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Grant Hill On Christian Laettner

Back in the day, Art Heyman really encapsulated something about Duke Basketball and became the face of the Blue Devils. That lasted a fairly long time, until the Foster era, really. You could argue about who took on that role in the late ‘70s. Was it Mike Gminski? Jim Spanarkel? Gene Banks? Kenny Dennard? We’d […]

Kentucky Wildcats News: Zoom Diallo Watch

Good morning, BBN! Mark Pope and his staff have their first transfer recruit on campus as Washington point guard, Zoom Diallo, started his visit to Lexington yesterday. With the point guard spot being the glaring need heading into next season for the Cats, Diallo making it to campus is a huge first step in securing […]

Cameron Boozer Wins The Wooden Award

As everyone knows by now, Cameron Boozer had an amazing year for Duke. He won the ACC Rookie of the Year, the ACC Player of the Year, the ACC Tournament MVP, First-Team All-American, the Karl Malone Award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy, The Sporting News Player of the Year, NABC Player of the Year, USBWA Player […]

Coaching Staff: Summary

The NC State Basketball staff is looking much better after a busy week. The official roster page had only Coach Gainey listed a week ago, but look at it now. “I couldn’t be happier to have these five coaches join me at NC State,” said Gainey. “This coaching staff brings championship experience and a mindset […]

10 players who could help Illinois win the transfer portal

‘Tis the season for words like “bag” and “speed dating” in reference to college hoops portal activity. The Illini are always an ever-present force in Portal Kombat. Whether it’s their most notorious misses (RayJ Dennis, AJ Storr, Josh Dix) or their most glorious hits (Terrence Shannon Jr., Marcus Domask, Andrej Stojakovic), Illinois is a major […]

The long-awaited Illinois renaissance is here. Embrace it.

This piece is dedicated to Illinois alumni. If you have ever called the University of Illinois home, I am writing this to let you know that I hear you. This run to the Final Four was amazing. Many of us didn’t experience these heights as students. Some, like our fearless leader Stephen Cohn, had to […]

Men’s Basketball: TCU C Malick Diallo to enter transfer portal

TCU men’s basketball lost another player to the transfer portal. This time, it’s sophomore center Malick Diallo, who missed practically the entire 2025-26 season to a knee injury but will depart after two years with the Horned Frogs. A former four-star recruit, Diallo played in six minutes before suffering an ACL injury in TCU’s season-opener […]

Men’s Basketball: TCU G Tanner Toolson to return for 2026-27 season

TCU redshirt junior guard Tanner Toolson announced on social media Friday that he’ll return for one more year with the Horned Frogs. The 6-foot-5 guard from Vancouver, Washington averaged 7.7 points and 3.2 rebounds on 37% shooting from the field in his first season at TCU. Toolson, who started his career at BYU before going […]

Andrija Jelavic commits to Ohio State after leaving Kentucky Basketball

Andrija Jelavic will not be returning to Kentucky Basketball, instead opting to commit to the Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday, according to Jonathan Givony. When Jelavic first entered the portal earlier this week, the belief was he’d still consider returning to Kentucky once he saw what he could get on the open market. But whether […]

Duke Brennan in transfer portal: Does a return to Villanova make sense?

The NCAA is playing around with the idea of a rule change and Duke Brennan is making sure that he is covered. The Villanova big man has entered the transfer portal, according to OG6 Sports Management. The announcement was made on Friday as Brennan made a statement via the agency: “In light of recent developments […]

Both Gonzaga Programs to Play Michigan State in Palm Springs

Per CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, both Gonzaga Bulldogs basketball programs will take on the Michigan State Spartans on Dec. 19 at the Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, California. The men’s matchup will honor Naismith Hall of Fame coaches Mark Few and Tom Izzo. The last time these two went to battle was on the USS […]

Natisha Hiedeman Is Signing With Seattle

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE: THIS IS NOW A SEATTLE STORM BLOG. As confirmed by ESPN’s Alexa Philippou, former Marquette Golden Eagles guard Natisha Hiedmean will be signing a two year free agent contract with the Seattle Storm. The deal ends her two year run in Minnesota and will keep her in the WNBA for an eighth […]

Virginia Tech Transfer Antonio Dorn Commits to Wake Forest

The Deacs have their first addition of the offseason in VT transfer Antonio Dorn. For their first portal acquisition of the offseason, the Deacs are going big, filling the obvious hole at center that they had this season. Dorn is a 7-0, 230 pound center from Hamburg, Germany who averaged 2.6 points and 1.8 rebounds […]

Friday Diamond Ducks Game Thread

Softball vs. Maryland When: Today, 3:00 pm PT Where: College Park, MD Watch: Big Ten Network The Ducks (29-9, 10-2 Big-10) travel east to face the Maryland Terrapins (14-23, 1-14 Big-10). Maryland occupies the cellar of the Big-10 rankings, and they are dreadfully awful even by Big-10 standards. Even so, we will be watching the […]

The Slate is officially Blank, Again

Before the Trent Sisley loyalists get on me, let me note that he was an exception to Darian DeVries’ original blank slate rework of the program, being a Mike Woodson recruit who stuck around for the new regime. Andrej Acimovic is a second hold over, but having entered zero games last season, he has a […]