If there was ever an example of success without longevity it was the 2026 Michigan Basketball team. The 2024 squad failed to even compile 10 wins the entire season, and Juwan Howard, a former Wolverine legend, had hit the road after failing to get Michigan hoops to the promised land. Advertisement Add red-hot coach Dusty May, who took Florida Atlantic …
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How would you grade the Kentucky Basketball offseason?
Greetings, BBN! It’s been a wild offseason for Kentucky Basketball, though it was thankfully a productive one after landing highly-touted transfer Milan Momcilovic. Kentucky picked up several other promising transfers and landed former NBA standout Mo Williams as an assistant coach, a move that is already bearing fruit. Advertisement It was rocky at times, but overall, the offseason has been …
Read More »Gonzaga linked to former Georgia guard and international prospect in transfer portal
After losing 11 players from last year’s roster, the Gonzaga Bulldogs have explored multiple avenues to acquire talent this offseason, including the high school ranks, the international market, and the transfer portal. A recent report indicates one of Gonzaga’s latest targets is an international guard, although he has some college hoops experience as well. Advertisement Savo Drezgic, a 6’2 guard …
Read More »Comparing Duke Basketball’s Ceiling With UNC’s Next Season
The Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels will enter the 2026-27 college basketball season with pretty different expectations. Duke has established itself as a national title favorite after head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff rebuilt the roster in a way that has it ready to compete for a national title. Advertisement The Blue Devils mixed continuity, veteran …
Read More »The ACC Team Duke Basketball Should Fear Most Next Season
The Atlantic Coast Conference is shaping up to be in the best spot it has been in any of the last several years. The Duke Blue Devils have been absolutely dominant in the ACC over the last two seasons, the only club to remain consistently at the top of the conference standings. Advertisement Duke has gone 36-2 in league play …
Read More »This Kentucky Wildcat arriving on campus is a big win for Mark Pope’s offseason
One of the most intriguing additions this offseason to the 2026-27 Kentucky roster was that of Senegalese power forward Ousmane N’Diaye. He has recently been playing professionally in Italy, but is ready to make the move over to play college basketball, and he will be doing it for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats. All of Big Blue Nation gets …
Read More »Kansas Rumored to Have Interest in SEC Star Malique Ewin
The Kansas basketball program underwent a roster transformation this offseason, landing top-rated 2026 prospect Tyran Stokes and highly rated transfers like Keanu Dawes and Leroy Blyden Jr. The past few months have been eventful for head coach Bill Self, who is returning to Lawrence for his 24th season at the helm, but it appeared he had likely wrapped up next …
Read More »Jerrod Calhoun Brings in UC Legend to Speak With New Team During Opening Summer Workouts
The early practices are flowing for JerrodCalhoun’sfirst Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team. His rosterisn’tentirely set just yet, butthat’snot stopping all the new names from hitting the court together this week. “This is really simple, right? We talk about this every day, we over me,”Calhoun said to his team this week.”We got all new players with a whole new staff.It’sgoing to take …
Read More »Florida’s Thomas Haugh chooses friends, siblings and another title chase over NBA life
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thomas Haugh’s return to Florida was a lifestyle decision. The All-Southeastern Conference forward postponed his chances of becoming an NBA lottery pick when he chose to return to school for his senior season. He preferred to live with his best friend and fishing buddy, teammate Alex Condon, for another year, attend college with both of his younger …
Read More »UCLA’s 2026-27 Basketball Season Starts With Major Test
This year’s UCLA men’s basketball team won’t have much time to figure things out, as the Bruins will be thrown into the fire immediately with a neutral-site game in Las Vegas against the Arizona Wildcats as part of the Hall of Fame Series at T-Mobile Arena. It’s the third straight year the Bruins have played the Wildcats on a neutral …
Read More »Louisville men’s basketball’s first two opponents set for 2026-27
Thanks to an open records request from the Courier Journal’s Brooks Holton, we now know who the Louisville men’s basketball team will be facing during the first week of the 2026-27 season. Pat Kelsey’s Cardinals will kick off the season on Monday, Nov. 2 with a home game against Chattanooga. Then, on Saturday, Nov. 7, U of L will host …
Read More »One ACC Newcomer Duke Basketball Must Monitor
The Duke basketball program will once again enter the college basketball season as the team to beat out of the ACC, but this is probably the deepest the league has been in any of the last several seasons. Squads such as Louisville, Virginia, Miami, and North Carolina all have the potential to challenge the Blue Devils for the ACC crown …
Read More »Purdue basketball adds in-state exhibition to complete preseason part of schedule
WEST LAFAYETTE − Purdue basketball fans in Fort Wayne will have a short drive to catch an early glimpse of the 2026-27 Boilermakers. Purdue will play at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on Oct. 22 in an exhibition game against the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons. Advertisement It’s the third exhibition contest for the Boilermakers, who’ll play their lone home exhibition …
Read More »Which college basketball program would have the best current NBA starting 5
If you’ve ever played NBA 2K, you’ve likely tried to assemble a team of players solely from your favorite college team. For some schools, such an exercise ends up with a super team. For most other teams, it’s impossible to create. Today, we’re going to rank each school that’s capable of putting together a starting five using NBA players, as …
Read More »Sixers draft profile: Isaiah Evans fires away from long range
Sixers draft profile: Isaiah Evans fires away from long range originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia A scouting report on NBA draft prospect Isaiah Evans: Height: 6-foot-5.5 (without shoes) Strengths Evans had a substantial jump in playing time and production from his freshman to sophomore year. He started every game last season for a 35-3 Duke team and averaged 15.0 …
Read More »Amid Links With Mark Pope’s Kentucky, Jamal Crawford Makes Bold NBA Claim
Jamal Crawford has become one of the most talked about subjects in the Big Blue Nation (BBN) discussion forums after he refused to turn down the possibility of joining the Kentucky Wildcats as a coach, but it appears that the initial optimism might finally turn into a degree of skepticism. That’s because Crawford has now put out a post on …
Read More »It only took a couple of days for Josh Elander’s biggest offseason move to pay off in a big way for Tennessee
Tennessee baseball coach Josh Elander made a big — and perhaps somewhat unexpected — move last week and it’s already paying off in a big way for the Volunteers. Tennessee Vols baseball coach Josh Elander made a big move last week, and it’s already paying off for UT baseball. Advertisement Late last week, Elander and the Volunteers parted ways with …
Read More »Josh Hart shares hilarious first impression of Villanova teammates
The New York Knicks have become an extremely close team with the presence of the Villanova trio in the starting lineup. The relationship began during the days at Villanova but it apparently did not start out positively for Josh Hart. Advertisement During a media availability ahead of the 2026 NBA Finals last week, Hart joked about his first impressions of …
Read More »Missed Connections: The Ones That Got Away, Who’s Still Out There, and What Gonzaga Does Next
Coming out of a 31-win season, the Zags watched 11 players leave the roster this offseason, Five seniors aged out. A program-record six more hit the portal. All of it landed right as Gonzaga prepares to officially join the new-look Pac-12 on July 1, a league where San Diego State, Utah State, and Boise State will not care about anyone’s …
Read More »Gophers Basketball Back at Practice to Prep for New Crosstown “Rival” St. Thomas
The Minnesota Gophers men’s basketball team returned to practice for the first time since they were booted from the College Basketball Crown Tournament back on April 1 by the Baylor Bears. Since then, the roster has seen quite a few changes. New names fans will get used to hearing include transfers Kyan Evans (UNC), Kai Shinholster (Colorado State), Winters Grady …
Read More »Commute: Mizzou vs SLU Hoops is Official
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Basketball It was reported for a while now but made official on Monday. Mizzou vs SLU basketball has been set for Friday, November 6th at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. SLU joins Marquette (reported, but not official), Pitt, Kansas, Nebraska, and Illinois for a loaded non-conference slate thus far …
Read More »YouTube Gold: Duke vs. Georgia Tech In Cameron, 1983
In 1983, people weren’t really taking Mike Krzyzewski and Duke very seriously. They also weren’t geeked up over Bobby Cremins at Georgia Tech. Duke was coming off a 10-17 season, which only improved to an 11-17 season in 1982-83. Meanwhile, in Atlanta, Cremins was 10-16 in his first season, and would finish 13-15 in 1982-83. Advertisement It took a lot …
Read More »Analyst Predicts Mike Malone Can Make Massive Statement Ahead Of ACC-SEC Challenge Matchup Vs John Calipari’s Arkansas
As teams begin their preparations for the upcoming 2026-2027 season, ACC and SEC teams are also preparing to face off against one another, and that includes North Carolina. This will be Mike Malone’s first true test as a head coach for the Tar Heels, as their opponent for that game will be none other than the Arkansas Razorbacks and their …
Read More »Former Gonzaga forward lands at fourth different school via transfer portal
Former Gonzaga Bulldogs forward Pavle Stosic is on the move once again. The 6’9 Serbian forward has landed at Fairleigh Dickinson for his redshirt junior year, as announced by the program on social media last Thursday. Stosic is now on his fourth college program after beginning his career at Gonzaga in the 2023-24 season. Advertisement Stosic was a very, very …
Read More »ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Rankings Provide Recurring Theme About Clemson Basketball
Over the last four seasons, there haven’t been more coaches who have been as steady as Clemson basketball’s head coach, Brad Brownell. However, the national media still hasn’t picked up on it. Advertisement ESPN’s Jeff Borzello released his top 25 rankings ahead of the summer, and names like Florida, Duke and Michigan, of course, topped the rankings. Going down the …
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