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Following the Duke Blue Devils’ elimination in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament by Houston, one of the bigger questions at the end of the season was the future of junior guard Tyrese Proctor. Proctor was coming off an All-ACC season and had been one Duke’s top players. Well the wait is over as […]

Since Arizona switched from the Pac-12 to the Big 12 conference, the last two years have seen various changes. A major one, of course, is Caleb Love leaving with the support of coach Tommy Loyd.  Now, change is coming from the top down of the women’s basketball program.   According to ESPN.com, Arizona women’s basketball hired […]

The Michigan State basketball team landed its second transfer portal commitment of the offseason on Friday. Samford transfer Trey Fort is coming to play for Tom Izzo and the Spartans after spending the past three years at three different schools. Fort has had an interesting path throughout college, but he has a lot of potential […]

One week after South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley made the shocking decision to enter the transfer portal, she is now speaking out about her choice. On Thursday, she posted on her Instagram expressing her appreciation for the Gamecocks and coach Dawn Staley.  “I want to begin by thanking my hometown of Columbia, SC,” she posted. […]

Rick Pitino and the St. John’s basketball team lost guard Simeon Wilcher to the college basketball transfer portal in a surprising move on Friday. Wilcher has had a couple of promising seasons with the Red Storm, and he was especially impressive this past year. Wilcher didn’t get a lot of playing time as a freshman, […]

Two weeks after claiming the 2025 national championship, Florida suffered its first loss to the college basketball transfer portal. While a handful of the team will depart for the NBA, third-year forward Sam Alexis became the team’s first addition to the portal. Alexis decided to enter the portal on Friday, per Sam Kayser of League […]

The Kentucky basketball team will be hosting an important college basketball transfer portal target as Rylan Griffen will be on campus soon. Griffen is in the transfer portal for the second time in his college career as he started his career at Alabama before leaving for Kansas. Griffen spent the first two years of his […]

Texas A&M basketball picked up a talented player in the transfer portal amid a hectic offseason. Former head coach Buzz Williams is off to Maryland, with Bucky McMillan taking over the vacancy. The 41-year-old is coming off a successful tenure at Samford and is scrambling to rebuild a roster that is losing all of its […]

Cal basketball is losing its leading scorer from the past season, who is also the son of a legendary NBA three-point shooter. The Golden Bears are coming off a trying first year in the ACC. In head coach Mark Madsen’s second season in charge, the team finished 14-19 and 6-14 in conference play. One of […]

The Memphis basketball team took an unfortunate hit in the college basketball transfer portal as PJ Haggerty has entered his name. Head coach Penny Hardaway is losing his leading scorer from last season as Haggerty averaged nearly 22 points per game. This is the third time that he has been in the transfer portal as […]

As Florida basketball will be represented in the NBA Draft with such players as Walter Clayton Jr., another one could possibly be heading on his way to the next level in Rueben Chinyelu. While the Florida basketball program looks to repeat as champions, Chinyelu could still be a part of it despite declarng for the […]

After playing in the Final Four with Auburn basketball, Chad Baker-Mazara plans to enter the transfer portal as he goes into his sixth season of playing. Baker-Mazara shared the message on social media, thanking Auburn for the opportunity to play there for two years. “First I wanna thank God for blessing me with the opportunity […]

In its first season of the post-Zach Edey era, the Purdue basketball team largely exceeded expectations but ultimately collapsed in the Sweet Sixteen with a heartbreaking loss to Houston. Without a clear sense of direction on the team’s immediate future, Matt Painter is forced to bring the Boilermakers back to title contention through the college […]

Purdue basketball is gearing up for a historic season in 2025-26. The Boilermakers are coming off another Sweet 16 appearance that ended in a thrilling clash against national runner-up Houston. There’s absolutely no shame in that result, especially after losing two-time National Player of the Year Zach Edey. Now, head coach Matt Painter’s program can […]

Debate is raging across college sports about the NIL era and the transfer portal as players in both football and basketball players find new homes across the country before next fall. Former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava poured gasoline onto that fire when he held out of practice just before the Volunteers’ spring game as part […]

In today’s day and age, many college basketball programs have taken to reloading on the fly by means of the transfer portal rather than recruit high school seniors. For the Kansas Jayhawks, they have a good mixture of incoming freshman recruits and transfer portal commitments. Kansas just landed a solid addition out of the transfer […]

Even though its national championship is just over a week old, Todd Golden and Florida basketball are hard at work building a roster that can repeat and cut down the nets again next season. Of course, that will be easier said than done. The Gators are losing all three of their standouts in the backcourt […]

As Charlie Ward finalizes a deal to become the next head coach of Florida A&M University, pending approval by the Board of Trustees, former Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy weighed in on Ward’s impending hire. Ward served as an assistant coach on Van Gundy’s Rockets coaching staff following his retirement in 2004. Per comments […]

The transfer portal and Michigan State basketball head coach Tom Izzo don’t see eye to eye. While Izzo didn’t entertain the transfer portal during March Madness, there was a clear reason why. He explained via Chris Solari of the Detroit Free Press his issues about the portal. “We created a bad system,” Izzo said in […]

Duke basketball star Kon Knueppel announced Wednesday that he’s heading to the 2025 NBA Draft after one season with the Blue Devils. “Forever a Blue Devil. Taking the Brotherhood with me to the next chapter” Knueppel wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Knueppel was outstanding in his lone season in Durham, helping lead Duke basketball alongside […]

Michigan basketball’s Danny Wolf announced that he will enter the 2025 NBA Draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility. Wolf discussed how his one season with the Wolverines and head coach Dusty May exceeded all expectations that he had after transferring from Yale. “This season exceeded all expectations,” Danny Wolf said, via Jonathan Givony of […]

Former Florida State legend Charlie Ward is set to be the latest Seminole leading a Florida A&M athletics program, as he is finalizing a deal to become the next basketball coach following the departure of Patrick Crarey II. News of mutual interest between Ward and Florida A&M was first broken by Scottay of Offscript TV […]

In its program, Florida basketball has a history of running things back, as evidenced by the 2006 and 2007 Gators teams. Now, Alex Condon might be thinking about that, even with the 2025 NBA Draft around the corner. Condon has until May 28 to decide whether to withdraw his name from the draft. Should he […]

Baylor basketball got a significant win in the transfer portal with the commitment of a talented guard from a Big 12 rival. The Bears are coming off an uneven 22nd season under Scott Drew, considering the lofty standards the head coach has set during his time in Waco. Still, this past year’s team did pick […]

HBCU basketball fans left the WNBA Draft happy as they witnessed another former HBCU athlete hear their name called in the 2025 NBA Draft. Former UAPB star Zaay Green was selected with the 32nd pick in the draft by the Washington Mystics. Green’s journey to the WNBA is awe-inspiring and inspirational, given her triumph from […]

Florida basketball made a rapid rise to the top off the sport in 2024-25, taking over the SEC, winning the conference tournament and then making a run all the way to the national championship. Despite dominating the best conference in college basketball in the conference tournament, Florida had far from an easy time navigating the […]

It may have seemed like the sky was falling after Kentucky basketball lost John Calipari to Arkansas, but the Wildcats had a very successful season in year one under Mark Pope. Kentucky consistently beat very good teams and earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament before losing out to Tennessee despite having a […]

Former Florida A&M coach Patrick Crarey II released a statement following his exit from the institution. Crarey was hired by Grambling State following the departure of head coach Donte Jackson to Alabama A&M. He posted a statement on his social media, which read: “It’s been an honor to coach at Florida A&M University this past […]

Arkansas basketball is picking up a commitment from a big man with plenty of experience. The Razorbacks got the pledge of big man Nick Pringle, per 247 Sports. The 6-foot-10 forward Pringle played for South Carolina and Alabama before heading to Fayetteville. This past season, the big man played for South Carolina. He averaged 9.5 […]

Former Kansas Jayhawks guard AJ Storr has committed to Chris Beard and Ole Miss Rebels basketball, the rising senior confirmed via his Instagram. This will be Storr’s fourth college in as many years and, dating back to high school, his eighth school in the past eight years. With this being Storr’s final year of college […]

A key basketball transfer from Princeton is getting ready to make his decision on where to play next. St. John’s and Florida are the finalists for his services, per CBS Sports. Xaivian Lee is on a visit to Florida Tuesday. Lee averaged more than 16 points and six rebounds a game this season for Princeton. […]

After their Final Four run, Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl began targeting the top transfers in the portal. Ultimately, they snatched a big one up from a conference rival, no less. On Tuesday, Mississippi State junior forward KeShawn Murphy officially committed to Auburn, per Joe Tipton of On3Sports. He had the choice to return to […]

The No. 1 player in the 2026 high school boys basketball class will take a visit to Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks this weekend, according to Joe Tipton of On3. Tyran Stokes, a forward out of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, CA, will also skip the grassroots circuit this summer, leading to […]

Moments after Florida basketball won the national championship, head coach Todd Golden is already reloading his coaching staff. Most notably, he promoted Jonathan Safir to an assistant coach, according to Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68. Also, ClutchPoints’ Kris Pursiainen said that Golden hired current NYU basketball head coach Dave Klatsky as an assistant […]

The Purdue Boilermakers fell short of their goal to top the field in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, but they just received a major boost to their chances to have a better overall showing in the 2025-26 season. That’s after point guard Braden Smith decided to stay in college and continue his career with Purdue basketball. […]

UConn Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma has high expectations for Paige Bueckers after her entry into the WNBA. The Dallas Wings selected Bueckers with the first overall pick of the 2025 WNBA Draft. This comes after the Huskies star ended her four-year career with Auriemma and the program. She averaged 19.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.6 […]

The South Carolina Gamecocks’ presence in the 2025 WNBA Draft was strong, making head coach Dawn Staley proud. Throughout Monday night, the WNBA Draft saw teams draft three South Carolina players. They were Te-Hina Paopao, Bree Hall and Sania Feagin as the Atlanta Dream, Indiana Fever and Los Angeles Sparks select them. Staley made her […]

Former HBCU and Alabama star Zaay Green is seeing her professional hoops dreams come true, as she’s been selected by the Washington Mystics with the 32nd pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft. The Duncanville, Texas native began her collegiate basketball journey at the University of Tennessee in 2018. As a member of the the Tennesee […]

Former Norfolk State star Kierra Wheeler is officially taking her talents to West Virginia. After speculation that she would follow her former coach Larry Vickers to Auburn, Wheeler is officially a Mountaineer and will look to make the most of her final season of eligibility. Wheeler announced her intentions to enter the transfer portal earlier […]