College Basketball

In the Jon Scheyer era, Duke basketball has produced two or more NBA Draft picks each year. But only once did three Blue Devils come off the board in the first round: 2025 with Cooper Flagg at No. 1 overall, Kon Knueppel at No. 4, and Khaman Maluach at No. 10. Perhaps 2027 will match that 2025 count. Granted, the …

Head coach Lisa Fortier, along with assistant coach Jordan Green and the rest of the Gonzaga Bulldogs staff, offered power forward/center AnnaClaire Bugbee of Mandan, North Dakota. The Class of 2028 product took an unofficial visit to Spokane, Washington, about two weeks ago. She averaged 17.5 points, 13.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 3.0 steals per game in her sophomore high …

Vanderbilt basketball blew out UAB, 97-65, in an exhibition game at Memorial Gymnasium on Oct. 19. Before getting the season going, the No. 21-ranked Commodores gave a look at their 2026-27 team, which returns Tyler Tanner but just two other players from last season’s team that made the second round of the NCAA tournament. Tanner led Vanderbilt scorers with 18 …

Feb 17, 2026; Dallas, Texas, USA; A view of the Louisville Cardinals logo during the second half against the SMU Mustangs at Moody Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Same starting position as last season. Here’s hoping for a better finish. 1. Florida (47 first-place votes)2. Duke (10)3. Illinois (2)4. UConn5. Arizona6. Michigan State7. …

Kentucky is two AP poll appearances from a milestone no other program has reached originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Kentucky opens the 2026-27 men’s basketball season at No. 23 in the AP Top 25. The ranking carries an unusual bit of history: the Wildcats have now appeared in …

UConn men’s basketball returns to exhibition Tuesday night, as the Huskies hit the road to take on Michigan State in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans and UConn faced off twice last season — once in an exhibition and again in the Sweet 16 — with the Huskies winning both matchups. Even though this game doesn’t count, it still should be …

Coach Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs debut at No. 15 in the Associated Press Poll before the start of the 2026-27 campaign. The Zags have now appeared in 17 straight preseason polls. The only other college basketball programs to do that are the Duke Blue Devils, Kansas Jayhawks, and Kentucky Wildcats. True blue bloods. In the preseason KenPom rankings, …

Bill Self has made good use of the offseason, adding 10 new players to Kansas’ roster. Their headline addition was freshman Tyran Stokes on April 28, as the No. 1 overall recruit chose Kansas over Kentucky. The latest addition to Self’s team, announced by the school on Monday, is Purdue transfer Trey Kaufman-Renn. After weeks of uncertainty, Kaufman received a …

Illinois men’s basketball will begin the 2026-27 season ranked No. 3 in the country, matching the program’s second-highest preseason ranking in the Associated Press Top 25. The preseason poll was released Monday, with the Illini trailing only Florida and Duke. Illinois received two first-place votes, joining the Gators and Blue Devils as the only teams to receive votes for the …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Illinois fans and fans across the country. With Illinois getting the second half of its season underway this weekend against Oregon, there’s no better time than now to ask the burning question on everyone’s mind: how many games …

The Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team will begin the 2026-27 season ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll, which was released Monday. Although Kansas remains among the nation’s ranked teams, the placement gives head coach Bill Self and his roster plenty of motivation heading into a season with championship expectations. According to the official Kansas Athletics …

BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech men’s basketball garnered 10 points in the AP Top 25 poll, which released Monday morning. The Hokies ranked 10th in the “Others Receiving Votes”, meaning they received the 35th-most points in the poll. Virginia Tech was last ranked in Week 7 of the 2022-23 season and has been ranked for 17 weeks in the 2020s (two …

Kansas State Wildcats safety Logan Bartley was arguably the biggest hero on the defense in Saturday’s victory against the Kansas Jayhawks in the Sunflower Showdown. He had a key interception in the second half that swung momentum. The Wildcats were holding onto a 25-24 lead but the Jayhawks were driving. Bartley ended up intercepting KU quarterback Isaiah Marshall in the …

Join the free online community at IllinoisRoundtable.com for more daily coverage of the Fighting Illini. The 2026-27 college basketball season is nearly upon us, and the Illinois Fighting Illini are entering the year as one of the premier teams in the sport. Advertisement Illinois was ranked the No. 3 team in the nation in the preseason AP Poll, trailing only …

Trey Kaufman-Renn is going to play for the Kansas Jayhawks. And if you’re a confused Purdue Boilermakers fan who thought Kaufman-Renn had exhausted his college basketball eligibility, you’d be right — sort of. Advertisement But in this new era of college sports, there’s an air about it that everything goes. That’s what Kaufman-Renn and the Jayhawks are hoping. How Can …

Where Michigan basketball rank in Preseason AP Top 25 Poll after winning national title but losing Dusty May appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Michigan Wolverines won their first national championship since 1989 last season after going 37-3 for the campaign. However, it was followed by the departure of Dusty May to …

The Duke Blue Devils will open up the fifth year of the Jon Scheyer era in a few weeks, hosting Army in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The start of the season is rapidly approaching and the excitement for the new campaign is still high for the Blue Devils. Scheyer and Duke are coming off another Elite Eight appearance, but it was …

Duke is expected to be one of the best teams in college basketball again this season, and the preseason AP Top 25 reflects that. The AP Top 25 poll was released on Monday, and the Blue Devils ranked No. 2, right behind No. 1 Florida. Advertisement Duke received 10 first-place votes while Florida received 47. Illinois, ranked No. 3, also …

On Monday, the Associated Press released its preseason college basketball top 25 poll, and four of Memphis’ non-conference opponents appeared on the poll. In addition to the four ranked teams, three non-conference opponents received votes, and Arkansas, who the Tigers will play in an exhibition game, also appeared on the poll. Penny Hardaway has always put together tough non-conference schedules, …

Tennessee basketball’s opening exhibition contest against an improved Xavier squad gave Head Coach Rick Barnes a lot that he needs to address before the season starts. Tennessee’s newcomer-laden team came up short in the matchup and lost 86-70. The main areas for improvement are reducing defensive breakdowns, rebounding the ball better, and being able to knock down three-point shots. The Vols …

It looked very different inside Mackey Arena as the Boilers took to the floor without their own version of the big three with Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer, and Trey Kaufman-Renn all moving on in their own regards. Purdue’s offense doesn’t have the dominant low post scorers we have been used to for over a decade now since AJ Hammons was …

There’s never a dull moment when it comes to roster movement and NCAA eligibility updates. Things didn’t slow down much on Monday, when news broke that former Purdue standout Trey Kaufman-Renn had signed with Kansas, adding another piece to the Jayhawks’ already loaded roster. If you’re not a fan of the NCAA extending players’ eligibility, you likely aren’t keen on …

The march toward the 2026-27 men’s college basketball season reached a milestone on Monday, Oct. 19, with the reveal of both the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll preseason Top 25 along with the rankings from The Associated Press. Both the Coaches Poll and AP voters selected Todd Golden’s Florida team as the preseason No. 1 team in the country. The …

The USA TODAY US LBM Coaches Poll released their first poll of the 2026-2027 men’s college basketball season but it didn’t include the UCLA Bruins, with Mick Cronin’s team being left off of the Top-25. Cronin’s Bruins have had two-straight Round of 32 exits but expectations are a bit higher entering the new season after the addition of Serbian freshman …

Ten years after Clemson spent $63.5 million rebuilding Littlejohn Coliseum, the men’s basketball program finally has a practice court it does not have to share. Grayson Mann posted an eight-second look inside Brown Family Pavilion on Monday, showing Clemson’s players getting shots up in their new home. The short video only reveals one section of the building, but Clemson did …