College Basketball

The Michigan State Spartans continue to be coached under the legendary Tom Izzo, who has been with the team since 1995 and, at 71, is one of the oldest coaches in NCAA men’s basketball. But, Izzo is the kind of guy who proves that age is just a number. As the years go by, he seems as passionate and engaged …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida center Rueben Chinyelu will return for his senior season to run it back with a stacked frontcourt that helped the Gators win a national championship in 2025. Chinyelu formally removed his name from the NBA draft to play another year with fellow big men Alex Condon and Thomas Haugh. Coach Todd Golden’s roster is expected to …

The bracket for the 2026 Players Era 16 has been released, and Tennessee basketball has a familiar face for its opener. The Vols played in the Las Vegas-based event for the first time in 2025 and knocked off Rutgers and Houston before losing to Kansas in the third-place game. Advertisement There will be two eight-team brackets. Tennessee will play Maryland …

Notre Dame and Dayton have agreed to play a preseason men’s basketball game to benefit charity, the programs announced this week. The proceeds from the matchup will support adolescent and young adult mental health initiatives. The game will be played at the UD Arena as part of an ongoing partnership between Dayton men’s basketball and Caresource, which has sponsored multiple …

Last season, Dan Hurley again showed why he’s one of the best coaches in college basketball. After a disappointing end to the previous year’s three-peat chase, the UConn Huskies roared back with a 34-6 record, a 17-3 mark in Big East play, and a return trip to the national championship game. Advertisement They didn’t finish the job, falling to Michigan, …

Auburn men’s basketball is set to play West Virginia in the Players Era 8 Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the tournament to begin on Nov. 17, via Jon Rothstein on X. Last season, the Tigers participated in the Players’ Era tournament, matching up against Oregon (W 84-73), Michigan (L 102-72), and St. John’s (W 85-74). Once again, Auburn was …

We now know the tip-off time for the Kentucky-North Carolina matchup in Madison Square Garden in December in the CBS Sports Classic. The Wildcats and the Tarheels will tip-off at 2:30 p.m. ET on December 19. Advertisement The tip-off time was announced by the KentuckyMBB X account earlier today. North Carolina will be led this season by new coach Michael …

After laying low for most of May, Dan Hurley and staff have added another player via the transfer portal. Isaiah Shaw, a 6-foot-8 wing from Northern Arizona, is set to join the Huskies for the 2026-27 season. Shaw started his career at Grand Canyon, where his father Casey is an assistant coach, before transferring to Valparaiso and spending last year …

The Players Era Tournament officially revealed both brackets on Thursday, outlining the path for each team during the Thanksgiving week event. Las Vegas will play host again, where Tennessee will open up on Tuesday, November 24th against Maryland. Yes, that sets up an obvious meeting with former Tennessee guard Bishop Boswell, who will now be tasked with slowing down Dai …

The brackets are set for the Players Era tournaments. The Oregon Ducks are scheduled to participate in the 16-team bracket during the week of Thanksgiving, and they will compete alongside several big brands and championship-contending programs. Oregon will be tossed in the deep end after a 12-20 season last year. The expectations are that the Ducks will improve this season, …

The Gonzaga Bulldogs will take on first-year coach Casey Alexander (previously with the Belmont Bruins) and the Kansas State Wildcats in the opening round of the Players Era 16 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 24. The Zags are 1-2 against the Wildcats in their all-time history. Last season, Kansas State finished with a 12-20 overall record and placed second-to-last …

Earlier this offseason, it was announced that the Michigan men’s basketball team would be making its return to the Players Era Championships in Las Vegas for the 2026-27 season. And according to multiple reports on Thursday, the full bracket has been set and Michigan’s first-round matchup has been revealed. The format for this year’s tournament is a bit different than …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida center Rueben Chinyelu decided Thursday he will return for his senior season to run it back with a stacked frontcourt that helped the Gators win a national championship in 2025. Chinyelu formally removed his name from the NBA draft to play another year with fellow big men Alex Condon and Thomas Haugh. Coach Todd Golden’s …

The first opponent for Rutgers basketball in the Players Era Tournament has been announced, as they are now scheduled to play Houston on November 17th, 2026, for the tournament’s opening round, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Houston and Rutgers have squared off once before in the Steve Pikiell era. In 2021, both teams advanced to the round of …

Purdue men’s basketball’s next in-season tournament features at matchup with Boilermaker ties and a guarantee of another power conference game. The Boilermakers will participate in the Fort Myers Tip-Off at Suncoast Credit Union Arena during Thanksgiving week. The rest of the field includes Oklahoma, Pitt and DePaul. Advertisement Purdue will play DePaul on Nov. 24, and then the Boilers will …

The Duke basketball program will enter the 2026-27 season with a lot of hype on a national scale, and for good reason. Head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have built a roster ready to win and consistently perform at a very high level. Scheyer and Co. prioritized roster continuity, bringing back Patrick Ngongba, Dame Sarr, Cayden Boozer, and Caleb …

The Duke basketball program has shown continued interest in 4-star 2027 recruit Kager Knueppel, the brother of former Duke basketball freshman star Kon Knueppel. Kon spent one season with the Blue Devils in 2024-25 before declaring for the 2025 NBA Draft, where he was selected with the fourth overall pick by the Charlotte Hornets. Knueppel went on to have a …

Neutral site non-conference tournaments have been a thing for decades in men’s and women’s college basketball, but we’re only getting more and more of them with the onset of the NIL era. Now, Indiana men’s basketball is linked to the latest one. The “Diamond Cup,” is an eight-team event under discussion to be played starting in the 2027-28 season, per …

Forwards Filip Jovic of Auburn and Sergej Macura of Mississippi State and guards Jaylen Petty of Texas Tech and Azavier Robinson of Butler have joined UCLA through the transfer portal, coach Mick Cronin said. Macura will be a junior this fall and has two seasons of eligibility remaining. Jovic, Petty and Robinson will be sophomores and have three seasons left. …

A proposed nonconference tournament is in the works for the 2027-28 men’s college basketball season featuring eight of the sport’s top programs including Arizona. CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander reported Wednesday that an 8-team pool play tournament called the ‘Diamond Cup’ is in the later planning stages. The tournament would feature Arizona, Connecticut, Gonzaga, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and North Carolina. …

The Michigan men’s basketball team already looked like it landed one of the more intriguing front court additions in the transfer portal when former Cincinnati Bearcat Moustapha Thiam committed last month, and it only continues to look more and more like a match made in heaven. In a recent On3 article highlighting under-the-radar transfer portal additions that could shape the …

Isaiah Whitehead is returning to Seton Hall to play basketball. No, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2016 Big East Tournament is not using his final two years of eligibility. But he will suit up in Walsh Gym this summer as the leader of the Pirates’ entrant into The Basketball Tournament (known as TBT), an intercollegiate alumni tourney that airs …

Look out, future. Kevin Willard and Co. are coming for you. Just days after extending an offer to class of 2029 phenom Mason Grivna, Willard and his staff spun the wheel back to 2028. Villanova has jumped early into the class of ‘28, extending a scholarship offer to rising junior combo guard Mazari Browne. The 6-foot-6, 185-pound prospect out of …

One of the Tennessee Volunteers’ biggest portal losses of the offseason came from the offensive line. And it’s a loss that Tennessee will feel, to some extent, during the 2026 season. Of the players the Tennessee Vols lost during the spring transfer window, the one they’d probably most like to have back in 2026 is offensive lineman Lance Heard. Advertisement …

The NBA Draft has always divided scouts, executives, and fans because projecting young talent is rarely straightforward. Some prospects dominate high school or college basketball but raise concerns about fit, athleticism, or long-term development. Others possess elite physical tools yet remain inconsistent offensively. That uncertainty creates polarizing prospects every year. Teams drafting near the top often debate whether to prioritize …