NCAA Basketball & March Madness2026-07-06Kusturica says not yet, St. John's slidesThis week’s NCAA basketball roundup leads with Nikola Kusturica’s on-record denial that he has committed, then tracks Donnie Freeman’s season-ending Achilles injury and its effect on St. John’s preseason ranking. It also covers PCSA’s Texas opposition, Michigan’s roster retention under Mike Boynton Jr., and confirmed women’s basketball updates from the Big East portal, UConn, USC, and CSUB.
NCAA Basketball & March Madness2026-06-29Draft chalk, 5-in-5 passes, PCSA waitsThis week’s roundup covers the post-NBA-Draft NCAA-connected fallout: AJ Dybantsa at No. 1, Darryn Peterson over Cameron Boozer, Michigan’s three first-rounders, and Milwaukee’s post-Giannis rebuild around Brayden Burries and Nate Ament. It also explains the NCAA 5-in-5 vote outcome, PCSA’s next Senate step, and offseason tracker updates on Kusturica, CSUB women’s basketball, Michigan’s coaching transition, and post-draft way-too-early rankings.
NCAA Basketball & March Madness2026-06-22Dybantsa unanimous, Giannis on the clock, and Congress makes historyWith the NBA Draft opening Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, this final pre-draft roundup (June 15–22) covers all four converging storylines: AJ Dybantsa holds unanimous #1 status across all 10 credible mock drafts, with the Clippers' #5 slot the most contested in the lottery; the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade reached a "red zone" deadline with the Heat and Celtics as finalists and Shams Charania predicting resolution before draft night; the Protect College Sports Act cleared the Senate Commerce Committee 19-9 — the first college sports bill ever to pass a Senate committee, with Section 123 apparently surviving intact; and the NCAA's Five-for-Five eligibility vote is pending at the June 23-24 DI Council meeting. Offseason tracker covers Kusturica's four-program recruiting battle and CBS's updated Top 25 And 1 V18.
NCAA Basketball & March Madness2026-06-15Peterson takes #1, Giannis trade looms, and Congress sets a June 18 markupSB Nation's Ricky O'Donnell became the first major analyst to flip Darryn Peterson to #1 overall ahead of AJ Dybantsa, while KOC's Mock Draft 8.0 bumped Cameron Boozer to #2 — both cracks in the consensus just eight days before the June 23–24 NBA Draft. On Capitol Hill, the Senate Commerce Committee scheduled a June 18 markup of the Protect College Sports Act, with the NCAA separately warning that the bill's Section 123 would override the Brendan Sorsby eligibility ruling. Program updates include George Mason's historic six-year extension for Tony Skinn and Kentucky's pursuit of Barcelona prospect Nikola Kusturica for its final scholarship slot.
NCAA Basketball & March Madness2026-06-08CBS breaks the top-4 lock, eligibility reform gets revised, and Moreno picks KentuckyCBS Sports' David Cobb upended the five-mock-draft consensus on June 2 by elevating North Carolina forward Caleb Wilson to #2 for the Jazz — the first movement in the locked top four since the May 27 deadline. On the governance side, basketball coaches helped push the NCAA Division I Cabinet to revise the "5-in-5" eligibility clock on June 5. A formal vote is scheduled for June 23-24, the same days as the NBA Draft. Kentucky center Malachi Moreno also confirmed his sophomore return this week.
NCAA Basketball & March Madness2026-06-01Stojakovic stays, Arizona loses two lottery picks, and Congress wants to rewrite the rulesAndrej Stojakovic's last-minute return to Illinois headlines a chaotic May 27 NBA Draft deadline that also saw Arizona lose projected lottery picks Koa Peat and Brayden Burries, the Washington Wizards land the No. 1 draft pick, and Tounde Yessoufou commit to St. John's for a reported $6 million NIL package. Milan Momcilovic remains the offseason's unresolved storyline. On the women's side, Tennessee completes its staff rebuild, Florida's Tammi Reiss continues her roster overhaul, and South Carolina is unanimous at No. 1 in way-too-early women's rankings. Congress introduced the Protect College Sports Act to limit transfers and cap NIL spending, while the NCAA confirmed a 76-team tournament expansion for 2026-27.
NCAA Basketball & March Madness2026-05-18The offseason heats up: May 27 draft deadline, portal winners, WNBA draft, and the first 2026-27 power rankingsElliot Cadeau is coming back to Michigan. Louisville just ran the best portal cycle in college basketball. Azzi Fudd went No. 1 in the WNBA Draft. Koa Peat and Andrej Stojakovic have 9 days to decide. This week's full NCAA basketball offseason digest.
NCAA Basketball & March Madness2026-05-17Michigan and UCLA are champions. March Madness is getting bigger. Here's everything that happened.A comprehensive season-ending roundup of 2025-26 NCAA basketball covering four major story lines: Michigan's 69-63 championship victory over UConn that ended a 37-year title drought; UCLA's dominant 79-51 rout of South Carolina that delivered the program's first women's basketball national championship; a turbulent offseason featuring 51 men's and 61 women's D-I coaching changes alongside transfer portal highlights including Flory Bidunga's reported $5M NIL move to Louisville; and the NCAA's May 7 announcement expanding March Madness to 76 teams beginning in 2027, with the attendant bracket format changes, revenue implications, and sharply divided coaching reactions.
