College Basketball

Six-figure offers and hundreds of calls, all-conference guard details portal decision

Finally, Hudson Mayes got a solid night’s sleep. The All-Big West Conference honorable mention selection out of UC-San Diego and, most notably this month, NCAA transfer portal entrant had lost track of days, let alone the “hundreds” of phone calls and texts from potential basketball suitors. Advertisement On Tuesday, Mayes made official the next step in his blossoming college basketball …

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College basketball transfer portal: Top 25 overall players

The NCAA transfer portal officially opened at midnight on April 7 with thousands of college basketball players prepared to evaluate their futures. In the new offseason format, all players must submit an entry by April 21 to change programs. As top prospects continue to commit to their new program, the updated list of available players and list of best committed …

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What Tre Singleton, Arrinten Page and Tyler Kropp’s departures mean for Northwestern men’s basketball

To go along with the players graduating from Northwestern, eight athletes entered their names into the transfer portal. Among them are Tre Singleton, Arrinten Page and Tyler Kropp — the three rotational bigs for the Wildcats not named Nick Martinelli. Here’s what those departures mean for the ‘Cats in 2026 and beyond. Advertisement What NU is losing The Singleton news …

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Indiana men’s basketball lands commitment from SMU transfer center Samet Yigitoglu

Indiana men’s basketball landed its fourth commitment out of the transfer portal and first in the frontcourt on Tuesday afternoon when former SMU center Samet Yigitoglu pledged to join the Hoosiers for the 2026-27 season, per reporting from Jonathon Givony. Yigitoglu has spent the first two seasons of his college career with the Mustangs, starting every single game he’s been …

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Gonzaga’s Joaquim ArauzMoore Enters Transfer Portal

Gonzaga Bulldogs redshirt sophomore guard Joaquim ArauzMoore has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Better known as ‘Q,’ the walk-on appeared in 12 games across his two seasons and scored 11 points on 3-for-6 three-pointers. ArauzMoore is joining sophomore center Ismaila Diagne, graduate wing Steele Venters, junior wing Emmanuel Innocenti, redshirt junior guard Braeden Smith, and redshirt freshman guard Cade Orness …

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Fan favorite Dylan Darling enters transfer portal after one season with St. John’s men’s basketball

Shortly after the commitment of European combo guard Quinn Ellis, the Red Storm lost one of their most popular players in return. Redshirt junior guard Darling has entered the transfer portal and will have one more season of eligibility. The news was first reported by Zach Braziller of the New York Post. Advertisement Darling becomes the fourth Red Storm player …

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What $1 million will buy in today’s college basketball NIL market

What $1 million will buy in today’s college basketball NIL market originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. With the transfer portal window open for college basketball, there’s always the question of who’s available on the market and what a certain player is demanding. For example, the top portal talent …

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St. John’s guard Dylan Darling enters NCAA Transfer Portal

St. John’s guard Dylan Darling has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. He has one season of eligibility remaining. Darling made 35 appearances and 15 starts for the Red Storm this past season. He averaged 6.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 21.3 minutes per game. He shot 39.8% from the field and 27.7% from beyond the arc. Advertisement Darling’s …

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Duke a leader for top guard in transfer portal

John Blackwell, the top guard currently in the transfer portal, has finalized his final six schools, and Duke is among them, according to Jon Rothstein. “John Blackwell announced last week that he was considering six schools: Duke, UCLA, Illinois, Arizona, Alabama, and Louisville,” Rothstein said via Inside College Basketball. Advertisement “According to a lot of people close to the situation, …

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Oklahoma Sooners earn commitment from former 5-star prospect

Jennie Baranczyk and the Oklahoma Sooners have added their second transfer portal commitment in the last couple of days with the addition of Kansas State guard Jordan Speiser. Speiser announced her commitment on Instagram. As a freshman with the Wildcats, Speiser averaged 10.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. She shot 38% from the field and 34.9% from three last …

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Acaden Lewis commits to Miami Hurricanes

Former Kentucky Basketball commitment Acaden Lewis won’t be having an extended stay in the transfer portal, as the Villanova point guard has made his pledge to Jai Lucas and the Miami Hurricanes. Lewis made the announcement Tuesday on his Instagram page. Lewis, who was at one point signed to play for Kentucky in the class of 2025, ultimately backed out …

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LSU transfer forward Matt Gilhool commits to Kansas State

Former LSU forward Matt Gilhool has committed to Kansas State via the NCAA Transfer Portal, he announced in a post on Instagram. Gilhool redshirted as a true freshman this past season at LSU. Matt Gilhool played high school basketball at William Penn Charter (PA), where he was a four-star prospect. He was the No. 90 overall player and No. 18 …

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Georgetown transfer KJ Lewis commits to USC

Georgetown transfer guard KJ Lewis is headed across the country after committing to Eric Musselman and USC on Tuesday, On3’s Joe Tipton reports. A top-25 player in the portal, Lewis led the Hoyas in scoring this season, averaging 14.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.1 steals per game. He shot 40% from the field and 30% from three, earning …

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Tennessee reportedly going all-in for former five-star recruit, McDonald’s All-American

Tennessee reportedly going all-in for former five-star recruit, McDonald’s All-American originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball are having a successful run in the transfer portal, which comes as no surprise with Rick Barnes leading the program. However, this portal cycle feels different, as Tennessee …

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Cornell transfer Jake Fiegen to visit Villanova

Cornell transfer Jake Fiegen plans to take a visit to Villanova. Fiegen narrowed his list down to four schools — Villanova, Northwestern, Virginia, and Vanderbilt. He visited Northwestern on Monday and the visit reportedly went well. According to Louie Vaccher of On3, the 6-foot-4 guard plans to visit Villanova before making his final decision. Despite leaving the visit without a …

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Syracuse men’s basketball: money isn’t the only thing

For a while now, all we’ve heard about Syracuse men’s basketball getting back to the NCAA Tournament was that they needed resources to compete. We heard it from Adrian Autry. We heard it from Jim Boeheim Advertisement We heard it from John Wildhack We heard it from the agents who leak to Jeff Goodman We heard it from Gerry McNamara …

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Ohio State Loses Forward to Villanova in Transfer Portal

On Friday, the Ohio State Buckeyes landed Justin Pippen in the transfer portal from California. As with most college basketball teams this time of year, the OSU roster I sin flux amid a busy transfer portal. On Monday, the Buckeyes learned a player from the 2025-26 roster is set to join a new program for next season. Advertisement Per Joe …

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CBB Rumors: Tennessee Volunteers ‘Gaining Momentum’ for Small-School SG in Transfer Portal

The Tennessee Volunteers have been one of the most active programs in the college basketball transfer portal thus far, adding three key players. With Rick Barnes and the coaching staff backed by an even bigger NIL wallet this offseason, another addition could be on the horizon. Joe Tipton of On3.com reports that former VCU guard Terrence Hill Jr. is poised …

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