Latest blog entries about College Basketball
While the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team appears to be hemorrhaging talent, Megan Duffy and the women’s team are getting a jumpstart on next season. On Wednesday, Talia Goodman of On3 revealed that the Hokies had landed a commitment from 6-foot-2 forward Alyssa Latham. Latham, a native of Glenwood, Illinois, was a four-star recruit out […]
Bill Self announced Wednesday afternoon that he will return for another season as head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks. There have been questions about whether Self would retire after he mentioned that he would be discussing his coaching future with his family due to concerns over health-related issues in recent years. Self’s announcement is big […]
According to his agent, Ryan Murphy, redshirt freshman guard Cade Orness has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Orness becomes the first Gonzaga Bulldog from the 2025-26 roster to do so. The portal officially opens up the day after the national championship on Tuesday, April 7, and will be open for 15 days until April 26. […]
It appears Candace Parker is about to add one of the few accomplishments left to her basketball resume. Shams Charania of ESPN has reported that Candace Parker will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. She will join Amar’e Stoudemire, Elena Delle Donne and Doc Rivers as part of the 2026 Hall of […]
There are a lot of names to keep an eye on when the transfer portal opens on April 7th. Kentucky Basketball will likely have a roster filled with mostly transfers next season, which is fine. That’s how Mark Pope’s first roster at Kentucky was built, and it got the Cats to the Sweet 16. Another […]
Since Marquette men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart used TNT Sports to announce that he will be evolving the Golden Eagles roster for the 2026-27 season, it was reasonable to wonder precisely that would mean for most of the 2025-26 roster. We’ve already nailed down that Nigel James, the 2026 Big East Freshman of the […]
Tanisha Wright will not be the only All-Big Ten performer on the Lady Lions’ staff in 2026, as her teammate and the leading scorer in program history, Kelly Mazzante was named as one of her assistant coaches. (No, this is not a prank!) Mazzante played for Rene Portland from 2000-2004, earning National Freshman of the […]
The Kentucky Wildcats are geared up to build their roster ahead of the 2026-27 season. Mark Pope and staff are expected to be involved with San Francisco standout Tyrone Riley, according to Jacob Polacheck at KSR. Riley, a 6-6 small forward who averaged 12.2 points (36.8% from deep), 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and one steal […]
In my opinion, there was no better women’s basketball player this year other than Notre Dame guard, Hannah Hidalgo. So while the Naismith Award for that didn’t include her as a finalist, they did for the best defensive player — and of course she stole it. Hannah Hidalgo Wins Naismith Defensive Player Of The Year […]
It was reported by Jon Rothstein in the morning on Wednesday and then made official in the afternoon: Marquette men’s basketball assistant coach Nevada Smith will be leaving Milwaukee and heading to upstate New York as the new head coach for Siena. Here’s the press release: “My family and I could not be more excited […]
It’s going to be a big weekend for the Orange and Blue in Indy, and Illinois is hoping fans will partake in events all around the city leading up to the Final Four. In a press release Wednesday night, the Illini’s free Final Four open practice will be at 11 a.m. ET on Friday. Doors […]
I can’t believe we’re here, you guys!!! It’s all led to this. The NCAA Regionals. The goal, obviously, is to advance to the NCAA National Championships in Fort Worth in a few weeks, just as they did last year when they shocked the country and ended up in third place, beating out Utah in the […]
Another Nittany Lion hoops player has officially entered the transfer portal, as On3 national basketball Joe Tipton reported that guard Freddie Dilione V is looking for a new destination to play his final year of college basketball. Dilione originally began his playing career at Tennessee, where he spent his first two years before transferring to […]
If I may speak for all of Illini Nation, we’re still on Cloud 9 after Saturday’s Elite 8 win against Iowa. It’s all we have been thinking about, making it hard to get any type of productive work done. Brad Underwood said it best in an interview with Jon Rothstein: “I went to bed, and […]
The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team will not be competing in the 2026 Players Era Festival, a team spokesperson confirmed to TNIAAM on Wednesday. Syracuse was one of 18 teams who participated in the NIL-based tournament in 2025, which was based out of Las Vegas. It went 0-3 in the Players Era, with losses to […]
Alessandro Bastoni is in the midst of a tough week after being sent off for Italy in their World Cup play-off final against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday night. The red card proved extremely costly as the Azzurri ended up seeing their World Cup dreams go up in smoke yet again after losing a penalty […]
Today’s college basketball requires you to not only recruit high school players into your program, but you are also re-recruiting them every offseason. Continuity is correlated to success, especially for programs that are not able to write blank checks for the best available talent in the transfer portal. The transfer portal officially opens on April […]
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“I’m humbled and honored to be the head coach of the NC State men’s basketball program,” said Gainey. “This university helped build me as a player and as a person. To now lead it as head coach is truly a full-circle moment. There’s a responsibility that comes with leading your alma mater, and I embrace […]
The confetti has settled in Chicago. The brackets are nearly decided. Iowa State basketball is officially in offseason mode. With a roster about to look very different and a portal window opening in one week, there is plenty to process. So let us get into it. The End of an Era Some seasons do not […]
TCU redshirt sophomore guard Jace Posey will reportedly enter the transfer portal after three years with the Horned Frogs. Posey, who redshirted in his first year with TCU, averaged 4.6 points, 2.3 rebounds on 45 percent shooting during his redshirt sophomore campaign. Posey appeared in 31 games with three starts last season, averaging 4.3 points […]
The next wave of talent in the Kansas City Royals pipeline is ready to take the field. While the Omaha Storm Chasers have already gotten underway, the rest of the organization’s minor league clubs open their seasons Thursday with freshly announced rosters loaded with intriguing prospects and familiar big league names. The Triple-A Omaha Storm […]
Rutgers women’s basketball has added former LSU Forward LaDazhia Williams as an assistant coach, according to a press release put out by the university. LaDazhia played under new Scarlet Knight Head Coach Gary Redus II during his time as an assistant coach with the Tigers, starting every game for the 2023 LSU team that won […]
The Wisconsin Badgers are off to the offseason, as they look to build up the roster for the 2026 season. We’ve already seen two departures, as Riccardo Greppi and Jack Robison are heading to the transfer portal, freeing up two roster spots. The Badgers will have three parts to focus on this offseason. The first […]
On Tuesday morning, Mark Jackson stepped to the podium set in front of an audience full of Northwestern head coaches, athletes and students to utter the words “its a great day to be a Wildcat.” Why? Because when he rolled out of bed that morning to check the calendar, it read March 31, 2026. A […]