College Basketball

Jan 22, 2024; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels guard RJ Davis (4) reacts with guard Elliot Cadeau (2) after hitting a three point shot in the second half at Dean E. Smith Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports The North Carolina Tar Heels are just under two months away from the start of basketball season. …

. The North Carolina Tar Heels may have received some good news regarding a recruiting target in the 2025 class. And it comes at the expense of their rival, Duke. Five-star shooting guard Braylon Mullins has made an update to his recruitment, canceling his visit to Duke for the weekend of October 4-6. The decision came on Tuesday as he …

Feb 17, 2024; Auburn, Alabama, USA; The Auburn Tigers host the ESPN broadcast of Game Day from Neville Arena before a game against the Kentucky Wildcats. Mandatory Credit: John Reed-USA TODAY Sports CBS Sports and Bleacher Report college basketball analyst Andy Katz recently ranked the top 10 college basketball student sections heading into the 2024-2025 college basketball season. Beginning his …

Feb 27, 2023; Tallahassee, Florida, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Hubert Davis during the first half against the Florida State Seminoles at Donald L. Tucker Center. Mandatory Credit: Melina Myers-USA TODAY Sports The North Carolina Tar Heels could be just over a week away from landing their first commitment in the 2025 recruiting class. Four-star combo guard Derek …

INDIANAPOLIS — Butler basketball fans might be seeing a certain Indiana Fever player in their midst at games this winter at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Star rookie Caitlin Clark said Tuesday she plans to attend some Butler games after her boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, was hired as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs. She may even become a bit of a fan — …

INDIANAPOLIS — Butler basketball fans might be seeing a certain Indiana Fever player in their midst at games this winter at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Star rookie Caitlin Clark said Tuesday she plans to attend some Butler games after her boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, was hired as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs. She may even become a bit of a fan — …

Notre Dame guard Cassandre Prosper — seen shooting a basketball during a game this past January — is among dozens of Canadians playing in March Madness this month. (Rich Barnes/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters – image credit) Canada has seen double-digit numbers of its homegrown basketball players taking part in March Madness in recent years, a testament to the deep pool of talent …

LEXINGTON — The last link to the John Calipari era at Kentucky is a freshman guard. Travis Perry, the all-time leading scorer in Kentucky high school history, signed with Calipari and the Wildcats last year. Perry was expected to be just one piece of the 2024-25 roster. But after Calipari left UK to become Arkansas’ coach in April, Perry became …

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Rivals.com, the leader in college football and basketball recruiting coverage. Be the first to know and follow your teams by signing up here. MOUTH OF WILSON, Va. – With a full nine months until college coaches can contact him directly, per NCAA rules, Howard Williams Jr. is too young for the recruitment process to hit …

. The North Carolina Tar Heels’ basketball program has been on the road a lot lately visiting recruits as they look to build their 2025 and 2026 recruiting classes. Without a commitment in either class, they are hoping to snag one soon and are putting in the work to further relationships with targets. One of those players is 2026 small …

Sep. 16—With the 2024-25 season tipping off in about two months, the Illini’s nonconference schedule has now been fully released with an 11-game slate on tap for Shauna Green’s third Illinois team. We’ll preview each of those opponents. Today, we’ll take a look at Maryland Eastern Shore and Kentucky. ➜ … . The 5-foot-7 guard from Philadelphia is back for …

The Toronto Raptors took a flier on a high-profile undrafted free agent early Friday morning, signing Kansas State guard Markquis Nowell to a two-way contract, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Nowell, 23, had a breakout performance in this last season’s NCAA tournament, leading Kansas State to the Elite 8 while averaging 23.5 points per game during his four tournament …

The Missouri Valley Conference rose to the No. 10 ranking among 33 college basketball conferences last season according to highly-regarded metrics site kenpom.com. That caught the eye of teams among the top five conferences, which grabbed 20 players out of the Valley via the NCAA transfer portal this offseason. Those conferences included the Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC and …

PEORIA — The Missouri Valley Conference does not fear the NCAA men’s basketball transfer portal. From coaches to commissioner, the 12-team circuit has evolved to a pragmatic outlook that the portal is a give-and-take fact of life in modern college basketball. “We’ve heard a lot about student-athletes departing the Missouri Valley Conference to go different places,” MVC commissioner Jeff Jackson …

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Rivals.com, the leader in college football and basketball recruiting coverage. Be the first to know and follow your teams by signing up here. Another Friday means another installment of the Rivals roundtable. This week, our analyst duo of Jason Jordan and Rob Cassidy attacks a grab bag of questions that include ones about under-the-radar commitments …

John Calipari turned Kentucky into a factory for NBA talent, including 28 one-and-done players becoming first-round picks. Now at Arkansas, Calipari’s last crop with the Wildcats features two headlining guards in the NBA draft next week in Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham. They’re lottery prospects in the AP NBA Mock draft. They’re part of a top tier featuring UConn’s Stephon …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgetown and Maryland will renew their men’s basketball rivalry with a four-game series starting in the 2025-26 season, the schools announced Tuesday. The teams will alternate hosting the contests, with the Terrapins holding the first and third games on their campus in College Park, Maryland, and the Hoyas at home at Capital One Arena for the matchups …

January 21, 2012; East Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans forward Draymond Green (23) looks on during time out at Jack Breslin Students Events Center. MSU won 83-58. Mandatory Credit: Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports Michigan State basketball opened its doors for alumni this weekend in its annual “Grind Week” event. “Grind Week” is an annual event the Spartans’ program hosts …

The Colorado State Rams will host the Colorado Buffaloes for the Rocky Mountain Showdown rivalry this Saturday night at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, CO. The Buffaloes are coming off last week’s loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers, where they were defeated 28-10, while the Rams emerged as the winners in their week 2 game against Northern Colorado with a score …

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Meeting one challenge of playing for the Kentucky Wildcats gave Mark Pope a blueprint for the taller task of coaching them after John Calipari. At the very least that has meant pursuing a different path toward reaching the high bar of expectations of following the Hall of Famer, whose freshman-laden squads won a lot of games …

No. 4-ranked Alabama will head north to play the Wisconsin Badgers during Week 3 of NCAA football season this weekend, their first visit to Madison in 96 years. Though both teams have won their two previous matchups this season, it’s unclear whether several of the Badgers’ key players, including running back Tawee Walker and safety Xavier Lucas will play after …

. Hubert Davis and the North Carolina Tar Heels were in California to see a big 2025 recruiting target Niko Bundalo at Prolific Prep. But that’s not the only prospect they had their eyes on out there. Class of 2027 center Obinna Ekezie Jr. told HS Top Recruiting on X that he has heard from some big programs in his …

NEW YORK (AP) — Kansas stars Mario Chalmers and Sherron Collins are among 16 former men’s college basketball players who have sued the NCAA and multiple conferences, claiming they are profiting from the unauthorized use of their names, images and likenesses in promoting and monetizing the March Madness tournament. Chalmers hit a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to force overtime …

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Even with a deal that would make him one of the highest-paid college basketball coaches in the country, UConn’s Dan Hurley never let his thoughts stray far from what got him to the top of the men’s college basketball world. About a month after declining to become the head coach of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis will host championships for all three NCAA divisions and the NIT in 2026, and the governing body’s men’s basketball committee has also approved including the Torvik and Wins Against Bubble rankings among metrics in evaluating teams for next year’s tournament. The Indiana capital and NCAA home was previously chosen in 2018 to host the men’s Division …