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USC women’s basketball star JuJu Watkins has added more hardware to her collection. After Watkins tore her ACL in the NCAA tournament, she won the 2025 Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year. The sophomore guard led the Trojans to first place in the Big Ten, as well as the regular season title. She also […]

Texas A&M basketball opened up the latest intriguing head coaching opportunity Tuesday. Buzz Williams goes from College Station to College Park — accepting the Maryland job. Williams makes the jump from one March Madness team to another. The Aggies will attract multiple applicants. Williams leaves a place that made three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, a […]

The Florida Gators basketball team is back in the Final Four for the first time since 2014. The team is led by star player Walter Clayton Jr. The senior guard is having an incredible NCAA Tournament run and is becoming one of the best players in Florida history in the process. Florida is set to […]

With the college basketball season coming to a close, there has been a lot of coaching shakeup in recent weeks. Maryland head coach Kevin Willard left the Terrapins shortly after their season ended in the Sweet 16, and Texas A&M head coach Buzz Williams has been hired as his replacement. The Aggies now need a […]

Jason Whitlock and Stephen A. Smith have been engaged in a media beef that went public last January when Smith went on a scorched earth rant about Whitlock on his podcast. Whitlock, not one to be deterred, is on the attack against Smith again, this time continuing to call out his HBCU hoops resume. Whitlock’s […]

USC women’s basketball standout Kiki Iriafen has secured an endorsement deal with Skechers Basketball two weeks before the 2025 WNBA Draft. Iriafen will play in the SKX Nexus when she takes the court as a professional for the first time, according to media personality Nick DePaula. The basketball sneaker is marketed as a breathable low-top […]

After Texas A&M basketball lost Buzz Williams as head coach, one of its best players has gone to the transfer portal. Junior power forward Pharrel Payne joined the pool, per Peter Nakos of On3Sports. This season, Payne averaged 10.4 points per game and 5.1 rebounds, helping Texas A&M reach the second round of the NCAA tournament. […]

As the 2025 Women’s NCAA Tournament approaches a climactic Final Four, the matchup between UConn women’s basketball and UCLA promises to be one of the most thrilling games of the competition. These two sides have been storied programs in the sport, and their clash will feature big names, strategic gameplay, and plenty of history on […]

Sometimes, old roots never die, and that could be the case for current Ole Miss head coach, Chris Beard. After Buzz Williams left Texas A&M basketball for Maryland, Beard’s name has been revolving around the program. Pete Nakos of On3 Sports made the report. Although Williams was a great coach, Beard could be a step […]

Illinois basketball fans were pretty upset in recent days thanks to the news that key contributors Morez Johnson and Tre White were entering the transfer portal, with Johnson then sticking the dagger in further by committing to Michigan. However, the Fighting Illini got some good news when Ty Rodgers, who surprisingly redshirted this past season, […]

San Diego State basketball picked up some massive news from the transfer portal. The Aztecs are coming off a decent but uneven season by their standards. Head coach Brian Dutcher’s team made its fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance (it would have been six if it weren’t for the pandemic), finishing the season 21-10 overall and […]

Most times, matchups in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament bring a pair of unfamiliar teams from different conferences into the arena to battle it out for a spot in the title game. On Friday night in Tampa Bay, that will not be the case. South Carolina and Texas have already met three times […]

North Carolina basketball picked up a big win in the transfer portal with the commitment of a talented West Virginia guard. The Tar Heels are coming off an uneven fourth season under Hubert Davis. The program struggled to match its high preseason expectations before controversially receiving an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina […]

In the first season under Pat Kelsey, Louisville basketball took massive strides forward. Despite that, the Cardinals were given a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament and bowed out in the first round after a tough battle with Creighton. Now, Kelsey and company are trying to build out the roster to take it a […]

The Duke Blue Devils are in the men’s basketball Final Four for the first time in the Jon Scheyer era, and they’re betting favorites to cut down the nets in San Antonio. Duke reached the national semifinal by blowing through the East Region, defeating teams by an average of 23.5 points per game. The Blue […]

Throughout the 2024-25 campaign, many expected an emphatic month of March, with several upsets and the typical powerhouse programs facing early elimination. But the dreamlike Final Four has arrived, and all of the No. 1 seeds selected by the committee remain. Houston basketball knows the job isn’t finished. For the No. 1 seed Cougars, it’s […]

The college basketball season isn’t even over yet and Michigan has already had a productive offseason. A day after North Carolina transfer Elliot Cadeau committed to the Wolverines, Dusty May’s group has also landed Illinois forward Morez Johnson Jr. On3 Sports was first to report the news. As a freshman, Johnson started eight out of […]

After two close calls against Creighton and Michigan that required huge second half runs to come through, Auburn basketball soundly defeated Michigan State in the Elite Eight to advance to its first Final Four since 2019. However, getting to San Antonio isn’t the goal for Bruce Pearl and this competitive group. Cutting down the nets […]

Like many former college basketball stars, Meyers Leonard is not a fan of how the game has changed. As a former lottery pick out of Illinois, Leonard reflected on how his career went and how he feels the college basketball transfer portal does not allow for many similar journeys. As the 2025 offseason once again […]

There’s no question that Illinois basketball was a very talented squad this season, but Brad Underwood and company didn’t quite meet expectations after bowing out in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in a blowout loss to Kentucky. One of the main reasons why Illinois found itself dropping a lot of regular season games […]

Houston basketball is in the Final Four for the second time in the tenure of Kelvin Sampson. The Big 12 conference champions rolled through their league, going 19-1 in regular season play. The club also won their conference tournament. Houston then entered March Madness as a no. 1 seed, and has remained standing. Houston basketball […]

One of the biggest coaching moves in the beginning of the coaching cycle in college basketball was Sean Miller’s decision to move from Xavier to Texas basketball immediately after knocking the Longhorns out of the NCAA Tournament. Now, Miller is hard at work building his roster with the Longhorns heading into next season. On Tuesday, […]

April Fool’s Day is here, and that means jokes are aplenty. Unfortunately, those jokes can lead to miscommunication and frustration. That is what happened to college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale, who fell victim to an Auburn basketball prank. An account released a post on X, formerly Twitter, that Auburn basketball star Johni Broome would not […]

Hours after Liam McNeeley announced he would enter the NBA Draft, the UConn men’s basketball program lost another player from its 2024-25 squad as Aidan Mahaney entered the transfer portal. Mahaney, a reserve guard for the Huskies, came to Storrs after two seasons with Saint Mary’s. He never quite fit in at UConn, however, struggling […]

Less than one week after losing to Auburn in the NCAA Tournament, Michigan loses its first key piece to the college basketball transfer portal. One day after Elliot Cadeau committed to the Wolverines, starting point guard Tre Donaldson entered his name into the portal for the second straight offseason. Donaldson, who led Michigan with 4.1 […]

Former Florida A&M forward Shaquir O’Neal has hit the transfer portal again, but this time, he’s heading out west with Mike Bibby and Sacramento State. Bibby was hired as the new head coach of the Horents last week and has already made a splash by bringing Shaquir, the son of Shaquille O’Neal, to join his […]

Florida basketball coach Todd Golden is getting some flowers from Auburn’s Bruce Pearl. That is because Golden has the Gators in the Final Four, and he is not yet 40 years of age. “Don’t let that sheepish look fool you, he’s the real deal,” Pearl said of Golden, per CBS Sports. "Don't let that sheepish […]

The Houston basketball team has been one of the best, most consistent teams in college basketball all season long, and they made the NCAA Tournament as a one-seed. The Cougars have survived a couple of scares so far during March Madness, and they are now in the Final Four, just two wins away from capturing […]

Meechie Johnson’s college career hasn’t been so much a rollercoaster as it has been a game of ping-pong. On Tuesday, the senior announced he would return to South Carolina to seek a sixth year of basketball eligibility. Johnson began his career at Ohio State where he played two seasons before transferring to South Carolina. After […]

The Auburn basketball program is one of four teams left in the men’s NCAA Tournament. Auburn’s famed alum Charles Barkley is thinking about his own career, as he watches his team vie for a national championship. Barkley says this year’s Tigers squad should not take any moment for granted. Charles Barkley on Auburn's Final Four […]

As expected, UConn men’s basketball freshman Liam McNeeley is headed to the NBA Draft, he told ESPN. McNeeley is the second Husky in as many years to enter the draft as a one-and-done player and only the third to do it in program history. He follows NBA Rookie of the Year betting favorite Stephon Castle, […]

There was a lot of drama surrounding the Maryland basketball program during their NCAA Tournament run as rumors swirled about head coach Kevin Willard leaving for Villanova. Sure enough, that became finalized shortly after Maryland was eliminated from the big dance. Now, the Terrapins have found a replacement as Buzz Williams is leaving Texas A&M […]

It should be no surprise to see that Stephen A. Smith is still calling out college coaches for their actions during this year’s March Madness. This time, the name at the top of his list belongs to LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey. The ESPN personality commented on Mulkey’s exchange at LSU’s postgame press […]

The NCAA Tournament has almost reached its end as we are down to down to just four teams remaining in the field. All four one-seeds made the Final Four for the first time since 2008, and a lot of college basketball fans aren’t happy about it. People want to see upsets during March Madness, but […]

Auburn men’s basketball is headed to the Final Four for the second time in school history and the Tigers are seeking their first national championship. Head coach Bruce Pearl has built the once dormant program into perennial contenders, and when he’s pacing the sidelines in San Antonio, he will have his family in the stands […]

Johni Broome did not disappoint during the second weekend of March Madness as he was dominant for the Auburn basketball team. The Tigers took down both Michigan and Michigan State to punch their ticket to the Final Four, and Broome combined for 47 points in the two games. However, Broome did go down with an […]

The Michigan State basketball team is losing junior guard Tre Holloman to the transfer portal. The Spartans lost in the Elite 8 against Auburn on Sunday, and it was a tough way for Holloman to go out as he finished with two points and went 0-10 from the floor. The Tigers punched their ticket to […]

As the 2025 Final Four approaches, there is no better time than now to rank the 25 greatest college basketball players of all time. Whenever doing such a challenging task like ranking the best college basketball players ever, many things need to be taken into account, but more on that in a second. College basketball […]

UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma earned a $100,000 bonus after leading the Huskies to another Final Four with a 78-64 win over USC in the Elite Eight on Monday. The postseason incentive brings Auriemma’s total bonus earnings this season to $312,500, per USA TODAY’s Steve Berkowitz. His contract includes specific financial rewards for tournament […]