College Basketball

The Gonzaga Bulldogs have scheduled coach Jon Scheyer and the Duke Blue Devils for Feb. 20 at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Yes, this high-level out-of-conference matchup for the Zags will take place in the thick of Pac-12 Conference play. In their all-time history, Duke leads the series 4-1. The sixth meeting will be aired exclusively on Amazon …

Michigan basketball has added a familiar heavy hitter to its 2026-27 schedule. For the second year in a row the Wolverines will play Duke, this time at historic Madison Square Garden in New York on Monday, Dec. 21, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Free Press on condition of anonymity because they weren’t permitted to speak publicly. …

Duke-Amazon partnership, explained: Why Blue Devils will have three college basketball games only available on Prime next season originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. It’s no secret that Amazon Prime has been moving rapidly in picking up live sports coverage. Now, they’ve broken another barrier in the college basketball …

UConn and Duke gave college basketball fans a game to remember last March, and enthusiasts won’t have to wait long for the rematch. The Fayetteville Observer and CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein have reported that the Blue Devils and Huskies will take the floor against one another in a Thanksgiving Eve clash held in Las Vegas. Advertisement While a lot of …

College basketball’s tallest Gator is now the tallest Anteater. Fomer Florida center Olivier Rioux — the tallest player in college basketball history, at 7-9 — committed to UC Irvine via the transfer portal on Thursday, April 30, after two seasons in a reserve role. Advertisement “Prochain arret: Irvine, Californie,” he wrote in French on social media, which translates to “Next …

It was already known that Tyler Perkins is tough, but the junior was playing through more than was known towards the end of the season. In an update provided today, the school stated that Perkins has “begun the recovery and rehabilitation process after recent arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder. The Lorton, VA., native is expected to ramp up toward …

The world’s tallest college basketball player is going coast to coast. Former Florida walk-on Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 center from Canada and one of the most recognizable student-athletes in North America, announced Thursday he has signed with UC Irvine. The school in Southern California announced his arrival hours earlier. Advertisement “Olivier is a high-character young man whose presence will elevate …

The reality of modern college basketball is that every player is a free agent at the end of each season. To compete for a national championship, it isn’t enough to simply out-bid the NBA to keep a star on campus. A program also has to convince its best players to stay out of the transfer portal, and then handpick the …

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — The world’s tallest college basketball player is going coast to coast. Former Florida walk-on Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 center from Canada and one of the most recognizable student-athletes in North America, announced Thursday he has signed with UC Irvine. The school in Southern California announced his arrival hours earlier. Advertisement “Olivier is a high-character young man …

Tennessee basketball will host Tom Izzo and Michigan State at Food City Center in the 2026-27 season. The Vols’ full schedule has not yet been released, but Tennessee coach Rick Barnes revealed the news to the Big Orange Caravan crowd in Nashville on April 29. Advertisement The two programs haven’t played each other since meeting in the NCAA Tournament Elite …

Aaron Fine, the lone transfer from the Purdue Basketball Team. He was a standout guard at Noblesville and decided that he first wanted to walk on at Purdue. This past season, he appeared in just 9 games after redshirting the previous season, and decided that a new destination was best for him. Fine would hit the portal and find a …

As the calendar now flips to May, the 2026-27 Ohio State men’s basketball team is still over five months away from playing meaningful games, but the roster for next season has mostly settled into place. The last three weeks have been a whirlwind of rumors and reports about which players were transferring where and for how much money, but the …

The NCAA Tournament expanding from 68 to 76 teams is not a popular idea throughout most of the sports universe. And it’s causing some fireworks throughout the world of college basketball. One of the few people that has spoken out in favor of tournament expansion is longtime coach and current ESPN College GameDay analyst Seth Greenberg. Advertisement Greenberg posted a video to …

High-level AAU circuits are underway, and Illinois commits are already making noise across the college basketball landscape. 2027 signees Quinton Kitt and Mason Martin both delivered 30-point performances while leading their teams to wins over the weekend. Kitt plays for Meanstreets on the Nike EYBL circuit and currently ranks among the top 10 in points per game in the league. …

Bill Self stole Mark Pope’s candy. Up until fall, Tyran Stokes was set to join Kentucky, with Mark Pope being the favorite to land the No. 1 recruit. Yet, the early signing period went without any news on the Stokes front. Then, Kansas turned up the heat on their recruitment and surged to become the favorite. However, Pope rallied by …

The NCAA appears to be closing in on a significant change to college basketball’s postseason. According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, the NCAA is in the final stages of expanding both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to 76 teams, with a target start date of the 2026-27 season. A formal decision could be announced in the coming weeks, potentially …

Last week, the NBA revealed all 71 names that would be entering the 2026 NBA Draft pool as early entrants. Several players with ties to Kansas announced their intentions to go pro, such as one-and-done phenom Darryn Peterson and now-Louisville center Flory Bidunga. However, another name surfaced on that early entrant list that may have raised some eyebrows. The first …

Duke basketball is quickly becoming one of the most talked-about teams in the country heading into next season, with many believing the Blue Devils have the pieces to compete for a National Championship. Jon Scheyer has done an impressive job retaining key contributors from last year’s roster. Players projected to be NBA Draft picks at the start of the season, …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have done a fantastic job retooling the roster to get ready for the 2026-27 campaign, but that shouldn’t take away from the vastly successful season the Blue Devils just had. Sure, it ended in the most heartbreaking way possible when Braylon Mullins nailed a three-pointer from the logo to hand the …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have geared up for the 2026-27 campaign in a big way, and the Blue Devils now look like potentially the team to beat heading into the season. Scheyer is entering next season with what is probably the deepest team he has coached in his four years at the helm for the …

Losing stars always sounds scary, but for the Arizona Wildcats, this season isn’t about replacing talent; it’s about redefining who everything runs through. That guy is Motiejus Krivas. Not Caleb Holt, not some mystery transfer, not even the system itself. It’s Krivas. That’s a big shift. Last year, Arizona had options everywhere. This year, it feels way more centered, and …

The Cincinnati Bearcats men’s basketball team has signed forward Tyler Tejada for the 2026-27 season, first-year head coach Jerrod Calhoun announced Wednesday, April 29. Tejada, the 2025 Coastal Athletic Association Player of the Year, has one year of eligibility remaining. The 6-foot-9, 230-pound Tejada from Teaneck, New Jersey, committed to the Bearcats on April 13. “When you think about Tyler, …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer has never been afraid to give his guys a gauntlet of a non-conference schedule throughout the regular season, and we are already seeing marquee matchups scheduled for the 2026-27 campaign. In this past season’s Elite Eight, the 1-seed Blue Devils fell to 2-seed UConn in gut-wrenching fashion. Next year, Scheyer and Co. will have …

Duke and UConn had an epic Elite Eight matchup in March that UConn won on a brilliant last-second shot by Braylon Mullin. Duke was playing with two starters coming off the bench due to foot injuries, and Cameron Boozer playing with a fractured orbital socket. Advertisement But the Huskies showed a lot of heart and earned the victory. During the …

On Tuesday afternoon, ESPN reporter Pete Thamel reported that the NCAA had initiated steps to expand the college basketball NCAA Tournament from 68 teams to 76 teams. Only a day after that, multiple Missouri athletics head coaches spoke at the university’s Zou to You event in St. Louis, featuring availabilities with men’s basketball head coach Dennis Gates, women’s basketball coach …