College Basketball

Tennessee basketball trending for top transfer Juke Harris following Michigan insider update originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Tennessee Volunteers basketball team is in full pursuit of their top transfer portal target, Juke Harris. Head coach Rick Barnes and his staff have done everything in their power to …

Mark Mitchell will go down in history as a Missouri basketball great. After starting 66 games with Missouri and leading the team in points, rebounds and assists last year, Mitchell’s tenure ended in March. Finding a replacement for someone that has the finishing ability and versatility like Mitchell is nearly impossible, but through three transfers, the Tigers may have done …

Everyone keeps calling it a problem. Arizona doesn’t have a locked-in starting power forward, so people panic. But honestly, this might be the best situation they could be in. Not knowing who starts at the four doesn’t mean weakness; it means they have more options. And in college basketball right now, options matter more than ever. Apr 4, 2026; Indianapolis, …

Head coach Jon Scheyer and the rest of the Duke basketball staff could not have asked for a much better offseason haul. The Blue Devils are bringing back four of their top six scorers from last year in Cayden Boozer, Dame Sarr, Patrick Ngongba, and Caleb Foster, along with redshirt freshman Sebastian Wilkins. Additionally, Duke added two big-time transfers in …

Head coach Jon Scheyer and the rest of the Duke basketball staff have had an extremely successful offseason, and they just added to it. The Blue Devils inked a commitment from seven-foot international big man Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje from Spain. Boumtje Boumtje is originally from Florida, but moved to Spain a few years ago and has been playing professionally with …

Earlier this week, it was reported that Duke had signed a landmark broadcasting deal with Amazon, giving the outlet rights to broadcast several of the Blue Devils’ basketball games in the future. The deal between the two parties allows Amazon to broadcast three non-conference games for Duke each season at neutral sites each season. For the 2026-27 campaign, those games …

The Kansas basketball program has made three additions in the transfer portal this offseason, all of which project as impactful pieces for next year’s squad. The third and most recent acquisition on the open market was former Duke, Clemson, and College of Charleston big man Christian Reeves. Although he officially committed to the Jayhawks seven days ago, he didn’t sign …

The Gonzaga Bulldogs pulled in two elite talents via the transfer portal in Massamba Diop and Isiah Harwell, but those aren’t the only newcomers joining this team in 2026-27. A trio of talented incoming freshmen makes up one of Mark Few’s highest-rated recruiting classes of all-time, with this group poised to provide a foundation for the Zags in the new …

The Duke basketball program is having about as good an offseason as it possibly could have asked for, as the Blue Devils will enter the 2026-27 campaign as a consensus top-three team in the sport with likely more depth than any squad in the country. Head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff will look to bounce back from two devastating …

Last season, the best player in college basketball was Cameron Boozer, who led the Duke Blue Devils in points, rebounds, and assists on his way to National Player of the Year honors. Lost in the noise of his brother’s historic season, however, was Cayden Boozer, who struggled to find his footing throughout his freshman year. Cayden arrived in Durham as …

The roster building continues for the Duke Blue Devils. Following a visit to Durham, Loyola Maryland transfer guard Jacob Theodosiou has announced his commitment to Duke. He becomes the third member of Jon Scheyer’s transfer portal class. Theodosiou began his college career at Wyoming in 2023-24, but played in just 10 games before transferring to Loyola Maryland. During his two …

Duke added the final player to its roster for the 2026-27 season this week with the commitment from 7-foot center Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje from Spain. He joins John Blackwell (Wisconsin) and Drew Scharnowski (Belmont), along with the incoming recruiting class, as new pieces to Jon Scheyer’s squad that will hopefully help bring Duke its sixth national title. Key returners in …

That didn’t take long: after Duke and Amazon announced their three-game package for next season, the Big Ten let Duke know that it believes it owns the rights to the Duke-Michigan game in December. As we understand it, that’s because the game is scheduled for Madison Square Garden, and that’s considered shared territory between the conferences. Duke played Michigan in …

I don’t know when precisely that Bart Torvik hit the publish button on the preseason rankings for men’s college basketball in the 2026-27 season, but I do know that Andrei from Paint Touches tipped me off to it late on May 1st. Pretty reasonable day to do it, honestly. About a month after the portal opened up or so is …

On Thursday, Duke Athletics announced a deal with Amazon for the streaming service to broadcast three Blue Devils’ games this upcoming season, including a matchup against reigning national champion Michigan. That deal could already be in jeopardy after the Big Ten has claimed that they, not ESPN or the ACC, have rights to the game between Jon Scheyer’s squad and …

The transfer portal continues to play a pivotal role in collegiate sports, especially for college basketball. The most recent national champions, Michigan, started an entire lineup of players who began their careers elsewhere. Nonetheless, with another portal cycle in the process (and with the portal entry deadline passed), it’s time to take a look at how Big Ten teams have …

The North Carolina Tar Heels are finally seeing their 2026-27 men’s basketball roster take shape, giving Michael Malone a talented group in Year One. UNC gained an international star in Sayon Keita last week, with Malone landing the Malian big man from FC Barcelona. North Carolina lost Florida Atlantic transfer Maxim Logue, who rescinded his commitment, but no starts in …

The Big Ten believes it owns the media rights to one of Duke’s newly announced games on Amazon Prime Video. Duke recently announced an agreement with Amazon Prime Video to allow the streaming service to air three neutral-site games featuring Duke: against UConn on Nov. 25 in Las Vegas, against Michigan on Dec. 21 in New York, and against Gonzaga …

The USC men’s basketball team hasn’t made the NCAA Tournament under coach Eric Musselman. That should definitely change next season, with a more talented roster plus the tournament expanding from 68 to 76 teams. However, it won’t be enough to merely get in. The Trojans ought to be able to win games in March Madness. ESPN recently presented college basketball …

The college basketball season has only been over for a month now, but Tennessee fans are already stoked for the 2026-27 season. Rick Barnes has been busy loading up on talent in the transfer portal, and this could end up being the coach’s most talented roster ever. The 2026-27 season is also setting up to have a very interesting slate …

The reactions to Duke’s deal with Amazon Prime have been interesting, to say the least. Is it a turning point in college athletics? Probably. Is it something that can’t be overcome? Probably not. Over at OrangeFizz.net, there is outrage, a sense that Duke just got an unmatchable advantage, and that it “bought” it. Advertisement To that, we have a few …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs have once again built a roster littered with talented players from all over the world. Mario Saint-Supery (Spain) and Jack Kayil (Germany) are expected to start in the backcourt for the Zags in 2026-27, while newcomer Massamba Diop (Senegal) becomes the team’s latest international-born big man after committing to Gonzaga earlier in the week. …

MADISON – Breauna Ware will play her final season of college basketball in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The 5-foot-7 guard from Queens, New York, signed with Wake Forest, the school announced Friday, May 1. Advertisement Ware averaged 5.4 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in her only season at Wisconsin. She played in 25 games and made 13 starts but …

On Thursday, Amazon announced it had partnered with Duke to televise three of the Blue Devils’ games next season on Prime Video. The landmark deal is the first of its kind. Specifically, Amazon is set to air Duke’s games against UConn in Las Vegas on Nov. 25, reigning champion Michigan at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 21, and Gonzaga in Detroit on Feb. 20. On Friday, …

A broadcast dispute is emerging in Duke’s landmark, three-game streaming package with Amazon. The Big Ten has notified the ACC and ESPN that it owns the rights of the announced neutral-site basketball game between Duke and Michigan next season from Madison Square Garden, scheduled for streaming on Amazon. Advertisement Duke collaborated with the ACC and television partner ESPN to strike …