College Basketball News

New Syracuse coach Gerry McNamara received a commitment Friday from Class of 2027 forward Moussa Kamissoko, just the second five-star recruit for the Orange in the past decade. The 6-foot-7, 180-pound Kamissoko attends SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio. T...

Nevada head coach Steve Alford announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of the 2026-27 season. Alford, 61, won a national championship while playing for Bob Knight at Indiana before a 36-year coaching career highlighted by five-plus years at ...

ESPN college basketball analyst Chris Spatola died unexpectedly on Monday at the age of 47, the network announced. Spatola was a four-year starting guard at Army before serving on active duty from 2002-07, including a decorated deployment in Iraq. He...

Former Georgetown standout and NBA first-round draft pick Michael Sweetney died this week at the age of 43. He passed away on Wednesday in New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. No cause of death was provided. A 6-foot-8 power forward, Swee...

CJ Rosser, the No. 1 power forward in the 2027 class, has narrowed his list of potential colleges to seven schools and is kicking off his official visits this weekend. According to the 247Sports database, his visits start at North Carolina and continu...

Five-star guard NaVorro Bowman Jr. has committed to UConn's 2027 recruiting class, multiple outlets reported on Thursday. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior from Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, Calif., is the son of four-time All-Pro linebacker Na...

Rutgers men's basketball coach Steve Pikiell announced Wednesday that he had surgery this summer after being diagnosed with cancer. Pikiell, 58, will undergo chemotherapy over the next several months as part of his recovery. He did not specify the typ...

Alabama hired the new wife of head basketball coach Nate Oats to a prominent role in the program, the school announced. Alex Accetta, who married Oats in July, will serve as the director of program relations. She will report to Shane Lyons, the execut...

Michigan freshman guard Brandon McCoy Jr. will miss the 2026-27 season with an ACL injury to his right knee, head coach Mike Boynton Jr. announced Tuesday. The five-star prospect sustained the injury early in the Wolverines' 84-81 exhibition victory l...

Forward Mark Mitchell is not joining Kentucky and instead is returning to Missouri rather than challenging the SEC's rule against intraconference transfers, according to multiple reports on Monday. Mitchell, a two-year starter at Duke before starting ...

Florida men's basketball coach Todd Golden has signed his third contract extension in three years, raising his average annual salary to $8.25 million and making him the highest-paid coach in school history, according to multiple reports on Friday. The...

Former Missouri star Mark Mitchell has committed to play for Kentucky after being granted the right to pursue a fifth year of eligibility, according to multiple reports. Mitchell, who averaged 18.3 points per game last season, signed an Exhibit 10 con...

Louisville dismissed guard London Johnson from the program on Friday for an unspecified rules violation. He joined the Cardinals last winter after a stint in the NBA G League but never played in a regular-season game. "London Johnson has been dismiss...

An Alabama jury awarded $9.25 million in damages after ruling that The New York Times defamed a former Crimson Tide basketball player by erroneously reporting that he was at the scene of a homicide. Following a nine-day civil trial in the U.S. Distric...

Miami rewarded men's basketball coach Jai Lucas with a new five-year contract, multiple outlets reported on Wednesday. Terms of the extension were not disclosed but it reportedly came with a raise. Lucas, 37, had four years remaining on his original f...

Former North Carolina guard Seth Trimble has committed to play for Louisville in the 2026-27 season. Trimble, who entered the transfer portal in April, confirmed his destination to ESPN on Wednesday. He joins the Cardinals after a Colorado court ruli...

Texas Southern reportedly is set to hire Seton Hall assistant Corey Lowery as its new men's basketball coach. The deal is pending approval from the school's board of regents, CBS Sports reported. Lowery joined Seton Hall coach Shaheen Holloway's staf...

Former Duke star Tommy Amaker will return to Durham, N.C., on Dec. 4 when his Harvard squad visits the Blue Devils. Amaker was an All-American point guard and four-year starter under former coach Mike Krzyzewski (1983-87). He averaged 8.5 points, 5.1 ...

Kansas men's basketball and the Players Era Festival announced a five-year extension to their agreement, ensuring the Jayhawks will play in the in-season tournament through November 2030. Kansas is perhaps the most decorated blue blood to participate ...

Georgia high school shooting guard A.J. Williams is jumping a year to reclassify to the recruiting class of 2027. Williams attends Eagles Landing Christian Academy in Georgia and emerged from the summer AAU circuit as the No. 1 recruit in the Class of...

Tim Brosnan, who rose to the title of chief operating officer during his 20-plus years with Major League Baseball, is expected to be named commissioner of the Big East Conference, ESPN reported on Saturday. Brosnan is poised to take over for Val Acker...

UNLV coach Josh Pastner published a statement on social media Monday to address previous comments he had made about seeking financing for his team. In an interview with TV station KTNV in Las Vegas last week, Pastner made his pitch for a backer to eme...

A blockbuster nonconference game between national champion Michigan and Duke, scheduled for Dec. 21, has been canceled, multiple outlets reported Friday. The game was set to be played at Madison Square Garden and streamed on Prime Video as part of a t...

Guard L.J. Cason is transferring away from Michigan following the departure of Dusty May, according to a Monday On3 report. Cason, a rising junior, was a reserve for the national champion Wolverines, though he saw his minutes increase substantially ov...

Brown head coach Mike Martin stepped down on Monday to take an assistant coaching job at Michigan. Brown thanked Martin for "a distinguished 14-year coaching career" in a statement on social media. Michigan also confirmed the move in a news release. ...

A collection of 11 athletes from around the country and across multiple sports have filed a class action lawsuit against the NCAA, challenging its new eligibility rules. In a federal lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the State of Colorad...

Former Kansas basketball player Lagerald Vick was charged with attempted first-degree murder in Tennessee. Vick, 29, was a guard for the Jayhawks from 2015-19 and started for coach Bill Self's 2018 Final Four squad. He was arrested in Memphis on Satu...

Point guard Mario Saint-Supery is leaving Gonzaga and has signed with Spanish team Valencia of the EuroLeague. Per the Field of 68, his signing was a shock to Gonzaga. He had been taking part in practice with the Bulldogs in Spokane, Wash., during the...

Michigan named Mike Boynton Jr. as its new head coach on Friday. Boynton, 44, agreed to a two-year contract with the Wolverines. He was named interim coach by athletic director Warde Manuel on June 23 after Dusty May accepted the head coaching role wi...

Five-star basketball recruit Marcus Spears Jr. will reclassify and has committed to Texas for the 2026-27 college season, he informed ESPN on Thursday. The 17-year-old Spears, a native of Plano, Texas, is regarded as the nation's No. 1 prospect. He el...