College Basketball

Indiana’s latest portal commitment, announcing his transfer to Indiana just a few hours after Aiden Sherrell did on April 15th, becoming the sixth player to commit to Darian DeVries this offseason. With a relatively quiet recruitment, his announcement flew under the radar, but he appears to be a guy that Indiana is lucky to have signed. Lindsay comes to Indiana …

A new report is shining some light on what the 2026-27 schedule will look like for the Syracuse Orange. According to an interview Donna Ditota of syracuse.com conducted with Syracuse Associate AD Pete Corasiniti, Syracuse will play five of its 14 total non-conference games against Power Five opponents. Syracuse still needs to tidy up the details on two games, per …

One of the interesting and defining differences between Jon Scheyer’s Duke teams and those of his GOAT predecessor, Mike Krzyzewski is that Coach K tended to focus on athleticism over size. For his part, Scheyer has a clear preference for taller players. Still athletic, but taller. From what we’ve seen, Scheyer’s defense is more conservative. Coach K wanted a pit …

Over the past five-plus years, Brad Underwood and Illinois have been oh-so close to a Final Four berth several times. The No. 1-seeded squad featuring Ayo Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn was capable. The Elite Eight unit led by Terrence Shannon Jr. had the pieces. But neither of those teams broke through. The 2025-26 Illini did make it, however. Keaton Wagler …

2025-2026 Season Stats: 39 games (0 starts)12.9 minutes5.5 points64.6% FG%37.5 3pt% (3/8)3.0 rebounds.3 assists.1 steals1.2 blocks.5 turnovers* Set career highs in sophomore season due to injury in freshman season Advertisement 2025-2026 Season Awards / Honors: No awards or honors Season Retrospective: After a freshman season that was frustratingly cut short just one game (and 90 seconds) in due to injury, …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs lost 11 players from last year’s team that went 31-4 and earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. However, despite a significant roster overhaul, the Zags are positioned to be as good or better this upcoming season, and it’s primarily thanks to three players they are bringing back. Advertisement The trio of …

Oklahoma State made the signing of former Georgetown center Julius Halaifonua official on Monday via release. The seven-foot center committed last month, but the signing puts him official on the men’s basketball roster for the 2026-27 season. Last season with the Hoyas the New Zealand native averaged 9.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and nearly 20 minutes per game. Advertisement It’s the …

The first round of the 2026 NBA Draft takes place on Tuesday, June 23. There’s a strong possibility that 2025-26 Duke basketball teammates Cameron Boozer and Isaiah Evans both come off the board that night. But judging by recent mock drafts, there’s also an outside chance that Evans will have to wait until the second round the following night. On …

The transfer portal continues to change college basketball rosters at a nonstop pace, and Tuesday brought another move that caught attention across multiple programs. When a player with proven production changes destinations, it rarely happens quietly. That was the case when Jordan Marsh made his decision to join the Temple Owls, adding an experienced guard with a track record of …

After one of the most hectic multi-week stretches the sport has ever seen, the college basketball transfer portal is finally closed and commitments are slowing down. Many teams – like the Badgers, who have just one more spot to fill on their 2026-27 roster – have largely finished building their squads for next season. Advertisement As such, early reviews of …

On March 22, sophomore guard Kameron Mercer won an Ohio Division I state basketball title with his Princeton Vikings team in Dayton. A little over a month later, the five-star prospect has been offered by new University of Cincinnati Bearcats coach Jerrod Calhoun. Mercer posted the news on his social media accounts May 5. Technically, Mercer was first offered by …

MADISON – When Alie Bisballe committed to the Wisconsin women’s basketball program during the summer of 2023, she had an scholarship on the table from Michigan State. After the 6-foot-4 forward entered the transfer portal last month, the Spartans came calling again. This time she accepted their offer. Advertisement Bisballe announced her commitment to the Spartans May 5. The move …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs already have five newcomers set to join the program in 2026-27, their first year in the new look Pac-12. The team still has five additional roster spots to fill, however, and could use more experience and depth at nearly every position. Currently, the only player on Gonzaga’s roster with more than 35 games played …

The college basketball landscape is dominated by NIL money and the transfer portal. As a result, traditional powers get richer, while the rest scramble to field competitive rosters. Before the NIL/transfer portal era, you had traditional Blue Bloods. North Carolina consistently competed for National Championships, while Kansas and Kentucky typically remained amongst the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four. Advertisement UNC is …

The first month of the Kansas basketball offseason has been controversial among the fanbase. While Bill Self added several mid-tier transfers and top-ranked 2026 prospect Tyran Stokes, KU lost starters Flory Bidunga and Bryson Tiller in the frontcourt, along with the rest of the starting five. Given how other schools around the country are spending their NIL money, some of …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have tapped into the transfer portal much more than they did previously since the NIL era took over college basketball, and it has paid off big time. Typically, the Duke program has relied on freshman talent to lead its programs. Just take a look at the past two years with Cameron …

It hasn’t been all that long since Dan Hurley’s 2-seeded UConn Huskies shattered the hearts of Duke fans everywhere after defeating the 1-seeded Blue Devils 73-72 in the 2026 Elite Eight. However, what these two programs are both doing, which no other program in the sport has been able to accomplish, is continue to operate at a blue-blood level through …

The Duke basketball program, in all likelihood, will not be led by a freshman, which hasn’t been how the program has typically operated over the last decade. In seven of the past nine years, the Blue Devils’ leading scorer has been a first-year player. This offseason, head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have prioritized bringing back key rotation pieces …

When Texas Longhorns head coach Sean Miller is asked about rising junior center Matas Vokietaitis, there’s one reliable anecdote Miller often falls back on to describe the 7’0, 255-pounder. When Miller was at Arizona and the late, great Bill Walton was around, Walton liked to remind Miller that big men come in two categories — those who play the game …

A return to familiar ground is next for former Clemson men’s basketball guard Asa Thomas. After a winding college path that included time in the ACC and Southern Conference, Thomas is heading back to Illinois to join the UIC Flames men’s basketball. The Chicago-area product entered the transfer portal earlier this offseason after spending the 2025-26 year at Furman Paladins …

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg announced that assistants Nate Loenser, Ernie Zeigler and Pat Monaghan and general manager Luca Virgilio have signed contract extensions following the best season in program history. Hoiberg, the Associated Press national coach of the year, also named Loenser associate head coach. Contract terms immediately were not announced. Advertisement The Cornhuskers finished 28-7 overall, …

BYU and Utah State announced a two game series Tuesday morning. The teams will play December 9, 2026 in the Marriott Center and again in 2027 in the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. This is the first meeting between the schools since 2021. BYU has won the past 10 matchups. Utah State’s release says the ticket allotment for 2027 …

Billy Donovan as next Magic coach? We’ve seen this before (SN Archive — 2007) originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Nearly two decades after changing his mind about becoming the next coach of the Orlando Magic, Billy Donovan is once again considered a top candidate for the Magic’s opening. …

Tennessee basketball entered May already with one of the best transfer portal classes in the country. Coach Rick Barnes wanted to improve the offense, and the Vols found high-end scoring at every position. USA TODAY ranked the Vols’ portal haul at No. 2 behind Indiana. That was before they added one of the best players available when Wake Forest guard …

Famed college basketball announcer Dick Vitale couldn’t hide his emotions after receiving a message from Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo on Monday. Vitale, who started as a broadcaster with ESPN in 1979 and became a popular voice in college hoops, is currently battling cancer. He revealed earlier in April that he was diagnosed with melanoma in his lung …