College Basketball

Rutgers has added the Northeast Conference Player of the Year once again. Central Connecticut State forward Darin Smith has transferred to Rutgers, according to multiple reports. The 6-foot-7, 210-pounder was on campus on Wednesday and quickly made his decision to commit to the Scarlet Knights, announcing his commitment on Thursday morning. Advertisement This marks the second time in three years …

With the wound of the Final Four loss to UConn still fresh, the Duke Blue Devils are unable to waste time sulking. The page must be turned to the 2026-27 college basketball season, and that includes finalizing the roster before the summer. One key component of the Blue Devils’ success last year, which saw them end the season 35-3, was …

Villanova has been active this offseason looking to replace spots in the backcourt. There will be another option on campus this weekend at St. Mary’s transfer Mikey Lewis is set to visit Villanova, according to Dushawn London of 247Sports. Advertisement Lewis started all 33 games as a sophomore for the Gaels while leading them to the NCAA Tournament. He averaged …

Florida State’s offseason roster makeover continued on Thursday with the commitment of Tallahassee State College guard Amare Robinson. Robinson is the brother of recent transfer portal pickup Anthony Robinson II, both of whom are Tallahassee natives who spent their prep years at Florida State University School where they were coached by now-Florida A&M head coach Charlie Ward. Advertisement In his …

Two big recruitments continue to be the focus of Kentucky Basketball in the transfer portal. We’re continuing to watch Syracuse transfer forward Donnie Freeman and Furman transfer guard Alex Wilkins. Both have been on visits to Kentucky, and could be major pieces for Kentucky’s transfer portal class if the Wildcats can close the deal. Freeman concluded his visit on Wednesday, …

Fans of MAC basketball know just how much of a threat Ryan Sabol is from downtown. Fans of Big East basketball are going to see it for themselves firsthand soon, as the Providence Journal reports the guard has transferred to Providence for his senior season. Sabol is a career 37% shooter from long range, inclusive of his junior year, where …

Duke University point guard Cayden Boozer will reportedly return for his sophomore season, according to the team. Boozer starred down the stretch for the Duke men’s basketball team but a costly turnover led to UConn’s Brayden Mullins hitting a buzzer-beater to eliminate the Blue Devils in the Elite Eight. Advertisement Boozer spent most of his freshman year as a reserve …

Illinois guard Ty Rodgers has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3’s Pete Nakos. Rodgers hasn’t played the past two seasons due to injury. The NCAA Transfer Portal officially opened on April 7 and closes on April 21. The new 15-day window was enacted following a recommendation by the men’s basketball oversight committee. Athletes don’t have to commit to a …

During his one season with the Washington Huskies, freshman forward Hannes Steinbach quickly established himself as one of the best players in the country. He was the only player in the Big Ten to average a double-double after posting 18.5 points and a nation-leading 11.8 rebounds per game, adding 1.8 assists, 1.4 blocks, and 1.2 steals per contest while shooting …

Former Indiana forward Josh Harris became the first of the program’s several transfer portal entries to find a new home on Thursday morning, committing to Florida Atlantic: Harris missed the entirety of the 2025-26 season, his lone year with the Hoosiers, due to injury after transferring in from North Florida alongside fellow portalee Jasai Miles last offseason. He suffered a …

Bryson Tiller is leaving Kansas for bitter rival Missouri after a promising and productive freshman season with the Jayhawks. The 6-foot-11 forward arrived in Lawrence before the spring semester in 2025 and redshirted before playing last season, when Tiller was a regular in the starting lineup. He averaged 7.9 points and 6.1 rebounds, and one of his best games for …

Former Kansas forward Bryson Tiller has committed to Missouri via the NCAA Transfer Portal. He was a redshirt freshman this past season. Tiller started in all but one of his 32 appearances for the Jayhawks. He averaged 7.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 25.9 minutes per game. The 6-foot-11 standout shot 44.9% from the field and 26.9% from …

It was a pretty accepted idea that Marquette women’s basketball clearly got better across the span of Cara Consuegra’s first season in charge in Milwaukee. Sure, there was a little bit of Zero Expectations that helped that out, but the math maths out pretty good here. Through the first nine games of the season, Consuegra had the Golden Eagles playing …

On November 3rd, 2025, Steele Venters finally played basketball again. It had been 961 days since his last game. Two torn ligaments. Two surgeries. Two full seasons watching from the bench while two different Gonzaga teams sent three-pointer after three-pointer clanging off the rim. When he checked in against Texas Southern midway through the first half at the McCarthey Athletic …

Wisconsin basketball sits at No. 26 in CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein’s early rankings for the 2026-27 season. Rothstein’s latest ranking update follows a slew of transfer movement, including Wisconsin losing both John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas. The Badgers have yet to add any transfers to their roster, so their current ranking is a complete projection. Advertisement Without any additions, Wisconsin’s …

The college basketball transfer portal is now open. For Eric Musselman and USC, it figures to be a busy stretch as the Trojans look to rebuild their roster once again. Even before the portal officially opened, USC suffered a loss when freshman Jerry Easter II revealed his intention to enter it. However, Easter is not the only Trojan to hit …

Modern-day college basketball is characterized by movement. Endless movement – not on the floor, but off of it, from players and coaches alike. There is the coaching carousel, of course, but in recent years the transfer portal has also created a de facto free agency in the college game. The latter development has rewarded Illinois occasionally – but more often …

Rick Barnes and the Tennessee Volunteers have been cleaning up in the transfer portal this month, securing three commitments to bolster their depth next season. While players from smaller schools have primarily been the focus, it appears the Volunteers are an emerging threat to land one of the best players available around the country. Pete Nakos of On3.com reports that …

The key attributes that made the 2025-26 Illinois men’s basketball team historically special – its size, its sweet-shooting bigs and its Balkan flavor – will be back on the menu in Champaign next season. At Wednesday’s annual Kickin’ Cancer fundraiser hosted by Illini coach Brad Underwood, among others, the club received some of the biggest news possible when 7-foot twin …

As Mark Pope and the Kentucky Basketball coaching staff try to figure out their backcourt headed into next season, one possible option is off the table. Georgia Bulldogs guard Jeremiah Wilkinson announced that he will be transferring to Arkansas earlier this week, despite garnering interest from Kentucky. Advertisement Wilkinson was one of the top scorers in the SEC last season, …

Dustin Ford isn’t a slam dunk hire by the University of Akron just because he learned from former longtime Zips men’s basketball coach John Groce for 18 seasons. Ford’s pedigree is another reason he represents the epitome of a logical choice to fill the big shoes Groce has left behind at UA. Advertisement Thieves in Cambridge, Ohio, knew houses were …

Before he was known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lew Alcindor electrified the basketball world with his debut for UCLA. It wasn’t a surprise. He had been a high school sensation that Wilt Chamberlain took under his wing. Everyone was after him, even many southern schools that were just beginning to integrate. Ultimately, he chose to leave New York City and go …

Tennessee basketball is rebuilding the roster for the 2026-27 season. Freshman forward DeWayne Brown II and freshman guard Troy Henderson are the Vols’ only two confirmed returning players. Four of the Vols five starters have either transferred or exhausted their eligibility. Advertisement Tennessee has three incoming high school recruits in 6-foot-8 forward Ralph Scott, 6-6 wing Manny Green and 6-1 …

Many of the top men’s college basketball transfers are off the board as rosters are starting to shape up ahead of the 2026-27 season. But transfer portal rankings are hardly an exact science, and best fit is usually a better indicator for future success than anything. Advertisement While Yaxel Lendeborg, a first-team All-American in 2025-26, was rated the No. 1 …

Tennessee basketball rumors: Insider lays out scenario where Nate Ament returns to Volunteers appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Tennessee basketball had a lot of ups and downs during the 2025-26 season, but the Volunteers found their best basketball in March once again. For the third consecutive season, Rick Barnes led his team …