew Nembhard – the …

A lot of attention has gone to offseason transfer portal pickups such as Terrence Brown and Matt Able, but one other pickup is flying under the radar. New North Carolina head coach Michael Malone has also picked up former Virginia Tech forward Neoklis Avdalas, a 6-foot-9, 215-pound sophomore who had himself a solid rookie season for the Hokies. He averaged …