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Congratulations to Blue Devil Taina Mair, who was taken by the Seattle Storm with the #14 pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday night. Also with the Storm: former Blue Devil Lexie Brown. Now 31, Brown might become a mentor to Mair as she begins her pro career. Fellow Blue Devil Ashlon Jackson was also […]
Capping off an outstanding evening for the TCU women’s basketball program, redshirt senior guard Taylor Bigby was selected by the Portland Fire with the No. 37 overall pick during the third round of the 2026 WNBA Draft. Bigby, who was then traded to the Connecticut Sun in a deal involving Serah Williams, averaged a career-high […]
The TCU women’s basketball team has another first-round draft selection and she’s now the highest draft pick in program history. All-American and All-Big 12 guard Olivia Miles, who led the Horned Frogs to a Big 12 title and a second consecutive Elite Eight appearances, was taken by the Minnesota Lynx with the No. 2 overall […]
The Seattle Storm selected Michigan State forward Grace VanSlooten with their third round pick, and the 39th pick overall, in the 2026 WNBA Draft. This will be a return to the Pacific Northwest for VanSlooten, who played two seasons at MSU after transferring from Oregon. At MSU, VanSlooten led the Spartans to the round of […]
Devin Royal has officially committed to Villanova. After much speculation, the Ohio State transfer lands with the Wildcats. Royal visited the campus on Monday and the news broke shortly later on at night via Joe Tipton of On3. Royal is now the second transfer that head coach Kevin Willard has landed, joining Oregon big man […]
For the second straight offseason, Kentucky Basketball is in contention for San Diego State center Magoon Gwath. After news broke over the weekend that Kentucky had reached out to the 7-0, 210-pound big man, KSR’s Jacob Polacheck and Matt Jones are reporting that Gwath is planning to visit Lexington sometime later this week. This comes […]
Welcome to the 2026 Transfer Portal season. The portal is officially open and the information is about to start flowing. We’ve got an amended roster count, and it’s a lot lighter than it was just a few days ago. That isn’t a surprise, the portal is easy to get into. For players, coaches, and fans. […]
Former five-star recruit Neoklis Avdalas was supposed to spend one year with Virginia Tech, help the Hokies compete in the ACC and then declare for the NBA Draft, where he’d be selected in the lottery. Well, none of that happened. The Hokies finished 19-13, including 8-10 in ACC play. Avdalas finished his first season in […]
2025-2026 Stats:39 games played (39 starts)557 points (14.3)138 rebounds (3.5)345 assists (8.8)66 steals (1.7)8 blocks (0.2)113 turnovers (2.9).440 field goal percentage.362 3-point percentage.825 free throw percentage 2025-2026 Awards / Honors1st Team All- Big TenAll-Big Ten Tournament TeamBig Ten Tournament MVPConsensus All-AmericanNCAA Tournament All-Region TeamNCAA Record for Career Assists (1103) Season Retrospective Honestly, what more can […]
While the season is over for Ohio State women’s basketball, the WNBA starts soon. On Monday, the league held its college entry draft, and for the fourth season in a row it included a Buckeye. The Los Angeles selected Cincinnati, Ohio native Chance Gray with the No. 24 in the second round, becoming the fifth […]
The Washington Mystics selected Notre Dame guard Cassandre Prosper No. 19 overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft. Prosper, a Canadian national, averaged 13.6 points per game in the 2025-26 college season for the Fighting Irish.
The Washington Mystics have selected Mississippi forward Cotie McMahon No. 11 overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft. McMahon averaged 19.5 points per game for the Rebels in the 2025-26 NCAA season.
The Washington Mystics have selected UCLA forward Angela Dugalic No. 9 overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft. Dugalic played for the Bruins who won the 2026 NCAA Division I women’s basketball championship. Dugalic averaged 9.0 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in the 2025-26 college season.
Arizona women’s basketball is looking hard at former Pac-12 teams for portal additions this offseason. A few days after adding former California guard Aliyahna ‘Puff’ Morris, head coach Becky Burke has received a commitment from USC junior Gerda Raulušaitytė. Raulušaitytė transferred to USC as a junior last season. She played for LCC International University in […]
With Kentucky Basketball still searching for its next point guard(s), we’ve got an update on one of the bigger names currently in the transfer portal. Well, at least it’s an update on the school believed to be Kentucky’s primary competition for Washington point guard Zoom Diallo, who visited Lexington over the weekend. While the Wildcats […]
Indiana women’s basketball landed its second commitment out of the transfer portal when Jessica Petrie, a forward out of Nebraska. Petrie, a rising senior, committed to the Hoosiers after visiting the program on Monday. The name should be fresh in Indiana fans’ memories after Petrie’s 10 point, 10 rebound double double performance in a losing […]
Oklahoma State forward Robert Jennings II committed to Maryland men’s basketball from the transfer portal, Tobias Bass reported Monday. The 6-foot-7, 230-pound senior has one year of eligibility remaining after medically redshirting the 2025-26 season. He played just three games in the campaign, averaging 3.7 points per contest. In the 2024-25 season, he tallied 5.4 […]
The Washington Mystics have selected UCLA center Lauren Betts as the No. 4 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft. Betts was a key member of the Bruins team that won the 2025-26 NCAA Division I women’s basketball championship. Betts averaged 17.1 points and 8.8 rebounds in the 2025-26 season for the Bruins.
As the 2025-2026 athletic year nears its end, with just the spring sports left to finish, it is time to look ahead to the 2026-2027 athletic year. We here at On The Banks will each make three bold predictions about what the next year of Rutgers sports might have in store for us. Let us […]
Indiana men’s basketball landed its third transfer portal commitment of the day and the offseason overall when Markus Burton, a guard out of Notre Dame, announced his intention to join the Hoosiers for the 2026-27 season via social media on Thursday afternoon. Burton has spent the last three seasons with Notre Dame after committing to […]
The Dallas Wings’ second straight No. 1 overall draft pick is in. With the first pick of Monday’s 2026 WNBA Draft, the Wings selected UConn shooting guard Azzi Fudd, who will be reunited in Dallas with her former college teammate and last year’s No. 1 overall pick, Paige Bueckers. Fudd averaged 17.6 points per game […]
It’s your first surprise of the portal season! Much of the noise around Missouri and the transfer portal has been around Bryson Tiller and Jamier Jones, but sometimes Dennis Gates likes to sneak in a surprise addition, and this time he kept the Tigers pursuit of a former Tennessee Volunteer under wraps. Tonight Jaylen Carey, […]
UNC will be looking for a new point guard for next season. Derek Dixon, who entered his name into the transfer portal last week, has committed to the University of Arizona and Tommy Lloyd. The freshman averaged 6.5 points per game and led the Tar Heels in assists after he wrestled the starting point guard […]
It turned out pretty good the last time Arizona added a transfer guard from North Carolina. Maybe lightning will strike twice. The Wildcats have gotten a commitment from former UNC guard Derek Dixon, their second transfer pickup on Monday alongside ex-Washington guard JJ Mandaquit. The 6-foot-5 Dixon played 33 games for the Tar Heels as […]
We are just one week into the Michael Malone era, and the new UNC head coach has already started making sizable moves to build his roster. The most recent was just announced — the Tar Heels have reportedly parted ways with five-star verbal commit Dylan Mingo. The announcement arrived via Tar Heel 247 and Inside […]