Category: NCAA Basketball

BYU has signed men's basketball coach Kevin Young to a long-term contract extension following the program's first run to the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 in 14 years. Terms of the deal announced Thursday were not released, with the school saying only that the contract would keep Young in Provo for the “foreseeable future.” “My family and I have loved our first year at BYU, being surrounded by great people, at a great university with shared values,” Young said in a statement.

During a meeting on Wednesday at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV received a hat of his alma mater, Villanova, from the National Italian American Foundation.

Matt Cashore/IMAGN USC basketball coach Eric Musselman had already done an impressive job rebuilding the Trojans' roster almost from scratch, with just one returning player in Terrance Williams II leftover after the annual transfer portal exodus, but he added one more extra piece Wednesday.

Guard Ryan Cornish has transferred to Southern California from Dartmouth, where he played four seasons. Cornish started 23 of 27 games for the Big Green as a senior, averaging 17.1 points and 4.9 rebounds to earn All-Ivy League first-team honors. “Ryan is a combo guard that can give us versatility at both guard spots,” Trojans coach Eric Musselman said.

The school’s next athletic director made it clear that the football program must lead the way to make his statement ring true.

The West Virginia Mountaineers basketball program is now up to 11 scholarship players with the return of redshirt freshman big Abraham Oyeadier.Oyeadier, 6-foot-9, 221-pounds, initially entered his name into the transfer portal April 22 but kept open the option to return.

After playing Wake Forest last year in Greensboro, Michigan basketball will host the Demon Deacons at Little Caesars Arena this year.

Former Indiana men's basketball players claim university officials knew about misconduct and did nothing to stop it.

The son of former NBA guard Ron Harper offers size at the point (6-5, 213 pounds) and averaged 19.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a freshman. He could join NBA rookie of the year Stephon Castle in the backcourt for star Victor Wembanyama. Still, there's an awkward question of how a team with Harper and fellow one-and-done prospect Ace Bailey went just 15-17.

The new office will feature almost 8,000 square feet of space and put the conference even closer to Madison Square Garden, where it has held its men’s basketball tournament for the past 43 years.

Brooklyn Nets assistant general manager BJ Johnson began his basketball journey a long time ago and SCOUT goes behind the scenes on his path.

Michigan State basketball assistant coach Doug Wojcik tweeted his son, Denham, will be a graduate transfer point guard for the Spartans in 2025-26.

The Wildcats have knocked Michigan basketball out of the NCAA Tournament twice in the past 7 years, including in the 2018 national championship game.

NCAA president Charlie Baker says talks are underway to expand the NCAA tournament from 68 teams to 72 or 76.

Wednesday was the deadline for men's college basketball players to pull out of the NBA draft. A look at the winners and losers from the decisions.