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nytimes.com - CJ Moore - Ranking the 30 best players in the NCAA men's basketball transfer portal
Ranking the 30 best players in the NCAA men's basketball transfer portal
The New York Times

Bidunga is the best player in the transfer portal and will likely be the best player in the portal when all the dust settles. The Big 12's Defensive Player of the Year had a real case as the most versatile defender in college basketball this…

yahoo.com - WSBTV.com News Staff - UGA men's basketball player arrested for speeding
UGA men's basketball player arrested for speeding
Yahoo!

A UGA basketball player was arrested on Wednesday after he was caught speeding in Oconee County. An Oconee County deputy said he saw a gray Tesla SUV driving along SR 316. He used his radar gun and clocked the vehicle driving 87 mph in a 65-mph…

espn.com - Eric Moody - Fantasy basketball picks, DFS and betting tips for Thursday's NBA games
Fantasy basketball picks, DFS and betting tips for Thursday's NBA games
ESPN

ESPN's fantasy basketball daily cheat sheet is your pregame destination before you set your lineups for that night's games. Here you'll read our best advice for the night, including a selection of players you can stream as well as game-by-game…

dailymail.co.uk - Jake Fenner - ESPN college basketball great, 86, shares unfortunate cancer update
ESPN college basketball great, 86, shares unfortunate cancer update
Mail Online

Legendary ESPN college basketball pundit and commentator Dick Vitale has shared another heartbreaking update into his battle with cancer. Vitale, 86, has been fighting various forms of the disease in multiple instances since 2021. In a statement…

nola.com - Reed Darcey - LSU women's basketball transfer portal tracker. Who's in, out for Kim Mulkey's Tigers?
LSU women's basketball transfer portal tracker. Who's in, out for Kim Mulkey's Tigers?
NOLA.com

The LSU women's basketball team is in the thick of an unexpectedly eventful transfer portal cycle. The Tigers have so far lost their starting point guard and one of their key bench players to the portal, and both of those players decided to test…

washingtoncitypaper.com - Kalie Walker - Court Queens: A Love Letter to Women's Basketball
Court Queens: A Love Letter to Women's Basketball
Washington City Paper

Under the orange book jacket, the hard cover of Emma Baccellieri and Jordan Robinson 's Court Queens: Celebrate the Players, Teams, and History of Women's Basketball, is covered in photos of women's basketball players throughout the years. At the…

si.com - Seamus Rohrer - Three Potential Aleksas Bieliausaks Replacements for Wisconsin Basketball
Three Potential Aleksas Bieliausaks Replacements for Wisconsin Basketball
Sports Illustrated

Wisconsin's road to rebuilding it's roster has become slightly clearer — and it's a daunting one. After losing rising sophomore forward Aleksas Bieliauskas, the Badgers are down to three forwards currently on the team (Nolan Winter, Austin…

si.com - Cole Forsman - 5 transfer portal guards to monitor for Utah basketball
5 transfer portal guards to monitor for Utah basketball
Sports Illustrated

It's hardly a secret the Utah men's basketball team is in need of backcourt depth before it looks ahead to the 2026-27 season. With Terrence Brown entering the portal and testing the NBA draft waters, plus Don McHenry's impending departure as a…

si.com - Trent Knoop - Michigan Basketball Loses Second Freshman to the Transfer Portal
Michigan Basketball Loses Second Freshman to the Transfer Portal
Sports Illustrated

For the second time since winning the national title, Michigan has lost a player to the transfer portal. Freshman Winters Grady was the first player to leave Ann Arbor, and now, fellow freshman Malick Kordel will join him. Kordel, a 7'2' center…

si.com - Aaron Mendoza - European Prospects to Keep an Eye on for BYU Basketball
European Prospects to Keep an Eye on for BYU Basketball
Sports Illustrated

Since Kevin Young took over as BYU head coach, the program has made a stronger effort to recruit players from abroad. There are several reasons for that. BYU assistants Will Voigt and Tim Fanning spent several years coaching internationally, while…

stltoday.com - Eli Hoff | Post-Dispatch - What is a given Mizzou basketball player's roster value? This formula provides an estimate
What is a given Mizzou basketball player's roster value? This formula provides an estimate
STLtoday.com

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usmagazine.com - Russell Steinberg - Pope Leo XIV Welcomes Harlem Globetrotters to the Vatican, Spins Basketball on His Finger
Pope Leo XIV Welcomes Harlem Globetrotters to the Vatican, Spins Basketball on His Finger
Us Weekly

The papacy is a lifetime appointment, but if Pope Leo XIV is ever interested in a career change, he may have a future with the Harlem Globetrotters. The 70-year-old pontiff left jaws dropped when he learned to spin a basketball on his finger with…

si.com - Jack Ankony - Indiana Basketball Guard Nick Dorn Enters Transfer Portal
Indiana Basketball Guard Nick Dorn Enters Transfer Portal
Sports Illustrated

Indiana's roster overhaul continued Thursday as Nick Dorn entered the transfer portal. That raises the total to 11 departures from the 2025-26 roster, including six graduating seniors and five outgoing transfers. Just one player, Trent Sisley, is…

cbssports.com - Isaac Trotter - College basketball transfer portal rankings: Top 25 players available in 2026
College basketball transfer portal rankings: Top 25 players available in 2026
CBS Sports

College basketball's dizzying free agency is here, and everyone is up for grabs. The 2026 transfer portal has seen an influx of some significant names in the last 24 hours at major positions of need. BYU transfer Rob Wright instantly becomes the…

si.com - Rashad Grove - Sabrina Ionescu Debuts 4th Signature Nike Basketball Shoe
Sabrina Ionescu Debuts 4th Signature Nike Basketball Shoe
Sports Illustrated

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Inocescu is one of the biggest basketball stars in the world. A WBNA champion, a 4x WNBA All-Star, and an Olympics gold medalist, Inocescu's reputation as a hooper is etched in stone. Her status in the sneaker…

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