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Season in Review: Ismaila Diagne Was More Than His Minutes

Ismaila Diagne was the first Zag into the transfer portal once the 25-26 season wrapped up, and nobody who followed this team closely was particularly surprised. However, that doesn’t make it not hurt. It’s ultimately understandable, with Graham Ike gone and a frontcourt vacancy that would almost certainly get filled from the outside, the writing […]

What are your thoughts about UNC’s Neoklis Avdalas?

Michael Malone landed his first portal transfer yesterday when Neoklis Avdalas committed to the Tar Heels. The 6’9” sophomore is a big get for UNC. Depending on your ranking site of choice, Avdalas is one of the top 25 players in the transfer portal this season. Generally listed as a guard, he averaged 12.1 points, […]

Season Recap: Ismaila Diagne Was More Than His Minutes

Ismaila Diagne was the first Zag into the transfer portal once the 2025-26 season wrapped up, and nobody who followed this team closely was particularly surprised. However, that doesn’t make it not hurt. It’s ultimately understandable, with Graham Ike gone and a frontcourt vacancy that would almost certainly get filled from the outside, the writing […]

Colin Mitchell’s title-winning buzzer-beater honors his late grandfather

INDIANAPOLIS — The two weeks in between Mary Washington’s win over Trinity in the national semifinal and the Division-III National Championship Game in Indianapolis against Emory felt like an eternity for sophomore guard Colin Mitchell. In Emporia, 124 miles south of UMW’s Fredericksburg campus, three days on from helping the Eagles clinch a spot in […]

Kentucky Banner Boys spark viral recruiting movement

What started as a joke between two Kentucky students who are fans of the basketball program has quickly become one of the most talked-about recruiting storylines this spring. Sigma Chi sophomores Theo Timmerding and Gabe Mingus detailed how the now-viral “Kentucky Banner Boys” movement came together. Theo said the idea began Saturday when they saw […]

The Daily Mauling: 4/14/26

Kansas Jayhawks News 247 wrote up a review on a big man out of Charlotte Kansas is targeting. It’s behind a paywall, but you get the idea from the part that’s still visible On3 wrote up a history of the recruiting battles between Kansas and Kentucky over the years Kentucky’s SBN site gives you an […]

Kentucky Wildcats News: Rob Wright and Tyran Stokes Watch Rolls On

Kentucky basketball head coach Mark Pope and his staff have had quite an unpleasant start to their off-season, losing several key players from last season’s team with hardly any momentum to replace those contributors. Other than Mason Williams (4-star recruit, No. 12 via 247 Sports), who is coming in as a freshman, Pope doesn’t have […]

Kentucky Wildcats set to host Utah transfer Terrence Brown on visit

Kentucky basketball continues to stay aggressive in the transfer portal, hosting Utah transfer guard Terrence Brown for a visit, according to Matt Jones of KSR, as the Wildcats look to rebuild their backcourt heading into next season. Brown, a 6-3, 175-pound point guard, is coming off a standout year in which he averaged 19.9 points, […]

Commute: Mizzou Hoops Gets Their Transfer Portal Haul Started

Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Mizzou Basketball We keep hearing the names of Providence transfer Jamier Jones and kansas transfer Bryson Tiller floating around as possible portal additions. Both have recently visited Missouri and have connections to Tim Fuller. Though on Monday evening, Mizzou Basketball got their offseason started with an […]

2026-27 IU basketball roster tracker: Hoosiers land three transfer portal commitments

Season one of the Darian DeVries era ended in the Big Ten tournament and the roster for the 2026-27 season is beginning to take shape. The Hoosiers finished the 2025-26 season with an 18-14 record and a 9-11 mark in ... The post 2026-27 IU basketball roster tracker: Hoosiers land three transfer portal commitments appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .

Grace VanSlooten Drafted by Seattle Storm

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 […]

Ohio State transfer Devin Royal commits to Villanova

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 […]

Magoon Gwath set to visit Kentucky Basketball

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 […]

A Look Back at Purdue Basketball: Braden Smith

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 […]