KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Wake Forest guard Juke Harris has committed to Tennessee, the school announced on Monday, giving the Volunteers one of the top scorers in this year’s portal. The 6-foot-7, 200-pounder scored 21.4 points per game last season for the Demon Deacons to rank No. 14 in the country. He was named to the All-ACC second team …
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OU basketball lands Yaak Yaak in transfer portal from Oregon State
NORMAN — Oklahoma men’s basketball started the week by landing another transfer portal big. Yaak Yaak, a 6-foot-11, 230-pound center, has signed with the Sooners, according to On3’s Pete Nakos. Advertisement Yaak started nine of the 25 games he appeared in this past season for Oregon State, averaging 6.6 points and 2.2 rebounds over 15.1 minutes per game. Yaak also …
Read More »New Wildcat Dixon Receiving Praise Before Tucson Career
The Arizona Wildcats may have found their Jaden Bradley replacement in the transfer portal in the form of Derek Dixon, and he’s being recognized as one of the better transfers in the country. Dixon – a freshman transfer from UNC – made his presence known in his rookie season with the Tar Heels. The 6-foot-5 guard averaged 6.5 points and …
Read More »Juke Harris Announces Commitment to Tennessee Volunteers
Juke Harris has announced his commitment to the Tennessee Volunteers. The Tennessee Volunteers have been working on constructing its roster for next college basketball season, and they just landed perhaps the biggest commitment of the entire cycle. Juke Harris has announced his commitment to the Volunteers. Advertisement Harris is rated as a four-star transfer prospect, the fourth-best prospect in this …
Read More »Top 5 player in the transfer portal commits to SEC school over Michigan
Tough news for Dusty May and the Michigan Wolverines, as former Wake Forest wing Juke Harris has officially committed to Tennessee. The Wolverines were out in front really early on in this portal recruitment, but a late surge from the Volunteers ended any chance they had at landing Harris. It especially hurts losing him considering he was in Ann Arbor …
Read More »Vols continue transfer portal dominance with Juke Harris addition
Tennessee basketball keeps adding to its star-studded transfer portal haul, adding Wake Forest guard Juke Harris on Monday, May 4. Harris, the No. 2-ranked overall player in the transfer portal in USA TODAY’s rankings, averaged 21.4 points with 6.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game last season on 44.4% shooting. He chose the Vols over Michigan, which he visited, and …
Read More »IP lawyer asserts Big Ten’s ownership claims over Duke-Michigan is ‘fantasy theory’
The Big Ten and Fox Sports are apparently going to war over control of a neutral-site college basketball game next season. Last week, Duke University and Amazon announced a landmark deal that would see three Blue Devils men’s basketball games air exclusively on the company’s Prime Video streaming service. Two of these games — a matchup with UConn in Las …
Read More »Which schools are best represented at the 2026 NBA draft combine?
‘Tis the season, as NBA draft lottery and NBA draft combine headlines dominate the basketball landscape. The league invited 73 prospects to the draft combine, which will be held in Chicago from May 10 through May 17. Three college basketball programs are tied for the lead in NBA draft combine invitees, as Arizona, Arkansas and Houston will each have four …
Read More »Former Notre Dame guard Markus Burton becomes one of top transfers to join Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — All-conference point guard Markus Burton officially has joined the Indiana Hoosiers from Notre Dame, second-year coach Darian DeVries announced. The 5-foot-11 Burton is one of two top 25 players DeVries plucked out of this year’s transfer portal. Advertisement Burton was limited to only 10 games last season because of an injury to his left ankle. He averaged …
Read More »Detroit Mercy men’s basketball banned from next year’s postseason for academic reasons
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Mercy men’s basketball team is facing a postseason ban next season because the program did not meet the benchmark for the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate. Detroit Mercy athletic director Robert C. Vowels Jr. released a letter on Monday confirming the academic problems, which comes one day before the NCAA is scheduled to release its annual …
Read More »Indiana men’s basketball planning for summer 2026 international trip to Peru
Last summer, the Indiana men’s basketball program embarked on a foreign tour (well, kinda) to Puerto Rico ahead of Darian DeVries’ first season as the Hoosiers head coach. It gave the all-new team a few more practices on top of exhibition games. It seems DeVries thought it was a good idea, because he’s set for another this summer after the …
Read More »Former Notre Dame guard Markus Burton becomes one of top transfers to join Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — All-conference point guard Markus Burton has officially joined the Indiana Hoosiers from Notre Dame, second-year coach Darian DeVries announced Monday. The 5-foot-11 Burton is one of two top 25 players DeVries plucked out of this year’s transfer portal. Advertisement Burton was limited to only 10 games last season because of an injury to his left ankle. …
Read More »Why Juke Harris was a ‘primary target’ for Rick Barnes, Tennessee basketball
Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes brought in Juke Harris for an official visit in October 2022. Nearly four years later, Barnes finally gets Harris as the crowning piece of the Vols’ transfer portal foray since the 2025-26 season ended. The Wake Forest guard announced his commitment to Tennessee on May 4. Advertisement “We are thrilled Juke made the decision to …
Read More »Tennessee lands transfer portal star to give Vols Final Four potential in men’s college basketball
The Tennessee Volunteers were already one of the biggest winners of the transfer portal in men’s college basketball this offseason. Head coach Rick Barnes already had a strong six-man class headlined by former VCU bucket-getter Terrence Hill Jr., one-time Notre Dame scoring forward Jalen Haralson, and ex Loyola-Chicago rim protector Miles Rubin. On Monday, Tennessee landed its biggest transfer portal …
Read More »Tennessee Volunteers land elite transfer guard
The Tennessee Volunteers have landed their top transfer portal target. Former Wake Forest guard Juke Harris committed to the Volunteers on Monday, announcing the news on social media. Harris was one of the top players in the transfer portal after a breakout sophomore season, where he was named the ACC Most Improved Player and made the All-ACC Second-Team. He averaged …
Read More »Tennessee lands prized transfer portal target Juke Harris
The Tennessee Volunteers are tired of being knocked out in the Elite Eight. Rick Barnes’ squad has made that round of the NCAA Tournament three years in a row, which is impressive, but the hope is to get even further in 2026-27. As a result, the Vols have been extremely active in the transfer portal. As of today, the team …
Read More »Wake Forest transfer guard Juke Harris commits to Tennessee
Former Wake Forest guard Juke Harris has committed to Tennessee via the NCAA Transfer Portal. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining. Harris started in all 35 of his appearances for the Demon Deacons last season. He averaged 21.4 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, while shooting 44.4% from the field and 33.2% from beyond the arc. Advertisement …
Read More »Villanova’s Malachi Palmer commits to Minnesota
Niko Medved received the final commitment in the transfer season from a junior wing, Malachi Palmer. MALACHI PALMERPos: F/GHt: 6’6”Wt: 215 In his final year in prep school, Palmer had multiple offers from schools but ultimately chose Maryland over Florida State, West Virginia, Oklahoma State and Seton Hall. He played limited minutes over 22 games for the Terps and transferred …
Read More »Former Auburn guard Kaden Magwood finds new home with mid-major power
One of Auburn basketball’s earliest transfer portal entries has finally found a new home. Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reports that former Auburn guard Kaden Magwood has signed with Murray State out of the transfer portal after spending one season at Auburn. Magwood will join former Auburn head coach Tony Barbee at Murray State. Barbee recently joined Murray State’s program …
Read More »Report: Michigan Basketball monitoring another transfer portal player
Michigan men’s basketball head coach Dusty May has added three solid pieces to the front court for the 2026-27 season in former J.P. Estrella (Tennessee), Jalen Reed (LSU) and Moustapha Thiam (Cincinnati). However, the work isn’t over in the transfer portal just yet, as the Wolverines still had an open roster spot for next season. The initial plan was for …
Read More »Basketball transfer portal’s early losers: Big names, big swings, bigger questions
The 2026 men’s basketball transfer portal has been full of swings and misses for high-major programs. Kentucky coach Mark Pope was seen in recent days at a Maccabi Tel Aviv game in Israel on an apparent recruiting trip. First-year LSU coach Will Wade, who has one player on his roster for next season — former Kentucky forward Mouhamed Dioubate — …
Read More »Wisconsin avoids High Point if NCAA tournament expanded in 2026
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team suffered a shocking loss in the NCAA Tournament to No. 12 High Point, something that may not have happened with an expanded tournament. Longtime head coach Greg Gard didn’t seem phased by the move, but he provided a typical response without saying much of anything. Advertisement USA TODAY’s Kevin Skiver ran a report on …
Read More »Gonzaga top 10 team in Bart Torvik’s 2026-27 projections
The transfer portal has been open for nearly a month, and while many teams already have completely full rosters, the Gonzaga Bulldogs still have five open spots to play with. But even with just ten players on the roster – five who have never played a collegiate game – Gonzaga is still widely considered one of the best teams in …
Read More »Gonzaga contacts high-scoring ACC freshman guard via transfer portal
Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs remain active adding talent via the transfer portal, picking up a pair of big time additions in Houston guard Isiah Harwell and Arizona State center Massamba Diop. The two transfers join incoming freshmen Jack Kayil, Luca Foster, and Sam Funches as the five newcomers on Gonzaga’s roster heading into the new look Pac-12 in …
Read More »Get To Know Every Duke Basketball Newcomer
Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have built a roster for next season that is prepared to compete for a national title and be one of the most dominant teams in the sport all season long. The landscape of college basketball is shifting greatly as we know it, and the way teams give themselves the best chance …
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