College Basketball

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo is sick of the recent “self-inflicted” losses at the university. Izzo discussed the school losing its athletic director, J Batt, and president, Kevin Guskiewicz, at a press event on Monday, June 15, 2026. Hear Izzo’s rally call to 600,000 Spartan alums in the video above. More: With chaos at the top, Michigan State stuck …

Tom Izzo is “disgusted” by the administrative drama at Michigan State. The storied college basketball coach commented on the on-campus turmoil that led to the recent departure of the university’s president and athletic director. Advertisement “I can’t stand what’s going on,” the longtime MSU men’s basketball coach told reporters. “I’ve had it. This is self-inflicted. We just lost the best …

Mikal Bridges built a massive championship pedigree in college and in the NBA. He won two national titles at Villanova and, recently, the 2026 championship with the New York Knicks. Yet, Bridges’ time with the Wildcats did not begin the way many would expect from a future champion. From his perspective, the path looked frustratingly slow. But instead of complaining, Mikal stuck …

With each new University of Washington basketball commit now, the Huskies increasingly become a team without borders. They are a FIBA pick-up game always waiting to happen. In going global to rebuild Danny Sprinkle’s third team, his staff on Tuesday picked up a commitment from 6-foot-9 Croatian forward Boris Tisma — the third consecutive international player to agree to come …

The underdog New York college basketball team has grabbed a player from St. John’s. Fordham has landed former top-100 recruit Kelvin Odih via the transfer portal, according to multiple reports, after just one year with the Red Storm. It is the first time since Fordham has grabbed a four-star recruit since 2008, when the Rams signed Jio Fontan. Advertisement Odih …

With summer hoops in full gear at the high school level, college coaches from around the country – including, evidently, Illinois’ staff – are pouring themselves into recruiting. On Friday, the Illini extended yet another offer, in this case to 2027 prospect Isaiah Santos, according to his X account. Who is 2027 recruit Isaiah Santos? Rated as the No. 79 …

Big Blue Nation has started to get excited about the 2026-27 season because the Kentucky basketball social media team has been posting photos and videos from practices. While fans are getting excited about the upcoming season, there has been one question BBN has had about these photos. That question is, why is Kam Williams not around? Last season, Williams transferred …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The biggest piece Arkansas basketball needs to contend for a national championship this season is a big man. That’s been well documented as head coach John Calipari has gone through the roster-building process. To the Hall of Famer’s credit, he’s brought in several viable options: Miikka Muurinen, Cooper Bowser and Maper Maker are all solid players who …

Yesterday, Kentucky announced a few more of its non-conference games, and some folks are not happy about the quality of opponents that will come to Rupp Arena. The seven teams added to the schedule were Manhattan (November 3rd), James Madison (November 6th), Northern Arizona (November 13th), Grambling State (November 16th), Bryant (December 8th), Sacred Heart (December 22nd), and Gardner-Webb (December …

One of the advantages that the 2025-26 Iowa State Cyclones men’s basketball team had going into the season was its continuity. Tamin Lipsey was entering Year 4 with the program. Milan Momcilovic was in Year 3 and Joshua Jefferson was in Year 2. Nate Heise was coming off the bench and in his second campaign with Iowa State. Advertisement That …

A very important part of a successful college basketball team is having some players step up and be leaders. Big Blue Nation has been curious about who will be the leaders on this team, knowing there are a lot of new faces walking into the locker room, but two guys seem to be taking over as leaders early into the …

The Iowa State Cyclones men’s basketball team is going to look a lot different during the 2026-27 campaign than it did at the end of the 2025-26 season. Head coach T.J. Otzelberger remains as the leader of the program, but he had to replace two assistant coaches: JR Blount and Kyle Green. Both hired to become head coaches themselves, with …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will hit the road out to Omaha to take on the Creighton Bluejays this winter, in the return game of a home-and-home series started in 2025-26. The game is set to take place on Saturday, Dec. 12, in Omaha, according to CBS reporter Jon Rothstein. Neither team has confirmed this report, and a time …

The Big Ten opponents have dropped for Greg Gard’s 2026-27 Wisconsin Badgers, and game one is just over four months away, so the doldrums of early summer seem like a perfect time for a ridiculously premature series of guesses about how the upcoming season will go. Let’s get right to it, shall we? Advertisement Best Case Greg Gard doesn’t rebuild, he reloads. So, in this optimistic scenario, losing John …

The Duke Blue Devils have one of the most loaded rosters in all of college basketball headed into next season, and a big reason why has a lot to do with the return of the team’s notable stars. This offseason, the team has lost many talents, such as Cameron Boozer and Isaiah Evans, to the draft. However, they’ve also been …

Gone are the days of UCLA, USC, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Arizona State… The Pac-12’s loss is our gain. We asked last week whether you thought the new Pac-12, which officially takes shape on July 1, would be considered a mid-major conference, and 67% of fans believe it will be. The Conference of Champions was whittled down to two football teams …

Many players in the Duke basketball family have gone viral this summer, like Joaquim Boumtje-Boumtje or Kon Knueppel’s younger brother, Kager. However, many Duke supporters haven’t been keeping up with JJ Redick’s son. Knox Redick, a current middle school prospect, has impressed for New Heights at the Global Games Youth Basketball Championship. In a recent video, Redick is seen knocking …

Jeremy Jenkins, a four-star power forward in the 2027 class, tells Rivals he’s down to ten schools. Moving forward, the 6-foot-9 rising senior out of Riviera Prep (FL) will consider Dayton, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, NC State, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Washington, West Virginia, and Xavier. Jenkins is currently in the process of scheduling official visits. Advertisement Prior to …

Indiana men’s basketball keeps adding onto its 2026-27 schedule… kind of. Indiana has added an exhibition matchup against North Carolina set to be played on Sunday, October 18, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. It’ll be the first matchup between the two programs since 2022 but, unlike that 77-65 win at Assembly Hall, the game won’t count toward either team’s record, …

We already knew that Marquette men’s basketball was going to be in the 2026 Battle 4 Atlantis event in the Bahamas coming up this November. At the time back in May, it seemed that the event had shifted from an 8-team bracketed event where everyone plays three games to a pair of four team events with each team playing twice. …

Even Jay Wright didn’t see Jalen Brunson going Kobe Bryant in 2026 NBA Finals appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. In the latest edition of The Rich Eisen Show, former Villanova University head coach Jay Wright spoke about Jalen Brunson’s NBA success. Wright coached Brunson when Villanova won the national championship in 2018. …

Good morning, BBN! The focus of the last few days has been the introduction of the new AD, J Blatt, alongside the start of offseason practice for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats. All the while, Nick Mingione and the Kentucky Baseball team have built a solid incoming transfer class. Advertisement Headlined by RHP PJ Craig and OF Alex Kelsey, …

Mark Pope has been on a tear this past month, landing his first top-10 high school recruit (Ryan Hampton) and a consensus top-three transfer portal player in Milan Momcilovic. That momentum is carrying over into the summer basketball circuit, and Kentucky Basketball just offered a really familiar name: Erick Dampier Jr. That’s probably going to make some of you feel …

The Kentucky Basketball team officially began summer practice on Monday, but fans got an early preview of the Wildcats’ new-look roster thanks to videos posted by the program over the last two days. On Sunday, Kentucky’s social media team shared footage of players going through various athletic tests, including agility challenges and vertical jump measurements. It served as a nice …

Virginia Tech women’s basketball garnered a commitment from international product Francesca Baldassarre, who enters the program as a 5-foot-9 freshman. The 5-foot-9 guard from Brindisi, Italy, will presumably have a full four years of eligibility. The 18-year-old spent two seasons with Afora Givova Battipaglia in Italy’s top league Serie A1. In her first season, she logged 2.2 points per game, …