College Basketball

The NBA announced that two Gonzaga commits, incoming sophomore guard/wing Isiah Harwell, along with 2026 combo guard Jack Kayil, will be testing the 2026 NBA Draft waters. The 2026 NBA Combine will run from May 10-17 at the Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis in Chicago, Illinois. The deadline for college players like Harwell to withdraw their names is May …

Rising sophomore Francis Folefac has committed to the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball program. The 6-foot-7, 245 pound Folefac played forward at Siena this past season. He follows head coach Gerry McNamara from Siena along with teammates Gavin Doty and Tasman Goodrick. He’s set to join his former Team Melo AAU teammate Kiyan Anthony at Syracuse. Folefac announced the news Monday …

Head coach Jamie Dixon and the TCU Horned Frogs made a major addition to the frontcourt Monday, gaining a commitment from West Virginia freshman transfer forward DJ Thomas. The 6-foot-9 forward, who played his high school basketball in Allen, Texas, averaged 6.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game during the 2025-26 season and played in 38 games. Thomas will arrive …

The action in the Houston basketball program continues. This time, it was adding a player down the road who attended Lamar this past season to play basketball and now has a new home. Braden East recently entered the transfer portal after this past season and decided it was in his best interest to continue his career with Houston. During that …

Jon Scheyer has finished building Duke’s roster for next season. He retained key players from last year’s squad, secured the No. 1 recruiting class for the third consecutive year, and added two impactful pieces through the transfer portal. Five players from last year’s team are coming back. Caleb Foster, Cayden Boozer, Dame Sarr, Sebastian Wilkins, and Patrick Ngongba all chose …

Braedan Lue transferred to Tennessee from Kennesaw State on April 24. The 6-foot-9, 235-pound forward played two seasons for the Owls from 2024-26. Lue appeared in 68 contests, including 66 starts. He averaged 10.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, one assist and 25.9 minutes per game. Advertisement Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes discussed the Vols’ latest basketball signee. “We are pleased to …

Arizona big man Motiejus Krivas is returning for the 2026-27 season, giving the Wildcats a key player from their Final Four run. Arizona announced Krivas’ return on Monday, less than a week after the departures of freshmen Brayden Burries and Koa Peat for the NBA draft. Advertisement Krivas averaged 10.4 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots per game in …

Finnish 5-star 7-footer lifts John Calipari’s 2026 class at Arkansas originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Five-star 7-foot forward Miikka Muurinen has committed to Arkansas, according to ESPN. The addition pushed John Calipari and the Razorbacks to No. 1 in the 2026 recruiting class rankings. Advertisement Muurinen has shown …

North Carolina will look for players overseas with some of the top prospects in the transfer portal already having decided where they want to play college basketball. This comes after the departure of center Henri Veesaar. Veesaar, who averaged 17.0 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, announced he was forgoing his final year of eligibility and entering his name in …

On Friday, Henri Veesaar officially entered the NBA Draft, and though the door is slightly open for a return, that is highly unlikely. I want to thank the big man for his one season and for giving us his all and in return we gave him the chance to showcase his full skills and now pursue a dream of playing …

While Tennessee basketball targeted offensive versatility with its portal class, veteran coach Rick Barnes reverted back to his pillars of defense and rebounding with Kennesaw State transfer Braedan Lue. The Vols desperately needed another big man to plug into their frontcourt rotation. Lue provides an energetic solution. Advertisement “We are pleased to welcome Braedan and his family to our basketball …

As portal season begins to settle down a bit, something we predicted a few years ago is increasingly evident: some coaches really know what to do in portal season – which we might as well call roster building season – and some don’t. Guys like Jerome Tang, Scott Drew, Hubert Davis, and Mark Pope have struggled. On the other hand, …

Jon Scheyer and his Duke basketball staff have yet to hand out any offers on either the 2027 or 2028 recruiting trail. But one such player in particular appears to be squarely on the Blue Devils’ radar in versatile 2028 five-star Colton Hiller. Still over a month from turning 16 years old, the Coatesville Area High School (Pa.) sophomore forward …

With decision day looming, we now have a clear-cut favorite in the recruitment of 4-star recruit Miikka Muurinen, who will announce his college decision Monday. 247 Sports recruiting expert Travis Branham has logged a Crystal Ball prediction with a 6/10 confidence level for Muurinen to land with John Calipari and the Arkansas Razorbacks. A 6-foot-10, 185-pound power forward from Serbia, …

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson declared for the NBA draft on Friday, just as nearly everyone had expected he would ever since his arrival on campus, and the high-scoring guard figures to be among the first three players selected in June. That top freshman trio includes Duke’s Cameron Boozer, The Associated Press national player of the year …

The massive rush of players into the portal is done: No one else can jump in now that the deadline has passed. 4,949 players decided grass would be greener in another pasture, and nearly 1,000 of them are still in the portal. The harsh reality is that some of them won’t find new homes; it happens every portal window. Guys get …

Mark Pope’s legacy with the Kentucky Wildcats will be forever linked with the name of Tyran Stokes. The past year has seen Kentucky target the No. 1 overall recruit in this class, be the favorite to land him, and fall behind. It has been a wild ride, but one that finally may be coming to and end. On Saturday, Jeff …

Well here’s something we missed: former Blue Devil Christian Reeves left Duke for Clemson after his sophomore season, then moved on to Charleston. And now he has a new school: Kansas. That’s right, Reeves, will be a Jayhawk. Advertisement He didn’t get much time at Duke, nor at Clemson, but did reasonably well at Charleston, where he averaged 11.1 points …

Virginia Tech basketball coach Mike Young continues to build his roster for 2026-27. Once the Hokies reaffirmed the returns of Ben Hammond, Tyler Johnson, Tyler Hansberry and Sin’Cere Jones, Young and his staff went to work, looking for outside help. It began with the addition of Oklahoma transfer forward Kuol Atak, a 6-foot-9 sharpshooter, followed by Friday’s commitment from 6-foot-9 …

The transfer portal has taken college basketball by storm, showing it’s importance to the roster construction of the top teams in the sport. Another important part of roster construction is the retention of current players, and one major college basketball team had a major player come back to school. Florida received a huge boost when Thomas Haugh announced his return …

The Duke basketball program has its 2026-27 rotation almost entirely set, barring any unforeseen changes. And simply put, it could not have been much more successful. Also read: Grading Duke’s Full Offseason So Far Mar 26, 2026; Washington, DC, USA; Duke Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer speaks with the media during a press conference ahead of the east regional …

Michigan State women’s basketball has made a transfer portal splash on Saturday, making another addition to the roster. West Virginia forward Carter McCray has committed to the Spartans. A 6-foot-1 forward, she averaged 6.5 points and 5.3 rebounds in 2025-26. An Oberlin, Ohio native, she started her career at Northern Kentucky before transferring to Wisconsin and then ending up with …

Arizona is coming off a very successful 2025-26 season. They earned 36 wins, the most in a single season in program history. Additionally, they won the Big 12 regular season and conference tournament. Then, of course, the Wildcats made the Final Four for the first time since 2001. The deadline to declare for the upcoming NBA draft was last night. …

As Kentucky Basketball continues to fill out its roster, one of its top remaining recruits is set to make a college decision on Monday, and another could follow suit. On Saturday, 5-star forward Miikka Muurinen revealed that he will make his college choice on Monday, April 27. The 6-foot-10 big man is ranked 55th overall in the 2026 class by …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff are just about done with their offseason in terms of additions and departures. Aside from a few potential portal targets the Blue Devils have been reported to be involved with, next year’s rotation is nearly set in stone. Simply put, it couldn’t have been much more of a success for Scheyer …