Texas regents approve basketball coach Sean Miller’s 6-year, $32 million contract

The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved Longhorns basketball coach Sean Miller's six-year, $32 million guaranteed contract on Thursday, as the school tries to boost a program that struggled in its first year in the Southeastern Conference. Texas will pay Miller about double that of his predecessor Rodney Terry. Terry still had three years left on a five-year contract that paid him about $3 million per year when he was dismissed in March.

ACC cuts 20-game men’s basketball slate to make room for nonconference games in bid to boost sport

The Atlantic Coast Conference is hoping its men's basketball programs trade two fewer league games for marquee nonconference matchups in an effort to reverse a dwindling haul of NCAA Tournament bids. The league announced Wednesday it is reducing its 20-game men’s basketball schedule to 18. The change comes after Commissioner Jim Phillips has been vocal about spending the past two seasons examining the conundrum of the ACC getting fewer bids — down to four this year, its fewest since 2013 — despite having teams regularly playing deep into March.

West Virginia makes contact with Oklahoma transfer Duke Miles

The West Virginia basketball roster is up to 10 players for the 2025-26 season but the work is not yet done for head coach Ross Hodge and company. According to Tobias Bass of The Athletic, the Mountaineers are one of a number of programs that have made contact with Miles. Miles spent this past season at Oklahoma, where he averaged 9.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.4 steals per game.

The road so far: West Virginia basketball roster construction

West Virginia head coach Ross Hodge had the arduous task of rebuilding the West Virginia basketball roster. Hodge inherited a program that had lost all of its production from the 19-13 team a season ago due to either graduation or the transfer portal. Hodge made it clear that the Mountaineers would hit the ground running on the recruiting trail, and this is a look at all of the players that have elected to join him at this point in the off-season.