Tennessee signs 5-star forward Nate Ament to polish up Rick Barnes’ latest class

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes announced the signing of Nate Ament to the 2025 class, making the small forward the third top five prep recruit to sign with the Volunteers. The forward from Manassas, Virginia, ranked fourth nationally by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals joins Tobias Harris in 2010 and Allan Houston in 1989 in a rare group for Tennessee signees. On3 ranks Ament, the 2024-2025 Gatorade Virginia Player of the Year, as the nation's No. 3 player overall, and Ament already is considered a lottery pick for the 2026 NBA draft.

Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is headed to the NBA as the favorite to be the No. 1 overall draft pick

Duke star Cooper Flagg is headed to the NBA as the favorite to be the No. 1 overall draft pick. The program announced Flagg's move in a social media post Monday following a lone college season that saw the 18-year-old become only the fourth freshman named as The Associated Press national player of the year while leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four. Flagg had reclassified to get to Duke a year early, and his decision was expected all year, even as he generally declined to spell out plans about his professional future as the season pushed into March or mentioned how much fun he had playing in college.

North Dakota transfer guard Eaglestaff commits to West Virginia

The West Virginia Mountaineers basketball program has landed a critical piece out of the transfer portal with a commitment from North Dakota guard Treysen Eaglestaff.Eaglestaff, 6-foot-6, 190-pounds, initially committed to South Carolina March 30 but backed off that pledge April 16 and that ended up benefiting the Mountaineers basketball program.

Duke’s Tyrese Proctor to skip senior season and jump to NBA draft

Duke guard Tyrese Proctor is entering the NBA draft and skipping his senior season. The team announced Proctor's move in a social-media post Friday night. The 6-foot-6, 183-pound junior from Australia was a three-year starter and one of Jon Scheyer’s first incoming recruits when he took over for retired Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski.

USC adds capable scorer in Utah transfer Ezra Ausar

Aryanna Frank/Imagn Images The latest piece to the puzzle for USC basketball coach Eric Musselman fell into place Friday as Utah transfer Ezra Ausar announced his commitment to USC.Ausar, a 6-foot-8, 242-pound forward with one year of eligibility left, averaged 12.